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View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorAesopHeadlineLarge paper edition, 1/60PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1889 Lot #3 A Bibliography of the Auerhahn Press [with] The Hotel Wentley Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Auerhahn Press)AuthorJohnston, Alastair, compilerHeadlineFirst publication of the Auerhahn press with bibliographyPublisherPoltroon Press; Auerhahn PressDate Published[1976]; 1958 Lot #4 Letters Redrawn from the Trajan Inscription in Rome View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Catfish Press)AuthorCatich, Edward M.HeadlineLetters Redrawn from the Trajan Inscription in RomePublisherCatfish PressDate PublishedNo date Lot #5 Portfolio 1984 [with] The Loom View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Copper Canyon Press)AuthorHamill, Sam et al.HeadlinePoetry broadsides and a chapbook from Sam Hamill et al.PublisherCopper Canyon PressDate Published1984; [1975] Lot #6 Four volumes by Sam Hamill from his Copper Canyon Press View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Copper Canyon Press)AuthorHamill, SamHeadlineFour volumes by Sam Hamill, three signedPublisherCopper Canyon PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #7 An Account of the Treatment of his Hares: May 28, 1784 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith initials in calligraphyPublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1964] Lot #8 The Good European and Other Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorBlackmur, R.P.HeadlineSigned by R.P. Blackmur, 1/40PublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1947 Lot #9 Five Tales View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorMaxwell, WilliamHeadlineSigned with note and inscription by William MaxwellPublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1988 Lot #10 Two volumes from Harry Duncan's The Cummington Press View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorWilbur, Richarrd; Louise BoganHeadlineSigned by Harry DuncanPublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1987; 1991 Lot #11 The Poems of John Keats [with] Of Truth, Beautye, and Goodnesse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Printing)AuthorKeats, John; Francis BaconHeadlineTwo fine press worksPublisherPrivately Printed; Swan PressDate Published1904 ; 1926 Lot #12 Paper-Making in the Classroom View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHunter, DardHeadlineDard Hunter's Paper-Making in the ClassroomPublisherThe Manual Arts PressDate Published[1931] Lot #13 Untrimmed proof signatures from Kelmscott's Keats and Shelley View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineUntrimmed proof signatures from Kelmscott's Keats and ShelleyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894-1895 Lot #14 Unsought Intimacies: Poems of 1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorGunn, ThomHeadlineThom Gunn, Theophilus Brown, & Peter KochPublisherPeter Koch, PrinterDate Published1993 Lot #15 The Confessions of Saint Augustine View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorAugustine of HippoHeadlineSigned by Edy LegrandPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #16 The Discourses and Manual of Epictetus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorEpictetusHeadlineSigned by illustrator Hans ErniPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1966 Lot #17 Poor Richard: the Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author[Franklin, Benjamin]HeadlineSigned by Norman RockwellPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1964 Lot #18 Grimm's Fairy Tales View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorGrimm, BrothersHeadlineSigned by Lucille CorcosPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #19 The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLewis, Meriwether and William ClarkHeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #20 Three novels from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorMelville, Herman & Nathaniel HawthorneHeadline3 Classic novels from Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #21 Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorOvidHeadlineSigned by Hans Enri and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1958 Lot #22 Rights of Man View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Lynd WardPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1961 Lot #23 The Trial and Death of Socrates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPlatoHeadlineSigned by Hans Erni and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 Lot #24 Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years, 1929-1954, of the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 Lot #25 Lives of the Most Eminent Painters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorVasari, GiorgioHeadlineLives of the Most Eminent Painters, LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1966 Lot #26 Three volumes from the Porpoise Bookshop's San Francisco series View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineThree booklets on SF from Henry EvansPublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1955-57 Lot #27 Four illustrated booklets from the Porpoise Bookshop's childrens games series View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, PatriciaHeadlineFour Porpoise Bookshop booklets on children's gamesPublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1954-56 Lot #28 Gin: Four Journal Pieces View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorBlackburn, PaulHeadlineGin by Paul Blackburn, 1/136PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] Lot #29 The Charm: Early and Uncollected Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorCreeley, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Creeley, 1/250PublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1967 Lot #30 Selected Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorCunningham, J.V.HeadlineSigned by the poetPublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1971 Lot #31 Remains Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorGardons, S.S. [W.D. Snodgrass]HeadlineSigned by W.D. SnodgrassPublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1970 Lot #32 The Pig: Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorLaughlin, J.HeadlineThe Pig by J. Laughlin, 1/183PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] Lot #33 Two chapbooks and a folding broadside from Walter Hamady's Perishable Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Perishable Press)HeadlineWith a broadside signed by Michael OndaatjePublisherThe Perishable PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #34 Jabberwocky Arranged as a Play with Music View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Poole Press)AuthorCarroll, Lewis and