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A Child's Dream of a Star

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
A Child's Dream of a Star, 1871
Publisher
Fields, Osgood & Co.
Date Published
1871

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$50

StatusSold

23

Pilgrims: A One Act Play

Author
Metcalfe, Stephen
Headline
Pilgrims: A One Act Play, fine press with woodcuts
Publisher
Brighton Press
Date Published
[1992]

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

28

Voyages de Gulliver

Author
Swift, Jonathan
Headline
Gulliver's Travels
Publisher
Émile Guérin
Date Published
1911

Estimate$300 - $500

StatusUnsold

34

Group of ephemera relating to American bookplates

Heading
(American bookplates)
Headline
Group of ephemera relating to American bookplates
Date Published
1895-1947

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

36

2 French Art Deco color plates - printing and "femina"

Heading
(Art Deco)
Headline
2 Art Deco illustrations - printing and "femina"
Date Published
1931

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

39

Original art by Japanese-American cartoonist

Author
Barnes, Fuyuki
Headline
Original art by Japanese-American cartoonist

Estimate$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

43

Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet

Author
Beerbohm, Max
Headline
Beerbohm Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet 1/900
Publisher
Leadlay
Date Published
1931

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

55

Edward Vischer's Drawings of the California Missions, 1861-1878. With a Biography of the Artist by Jeanne Van Nostrand

Heading
(Book Club of California)
Author
Van Nostrand, Jeanne
Headline
Edward Vischer's Drawings of California Missions
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
1982

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

56

An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century

Author
Bossert, Helmuth
Headline
An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration, 1928
Publisher
E. Weyhe
Date Published
1928

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

59

Don Quichotte

Author
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Headline
Don Quixote in French illustrated by Dubout
Publisher
Editionsw Michele Trickvel
Date Published
1978

Sold for$75

StatusSold

60

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Author
Cervantes, Miguel de
Headline
Don Quixote, 1847, illustrated
Publisher
Henry G. Bohn
Date Published
1847

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

64

The Comic Almanack for 1845: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest

Heading
(Cruikshank, George - Illustrator)
Author
Funnidos, Rigdum
Headline
Comic Almanack, illus. by Cruikshank
Publisher
David Bogue
Date Published
[1844]

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

65

The Inundation: or Pardon and Peace

Heading
(Cruikshank, George - Illustrator)
Author
Gore, Mrs.
Headline
The Inundation, illustrated by Cruikshank
Publisher
Willoughby & Co.
Date Published
No date

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

66

George Cruikshank: The Artist, the Humourist, and the Man. With Some Account of His Brother Robert. A Critico-Bibliographical Essay

Heading
(Cruikshank, George, illustrator)
Author
Bates, William
Headline
George Cruikshank by Bates large paper edition
Publisher
Houghton and Hammond
Date Published
1878

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

68

Ornamental treasures: A collection of designs from India, China, Japan, Italy, France, Germany &c. of all styles and times comprising 100 plates with explanatory letterpress

Author
Dolmetsch, H.
Headline
Ornamental treasures, c.1900
Publisher
Bruno Hessling
Date Published
[c.1900]

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

70

The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak

Heading
(Dunlap, Hope, illustrator)
Author
Mulock, Miss
Headline
Little Lame Prince illus. by Hope Dunlap
Publisher
Rand McNally & Co.
Date Published
[1909]

StatusUnsold

71

Psalterium Davidis - emblem book with copper-engraved scenes from Genesis and the New Testament

Heading
(Emblem Books)
Headline
Emblem book with engraved Biblical scenes
Date Published
No date

Estimate$600 - $900

Sold for$312.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

72

A Troubled Paradise: William Blake's Virgil Wood Engravings

Author
Essick, Robert N.
Headline
With a John Windle afterword on collecting Blake
Publisher
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Date Published
1999

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

74

Sir William Russell Flint: A Precis of Appreciations During Half a Century

Heading
(Flint, William Russell)
Headline
Sir William Russell Flint 1/750
Publisher
Charles Skilton Ltd.
Date Published
1963

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

77

The Natural System of Colours

Author
Harris, Moses
Headline
The Natural System of Colours, 1963 reprint
Publisher
Privately Printed
Date Published
1963

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

81

Seashore Story

Heading
(Japanese-American original art)
Author
Yashima, Taro
Headline
Seashore Story illustrated children's story
Publisher
Viking
Date Published
1967

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

84

The Book of Noble Thoughts

Heading
(Kent, Rockwell, artist)
Author
Untermeyer, Louis, ed.
Headline
Book of Noble Thoughts Rockwell Kent
Publisher
American Artists Group
Date Published
[1946]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

85

José Guadalupe Posada and the Taller de Gráfica Popular: Mexican Popular Prints

Heading
(Koch, Peter Rutledge, printer)
Headline
Posada catalog printed by Peter Koch 1/300
Publisher
The Stanford University Libraries
Date Published
2002

Sold for$75

StatusSold

86

The Comic History of Rome

Heading
(Leech, John)
Author
A'Beckett, Gilbert A.
Headline
A'Beckett's Comic History of Rome
Publisher
Bradbury, Agnew, & Co.
Date Published
[c. 1900]

