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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Angelo, Valenti, illustrator)HeadlineValenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, PrinterPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1976 Lot #37 Impressions of Bohemia View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCoughlin, JackHeadlineJack Coughlin Impressions of BohemiaPublisherPacific Rim GalleriesDate Published1986 Lot #54 Wild Birds of America: The Art of Basil Ede View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEde, BasilHeadlineBasil Ede's Wild Birds of America 1/150PublisherThe Warner CollectionDate Published[1991] Lot #81 Three volumes by or about Rockwell Kent and his work View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell)HeadlineRockwell Kent and his bookplatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #88 File box of booklets, catalogues, ephemera, and other items illustrated by or pertaining to Paul Landacre View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Landacre, Paul)HeadlineBooklets & ephemera featuring Paul LandacreDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #89 A Paul Landacre Bookplate View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Landacre, Paul)AuthorLehman, Anthony L.HeadlinePaul Landacre designs George Cukor's bookplatePublisherGeorge HouleDate Published1986 Lot #114 Ode on a Grecian Urn View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$666.66StatusSold Heading(Phillips, Matt, illustrator)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineMatt Phillips 11 handcolored drypoints 1/21PublisherEditions KochDate Published2003 Lot #115 Mulberry Women. A Poem by Robert Kelly. Drypoints by Matt Phillips. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$666.67StatusSold Heading(Phillips, Matt, illustrator)AuthorKelley, Robert and Matt PhillipsHeadlineMulberry Women. 10 drypoints by Matt Phillips. 1/20PublisherHiersoux, Powers, ThomasDate Published1982 Lot #116 Nudes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$666.67StatusSold Heading(Phillips, Matt, illustrator)AuthorKelley, Robert and Matt PhillipsHeadlineMatt Phillips Nudes 1/35Publisher[Greve/Hine]Date Published[1994] Lot #138 The Pied Piper of Hamelin View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlinePied Piper of Hamlin Arthur Rackham signed limitedPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1934] Lot #157 Nimphidia and the Muses Elizium View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Ricketts, Charles, illustrator)AuthorDrayton, MichaelHeadlineCharles Ricketts NimphidiaPublisher[Ballantyne Press for Hacon & Ricketts]Date Published[1896] Lot #202 Birds of the Pacific Slope View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGrayson, Andrew JacksonHeadlineBirds of the Pacific Slope Arion Press 1/425 copiesPublisherArion PressDate Published1986 Lot #207 The Loving Shepherdess View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Armitage, Merle)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers The Loving Shepherdess - signed 1/115PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 Lot #209 Armitage: His Loves and His Many Lives View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Armitage, Merle)AuthorRitchie, WardHeadlineLoves of Merle Armitage by Ward Ritchie 1/60 copiesPublisher[Laguna Verded Imprente]Date Published]1982] Lot #210 Millard Sheets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Armitage, Merle)AuthorSheets, Millard, et al.HeadlineMillard Sheets w/original lithograph 1/1000PublisherDalzell HatfieldDate Published1935 Lot #212 Modern Dance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Armitage, Merle)AuthorStewart, Virginia, editorHeadlineModern Dance w/ original lithograph and autographs 1/500Publisher[E. Weyhe]Date Published[1935] Lot #213 Thirteen books by, designed by, published by, or with contributions by Merle Armitage, eight of them inscribed by Armitage View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Armitage, Merle)HeadlineThirteen designed by Merle ArmitageDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #215 Twelve volumes by, designed by, and/or with contributions by Merle Armitage, all related to music or dance, six of them inscribed by Armitage View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Armitage, Merle)HeadlineMerle Armitage designs books on MusicDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #216 George Gershwin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorArmitage, Merle, editorHeadlineTribute to George Gershwin designed by ArmitagePublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1938 Lot #218 Schoenberg - One of fifty signed copies View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineSchoenberg - One of 50 special signed copiesPublisherG. SchirmerDate Published1937 Lot #219 Taos Quartet View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineTaos Quartet by Merle Armitage one of 16 copiesPublisherMerle ArmitageDate Published1950 Lot #220 Warren Newcombe - inscribed publisher's copy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineWarren Newcombe - inscribed publisher's copyPublisherE. Weyhe / Merle ArmitageDate Published1932 Lot #221 The work of Maier-Krieg - inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorArmitage, MerleHeadlineThe work of Maier-Krieg - inscribed 1/500PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1932 Lot #222 Three scarce fine press artists' books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$110StatusSold Heading(Artists' books)HeadlineThree scarce fine press artists' booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #225 The Grove Plays of the Bohemian Club - composer Arthur Weiss' copy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$425StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorGarnett, Porter, editorHeadlineDeluxe edition of Bohemian Club Grove PlaysPublisherFor the Bohemian ClubDate Published1918 Lot #226 A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. Together with the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America - inscribed to Frederick W. Skiff View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorCowan, Robert