Maryline Poole AdamsHeadlineSigned by Maryline Poole Adams, 1/75PublisherPoole PressDate Published1987 Lot #35 A Pre-Raphaelite Aeneid of Virgil in the Collection of Mrs. Edward Laurence Doheny of Los Angeles, Being an Essay in Honor of the William Morris Centenary 1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Ritchie, Ward)HeadlineSigned by Ward Ritchie et al.PublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1934] Lot #36 Four volumes of poetry from Stone Wall Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Stone Wall Press)HeadlineFour from Kim Merker's Stone Wall PressPublisherStone Wall PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #37 Poems and Woodcuts Gathered, Cut and Printed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWidmer, FredHeadlineOne of only three copiesPublisherFred WidmerDate Published1972 Lot #38 The Names of the Lost View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorLevine, PhilipHeadlineSigned by Philip Levine, 1/200PublisherWindhover PressDate Published1976 Lot #39 Two volumes from Windhover Press View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorMerwin, W.S.; James LaughlinHeadlineOne signed by W.S. MerwinPublisherWindhover PressDate Published[1978]; [1982] Lot #40 Regarding Wave View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineSigned by Gary Snyder, 1/280PublisherWindhover PressDate Published[1969] Lot #41 The Continuous Life View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorStrand, MarkHeadlineMark Strand The Continuous Life Windhover PressPublisherWindhover PressDate Published1990 Lot #76 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Poetry)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadline6 Volumes of Robert Browning's PoetryPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #77 The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Found in His Dramas View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePoetry of Shakespeare bound by Bayntun, 1/450Publisher[Essex House Press]Date Published1899 Lot #89 Botanical Prints with Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks [with] folding broadside signed by Henry Evans View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineBotanical Prints by Henry Evans with signed broadsidePublisherW.H Freeman and CompanyDate Published[1977] Lot #90 Four linocuts by Henry Evans with two broadsides and miscellaneous ephemera View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineFour linocuts by Henry Evans with broadsides & ephemeraPublisher[Peregrine Press]Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #113 Book of Erotica Paintings - II (春宮畫集) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Asian - Erotica)HeadlineBook of Chinese erotic paintings with poetryDate Published[c. 1930's] Lot #121 Certificate verifying Emma Jean Arnold participated in the Manhattan Project to build an Atomic Bomb during World War II View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineEphemera from dawn of Atomic AgeDate Published6 August 1945 Lot #129 Three volumes on English & American authors View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bibliography)HeadlineBibliography & catalogues of English PoetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #138 Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineCalder's Three Young Rats in jacketPublisherCurt ValentinDate Published1944 Lot #142 The Year's at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorWalters, L. D'o.HeadlineSigned by Harry Clarke, 1/250PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published1920 Lot #148 The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of Those Which Were Formerly Printed: and Those Which He Design'd for the Press. Now Published Out of the Authors Original Copies. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCowley, AbrahamHeadlineWorks of Mr Abraham Cowley 1668PublisherPrinted by J.M. for Henry HerringmanDate Published1668 Lot #178 Satires of Circumstance: Lyrics and Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineSatires of Circumstance, Harold Monro's copyPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1914 Lot #179 Twenty-four Selections from his Work View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHart, George O. "Pop"HeadlineWith a signed lithograph by Pop HartPublisherThe Downtown GalleryDate Published1928 Lot #193 A Birthday Book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineSigned by Rockwell KentPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 Lot #204 Long Walk to Freedom - inscribed to Wayne Dyer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMandela, NelsonHeadlineInscribed by Nelson Mandela to Wayne DyerPublisherAbacusDate Published[1995] Lot #212 The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of Mr. John Milton, 1720PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1720 Lot #215 Philosophical Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMore, HenryHeadlineThe collected poetry of Henry More, 1647PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1647 Lot #218 The Road Less Traveled [with] The Different Drum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPeck, M. ScottHeadlineTwo first editions by M. Scott Peck, one signedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1978]; [1987] Lot #219 P. Moschidis: Zeichnungen 1963-1968 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Petropoulos, Ilias)AuthorMoschidis, PawlosHeadlineInscribed by Ilias Petropoulos to Paul GrayPublisher[Grafische Gestaltung Anakreon Kanawakis]Date Published1969 Lot #223 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineWilly Pogany Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1 of 25PublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co.Date Published[1910] Lot #230 Tales from Shakespeare View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorLamb, Charles & MaryHeadlineLarge paper edition signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherJ.M. Dent / E.P. DuttonDate Published1909 Lot #241 Scar Strangled Banner - signed with four signed items promoting the book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSteadman, RalphHeadlineSteadman Scar Strangled Banner - signedPublisherSalem HouseDate Published[1988] Lot #246 The Seasons [bound with] Britannia: A Poem View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorThomson, [James]HeadlineThe Seasons with Britannia by James Thomson, 1730Date Published1730 Lot #248 The Magic Flute: With Musical Themes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adapted and Illustrated by Warren Chappell - First Edition, library binding variant and First UK Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineIncludes a first edition inscribed by John UpdikePublisherAlfred A. Knopf; André Deutsch & Edmund WardDate Published[1962]; [1964] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next