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AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #4 Printing with the Handpress: Herewith a Definitive Manual...to Encourage Fine Printing through Hand-craftsmanship Heading(Allen Press)AuthorAllen, Lewis M.HeadlineAllen Press, Printing with the Handpress 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1969 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #12 Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverllo di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi Insieme col Cantico al sole del Medesimo Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorSt. FrancisHeadlineRare Ashendene printing of Saint FrancisPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #13 Manmo hokushi no shukyo bijutsu [Religious art of Manchuria and Mongolia], in Japanese Heading(Asian)AuthorBaiei Henmi, editorHeadlineReligious art of Manchuria and MongoliaPublisherMaruzen Company, LimitedDate Published1943-1945 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #15 Daphnis & Chloe Heading(Austen, John)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe Illustrated by John AustenPublisherGeoffrey BlesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #22 The Life of Ali Pacha, of Jannina, Late Vizier of Epirus, Surnamed Aslan, or the Lion. Including a Compendious History of Modern Greece. Headingzzg(Ottoman Empire)Author[Beauchamp, Alphonse De]HeadlineThe Life of Ali Pacha 1823PublisherLupton RelfeDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #28 Twenty-one volumes of Bohemian Club Grove Plays Heading(Bohemian Club)Author**HeadlineTwenty-one volumes of Bohemian Club Grove PlaysDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #29 The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare Heading(Book Club of California - Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineBook Called Holinshed's Chronicles w/leafPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #30 The Voyage of the Racoon: A "Secret" Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814 Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorHussey, John A., edHeadlineVoyage of the Racoon BCC 1958PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #33 Mahler: Poems and Etchings Heading(Brighton Press)AuthorHanzlicek, C.G. (poems) & Olda Prochazka (etchings)HeadlineMahler: Poems and Etchings Brighton Press 1/55PublisherBrighton PressDate Published[1994] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #48 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Heading(Coburn, Alvin Langdon)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineThe Door in the Wall and Other StoriesPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #49 Two Arabic Folk Tales Heading(Corvinus Press)AuthorLawrence, T.E., translatorHeadlineT.E. Lawrence Arabic Folk Tales Corvinus PressPublisher[Corvinus Press]Date Published[1937] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #56 Themes in My Poems Heading(Dean, Mallette)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Themes in My PoemsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #58 Skiing The International Sport Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorAttenhofer, Adolf, et alHeadlineSkiing The International Sport Derrydale PressPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #59 Four titles by Burton Spiller published by the Derrydale Press Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorSpiller, Burton L.Headline4 Burton Spiller Derrydale Press titlesPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1935, 36, 37, 38 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #71 In Principio Erat Verbum et Verbum Erat Apud Deum et Deus Erat Verbum Heading(Doves Press)Author**HeadlineDoves Press In Pricipio One of 200 copies 1911PublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1911 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #78 Collection of 23 early 20th century etchings, each signed by the artist Heading(European Engravings)HeadlineCollection of early 20th century etchingsDate Published[c.1920-30] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #82 Carmina Votiva and Other Occasional Verses Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineCarmina Votiva and Other Occasional VersesPublisherPrinted for private circulationDate Published1901 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #102 Oedipus: Three Cantoes, Wherein is Contained: 1 His Unfortunate Infancy, 2 His Execrable Actions, 3 His Lamentable End... Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorE[vans], T[homas]HeadlineGrabhorn Press Oedipus 1962PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #103 A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode and His Meiny - 1 of 25 Special copies Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGutch, John Mathew, editorHeadlineGrabhorn Robin Hood 1 of 25 Special copiesPublisherEdwin and Robert Grabhorn for Herbert L. RothchildDate Published1931 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #104 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyHeadlineBibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #105 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press The Tragedy of Richard the ThirdPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1953 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #106 Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro illustrating the Process of Silk Culture Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorUtamaro, KitagawaHeadline12 Woodblock prints Kitagawa Utamaro GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1965 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #120 Photo album of late 19th century Japan Headingzzg(Japan)Author**HeadlinePhoto