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Previous|12|Next Lot #101 Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years, 1929-1954, of the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 Lot #102 Nine titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**HeadlineNine titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #103 Nine titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline9 titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #104 Ten titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline10 titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #105 Ten titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**HeadlineTen titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #106 Anacreon Done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorAnacreonHeadlineNonesuch Press Anacreon Gooden engravingsPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1923 Lot #107 A History of the Nonesuch Press View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDreyfus, JohnHeadlineA History of the Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1981 Lot #108 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chæronea View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Nonesuch PlutarchPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1929 Lot #109 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$437.50StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNonesuch Press Shakespeare 7 vols. full leatherPublisherNonesuch Press / Random HouseDate Published1929-1933 Lot #110 Winemaking in California: I. How Wine is Made. II. From the Missions to 1894 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorPeninou, Ernest & Sidney GreenleafHeadlinePeregrine Press Winemaking in California 1/150PublisherThe Peregrine PressDate Published1954 Lot #111 Four Lectures by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorDreyfus, John, editorHeadlinePlantin Press Lectures by T.J. Cobden-SandersonPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 Lot #112 The Sting of the Wasp: Political & Satirical Cartoons from the Truculent Early San Francisco Weekly View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorJohnson, Kenneth M., editorHeadlineThe Sting of the Wasp Plantin PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1967 Lot #113 The Voyage of the Racoon: A "Secret" Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Taylor & Taylor)AuthorHussey, John A., edHeadlineVoyage of the Racoon - Taylor & Taylor 1958PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 Lot #114 Europe: A Prophecy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Europe from Trianon Press 1/526Publisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] Lot #115 Europe: A Prophecy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Americafrom Trianon Press 1/526Publisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1963] Lot #116 Ecclesiastes, or, the Preacher View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorShahn, BenHeadlineEcclesiastes illum. by Ben Shahn Trianon PressPublisher[Trianon Press]Date Published[1967] Lot #117 Haggadah for Passover Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorShahn, BenHeadlineShahn Haggadah from Trianon Press 1/20PublisherTrianon PressDate Published[1966] Lot #118 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 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Urabec, John H.)AuthorChurchyard, ThomasHeadlineDiscription and playne discourse of paper 1/5Date Published1982 Lot #119 Ten volumes - mostly from various California fine presses View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Various)Author**Headline10 vols most from various California fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #120 Ten volumes - mostly from various California fine presses View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Various)Author**Headline10 vols from most California fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #121 Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Wind River Press)AuthorDillon, Richard H.HeadlineWind River Press Texas ArgonautsPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1987 Lot #122 The Press of the Renaissance in Italy View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Windsor Press)AuthorJohnson, James SydneyHeadlinePress of the Renaissance in Italy Windsor PressPublisher[The Brothers Johnson at the Windsor Press]Date Published1927 Lot #123 Cawdor View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Cawdor Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1983] Lot #124 The Inland Whale View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorKroeber, ThodoraHeadlineYolla Bolly Press Inland Whale by Kroeber 1/135PublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published[1987] Lot #125 True Bear Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineYolla Bolly Press True Bear StoriesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1985] Lot #126 My First Summer in the Sierra View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir from Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] Lot #127 The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorSaroyan, WilliamHeadlineYolla Bolly Press SaroyanPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1984] Lot #128 Two Rivers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineYolla Bolly Two Rivers by Stegner 1/55PublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1989] Lot #129 Two volumes relating to Robinson Jeffers from the Yolla Bolly Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)Author**HeadlineRobinson Jeffers from the Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1983 & 1987] Lot #137 Opera Quotquot Reperiri Potuerunt Omnia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Bede, The Venerable)AuthorBedae, VenerabilisHeadlineVenerable Bede Opera Omnia 1612 EditionPublisherA. Hieratius & J. GymniciusDate Published1612 Lot #142 The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, engraved by Mr. Houbraken and Mr. Vertue. With their Lives and Characters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorBirch, ThomasHeadlinePortraits of illustrious BritonsPublisherWilliam BaynesDate Published1813 Lot #145 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 1785PublisherHenry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1785 Lot #146 Game Bag: Tales of Shooting and Fishing View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorBuckingham, NashHeadlineGame Bag: Tales of Shooting and FishingPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1945] Lot #147 The Book of the Dead: Facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthor[Budge, E.A. Wallis]HeadlineFacsimile