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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 The Oresteian Trilogy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorAeschylusHeadlineThe Oresteian Trilogy Allen Press 1 of 140 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1982-83 Lot #5 Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Legend of the Buddha View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)HeadlineAllen Press, Barlaam & Josaphat, 1/140 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1986 Lot #6 The Life of Dante View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineAllen Press Boccaccio's Life of DantePublisherAllen PressDate Published1992 Lot #7 Persian Stories from the Arabian Nights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorBurton, Sir Richard, translatorHeadlineAllen Press, Persian Stories from Arabian NightsPublisherAllen PressDate Published1980 Lot #8 Four Fictions. A Concise Presentation of Literature, Book Arts and Crafts of England, France, United States, and Italy. Joseph Conrad: The Lagoon. Gustave Flaubert: The Legend of Saint Julian. Henry James: The Jolly Corner. Luigi Pirandello: The Annuity View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorConrad, Joseph, et al.Headline(Allen Press) Conrad et al Four Fictions, Ltd Ed.PublisherAllen PressDate Published1973 Lot #9 The Bacchae: Dionysus, the God View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorEuripidesHeadlineAllen Press, Euripides, The Bacchae, 1 of 130PublisherAllen PressDate Published[1972] Lot #10 Rappaccini's Daughter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineAllen Press, Hawthorne, Rappaccini's DaughterPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1991] Lot #11 The Poeticon Astronomicon View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHyginus, Gaius JuliusHeadlineAllen Press Poeticon AstronomiconPublisherAllen PressDate Published1985 Lot #12 Jonah, Judith, Ruth: Three Stories from the Old Testament King James Authorized Version View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)HeadlineJonah, Judith, Ruth Allen Press 1/140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1984 Lot #13 The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineAllen Press Transposed Heads by Thomas MannPublisherAllen PressDate Published1977 Lot #14 Four Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineAllen Press, Pushkin, Four Stories, 1/145 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1987 Lot #15 Antigone View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSophoclesHeadlineAllen Press, Sophocles, Antigone, 1 of 130PublisherAllen PressDate Published1978 Lot #16 Michelangelo: His Sonnets View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSymonds, John Addington, translatorHeadlineAllen Press, Michelangelo: His Sonnets 1/115PublisherAllen PressDate Published1991 Lot #22 Sampler View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDickinson, EmilyHeadlineEmily Dickinson Sampler, Arion Press 2007PublisherArion PressDate Published2007 Lot #23 The Structure of Rime View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineRobert Duncan The Structure of RimePublisherArion PressDate Published2008 Lot #24 The Case of the Wolf-Man View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineArion Press - The Case of the Wolf-Man 1/250PublisherArion PressDate Published1993 Lot #25 The Madonna of the Future View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineMadonna of the Future Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1997 Lot #26 Journey Round My Room View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMaistre, Xavier deHeadlineArion Press Journey Round My RoomPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 Lot #27 Selected Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineSelected Poems, Melville, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1995 Lot #28 Pale Fire View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorNabokov, VladimirHeadlineNabokov Pale Fire Arion Press limited editionPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 Lot #29 Call it Sleep View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRoth, HenryHeadlineHenry Roth Call it Sleep Arion Press with signed quotePublisherArion PressDate Published1995 Lot #30 Tono-Bungay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineTono-Bungay, H. G. WellsPublisherArion PressDate Published2008 Lot #31 Apparitions: Poems by John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, L.M. Rosenberg, Dave Smith - 24 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorAshbery, John et al.Headline24 copies of Apparitions - signed by John Ashbury and four other poetsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 Lot #35 Don't Count on It: A Note on the Number of the 1001 Nights - 10 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineBarth, Don't Count on it - 10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #50 Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me - 15 First Editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury, Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me - 15 First EditionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #51 Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 limited numbered copies View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury, Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #52 Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 signed copies View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury, Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #56 Witness and Celebrate - two editions, signed by Ray Bradbury and three others View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, Robt Block, Campbell, & EtchisonPublisherLord John PressDate Published2000 Lot #77 Four New Poets View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Brautigan, Richard)AuthorHedley, Leslie Woolf, editorHeadlineBrautigan, 4 poets, 1957Publisher[Inferno Press]Date Published1957 Lot #79 The Beautiful Poem View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan, Beautiful Poem broadside 1967.PublisherThe Communication CompanyDate Published[1967] Lot #81 I Watched the World Glide Effortlessly Bye and Other Pieces View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineI Watched the World Glide Effortlessly Bye, 1/26 with stickerPublisherBurton Weiss & James MusserDate Published1996 Lot #82 Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork - two issues View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan, Loading Mercury, 2 first editions.PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1976] Lot #86 Two Broadsides View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan, two broadsidesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #100 In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorBurke, James LeeHeadlineBurke, In the Electric Mist...deluxe signed copyPublisherHyperionDate Published[1993] Lot #119 If It Please You - two signed presentation copies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver, If It Please You - 2 presentation copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #120 Supper at the Black Pearl - fifteen signed and numbered editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCasey, JohnHeadlineCasey, Supper at the Black Pearl - 15 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1995 Lot #121 Supper at the Black Pearl - ten signed lettered editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorCasey, JohnHeadlineCasey, Supper at the Black Pearl - 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1995 Lot #124 The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer: An Account of the Publication of Geoffrey Chaucer's Works from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Chaucer, Geoffrey)AuthorMuscatine, CharlesHeadlineThe Book of Geoffrey Chaucer Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1963 Lot #132 2 by Crews - publisher's copy View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCrews, HarryHeadline2 by Crews - publisher's copyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #148 Route 2 - 10 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorErdrich, Louise and Michael DorrisHeadlineErdrich and Dorris, Route 2 - 10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 Lot #149 Bingo Palace - 7 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorErdrich, LouiseHeadlineErdich, Bingo Palace - 7 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1994 Lot #150 Bingo Palace - five signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorErdrich, LouiseHeadlineErdich, Bingo Palace - five limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1994 Lot #152 Renegade Christmas - 10 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineRenegade Christmas, 10 copies signed by William Everson.