Sale 256: Fine Books from the Private Collection of Bela Blau (#256) 01/30/2003 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/30/2003 1:00 PM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 189. Previous|12|Next Lot #1 The Legend of Te Tuna View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorAdams, RichardPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1982 Lot #2 By Horse, Stage & Packet: The Far West Letters of Joseph Pratt Allyn View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Allyn, Joseph Pratt)AuthorNicolson, John and David K. Strate, eds.PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1988 Lot #5 Apparitions: Poems by John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, L.M. Rosenberg, Dave Smith View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorAshbery, John, et al.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 Lot #6 [The first 51 volumes in] The Baja California Travels Series View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Baja California Travel Series)AuthorCarpenter, Edwin & Glen Dawson, eds.PublisherDawson's Book Shop / Natural History MuseumDate Published1965-1992 Lot #7 The Art of Lyle V. Ball View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBall, Lyle V.PublisherNative Nevadan PublicationsDate Published1984 Lot #8 Don't Count on It: A Note on the Number of The 1001 Nights View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBarth, JohnPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #9 The Literature of Exhaustion and The Literature of Replenishment View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBarth, JohnPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 Lot #10 Todd Andrews to the Author: A Letter from Letters View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$118.75StatusSold AuthorBarth, JohnPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #11 The Emerald View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBarthelme, DonaldPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #12 Ill Seen: Ill Said View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorBeckett, SamuelPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 Lot #14 Granted Wishes: Three Stories View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorBerger, ThomasPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #15 A Bibliophile's Los Angeles: Essays for the International Association of Bibliophiles on the Occasion of its XIVth Congress, 30 September - 11 October 1985 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorBidwell, John and Carol R. Briggs, eds.Publisher[The William Andrews Clark Memorial Library]Date Published1985 Lot #16 When in Disgrace View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBoetticher, BuddPublisherNevilleDate Published1989 Lot #17 When in Disgrace View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorBoetticher, BuddPublisherNevilleDate Published1989 Lot #19 Lot of 19 books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Books About Books & Fine Press Books)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #20 In the Red Room View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBowles, PaulPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1981 Lot #21 Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #22 Witness and Celebrate View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayPublisherWitness and CelebrateDate Published2000 Lot #23 Texas City, 1947 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBurke, James LeePublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 Lot #25 If It Please You View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #26 If It Please You View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #27 Lot of 7 titles View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Castle Press)Author**PublisherThe Castle PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #28 Letters: Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorChandler, Raymond and James M. FoxPublisherNeville + YellinDate Published1978 Lot #29 Picture Book II View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCharlot, JeanPublisherZeitlin & Ver BruggeDate Published1973 Lot #30 The Leaves, The Lion-Fish, and The Bear View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCheever, JohnPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #31 The National Pastime View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCheever, JohnPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1982 Lot #32 Madonna at Ringside View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCrews, HarryPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 Lot #33 Madonna at Ringside View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorCrews, HarryPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 Lot #34 2 By Crews View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCrews, HarryPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #35 The Muddy Fork: A Work in Progress View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCrumley, JamesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #36 The Pigeon Shoot View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorCrumley, JamesPublisherNevilleDate Published1987 Lot #37 Dickinson: Lyric and Legend View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCunningham, J. V.PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #38 Hassan's Tower View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDrabble, MargaretPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #39 A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, & Around the World in the Years 1826-1829 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDuhaut-Cilly, AugustePublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1997 Lot #40 The High Embrace View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1986 Lot #41 Out of the West: Poems by William Everson, Gary Snyder, Philip Levine, Clayton Eshleman & Jerome Rothenberg View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorEverson, William et al.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #42 Renegade Christmas View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #43 Lot of 8 books in the Famous California Trials series View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Famous California Trials)Author**PublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1963-1975 Lot #44 Lot of 19 titles View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Press Literature)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #45 Home Cooking: An excerpt from a letter to Eleanor Friede, December, 1970 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorFisher, M. F. K.PublisherVance Gerry : The Weather Bird PressDate Published2000 Lot #46 The Standing and the Waiting View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFisher, M. F. K.PublisherThe Weatherbird PressDate Published1985 Lot #47 A Vision for America View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorFord, Gerald R.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 Lot #48 An Artist Records the California Missions View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorFord, Henry ChapmanPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1989 Lot #49 Vlemk, The Box-Painter View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorGardner, JohnPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #50 The First Winter of My Married Life View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorGass, William H.