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Previous|1|Next 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 #6 A Hebrew Grammar, Without Points: Designed to facilitate the Study of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, In the Original; and Particularly Adapted to the Use of Those Who May Not Have Instructions Heading(American Judaica)AuthorSmith, JohnHeadlineFirst American Hebrew Grammar BookPublisherJohn WestDate Published1803 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold 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 #15 Daphnis & Chloe Heading(Austen, John)AuthorLongusHeadlineDaphnis & Chloe Illustrated by John AustenPublisherGeoffrey BlesDate Published1925 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #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 #87 [Works] AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Parkman Finely BoundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #93 Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper – seven bound volumes Heading(Leslie, Frank)Author**HeadlineFrank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper – 7 volsPublisherFrank LeslieDate Published1861-1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #98 Itinerarium ad Regiones sub Aequinoctiali Plaga Constitutas...Opus Antiquitates, Ritus, Mores & Religiones Populor u Aethiopie, Africae, Atlantici Oceani, Indicarumque Regionum Complectens, Nunc Primo Edidit Onuphrius Geraldinus de Catenacciis. AuthorGeraldini, AlexandriHeadlineRare work on the discovery of the West IndiesPublisherGuilelmi FacciottiDate Published1631 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold 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 #109 A New Geographical, Historical and Commercial Grammar; and present state of the several kingdoms of the world... To which are added, 1. A geographical index, with the names of places alphabetically arranged. 2. A chronological table of remarkable events from the creation to the present time. 3. A list of men of learning and science... AuthorGuthrie, WilliamHeadlinewith Ord's natural history from Lewis & ClarkPublisherJohnson & WarnerDate Published1815 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #123 Four titles by Helen Keller and one about her - All Inscribed by her AuthorKeller, HelenHeadlineFive titles inscribed by Helen KellerPublisherDoubledayDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #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 #134 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 #164 U.S. Camera - seventeen issues from 1937 to 1955 Heading(Photography)AuthorMaloney, T.J., editorHeadlineU.S. Camera - 17 volumes from 1937 to 1955Date Published1937-1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #169 Large collection of 19th century American photographs Heading(Photography)Author**HeadlineLarge collection of 19th century photographsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #172 Fourteen photographs of the San Francisco, Bay Area from the Estate of Wyland Stanley Heading(Photography)Author**Headline14 photos of SF Bay Area from Wyland StanleyDate PublishedPrints published c.1955 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #261 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge Heading(Wine)Author**HeadlineEarly work on wine production in AmericaPublisherWilliam and Thomas BradfordDate Published1771 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next