album of late 19th century JapanDate PublishedLate 19th century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #124 Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris Gothic Architecture Kelmscott PresPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #125 A Narrative of the Recovery of H.M.S. Gorgon...Stranded in the Bay of Monte Video, May 10th, 1844 AuthorKey, Astley CooperHeadlineA Narrative of the Recovery of H.M.S. GorgonPublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1847 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #126 Hunting Big Game in Africa AuthorKing, Mrs. E.L. [Grace]HeadlineHunting Big Game in AfricaPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #131 The Martian Chronicles Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineThe Martian Chronicles LEC edition signed 1/2000PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #132 The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare [with] The Poems of William Shakespeare Headingzzf(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club ShakespearePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-41 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #151 The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare 7 vols. full leatherPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #152 The Merv Oasis: Travels and Adventures East of the Caspian During the Years 1879-80-81 including Five Months' Residence Among the Tekkes of Merv AuthorO'Donovan, EdmondHeadlineEdmond O'Donovan The Merv Oasis 1882PublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #154 A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan Author[Orme, Robert]HeadlineThe British Nation in Indostan 1780PublisherJohn NourseDate Published1780 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #171 Twenty-five photographs of Peru Heading(Photography)Author**Headline25 photos of Peru disbound from a pub. c1900Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #182 Monody - one of five copies signed by artist Frederic Prokosch Heading(Prometheus Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's Monody 1/5 copies signed by ProkoschPublisherPrometheus PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #183 Sun to His Slumber - one of five copies signed by artist Frederic Prokosch Heading(Prometheus Press)AuthorPound, EzraHeadlineSun to His Slumber 1/5 copies signed by ProkoschPublisherPrometheus PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #184 And Yet Not You Alone Heading(Prometheus Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman And Yet Not You Alone 1 of 5 copiesPublisherPrometheus PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #227 The Comedy of As You Like It - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAs You Like It - Roycroft Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #237 The History of the Church of Englande Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorBede, VenerableHeadlineThe History of the Church of EnglandePublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #239 Spoonapropnaglisms Author[Simpson, Edmund E.] MacNooder, J. Oglethorpe, pseud.HeadlineSpoonapropnaglisms #60/90 Blackwood press1970PublisherBlackwood PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #254 6 volumes published by the Turkey Press Heading(Turkey Press)Author**Headline6 volumes published by the Turkey PressPublisherTurkey PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #255 The Algerine Captive; or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, six years a prisoner among the Algerines Author[Tyler, Royall]HeadlineAlgerine Captive 1816PublisherPrinted by Peter B. Gleason and Co.Date Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #256 A Discription and playne discourse of paper. From a Sparke of Friendship and Warme Goodwill written by Thomas Churchyard, Gent. London, 1588 Heading(Urabec, John H.)AuthorChurchyard, ThomasHeadlineDiscription and playne discourse of paper 1/5Date Published1982 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #258 The Mariner's Compass Rectified: Containing Tables, Shewing the true Hour of the Day, the Sun being upon any Point of the Compass; the Time of the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Stars... AuthorWakely, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Wakely The Mariner's Compass RectifiedPublisherPrinted for Rich. MountDate Published1709 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #260 Observations on the Conduct of Great Britain, With regard to the Negotiations and Other Transactions Abroad Heading(West Indies)HeadlineBritish and Spanish dealings over the West IndiesPublisherJ. RobertsDate Published1729 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #263 Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845, to Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly AuthorWolff, JosephHeadlineNarrative of a Mission to Bokhara 1845PublisherJohn W. ParkerDate Published1845 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #264 Omega Cuts. Woodcuts and linotypes by artists associated with the Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press Headingzzf(Wood Lea Press)AuthorGreenwood, JeremyHeadlineWood Lea Press Omega Cuts Limited EditionPublisherWood Lea PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #268 Yacht Racing on the Clyde, from 1883 to 1890 Heading(Yacht Racing)AuthorFinlayson, W.J.HeadlineYacht Racing on the Clyde, from 1883 to 1890PublisherMaclure, Macdonald & Co.Date Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #269 Yacht Racing on the Clyde, 1894 Heading(Yacht Racing)AuthorMaclure, Macdonald & Co., photographersHeadlineYacht Racing on the Clyde, 1894PublisherMaclure, Macdonald & Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next