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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Four Poems of the Occult View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorGoll, YvanHeadlineGoll, Allen Press, Four Poems of the Occult 1/130PublisherAllen PressDate Published[1962] Lot #10 The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal or Deuterocanonical Books View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineArion Press Bible - Masterpiece of the PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2000 Lot #11 Cane View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorToomer, JeanHeadlineArion Press, Cane signed by Martin PuryearPublisherArion PressDate Published2000 Lot #16 The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineBeardsley illustrates King Arthur, 1/1500 copiesPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1893-94 Lot #18 The Grave, a Poem View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorBlair, RobertHeadlineWilliam Blake engravings for Blair's Grave 1808PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley... for the Proprietor, R.H. CromekDate Published1808 Lot #19 Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Book of Job, 1 of 250 copies fom the Trianon PressPublisherWilliam Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] Lot #20 Fahrenheit 451 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineWith Ray Bradbury inscription and sketch for Herb YellinPublisherRupert Hart-DavisDate Published1954 Lot #21 The Illustrated Man View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Illustrated Man inscribed to Herb YellinPublisherDoubleday & Company IncDate Published1951 Lot #22 The October Country View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Bradbury and Mugnaini, inscribed to YellinPublisherBallantine BooksDate Published[1955] Lot #25 Two manuscript documents pertaining to a bet between Samuel Brannan and H.C. Downing on the outcome of the 1868 Presidential election, one of them signed by Brannan View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Samuel Brannan)HeadlineSam Brannan bets on U.S. Grant, signed documentDate PublishedOct. 12 & Dec. 4, 1868 Lot #27 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineBoth copies signed by the Original AlicePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1932 & 1935 Lot #28 Pagliacci (Punchinello): Drama in Two Acts View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Caruso, Enrico)AuthorLeoncavallo, RuggeroHeadlineInscribed by Leoncavallo with signed card by CarusoPublisherG. SchirmerDate Published[1906] Lot #29 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Thomas Hodgkin, and sold by William WhitwoodDate Published1687 Lot #32 Step by Step, 1936-1939 - inscribed to the Duke of Windsor View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$34,375StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston Churchill to Duke of WindsorPublisherThornton Butterworth, Ltd.Date Published[1939] Lot #33 Letter signed by Cuban poet and revolutionary José Marti, regarding funds for the ongoing Cuban struggle for independence from Spain View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Cuba)AuthorMartí Perez, José JulíanHeadlineALS from Cuban revolutionary José MartiDate Published14 March 1893 Lot #35 The Botanic Garden. A Poem, in two parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Darwin, Erasmus]HeadlineDarwin's Botanic Garden with Blake plates, 1791PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1791 Lot #36 Pantagruel: Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Roy des Dipsodes Fils du Grand Géant Gargantua View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold Heading(Derain, André, artist)AuthorRabelais, FrançoisHeadlineAndré Derain artist book 1/15 with original paintingPublisherAlbert SkiraDate Published[1943] Lot #38 Sister Carrie View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineSister Carrie 1st ed. inscribed by Theodore DreiserPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #42 Mr. Knife Miss Fork - One of 50 signed copies View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Ernst, Max)AuthorCrevel, RenéHeadlineMr. Knife Miss Fork - One of 50 signed copiesPublisherBlack Sun PressDate Published1931 Lot #49 The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Gill, Eric)HeadlineEric Gill's The Four GospelsPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1931 Lot #50 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineGrabhorn Press Leaves of Grass, 1930PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #62 Ulysses View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses 1 of 250 signed by Joyce & Matisse L.E.C.PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1935 Lot #63 Fama, y obras posthumas del fenix de Mexico, dezima musa, poetisa Americana, sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, religiosa professa en el Convento de San Geronimo de la imperial ciudad de Mexico View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorJuana Inés de la Cruz, SisterHeadlinePoems by Mexican philosopher-nun, 1714PublisherImprenta de Antonio Gonçalez de Reyes, a costa de Francisco LasoDate Published1714 Lot #64 News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest, Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineMorris Utopian novel from Kelmscott PressPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1993 Lot #65 The Poems of William Shakespeare Printed after the Original Copies of Venus and Adonis, 1593. The Rape of Lucrece, 1594. Sonnets, 1609. The Lover's Complaint View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKelmscott printing of Shakespeare's PoemsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1893] Lot #66 History of Godefrey of Boloyne and the Conquest of Iherusalem View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)Author[William of Tyre]HeadlineKelmscott Press History of Godefrey of BoloynePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published[1893] Lot #68 Le Morte Darthur by Syr Thomas Malory. The Original Edition of William Caxton now Reprinted and Edited with an Introduction and Glossary by H. Oskar Sommers, Ph.D. With an Essay on Malory's Prose Style by Andrew Lang, M.A. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte Darthur finely bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherDavid NuttDate Published1889 Lot #71 The Paradise Lost of Milton with illustrations, designed and engraved by John Martin View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineJohn Martin mezzotints in Paradise Lost 1827PublisherSeptimus ProwettDate Published1827 Lot #72 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineWith a signed pencil drawing and additional signed printPublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 Lot #78 O.D. a Hippie. Legalize Heroin. Ban Hippies. (and New Yorkers) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorPettibon, RaymondHeadlineO.D. a Hippie. Signed by Raymond PettibonPublisherSST RecordsDate Published1982 Lot #82 Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Picasso, Pablo)AuthorAristophanesHeadlinePicasso's Lysistrata from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1934 Lot #88 The Club, or a Dialogue between Father and Son View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorPuckle, JamesHeadlineOne of 18 copies on Chinese paper, bound by RivierePublisherPrinted for the Proprietor by John JohnsonDate Published1817 Lot #89 The Tempest View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Tempest Arthur Rackham Signed with jacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1926] Lot #92 The Donkey and the Darling View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorRivers, Larry and Terry SouthernHeadlineLarry Rivers and Terry Southern artists' bookPublisherLimited Arts EditionsDate Published1968-77 Lot #94 Eight autograph letters signed by John Ruskin addressed to Sir William Lawrence Pullar View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineEight John Ruskin ALS to William Lawrence PullarDate Published[c. 1873-77] Lot #97 Grapes of Wrath View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned with inscription by John SteinbeckPublisherViking PressDate Published[1939] Lot #102 The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, by the Author of Lady Windermere's Fan View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Author[Wilde, Oscar]HeadlineWilde's Importance of Being Earnest, 1/100 signed copiesPublisherLeonard Smithers and Co.Date Published1899 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next