Estimate$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

90

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night. A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Burton, Richard F., translator
Headline
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, LEC
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1934

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

91

The Kasidah of Haji Abdu el-Yezdi

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Burton, Richard
Headline
The Rubaiyat illustrated by Valenti Angelo
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1937

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

98

Poor Richard: the Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
[Franklin, Benjamin]
Headline
Poor Richard's Almanac signed by Norman Rockwell
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1964

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

100

Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Hudson, William Henry
Headline
Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1943

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

104

The Travels of Baron Munchausen

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Raspe, Rudolph Erich
Headline
The Travels of Baron Munchausen
Publisher
The Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1929

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

112

Two engravings, probably hand-colored, of a 16th Century Physician and 15th Century Apothecary

Heading
(Medical history - 1930s color engravings)
Author
Lareater, Vasje Honegger
Headline
2 1930s colored medical history engravings
Date Published
1930s

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

113

Creacion En El Espacio. Creation in Space. Joan Miro.

Heading
(Miro, Joan)
Author
Penrose, Roland
Headline
Creation in Space. Joan Miro.
Publisher
Ediciones Poligrafa
Date Published
1960

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

114

Fotoscop: Visual Language

Heading
(Miro, Joan)
Author
Sweeney, Johnson
Headline
Miro Fotoscop: Visual Language
Publisher
Tudor
Date Published
1971

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

119

Lot of 3 Children's Books by the Peary Family

Heading
(Peary, Robert)
Headline
3 arctic works by the Peary family
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$25

StatusSold

120

Picasso. Documents Iconographiques.

Heading
(Picasso, Pablo)
Author
Sabartes, James
Headline
Picasso. Documents Iconographiques.
Publisher
Pierre Cailler
Date Published
1954

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

121

The Frenzied Prince. Being Heroic Stories of Ancient Ireland.

Heading
(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)
Author
Colum, Padraic
Headline
The Frenzied Prince illustrated by Pogany
Publisher
David Mckay Company
Date Published
[1943]

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

123

The King of the Golden River

Heading
(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)
Author
Ruskin, John
Headline
Rackham King of Golden River
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Co
Date Published
[1932]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

125

An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting

Heading
(Rowlandson, Thomas)
Author
[Collier, Jane]
Headline
With hand-colored illustrations by Rowlandson/Woodward
Publisher
Thomas Tegg
Date Published
1809

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

131

“Ask Mamma;” or, The Richest Commoner in England

Author
[Surtees, Robert Smith]
Headline
Twelve hand-colored steel engravings by Leech
Publisher
Bradbury, Agnew and Company
Date Published
[1890's]

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

132

Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds

Author
[Surtees, Robert Smith]
Headline
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, 1st book ed.
Publisher
Bradbury and Evans
Date Published
1865

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

133

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour

Author
[Surtees, Robert Smith]
Headline
With thirteen hand-colored steel engravings by Leech
Publisher
Bradbury and Evans
Date Published
1853

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

134

The Tao of Painting: A Study of the Ritual Disposition of Chinese Painting

Author
Sze, Mai-Mai
Headline
The Tao of Painting, Mai-Mai Sze
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Date Published
1967

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

135

The Vanity Fair Album: A Show of Sovereigns, Statesmen, Judges, and Men of the Day; with biographical and critical notices: by Jehu Junior

Heading
(Vanity Fair)
Headline
Color caricatures from Vanity Fair, 1870
Publisher
"Vanithy Fair" Office
Date Published
[1870]

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

136

Ampelographie: Traité Générale de Viticulture

Heading
(Viticulture)
Author
Viala, Pierre and Victor Vermorel, editors
Headline
Facsimile edition of Ampelographie Viala/Vermorel
Publisher
Jeanne Laffitte
Date Published
1991

Estimate$600 - $900

Sold for$343.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

140

Chinese Natural History Drawings

Author
Whitehead, P.J.P. and P.I. Edwards
Headline
Chinese Natural History Drawings, 1974
Publisher
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
Date Published
1974

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

141

Between Cattails

Author
Williams, Terry Tempest
Headline
Terry Tempest Williams Between Cattails
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1985

Estimate$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

145

Original 1943 drawing of an African-American woman in Macon, Georgia, by Russian emigre celebrity painter Michel Werboff

Heading
(African-American)
Author
Werboff, Michel
Headline
Original drawing of Georgia Black woman by celebrity artist
Date Published
1943

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

160

The Unique: or Biography of Many Distinguished Characters: with Fine Portraits

Heading
(Biography)
Headline
The Unique, with engraved portraits
Publisher
C. & E.B. Gill
Date Published
1834

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

170

California Arts & Architecture magazine, February 1939

Heading
(California Arts, Architecture)
Headline
1939 California Arts, Architecture magazine
Date Published
1939

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

198

Aegypten in Bild und Wort

Heading
(Egypt)
Author
Ebers, Georg
Headline
Egypt, 1879, richly illustrated
Publisher
Hallberger
Date Published
1879, 1880

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

277

Images of A Golden Era: Paintings of Historical California

Author
Abril, Ben
Headline
Images of A Golden Era: Paintings of Historical California
Publisher
Arthur H. Clark Company
Date Published
1987

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold