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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 Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #102 Nine titles from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**HeadlineNine titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #103 Nine titles from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline9 titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #104 Ten titles from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline10 titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #105 Ten titles from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**HeadlineTen titles from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #106 Anacreon Done into English out of the original Greek by Abraham Cowley and S.B. 1683 Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorAnacreonHeadlineNonesuch Press Anacreon Gooden engravingsPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #107 A History of the Nonesuch Press Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorDreyfus, JohnHeadlineA History of the Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #108 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chæronea Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlineThe Nonesuch PlutarchPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #109 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$437.50StatusSold Lot #110 Winemaking in California: I. How Wine is Made. II. From the Missions to 1894 Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorPeninou, Ernest & Sidney GreenleafHeadlinePeregrine Press Winemaking in California 1/150PublisherThe Peregrine PressDate Published1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #111 Four Lectures by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorDreyfus, John, editorHeadlinePlantin Press Lectures by T.J. Cobden-SandersonPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1974 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #112 The Sting of the Wasp: Political & Satirical Cartoons from the Truculent Early San Francisco Weekly Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorJohnson, Kenneth M., editorHeadlineThe Sting of the Wasp Plantin PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1967 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #113 The Voyage of the Racoon: A "Secret" Journal of a Visit to Oregon, California and Hawaii, 1813-1814 Heading(Taylor & Taylor)AuthorHussey, John A., edHeadlineVoyage of the Racoon - Taylor & Taylor 1958PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #114 Europe: A Prophecy Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Europe from Trianon Press 1/526Publisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #115 Europe: A Prophecy Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Americafrom Trianon Press 1/526Publisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1963] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #116 Ecclesiastes, or, the Preacher Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorShahn, BenHeadlineEcclesiastes illum. by Ben Shahn Trianon PressPublisher[Trianon Press]Date Published[1967] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #117 Haggadah for Passover Copied and Illustrated by Ben Shahn Heading(Trianon Press)AuthorShahn, BenHeadlineShahn Haggadah from Trianon Press 1/20PublisherTrianon PressDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #118 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 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #119 Ten volumes - mostly from various California fine presses Heading(Various)Author**Headline10 vols most from various California fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #120 Ten volumes - mostly from various California fine presses Heading(Various)Author**Headline10 vols from most California fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #121 Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush Heading(Wind River Press)AuthorDillon, Richard H.HeadlineWind River Press Texas ArgonautsPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1987 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #122 The Press of the Renaissance in Italy Heading(Windsor Press)AuthorJohnson, James SydneyHeadlinePress of the Renaissance in Italy Windsor PressPublisher[The Brothers Johnson at the Windsor Press]Date Published1927 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #123 Cawdor Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineRobinson Jeffers Cawdor Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #124 The Inland Whale Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorKroeber, ThodoraHeadlineYolla Bolly Press Inland Whale by Kroeber 1/135PublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #125 True Bear Stories Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineYolla Bolly Press True Bear StoriesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #126 My First Summer in the Sierra Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir from Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #127 The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorSaroyan, WilliamHeadlineYolla Bolly Press SaroyanPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #128 Two Rivers Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineYolla Bolly Two Rivers by Stegner 1/55PublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #129 Two volumes relating to Robinson Jeffers from the Yolla Bolly Press Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)Author**HeadlineRobinson Jeffers from the Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1983 & 1987] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #137 Opera Quotquot Reperiri Potuerunt Omnia Headingzzc(Bede, The Venerable)AuthorBedae, VenerabilisHeadlineVenerable Bede Opera Omnia 1612 EditionPublisherA. Hieratius & J. GymniciusDate Published1612 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #142 The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, engraved by Mr. Houbraken and Mr. Vertue. With their Lives and Characters HeadingzzcAuthorBirch, ThomasHeadlinePortraits of illustrious BritonsPublisherWilliam BaynesDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #145 The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson HeadingzzcAuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 1785PublisherHenry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1785 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #146 Game Bag: Tales of Shooting and Fishing HeadingzzcAuthorBuckingham, NashHeadlineGame Bag: Tales of Shooting and FishingPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1945] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #147 The Book of the Dead: Facsimile of the Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum HeadingzzcAuthor[Budge, E.A. Wallis]HeadlineFacsimile of the Papyrus of AniPublisherBritish MuseumDate Published1894 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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 HeadingzzcAuthorBülow, Joseph vonHeadlineEuropean History illustrated 1860Publisher[L. Hauser, printer]Date Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 HeadingzzcAuthorCumberland, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Cumberland Outlines from the AntientsPublisherSeptimus ProwettDate Published1829 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #166 Three volumes on Charles Dickens and his works Headingzzc(Dickens, Charles)Author**HeadlineThree volumes on Charles Dickens and his worksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #168 The Golden Cockerel Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineThe Golden Cockerel 1/1500 from LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1949] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #184 Memoirs of Count Grammont AuthorHamilton, A[nthony]HeadlineMemoirs of Count Grammont 1793PublisherS. and E. HardingDate Published[1793] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #197 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer HeadingzzcAuthorHomerHeadlineThe Iliad and The Odyssey of Homer 1/600PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #198 The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture & Economy of, & Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery HeadingzzcAuthorHorn, Walter & Ernest BornHeadlineThe Plan of St. Gall in 3 vols U of Calif pressPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 HeadingzzcAuthorMortimer, W. GoldenHeadlinePeru: History of Coca 1901 by MortimerPublisherJ.H. Vail & CompanyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold 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 HeadingzzcAuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et alDate Published1728 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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 AuthorPalgrave, FrancisHeadlineRise and Progress of the English CommonwealthPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #238 The Diary of Samuel Pepys HeadingzzcAuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlinePepys Diary 11 volumes with wooden boxPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published2003 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #248 Achievement in Photo-Engraving and Letter-Press Printing, 1927 Headingzzc(Printing)AuthorFlader, Louis, editorHeadlineAchievement in Photo-Engraving and Letter-PressPublisherAmerican Photo-Engravers AssociationDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #251 L’Arte Del Libro E Della Rivista Nei Paesi D’Europe E D’America. (The Art of the Book and of the Review in Europe and America) AuthorRatta, CesareHeadlineArt of the book in Europe and AmericaPublisherCesare RattaDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #286 Les Jouets: Histoire - Fabrication Headingzzc(Toys)AuthorClaretie, LeoHeadlineLes Jouets: Histoire - FabricationPublisher[Ancienne Maison Quantin / Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies]Date Published[1893] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #292 The Stronger Sex as Seen by Vertès Headingzzc(Vertès)AuthorFlanner, JanetHeadlineThe Stronger Sex as Seen by VertèsPublisherHyperion PressDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next