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #51 L.A. Type: A Concise History of Los Angeles Type Founders, Inc. View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorGerry, Vance, comp.PublisherThe Weather Bird PressDate Published2000 Lot #52 Months View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorGerry, VancePublisherWeather Bird PressDate Published1998 Lot #53 San Pasqual Press View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorGerry, VancePublisherThe Weather Bird PressDate Published1986 Lot #54 Riding Out the Tropical Depression - SIGNED BINDER'S COPY View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGilchrist, EllenPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1986 Lot #56 Town and Country Lovers View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorGordimer, NadinePublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #58 How Father Quixote Became a Monsignor View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #59 A Quick Look Behind: Footnotes to an Autobiography View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1983 Lot #60 A Quick Look Behind: Footnotes to an Autobiography View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1983 Lot #61 Zane Grey in the South Seas View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grey, Zane)AuthorMorhardt, AimPublisherGeorge HouléDate Published[1986] Lot #62 A Message From Wanda Gág: A Biographical Letter to Her Fans, Circa 1940 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorGág, WandaPublisherWeather Bird PressDate Published1999 Lot #65 Tales & Fables View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorHjortsberg, WilliamPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1985 Lot #66 A Gathering of Types View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHoffman, Richard J.PublisherRichard J. HoffmanDate Published1979-1989 Lot #67 Jubilee, 1925-1975: Panegyrics and motley digressions with regard to Printers and Printing gathered from divers sources and privately printed for friends of Richard J. Hoffman View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hoffman, Richard J.)Author**Date Published[1975] Lot #68 When A Printer Plays: A showing of printer's flowers and typographic fleurons arranged in arabesque patterns... View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHoffman, Richard J.PublisherRichard J. HoffmanDate Published1987 Lot #69 Lot of 21 titles View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Hoffman, Richard J., printer)Author**PublisherRichard J. HoffmanDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #71 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHubbard, ElbertPublisherRoycroftersDate Published1901 Lot #72 Ridin' With Ray and The Old Game View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorJackson, Jon A.PublisherNeville BooksDate Published1995 Lot #73 Songs and Heroes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonPublisherArundel PressDate Published1988 Lot #74 A Book of Gaelic Airs for Una's Melodeon View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$106.25StatusSold AuthorJeffers, UnaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1989 Lot #77 Dolan's Cadillac View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorKing, StephenPublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 Lot #78 The Nominating of a President: The three nominations of Ronald Reagan as Republican candidate for the presidency View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLaxalt, PaulPublisherNative Nevadan PublicationsDate Published1985 Lot #80 Gwilan's Harp View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorLe Guin, Ursula K.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 Lot #81 The Owl and the Pussy-Cat View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorLear, EdwardPublisherArundel PressDate Published1988 Lot #82 Lord John Ten: A Celebration View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorEtchison, Dennis, ed.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1988 Lot #83 Lord John Signatures View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorKing, Stephen, intro.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 Lot #84 Lot of 11 titles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)Author**PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #85 Lot of 17 Los Angeles Miscellany series titles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Los Angeles Miscellany)Author**PublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1972-1985 Lot #86 A Collection of Reviews View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMacDonald, RossPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #87 How the Wimp Won the War View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorMailer, NormanPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 Lot #88 A Collection of Reviews View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorManDonald, RossPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #89 The Letters of William Somerset Maugham to Lady Juliet Duff View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorMaugham, William SomersetPublisherRasselas PressDate Published1982 Lot #91 Samos View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorMerrill, JamesPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #92 The Ashendene Press Edition of Horace's Carmina Sapphica View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Miniature Book)AuthorHoracePublisherAnne & David BromerDate Published1983 Lot #93 Collection of approximately 1100 miniature books gathered by Bela Blau View details Estimate$35,000 - $45,000StatusUnsold Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorVarious authorsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #94 The Night Before Christmas, Or: Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMoore, Clement C.PublisherArundel PressDate Published1984 Lot #95 Rambles of a Botanist Among the Plants and Climates of California View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnPublisherRocking K PressDate Published1974 Lot #96 A Congo Diary View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorNaipaul, V. S.PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #97 Northwest Coast of America & California: 1832, Letters from Fort Ross, Monterey, San Pedro, and Santa Barbara, by an Intelligent Bostonian View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Northwest Coast...)Author**PublisherPrinted for Glen DawsonDate Published1959 Lot #98 James and Nora: Portrait of Joyce's Marriage View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorO'Brien, EdnaPublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 Lot #99 Queen of the Night View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorOates, Joyce CarolPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #102 Selected War Poems of Wilfred Owen View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$93.75StatusSold AuthorOwen, WilfredPublisherVance Gerry : The Weather Bird PressDate Published1983 Lot #103 Parker on Writing View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorParker, Robert B.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1985 Lot #104 The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorParker, Robert B.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #105 Surrogate View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorParker, Robert B.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 Lot #106 Diagnosing the Modern Malaise View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPercy, WalkerPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1985 Lot #107 Novel Writing in an Apocalyptic Time View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1986 Lot #108 The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science? View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1987 Lot #109 Madeleine View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorPowell, Lawrence ClarkPublisherThe Weatherbird PressDate Published1990 Lot #110 A Final Letter: Robinson Mayfield in Essex, North Carolina to Hutchins Mayfield in Oxford, England June 15 to November 27, 1955 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorPrice, ReynoldsPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #111 House Snake View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorPrice, ReynoldsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #112 Proud Flesh: Four Short Plays View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorPurdy, JamesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 Lot #113 Scrap of Paper & The Berry-Picker: Two Plays by James Purdy View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPurdy, JamesPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1981 Lot #115 Edward H. Bohlin: Saddlemaker for the Stars, 1895-1995 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorReynolds, John T., ed.Publisher[Nut Quad Press]Date Published[1995] Lot #116 Selected Shore Plants of Southern California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorRichardson, Charles LelandPublisherThe Weather Bird PressDate Published1992 Lot #117 Maps of Los Angeles: From Ord's Survey of 1849 to the End of the Book of the Eighties View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorRobinson, W. W.PublisherDawson's BookshopDate Published1966 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next