ErnestHeadlineCowan's Bibliography of California 1914 - inscribedPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1914 Lot #227 Eight early titles published by The Book Club of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineEight early from The Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #228 Eight volumes of Californiana published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineEight volumes of Californiana from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #229 Fifteen volumes of Californiana published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)Headline15 volumes of Californiana from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #230 Four volumes published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineFour volumes published by the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #231 Four volumes published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineFour volumes from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #232 Nine volumes on books and printing published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineNine volumes on books published by the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #233 Seven volumes published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineSeven volumes from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #234 Seven volumes published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineSeven volumes from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #235 Six titles published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineSix titles published by the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #236 Ten volumes of Americana and exploration published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)Headline10 volumes of Americana and exploration from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #237 Ten volumes published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineTen volumes from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #238 The Palette Knife View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$160StatusSold Heading(Chocorua Press)AuthorMorley, ChristopherHeadlineChristopher Morley The Palette KnifePublisherChocorua PressDate Published1928 Lot #239 The Parallelogram, The Amphisbaena, The Crocodile View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Dahlstrom, Grant, printer)AuthorHousman, A.E.HeadlineThe Parallelogram, The Amphisbaena, The CrocodilePublisher[Jake Zeitlin]Date Published1941 Lot #240 Themes in My Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Dean, Mallette printer)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineThemes in My Poems - Robinson JeffersPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 Lot #241 Cobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press: The History of the Press and the Story of Its Types... The Character of the Man Set Forth by His Faithful Scribe Edward Johnston with The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson and a list of the Doves Press Printings View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)HeadlineCobden-Sanderson and the Doves Press 1/27 with vellum leafPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #242 Rattlesnake August View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Everson Rattlesnake August 1 of 50 copiesPublisherSanta Susana PressDate Published1978 Lot #243 Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Florence Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Poems from the Florence PressPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1913 Lot #244 The Birth of Christ from the Gospel according to Saint Luke View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineThe Birth of Christ from St. Luke Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1925 Lot #245 The Plantin-Moretus Museum: A Printer's Paradise. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDe Vinne, Theodore L.HeadlineThe Plantin-Moretus Museum - special leatherbound copyPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1929 Lot #246 The Plantin-Moretus Museum: A Printer's Paradise View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorDe Vinne, Theodore L[ow]HeadlineThe Plantin-Moretus Museum Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1929 Lot #247 Five titles printed by the Grabhorn Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineFive titles from the Grabhorn PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #248 A Group of Specimen Pages from Books Printed by the Grabhorn Press assembled for Members of the Zamorano Club, October, 1929 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineGrabhorn Specimen pages for Zamorano ClubPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1929 Lot #249 Hymns to Aphrodite View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineGrabhorn Press Hymns to Aphrodite, 1/200Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1927] Lot #250 Poems - inscribed by Jeffers to Jake Zeitlin View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineInscribed by Robinson Jeffers photo by Ansel AdamsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 Lot #251 Book Ballades for Roxburghers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorLang, A.HeadlineOnly book the Grabhorns ever printed on a hand pressPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1928] Lot #253 Reglamento Para el Gobierno de la Provincia de Californias, Aprobado por S.M. en Real Orden de 24 Octobre de 1781. Regulations for Governing the Province of the Californias approved by His Majesty by Royal Order, dated October 24, 1781 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineRegulations for Governing the Province of the Californias GrabhornPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1929 Lot #254 The First Part of Henry the Fourth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's Henry IV 1/180PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1961 Lot #255 Concerning Cats View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Concerning CatsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 Lot #256 Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineGrabhorn Press Salomé: 1/195Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1927] Lot #257 Pour Psyché View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMaurras, CharlesHeadlineCharles Maurras poem for Psyche 1/500PublisherA La Belle ÉditionDate Published[1919] Lot #259 The Blessed Damozel. Reprinted from the Germ. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Mosher, Thomas Bird, printer)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineRossetti's Blessed Damozel 1/450Publisher[T.B. Mosher]Date Published[1902] Lot #260 The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mosher, Thomas Bird, printer)AuthorVillon, Master FrancoisHeadlineVillon's poems printed by Thomas B. Mosher 1/725PublisherThomas Bird MosherDate Published1916 Lot #261 An Invocation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry, printer)AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineSpecially bound presentation copy of Bierce's InvocationPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 Lot #262 The Nuremberg Chronicle or, The Book of Chronicles from the Beginning of the World, the most famous German picture books of the fifteenth century... a monograph... with a leaf from the first Latin edition View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry, printer)AuthorBullen, Henry LewisHeadlineNuremberg Chronicle Leaf Book - John Henry NashPublisherJohn Henry Nash for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1930 Lot #263 Collection of approximately 35 printings by John Henry Nash, ranging from broadsides to books, most folio format View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry, printer)Headline35 printings by John Henry NashPublisherJohn Henry NashDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #264 The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$350StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry, printer)AuthorSaint BonaventuraHeadline1 of 85 copies bound in antiphonal leavesPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1931 Lot #265 Three works printed by John Henry Nash View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nash. John Henry, printer)HeadlineThree works printed by John Henry NashPublisherJohn Henry NashDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #266 William Nicholson's An Almanac of Twelve Sports and London Types: An introduction to the Reprint from the Original Woodblocks [and] William Nicholson's An Alphabet: An introduction to the Reprint from the Original Woodblocks View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nicholson, William, illustrator)AuthorCraig, EdwardHeadline2 Introductory volumes to William Nicholson's woodblocksPublisherWhittington PressDate Published[1978 and 1980] Lot #267 The Nonesuch Dickens View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Nonesuch Dickens with a woodcut plate by Marcus StonePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1937-1938 Lot #268 The Sonnets of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Plantin Press)HeadlinePlantin Press Sonnets of Shakespeare 1/120Publisher[Plantin Press]Date Published[1974] Lot #269 About Norman Corwin View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Santa Susana Press)AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineAbout Norman Corwin by Ray Bradbury 1/60PublisherSanta Susana PressDate Published1979 Lot #270 A Friendship. Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Simoneau View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Taylor, Nash, & Taylor)Author[Blanch, J.M.]HeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson and Jules SimoneauPublisher[Taylor, Nash & Taylor]Date Published[1911] Lot #271 Two titles from Vehicle Editions View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Vehicle Editions)HeadlineTwo titles from Vehicle EditionsPublisherVehicle EditionsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #272 Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorRandle, John & PatrickHeadlinePosters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013PublisherWhittington PressDate Published2013 Lot #273 The Work & Play of Adrian Wilson: A Bibliography with Commentary View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wilson, Adrian, printer)AuthorWilson, Joyce Lancaster, editorHeadlineThe Work & Play of Adrian WilsonPublisherW. Thomas TaylorDate Published1963 Lot #274 Oriental Eclogues View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Windsor Press)AuthorCollins, WilliamHeadlineWindsor Press Oriental EcloguesPublisherWindsor PressDate Published[1932] Lot #275 The Persian Garden View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Windsor Press)AuthorJohnson, James SydneyHeadlineOne of the rarest Windsor Press titlesPublisher[Windsor Press]Date Published1929 Lot #276 Flight View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFlight - John Steinbeck Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1984] Lot #277 Bel-Air Bay: A Country Place by the Sea View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Young & McCallister, printers)AuthorO'Day, Edward F.HeadlineBel-Air Bay Santa MonicaPublisher[Privately printed for Alphonzo E. Bell]Date Published1927 Lot #330 Joan The Maid of Orleans; Being that Portion of the Chronicles of St. Denis which deals with Her Life and Times, from the Chroniques de France printed in Paris in 1493 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorSt. DenisHeadlineJoan the Maid of Orleans Grabhorn PressPublisherRoy Vernon SowersDate Published1938 Lot #331 A Sojourn in California by the King's Orphan: The Travels and Sketches of G.M. Waseurtz af Sandels, a Swedish gentleman who visited California in 1842-1843 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWaseurtz af Sandels, G. M.HeadlineGrabhorn Press A Sojourn in CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1945 Lot #339 American Taste View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorMumford, LewisHeadlineLewis Mumford's American Taste 1/500PublisherThe Westgate PressDate Published1929 Lot #348 Shadow Paper Shadow View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorTrainor, LloydHeadlineShadow Paper Shadow artist bookPublisherLloyd TrainorDate Published1984 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next