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Previous|12|Next Lot #228 Adventures in Japanese Prints View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMetzgar, Judson D.HeadlineMetzgar on the Japanese Print Grabhorn PressPublisherPrinted at the Grabhorn Press for Dawson's Book ShopDate Published[1943] Lot #229 Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineMeyers Journal of a Cruise to California GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1955 Lot #230 Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineNaval Sketches from Grabhorn Press, 1/1000PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 Lot #231 13 California Towns from the Original Drawings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author[Miller, Henry]Headline13 California Towns from drawings by Henry MillerPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1947 Lot #232 The Simple Songs of Khatchik Minasian View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMinasian, KhatchikHeadlineSigned by Saroyan & Minasian Grabhorn PressPublisherColt PressDate Published1950 Lot #233 Doomsday Books View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorNiesenwurzel, Paul Arthur AmadeusHeadlineGrabhorn Press - Doomsday Books 1928PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1928 Lot #234 The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorPowell, H.M.T.HeadlineThe Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1931] Lot #235 Catalogue of the Choice Books Found by Pantagruel in the Abbey of Saint Victor View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorRabelais, FrançoisHeadlineCatalogue of the Choice Books Found by PantagruelPublisherPrinted for William P. Wreden of Burlingame, CaliforniaDate Published1952 Lot #236 Reglamento Para el Gobierno de la Provincia de Californias, Aprobado por S.M. en Real Orden de 24 Octobre de 1781. ? Regulations for Governing the Province of the Californias approved by His Majesty by Royal Order, dated October 24, 1781 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineReglamento Para el Gobierno de la Provincia de CaliforniasPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1929 Lot #238 Bronze Wood View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineCarl Sandburg Bronze Wood Grabhorn PressPublisher[Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc.]Date Published[1941] Lot #239 The First Part of Henry the Fourth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's Henry IVPublisherThe Grabhorn PressDate Published1961 Lot #240 A Midsommer Nights Dreame View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn edition Shakespeare Midsommer Nights DreamPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1955 Lot #241 The Tempest View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's TempestPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1951 Lot #242 The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition Shakespeare's Anthonie & CleopatraPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1960 Lot #243 The Tragedie of Julius Caesar View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's Julius CaesarPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1954 Lot #244 The Tragedie of King Lear View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's King LearPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1959] Lot #245 The Tragedie of Macbeth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's HamletPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1952] Lot #246 The Tragedie of Othello, The Moore of Venice View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's OthelloPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1956 Lot #247 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's Richard IIIPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1953 Lot #248 Joan The Maid of Orleans; Being that Portion of the Chronicles of St. Denis which deals with Her Life and Times, from the Chroniques de France printed in Paris in 1493 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorSt. DenisHeadlineThe Maid of Orleans Grabhorn Press EditionPublisherRoy Vernon SowersDate Published1938 Lot #249 Diogenes in London View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe first book from the Grabhorn Press in San FranciscoPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1920 Lot #250 Life Among the Indians, or: The Captivity of the Oatman Girls among the Apache & Mohave Indians View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorStratton, R.B.HeadlineThe Captivity of the Oatman Girls Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Grabhorn PressDate Published1935 Lot #251 The Peyote Ritual: Visions and Descriptions View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorToke, Monroe TsaHeadlineThe Peyote Ritual Grabhorn Press Ltd EditionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published[1957] Lot #252 Concerning Cats: Two Tales View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineConcerning Cats Colt Press by Mark Twain 1/450PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 Lot #253 The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorVespucci, AmerigoHeadlineLetter of Amerigo Vespucci Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1926 Lot #254 The Spanish Occupation of California: Plan for the Establishment of a Government; Junta or Council Held at San Blas, May 16, 1768; Diario of the Expeditions Made to California View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWatson, Douglas S., comp.HeadlineThe Spanish Occupation of California Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1934 Lot #255 The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWheat, Carl I[rving]HeadlineWheat Maps of the California Gold RegionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1942 Lot #256 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineGrabhorn Press Leaves of GrassPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #257 The Fisherman and His Soul View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde The Fisherman and His SoulPublisher[Ransohoffs]Date Published[1939] Lot #258 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWiltsee, Ernest A.HeadlineWiltsee Gold Rush Steamers of the PacificPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1938 Lot #259 Farewell Speech of King Edward The Eighth Broadcast from Windsor Castle the Tenth Day of December, MCMXXXVI, with the Instrument of Abdication & a Note by William Saroyan View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Author[Windsor, Edward, Duke of]HeadlineFarewell Speech of King Edward The Eighth GrabhornPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1938 Lot #260 Street Haunting View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf Street Haunting Grabhorn Press 1 of 500 copiesPublisherThe Westgate PressDate Published1930 Lot #261 The Compleat Jane Grabhorn: A Hodge-Podge of Typographical Ephemera, Three Complete Books, Broadsides, Invitations: Greetings, Place Cards, &c. View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)HeadlineThe Compleat Jane GrabhornPublisherGrabhorn-HoyemDate Published1968 Lot #262 Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner U.S.N., aboard the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane 1842-1943 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)AuthorMeyers, William HHeadlineMeyers' Sketches of California Grabhorn-HoyemPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1970 Lot #263 Mottetti. The Motets of Eugenio Montale in Italian with Facing English Translations by Lawrence Kart. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)AuthorMontale, EugenioHeadlineEugeino Motale Mottetti Grabhorn HoyemPublisherGrabhorn-HoyemDate Published1973 Lot #274 The Voyage of the Racoon: A "Secret" Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorHussey, John A., editorHeadlineSecret Journal of a Visit to Oregon California & Hawaii, 1813-4PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 Lot #281 The History of Reynard the Foxe View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorCaxton, WilliamHeadlineHistory of Reynard the Foxe by Wm Caxton - Kelmscott PressPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1892] Lot #296 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineThe Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles - Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 Lot #301 A Grab[horn] Bag: Original Pages Found by Excavators at 642 Commercial Street, San Francisco View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)HeadlineA Grab[horn] Bag of Original PagesPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1941 Lot #310 Growing New Roots: An Essay with Fourteen Wood Engravings View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorLeighton, ClareHeadlineClare Leighton Growing New Roots 1/500PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1976 Lot #311 Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years, 1929-1954, of the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 Lot #312 The Grapes of Wrath View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's Grapes of Wrath Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 Lot #313 Systema Naturae View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLinnaeus, CarolusHeadlineLinneaus System of NatureDate Published1907 Lot #318 South and East View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorMasefield, JohnHeadlineJohn Masefield South and EastPublisherMedici SocietyDate Published1929 Lot #328 [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineJohn Henry Nash Printing of DantePublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #329 Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas, 1892-1897 [Heretofore Unpublished] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorDennison, Arthur C., Jr.HeadlineSome Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred DouglasPublisherWilliam Andrews Clark, Jr.Date Published1924 Lot #330 All for Love; Or, The World Well Lost: A Tragedy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineJohn Dryden All for Love John Henry NashPublisherWilliam Andrews Clark, Jr.Date Published1929 Lot #331 The Deserted Village, A Poem View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineThe Deserted Village John Henry Nash PrintingPublisherWilliam Andrews Clark, Jr.Date Published1926 Lot #332 Mr. Strahan's Dinner Party: A Comedy in One Act View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorNewton, A. EdwardHeadlineMr. Strahan's Dinner Party signed by A.E. NewtonPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1930 Lot #334 An Essay on Criticism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Pope An Essay on Criticism J.H. NashPublisherWilliam Andrews Clark, Jr.Date Published1928 Lot #335 Adonais: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineP.B. Shelley Adonais John Henry Nash PrintingPublisherFor William Andrews Clark, Jr. by John Henry NashDate Published1922 Lot #336 Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu from Robert Louis Stevenson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineJohn Henry Nash printing of Stevenson's Father DamienPublisherWilliam Andrews ClarkDate Published1930 Lot #338 Don Quixote de la Mancha. The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra : Motteux' Translation Revised Anew (1743) & Corrected Rectified and Filled Up in Numberless Places by J. Ozell Who Likewise Added the Explanatory Notes from the Best Editions in English & Spanish... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineNonesuch Press Edition of Don QuixotePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1930] Lot #339 [Works] View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Nonesuch DickensPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1937-38 Lot #340 The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHerodotus of HalicarnassusHeadlineNonesuch Press edition of HerodotusPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1935 Lot #341 Poems in English View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineNonesuch Press edition of John Milton's PoemsPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1926 Lot #342 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chæronea View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Nonesuch PlutarchPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1929 Lot #343 The Life of William Blake View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorWilson, MonaHeadlineLife of William Blake by Wilson Nonesuch PressPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1927 Lot #346 Rights of Man View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineEarly edition of Paine's Rights of ManPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published1792 Lot #350 Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineMarius the Epicurean, His Sensations and IdeasPublisherMacmillanDate Published1929 Lot #354 Sixteen volumes of fine press books on poetry and theater View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Poetry and Plays)Headline16 volumes of fine press books on poetry and theaterDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #355 Some Thoughts on the Ornamented MSS. of the Middle Ages View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Press of the Woolly Whale)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris on the Ornamented ManuscriptPublisherPress of the Woolly WhaleDate Published1934 Lot #356 Nineteen volumes of fine press books on printing and writers etc. View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Printing)Headline19 volumes of fine press books on printing and writers etc.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #357 All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais: An American Translation with a Critical Text... View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineAll the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais 3 volsPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published1929 Lot #362 Life in California Before the Conquest: Hispano-Californians, Leperos, & Indians; Franciscan Misioneros & Misiones; American & English Comerciantes; Puertos, Presidios, Castillos; Sailors & Backwoodsmen; Revolutions & Strife View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorRobinson, AlfredHeadlineCalifornia Before the Conquest signed 1/250PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1925 Lot #366 The Winning of the West View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Roosevelt The Winning of the WestPublisherPutnam'sDate Published1901 Lot #373 Roughing It View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Roughing It First EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Lot #383 [Bibliography of Printed Works in Spanish Relating to Those Portions of the United States Which Formerly Belonged to Mexico] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Wagner, Henry R.]HeadlineBibliography of Works in Spanish Relating to MexicoDate Published[1917] Lot #388 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volumes One & Two View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWheat's Mapping the Trans-Missippi West Vols. 1 & 2PublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1957 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next