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #166 Virtual Light View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorGibson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Gibson, Virtual Light signed limited editionPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1993 Lot #169 Circe and Ulysses: The Inner Temple Masque Presented by the Gentlemen there January 13, 1614 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorBrowne, WilliamHeadlineGolden Cockerel Press Circe and Ulysses, 1/100PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1954 Lot #170 Minxes Admonished or Beauty Reproved. An Album of Deplorable Caprices Faithfully Narrated & Modestly Embellished View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorFlint, William RussellHeadlineMinxes Admonised Golden Cockerel special editionPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1955 Lot #171 Salmacis and Hermaphroditus: A Poem Attributed to Francis Beaumont View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorJones, Gwyn, ed.HeadlineSalmacis and Hermaphroditus - Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1951 Lot #172 Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorMathers, PowysHeadlineLove Night illustrations by John Buckland WrightPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1936] Lot #173 Woman in Detail: A Scientific Survey View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorMiller, PatrickHeadlinePatrick Miller Woman in Detail Golden Cockerel 1 of 100PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1947 Lot #174 Laus Veneris View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne Laus Veneris Golden CockerelPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1948 Lot #175 Pasiphae View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne Pasiphae limited edition 1 of 100Publisher[Golden Cockerel Press]Date Published[1950] Lot #176 Three finely printed editions from the Golden Cockerel Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineThree volumes from the Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #177 Against Women: A Satire View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorWilliams, GwynHeadlineAgainst Women Golden Cockerel Special EditionPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1953] Lot #187 The Taming of the Shrew View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Hoyem Taming of the ShrewPublisherLewis OsborneDate Published1967 Lot #188 Kinderlied - two limited editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrass, GünterHeadlineKinderlied, signed by Gunter GrassPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 Lot #206 A Case of Rape View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHimes, ChesterHeadlineA Case of Rape signed, lmtd ed by Chester HimesPublisherTarg EditionsDate Published[1980] Lot #237 Poems: 1886-1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Poems, 1886-1929 signed limitedPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1930 Lot #247 Notebooks - ten signed deluxe copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLeonard, ElmoreHeadlineElmore Leonard Notebooks, 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 Lot #279 Sixteen signed editions from the Lord John Press, including works by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Norman Mailer and others View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)HeadlineSixteen signed editions from the Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #280 Two horror titles from Lord John Press by Bruce Francis and Dan Simmons - two limited editions of each title View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)Headline4 limited editions from Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #283 How the Wimp Won the War - 10 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMailer, NormanHeadlineMailler, How The Wimp...10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 Lot #322 Large collection of titles from Paul Elder & Company View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Paul Elder & Company)HeadlineLarge collection of titles from Paul Elder & Co.PublisherPaul Elder & CompanyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #323 Questions They Never Asked Me - presentation copy View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlineSigned by Walker PercyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 Lot #324 The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science? - two Limited Copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlinePercy, State of the Novel, 2 signed copiesPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1987 Lot #327 Manon Lescaut View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPrevost d'Exiles, Antoine FrancoisHeadlineManon Lescaut, 1928 illustraitions by AlastairPublisherJohn Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #328 House Snake - 25 signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorPrice, ReynoldsHeadlinePrice, House Snake- 25 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 Lot #329 Proud Flesh: Four Short Plays - ten signed and numbered copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPurdy, JamesHeadlineJames Purdy Proud Flesh, 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 Lot #336 Picasso. Painter and Engraver View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorRosenthal, ErwinHeadlinePicasso. Painter & Engraver 1 of 75 copies Adrian WilsonPublisher[Adrian Wilson]Date Published1952 Lot #338 Book for Sensei - inscribed by Philip Whalen View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRothenberg, Michael, Michael McClure, Philp Whalen, et alHeadlineBook for Sensei Big Bridge Press 1990PublisherBig Bridge PressDate Published1990 Lot #344 Exquisite Corpse View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Center for the Book)AuthorMunson, Howard, et alHeadlineExquisite Corpse San Francisco Center for the BookPublisherCenter for the BookDate Published2000 Lot #354 Summer Sketches - four different editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineDan Simmons, 4 signed limited editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 Lot #360 Four volumes by Patti Smith - two signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorSmith, PattiHeadline4 titles by Patti Smith, 2 signed.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #369 Letters to Elizabeth: A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Letters to Elizabeth Ltd. Edn.PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1978 Lot #384 Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - twenty-five signed and limited copies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorThomas, RossHeadlineThomas, Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - 25 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 Lot #386 The Music of the Spheres View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTournier, MichelHeadlineMichel Tournier Music of the Spheres 1/98 copiesPublisherOkeanos PressDate Published1992 Lot #402 Humor in Fiction - two limited editions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, Humor in Fiction, 2 signed copies.PublisherLord John PressDate Published2000 Lot #404 Three limited editions of works by John Updike from the Lord John Press View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #406 Two titles from Lord John Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #410 La Ligue ou Henry le Grand. Poëme epique View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorVoltaire, M. deHeadlineVoltaire, La Ligue ou Henry le Grand 1723PublisherJean MokpapDate Published1723 Lot #438 The Man Who Died View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence The Man Who Died One of 35 copiesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1992] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next