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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Printing with the Handpress: Herewith a Definitive Manual...to Encourage Fine Printing through Hand-craftsmanship View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorAllen, Lewis M.HeadlineAllen Press, Printing with the Handpress 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1969 Lot #12 Un Mazzetto Scelto di Certi Fioretti del Glorioso Poverllo di Cristo San Francesco di Assisi Insieme col Cantico al sole del Medesimo View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorSt. FrancisHeadlineRare Ashendene printing of Saint FrancisPublisherAshendene PressDate Published1904 Lot #15 Daphnis & Chloe View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Austen, John)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe Illustrated by John AustenPublisherGeoffrey BlesDate Published1925 Lot #28 Twenty-one volumes of Bohemian Club Grove Plays View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)Author**HeadlineTwenty-one volumes of Bohemian Club Grove PlaysDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #29 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 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Book Club of California - Leaf Book)AuthorBooth, StephenHeadlineBook Called Holinshed's Chronicles w/leafPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1968 Lot #30 The Voyage of the Racoon: A "Secret" Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorHussey, John A., edHeadlineVoyage of the Racoon BCC 1958PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 Lot #33 Mahler: Poems and Etchings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Brighton Press)AuthorHanzlicek, C.G. (poems) & Olda Prochazka (etchings)HeadlineMahler: Poems and Etchings Brighton Press 1/55PublisherBrighton PressDate Published[1994] Lot #48 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Coburn, Alvin Langdon)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineThe Door in the Wall and Other StoriesPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1911 Lot #49 Two Arabic Folk Tales View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Corvinus Press)AuthorLawrence, T.E., translatorHeadlineT.E. Lawrence Arabic Folk Tales Corvinus PressPublisher[Corvinus Press]Date Published[1937] Lot #56 Themes in My Poems View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Dean, Mallette)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Themes in My PoemsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 Lot #58 Skiing The International Sport View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorAttenhofer, Adolf, et alHeadlineSkiing The International Sport Derrydale PressPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published[1937] Lot #59 Four titles by Burton Spiller published by the Derrydale Press View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorSpiller, Burton L.Headline4 Burton Spiller Derrydale Press titlesPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1935, 36, 37, 38 Lot #71 In Principio Erat Verbum et Verbum Erat Apud Deum et Deus Erat Verbum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)Author**HeadlineDoves Press In Pricipio One of 200 copies 1911PublisherThe Doves PressDate Published1911 Lot #82 Carmina Votiva and Other Occasional Verses View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDobson, AustinHeadlineCarmina Votiva and Other Occasional VersesPublisherPrinted for private circulationDate Published1901 Lot #99 Twenty Drawings View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineTwenty Drawings by Kahlil GibranPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1919 Lot #102 Oedipus: Three Cantoes, Wherein is Contained: 1 His Unfortunate Infancy, 2 His Execrable Actions, 3 His Lamentable End... View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorE[vans], T[homas]HeadlineGrabhorn Press Oedipus 1962PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1962 Lot #103 A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode and His Meiny - 1 of 25 Special copies View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorGutch, John Mathew, editorHeadlineGrabhorn Robin Hood 1 of 25 Special copiesPublisherEdwin and Robert Grabhorn for Herbert L. RothchildDate Published1931 Lot #104 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyHeadlineBibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1957 Lot #105 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press The Tragedy of Richard the ThirdPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1953 Lot #106 Twelve Wood-Block Prints of Kitagawa Utamaro illustrating the Process of Silk Culture View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorUtamaro, KitagawaHeadline12 Woodblock prints Kitagawa Utamaro GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1965 Lot #124 Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris Gothic Architecture Kelmscott PresPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #131 The Martian Chronicles View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineThe Martian Chronicles LEC edition signed 1/2000PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1974 Lot #132 The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare [with] The Poems of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Limited Editions Club)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club ShakespearePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1939-41 Lot #138 "Blue Face" - lithograph View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineOriginal lithographn by Henry Miller "Blue Face"Date Published1974 Lot #139 Original watercolor painting by Henry Miller - "Abstract From Paris" View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineOriginal watercolor painting by Henry MillerDate Published1942 Lot #151 The Works of Shakespeare. The text of the First Folio with Quarto variants and a selection of modern readings View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare 7 vols. full leatherPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 Lot #182 Monody - one of five copies signed by artist Frederic Prokosch View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Prometheus Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's Monody 1/5 copies signed by ProkoschPublisherPrometheus PressDate Published1982 Lot #183 Sun to His Slumber - one of five copies signed by artist Frederic Prokosch View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Prometheus Press)AuthorPound, EzraHeadlineSun to His Slumber 1/5 copies signed by ProkoschPublisherPrometheus PressDate Published1984 Lot #184 And Yet Not You Alone View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Prometheus Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman And Yet Not You Alone 1 of 5 copiesPublisherPrometheus PressDate Published1982 Lot #185 Close Range: Wyoming Stories [With Brokeback Mountain] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorProulx, AnnieHeadlineAnnie Proulx Close Range (Brokeback Mountain)PublisherScribnerDate Published[1999] Lot #209 A Child-World View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineJ.W. Riley A Child-World Inscribed by the authorPublisherThe Bowen-Merrill CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #227 The Comedy of As You Like It - One of 100 copies on Japan vellum View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Roycroft)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineAs You Like It - Roycroft Vellum EditionPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1903 Lot #237 The History of the Church of Englande View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorBede, VenerableHeadlineThe History of the Church of EnglandePublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1930 Lot #239 Spoonapropnaglisms View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Simpson, Edmund E.] MacNooder, J. Oglethorpe, pseud.HeadlineSpoonapropnaglisms #60/90 Blackwood press1970PublisherBlackwood PressDate Published1970 Lot #254 6 volumes published by the Turkey Press View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Turkey Press)Author**Headline6 volumes published by the Turkey PressPublisherTurkey PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #256 A Discription and playne discourse of paper. From a Sparke of Friendship and Warme Goodwill written by Thomas Churchyard, Gent. London, 1588 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Urabec, John H.)AuthorChurchyard, ThomasHeadlineDiscription and playne discourse of paper 1/5Date Published1982 Lot #264 Omega Cuts. Woodcuts and linotypes by artists associated with the Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Wood Lea Press)AuthorGreenwood, JeremyHeadlineWood Lea Press Omega Cuts Limited EditionPublisherWood Lea PressDate Published1998 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next