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Previous|1|Next Lot #11 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh, Elias CanettiPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 Lot #12 Mrs. Bridge View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorConnell, Evan S.HeadlineMrs. Bridge, Evan S. ConnellPublisherArion PressDate Published2009 Lot #13 Five Volumes from the Arion Press View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineArion Press, four volumes.PublisherArion PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #14 Genesis View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineGenesis, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1996 Lot #15 Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg, 1894-1956, with two other related poems, White Shroud and Black Shroud View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineKaddish, Allen GinsbergPublisherArion PressDate Published1992 Lot #16 A Moral Fable-Talk View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGolding, ArthurHeadlineA Moral-Fable Talk, Arthur GoldingPublisherArion PressDate Published1987 Lot #17 The Madonna of the Future View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineThe Madonna of the Future, Henry JamesPublisherArion PressDate Published1997 Lot #18 Le Desert De Retz: A Late Eighteenth-Century French Folly Garden. Le Jardin Pittoresque de Monsieur de Monville View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKetcham, DianaHeadlineLe Desert De Retz, Diana KetchamPublisherArion PressDate Published1990 Lot #19 The Alienist View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMachado de Assis, Joaquim MariaHeadlineThe Alienist, Joaquim Maria Machado de AssisPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #20 Journey Round My Room View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMaistre, Xavier deHeadlineJourney Round My Room, Xavier de MaistrePublisherArion PressDate Published2007 Lot #21 American Buffalo View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMamet, DavidHeadlineAmerican Buffalo, David MametPublisherArion PressDate Published1992 Lot #22 A Travel Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMartin, FredHeadlineA Travel Book, Fred MartinPublisherArion PressDate Published1976 Lot #23 Selected Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineSelected Poems, Herman MelvillePublisherArion PressDate Published1995 Lot #24 The Price: A Play View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineThe Price: A Play, Arthur MillerPublisherArion PressDate Published1999 Lot #25 The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineThe Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke, Rainer Maria RilkePublisherArion PressDate Published1983 Lot #26 Call It Sleep View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRoth, HenryHeadlineCall It Sleep, Henry Roth Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1995 Lot #27 A Lie of the Mind View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorShepard, SamHeadlineA Lie of the Mind, Sam ShephardPublisherArion PressDate Published1993 Lot #28 The Silverado Squatters View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineThe Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis StevensonPublisherArion PressDate Published1996 Lot #29 Arcadia: A Play View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineArcadia: A Play, Tom StoppardPublisherArion PressDate Published2001 Lot #30 The Ballad of Lemon and Crow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorTodd, GlennHeadlineThe Ballad of Lemon and Crow, Glenn ToddPublisherArion PressDate Published2002 Lot #31 Williwaw View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorVidal, GoreHeadlineWilliwaw, Gore VidalPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published1996 Lot #32 Tono-Bungay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineTono-Bungay, H. G. WellsPublisherArion PressDate Published2008 Lot #33 Orlando: A Biography View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineOrlando: A Biography, Virginia WoolfPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 Lot #36 Announcement and order form for the Ashendene Press edition of Dante View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)HeadlineAnnouncement for Ashendene DanteDate Published1909 Lot #50 Nine volumes by The Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineThe Book Club of California, Nine volumesPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #51 Nine volumes of Fine Press Books by The Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineThe Book Club of California, nine volumes.PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #71 Wordsworth: An Anthology View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineCobden-Sanderson's copy of WordsworthPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 Lot #104 The Psalter or Psalms of David From the Bible of Archbishop Cranmer View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Essex House Press)HeadlineEssex House Press Psalms of DavidPublisherEssex House PressDate Published1902 Lot #105 The Temptations of a Saint View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ettan Press)AuthorRoditi, EdouardHeadlineThe Temptations of a SaintPublisherEttan PressDate Published[1980] Lot #108 The Last Crusade View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Everson, William] Brother AntoninusHeadlineThe Last Crusade, Brother AntoninusPublisherOyezDate Published[1969] Lot #113 Six Fine Press Books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fine Press Books)HeadlineFine Press Books, six volumes.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #124 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.HeadlineGrabhorn Two Years Before the MastPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1936 Lot #125 Letters of Captain Don Pedro Fages & the Reverend President Fr. Junipero Serra at San Diego, California, in October 1772 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorFages, Pedro & Junipero SerraHeadlineThe Fages-Serra Letters Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1936 Lot #126 Figure Prints of Old Japan: A Pictorial Pageant of Actors & Courtesans of the Eighteenth Century reproduced from the Prints in the Collection of Marjorie & Edwin Grabhorn View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author(Grabhorn, Edwin & Marjorie)HeadlineGrabhorn Figure Prints of Old JapanPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 Lot #127 Ukiyo-e: "The Floating World" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author[Grabhorn, Edwin and Marjorie]HeadlineUkiyo-e: "The Floating World"PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1962 Lot #128 Landscape Prints of Old Japan from the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHillier, JackHeadlineLandscape Prints of Old Japan Grabhorn PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1960 Lot #129 Adventures in Japanese Prints View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold 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 #130 Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineJournal of a Cruise to California GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1955 Lot #131 The Simple Songs of Khatchik Minasian View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMinasian, KhatchikHeadlineSigned by Saroyan & Minasian Grabhorn PressPublisherColt PressDate Published1950 Lot #132 Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro illustrating the Process of Silk