of the Papyrus of AniPublisherBritish MuseumDate Published1894 Lot #148 Memorabilien aus der europäischen Geschichte für anziehende Weltbegebenheiten, ausgezeichnete Grossthaten, Würdigung der Verdienste von berühmten Männern, etc. Aus mehreren Jahrhunderten gesammelt und mit Original-Federzeichnungen von Professor Nep. Geiger entworfen View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorBülow, Joseph vonHeadlineEuropean History illustrated 1860Publisher[L. Hauser, printer]Date Published1860 Lot #150 Hymni, Epigrammata et Fragmenta - finely bound, with the arms of Louis XIV View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorCallimachusHeadlineCallimachus in a Louis XIV full morocco bindingPublisherSebastianus Mabre-CramoisyDate Published1675 Lot #161 Outlines From the Antients, Exhibiting Their Principles of Composition in Figures and Basso-Relievos Taken Chiefly From Inedited Monuments of Greek and Roman Sculpture View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorCumberland, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Cumberland Outlines from the AntientsPublisherSeptimus ProwettDate Published1829 Lot #168 The Golden Cockerel View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineThe Golden Cockerel 1/1500 from LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1949] Lot #173 The Writings of John Burroughs - Riverby Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineThe Writings of John Burroughs - Riverby EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1913] Lot #174 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineWorks of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1903-1904] Lot #175 Le Livre de L'Eucharistie View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Fine Bindings)AuthorSerre, Abbe de laHeadlineLe Livre de L'Eucharistie Maurice Denis IllustratPublisherJacques BeltrandDate Published1920 Lot #176 Set of Cooke's Editions featuring works by various authors - 21 titles in 37 volumes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Headingzzc(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSet of Cooke's Editions nicely boundPublisherPrinted for C. CookeDate Publishedc.1795 Lot #177 The Imitation of Christ View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorÁ Kempis, ThomasHeadlineImitation of Christ Sangorski & Sutcliffe bindingPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published1926 Lot #179 Observations on Several Parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on Several Parts of North Wales; Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, in Two Tours, The Former Made in the Year 1769. The Latter in the Year 1773 - with fore edge painting View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Headingzzc(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorGilpin, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Gilpin's North Tour with fore-edge paintiPublisherT. CadellDate Published1809 Lot #184 Memoirs of Count Grammont View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorHamilton, A[nthony]HeadlineMemoirs of Count Grammont 1793PublisherS. and E. HardingDate Published[1793] Lot #190 The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, With Introductory Notes by George Parsons Lathrop View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Works 13 volumesPublisherHoughton Miffling and CompanyDate Published1891-1895 Lot #197 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorHomerHeadlineThe Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer 1/600PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 Lot #198 The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture & Economy of, & Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorHorn, Walter & Ernest BornHeadlineThe Plan of St. Gall in 3 vols U of Calif pressPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1979 Lot #213 The Paradise Lost of Milton, with Illustrations by John Martin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorMilton, [John]HeadlineParadise Lost with John Martin Illustrations 1833PublisherCharles TiltDate Published1833 Lot #214 Peru: History of Coca "The Divine Plant" of the Incas with an Introductory Account of the Incas. and of the Andean Indians of To-Day View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorMortimer, W. GoldenHeadlinePeru: History of Coca 1901 by MortimerPublisherJ.H. Vail & CompanyDate Published1901 Lot #219 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et alDate Published1728 Lot #237 The Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth. Anglo-Saxon Period. Containing the Anglo-Saxon Policy, and the Institutions Arising Out of Laws and Usages Which Prevailed Before the Conquest View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPalgrave, FrancisHeadlineRise and Progress of the English CommonwealthPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832 Lot #238 The Diary of Samuel Pepys View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlinePepys Diary 11 volumes with wooden boxPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published2003 Lot #254 The English Dance of Death [&] The Dance of Life View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Headingzzc(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThe English Dance of Death & The Dance of LifePublisherAckermannDate Published1815-1817 Lot #255 The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque: A Poem (&) The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of Consolation: A Poem (&) The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of a Wife: A Poem View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineThree Tours of Dr. Syntax First EditionsPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1812, 1820, 1821 Lot #256 The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Headingzzc(Rowlandson, Thomas)Author[Combe, William, imitation]HeadlineThe Adventures of Doctor ComicusPublisherB. BlakeDate Published[1815] Lot #284 The Imitation of Christ View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorThomas à Kempis, SaintHeadlineThe Imitation of Christ 1908PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1908 Lot #286 Les Jouets: Histoire - Fabrication View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Toys)AuthorClaretie, LeoHeadlineLes Jouets: Histoire - FabricationPublisher[Ancienne Maison Quantin / Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies]Date Published[1893] Lot #292 The Stronger Sex as Seen by Vertès View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzc(Vertès)AuthorFlanner, JanetHeadlineThe Stronger Sex as Seen by VertèsPublisherHyperion PressDate Published[1941] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next