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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 #141 Two works with woodcut illustrations by Thomas and John Bewick View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Headingzzc(Bewick, Thomas & John)Author**Headline2 works with Thomas and John Bewick WoodcutsPublisherW. Bulmer And Co.Date Published1795 & 1796 Lot #143 The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of Ireland; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed at they are to be Sung or Said in Churches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Book of Common Prayer)Author**HeadlineCommon Prayer of Church of Ireland 1722PublisherPrinted by A. Rhames, for J. Hyde, et al.Date Published1722 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 #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 #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 #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 #184 Memoirs of Count Grammont View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorHamilton, A[nthony]HeadlineMemoirs of Count Grammont 1793PublisherS. and E. HardingDate Published[1793] Lot #193 Hogarth Illustrated View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Headingzzc(Hogarth, William)AuthorIreland, JohnHeadlineHogarth Illustrated by John Ireland 1791PublisherJ. and J. BoydellDate Published1791, 92, 98 Lot #196 The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorHomerHeadlineThe Iliads of Homer, Prince of PoetsPublisherPrinted for Nathaniell ButterDate Published[1611?] 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 #208 An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorLocke, JohnHeadlineAn Essay Concerning Humane UnderstandingPublisherAwnsham and John Churchil, and Samuel ManshipDate Published1695 Lot #218 Vulgo Aemilii Probi de Vita View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorNepos, CorneliusHeadlineCorn. Nepos Vulgo Aemilii Probi de VitaPublisherClaud Marnium & Jo. AubriiDate Published1608 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 #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 #247 The Fables of Phædrus, Translated into English Prose View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorPhædrusHeadlineThe Fables of Phædrus London 1745PublisherJoseph DavidsonDate Published1745 Lot #289 Museum Museorum, oder vollständige Schau-Bühne aller Materialien und Specereyen, nebst deren natürlichen Beschreibung... Aus andern Material-Kunst- und Naturalien-Kammern, Oost- und West-Indischen Reiss-Beschreibungen... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorValentini, Michael BernhardHeadlineValentini Museum Museorum Vol. 2 & 3 1714PublisherJ.D. Zunner's sel. erben und J.A. JungenDate Published1714 Lot #291 Opera View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorVergilius Maro, PubliusHeadlineVirgil's Opera London 1715PublisherJacob Tonson and John WattsDate Published1715 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] Lot #306 The Ornithology...Wherein All the Birds Hitherto Known, Being Reduced into a Method Suitable to Their Natures, are Accurately Described...To Which are Added, Three Considerable Discourses...by John Ray View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorWillughby, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Willughby The Ornithology 1678PublisherPrinted by A.C. for John MartynDate Published1678 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next