Culture View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorUtamaro, KitagawaHeadlineTwelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa UtamaroPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1965 Lot #136 Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHearn, LafcadioHeadlineLafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan Limited Editions ClubPublisherShimbi Shoin for the Limited Editions ClubDate Published1932 Lot #140 Odyssey in Greek View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineLovely edition of Homer's Odyssey in Greek 1/250PublisherPrinted at the University PressDate Published1909 Lot #176 The History of Reynard the Foxe View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorCaxton, WilliamHeadlineHistory of Reynard the Foxe by Wm Caxton - Kelmscott PressPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1892] Lot #177 Collection of leaves from the Kelmscott Press edition of The Golden Legend View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineLeaves from the Kelmscott Golden LegendePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1892 Lot #178 Psalmi Penitentiales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorEllis, F.S., editorHeadlineKelmscott Press Psalmi Penitentiales 1/300PublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894 Lot #179 The Nature of Gothic View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineKelmscott Press Ruskin's Nature of GothicPublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1892 Lot #180 Proof pages from the Kelmscott Press edition of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShelley, Percy ByssheHeadlineProof pages from the Kelmscott Press ShelleyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894-5 Lot #189 A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde with a Leaf from the Golden Legend... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Leaf Books)Author[Wynkyn de Worde]HeadlineWynkyn de Worde leaf book BCC 1949PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1949 Lot #192 Nohow On View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineNohow On, Samuel BeckettPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1989] Lot #193 WITHDRAWN - Ficciones View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineFicciones, Jorge Luis BorgesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1984] Lot #194 The Kingdom of This World View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorCarpentier, AlejoHeadlineThe Kingdom of This World, Alejo CarpentierPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1987] Lot #195 The First Books of Moses, Called Genesis View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe First Books of Moses, Called Genesis. Limited Editions ClubPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1989] Lot #196 Five Titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe Limited Editions Club, five titlesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #197 Four Volumes of Fine Press Books by The Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe Limited Editions Club, four volumesPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #198 Hiroshima View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorHersey, JohnHeadlineHiroshima, John HerseyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1983 Lot #199 Dubliners View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineDubliners, James Joyce.PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1986] Lot #200 Three Poems/Tres Poems View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPaz, OctavioHeadlineThree Poems/Tres Poems, Octavio PazPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1987] Lot #201 Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years, 1929-1954, of the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 Lot #202 A Season in Hell View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRimbaud, ArthurHeadlineA Season in Hell, Arthur RimbaudPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1986] Lot #203 Three volumes of fine press books by The Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineThe Limited Editions Club, three volumesPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #204 The Last Circus & the Electrocution View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineThe Last Circus & the Electrocution, Ray BradburyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 Lot #205 Route 2 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorErdrich, Louise & Michael DorrisHeadlineRoute 2, Erdrich, Louise & Michael DorrisPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 Lot #206 Kinderlied View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorGrass, GünterHeadlineKinderlied, Günter GrassPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 Lot #207 James and Nora: Portrait of Joyce's Marriage View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorO'Brien, EdnaHeadlineJames and Nora: Portrait of Joyce's Marriage, Edna O'BrienPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 Lot #208 Queen of the Night View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorOates, Joyce CarolHeadlineQueen of the Night, Joyce Carol OatesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #209 Entropy's Bed at Midnight View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineEntropy's Bed at Midnight, Dan SimmonsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1990 Lot #232 The Anatomie of Melancholy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorBurton, RobertHeadlineNonesuch Press Anatomie of MelancholyPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1925 Lot #286 Flight View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck Flight Yolla Bolly Press signed limitedPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1984] Lot #320 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineGrabhorn Press Leaves of Grass 1/400 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #327 Wind Along the Waste View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Daniel Press)Author[Wedgwood, Mrs. Ethel Kate Bowen]HeadlineDaniel Press Wind Along the WastePublisherDaniel PressDate Published1902 Lot #330 Landless John View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGoll, YvanHeadlineLandless John Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1944 Lot #331 Landless John View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGoll, YvanHeadlineLandless John Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1944 Lot #332 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$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineNaval Sketches from Grabhorn Press, 1/1000PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 Lot #337 Growing New Roots: An Essay with Fourteen Wood Engravings View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorLeighton, ClareHeadlineClare Leighton Growing New Roots 1/500PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1976 Lot #338 Marius the Epicurean, His Sensations and Ideas View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorPater, WalterHeadlineMarius the Epicurean, His Sensations and IdeasPublisherMacmillanDate Published1929 Lot #339 All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais: An American Translation with a Critical Text... View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineAll the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais 3 volsPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published1929 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next