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 207. Previous|123|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 #3 Arabian Nights View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorHawthorne, Hildegarde, ed.PublisherPenn Publishing Co.Date Published[1928] Lot #4 Fuenff geistreiche Buecher vom wahren Christenthum View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorArndt, JohannPublisherJohann Samuel HeisiusDate Published1727 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 #13 The Jack Benny Program Broadcast on Radio: Sunday January 24, 1954 to Sunday June 6, 1954 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBenny, JackDate PublishedAugust 13, 1992 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 #18 The Undead: The Book Sail 16th Anniversary Catalogue View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Book Sail)Author**PublisherMcLaughlin PressDate Published1984 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 #24 Hebrew Melodies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorByron, [George Gordon Noel], LordPublisherHebrew MelodiesDate Published1815 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 #55 Farewell to Dreams View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGoodrich, Diane & Sharon RichPublisherJeanette MacDonald / Nelson Eddy Friendship Club, Inc.Date Published[1979] Lot #56 Town and Country Lovers View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorGordimer, NadinePublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #57 A Walk In and About the City of Canterbury, with Many Observations not to be found in any Description hitherto published View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorGostling, WilliamPublisherPrinted by Simmons and KirkbyDate Published1777 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 #63 Maps and Surveys of the Pueblo Lands of Los Angeles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHarlow, NealPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1976 Lot #64 An Abstract of all the Statutes Made Concerning Aliens Trading in England from the first year of K. Henry the VII. Also, Of All the Laws made for Securing our Plantation Trade to our Selves... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHayne, SamuelPublisherPrinted by N.T. for the AuthorDate Published1685 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 #70 Burton Holmes Travelogues View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHolmes, BurtonPublisherThe Travelogue BureauDate Published1917-1918 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 #75 Tecumseh and the Prophet of the West, An Historical Israel-Indian Tragedy, in Five Acts. With Historical Notes; Original Letters, &c. [and] The Life and History of General Harrison, Late President of the United States, Inclusive to the Treaty of Washington, of August 9th, 1842. With Original Letters, &c. And the First Oration Upon the Life, Character, and Genius of Shakspeare View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJones, GeorgePublisherLongman, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1844 Lot #76 A Tale of Lexington: A National Comedy, Founded on the Opening of the Revolution. In Three Acts View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$118.75StatusSold AuthorJudah, Samuel B. H.PublisherDramatic RepositoryDate Published1823 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 #79 Opera Medica, Tam hactenus inedita, quám variis locis & formis edita... Editio Nova, Cui accedunt Casus Medicinales Annor. 1659. 60. & 61. ex ore Cl. Cylvii calamo excepit Joachimus Merian... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLe Boe, Sylvius Franciscus dePublisherGuillelmum van de WaterDate Published1695 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 #90 Venezianische Gondellieder View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMendelssohn-Bartholdy, FelixPublisherHorodisch & MarxDate Published1925 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 #100 The Time Traveler View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorOates, Joyce CarolPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next