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AuthorAesopHeadlineLarge paper edition, 1/60PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #3 A Bibliography of the Auerhahn Press [with] The Hotel Wentley Poems Heading(Auerhahn Press)AuthorJohnston, Alastair, compilerHeadlineFirst publication of the Auerhahn press with bibliographyPublisherPoltroon Press; Auerhahn PressDate Published[1976]; 1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #4 Letters Redrawn from the Trajan Inscription in Rome Heading(Catfish Press)AuthorCatich, Edward M.HeadlineLetters Redrawn from the Trajan Inscription in RomePublisherCatfish PressDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #5 Portfolio 1984 [with] The Loom Heading(Copper Canyon Press)AuthorHamill, Sam et al.HeadlinePoetry broadsides and a chapbook from Sam Hamill et al.PublisherCopper Canyon PressDate Published1984; [1975] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #6 Four volumes by Sam Hamill from his Copper Canyon Press Heading(Copper Canyon Press)AuthorHamill, SamHeadlineFour volumes by Sam Hamill, three signedPublisherCopper Canyon PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #7 An Account of the Treatment of his Hares: May 28, 1784 AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith initials in calligraphyPublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #8 The Good European and Other Poems Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorBlackmur, R.P.HeadlineSigned by R.P. Blackmur, 1/40PublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1947 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #9 Five Tales Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorMaxwell, WilliamHeadlineSigned with note and inscription by William MaxwellPublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #10 Two volumes from Harry Duncan's The Cummington Press Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorWilbur, Richarrd; Louise BoganHeadlineSigned by Harry DuncanPublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1987; 1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Poems of John Keats [with] Of Truth, Beautye, and Goodnesse Heading(Fine Printing)AuthorKeats, John; Francis BaconHeadlineTwo fine press worksPublisherPrivately Printed; Swan PressDate Published1904 ; 1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #12 Paper-Making in the Classroom AuthorHunter, DardHeadlineDard Hunter's Paper-Making in the ClassroomPublisherThe Manual Arts PressDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #13 Untrimmed proof signatures from Kelmscott's Keats and Shelley Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineUntrimmed proof signatures from Kelmscott's Keats and ShelleyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894-1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #14 Unsought Intimacies: Poems of 1991 Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorGunn, ThomHeadlineThom Gunn, Theophilus Brown, & Peter KochPublisherPeter Koch, PrinterDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #15 The Confessions of Saint Augustine Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorAugustine of HippoHeadlineSigned by Edy LegrandPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #16 The Discourses and Manual of Epictetus Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorEpictetusHeadlineSigned by illustrator Hans ErniPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #17 Poor Richard: the Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author[Franklin, Benjamin]HeadlineSigned by Norman RockwellPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1964 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #18 Grimm's Fairy Tales Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorGrimm, BrothersHeadlineSigned by Lucille CorcosPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark... Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLewis, Meriwether and William ClarkHeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #20 Three novels from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorMelville, Herman & Nathaniel HawthorneHeadline3 Classic novels from Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #21 Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorOvidHeadlineSigned by Hans Enri and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1958 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #22 Rights of Man Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Lynd WardPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #23 The Trial and Death of Socrates Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPlatoHeadlineSigned by Hans Erni and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #24 Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years, 1929-1954, of the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #25 Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorVasari, GiorgioHeadlineLives of the Most Eminent Painters, LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #26 Three volumes from the Porpoise Bookshop's San Francisco series Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineThree booklets on SF from Henry EvansPublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1955-57 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #27 Four illustrated booklets from the Porpoise Bookshop's childrens games series Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, PatriciaHeadlineFour Porpoise Bookshop booklets on children's gamesPublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1954-56 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #28 Gin: Four Journal Pieces Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorBlackburn, PaulHeadlineGin by Paul Blackburn, 1/136PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #29 The Charm: Early and Uncollected Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorCreeley, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Creeley, 1/250PublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #30 Selected Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorCunningham, J.V.HeadlineSigned by the poetPublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1971 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #31 Remains Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorGardons, S.S. [W.D. Snodgrass]HeadlineSigned by W.D. SnodgrassPublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #32 The Pig: Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorLaughlin, J.HeadlineThe Pig by J. Laughlin, 1/183PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #33 Two chapbooks and a folding broadside from Walter Hamady's Perishable Press Heading(Perishable Press)HeadlineWith a broadside signed by Michael OndaatjePublisherThe Perishable PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #34 Jabberwocky Arranged as a Play with Music Heading(Poole Press)AuthorCarroll, Lewis and Maryline Poole AdamsHeadlineSigned by Maryline Poole Adams, 1/75PublisherPoole PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 Heading(Ritchie, Ward)HeadlineSigned by Ward Ritchie et al.PublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #36 Four volumes of poetry from Stone Wall Press Heading(Stone Wall Press)HeadlineFour from Kim Merker's Stone Wall PressPublisherStone Wall PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #37 Poems and Woodcuts Gathered, Cut and Printed AuthorWidmer, FredHeadlineOne of only three copiesPublisherFred WidmerDate Published1972 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #38 The Names of the Lost Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorLevine, PhilipHeadlineSigned by Philip Levine, 1/200PublisherWindhover PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #39 Two volumes from Windhover Press Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorMerwin, W.S.; James LaughlinHeadlineOne signed by W.S. MerwinPublisherWindhover PressDate Published[1978]; [1982] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #40 Regarding Wave Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineSigned by Gary Snyder, 1/280PublisherWindhover PressDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #41 The Continuous Life Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorStrand, MarkHeadlineMark Strand The Continuous Life Windhover PressPublisherWindhover PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #85 Twenty-two hand-colored botanical and entomological prints published by Thomas and Samuel Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, Thomas and EdwardHeadlineTwenty-two hand-colored botanicals from Curtis MagazinePublisherThomas and Edward CurtisDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #87 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings published by William Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals published by W. CurtisPublisherWilliam CurtisDate Published1789-97 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #89 Botanical Prints with Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks [with] folding broadside signed by Henry Evans Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineBotanical Prints by Henry Evans with signed broadsidePublisherW.H Freeman and CompanyDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #90 Four linocuts by Henry Evans with two broadsides and miscellaneous ephemera Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineFour linocuts by Henry Evans with broadsides & ephemeraPublisher[Peregrine Press]Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #91 Five hand-colored botanical and entomological lithographs from drawings by F.E. Guérin Heading(Botanical)AuthorGuérin, [Félix Édouard]HeadlineFive hand-colored plates by F.E, GuérinDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #92 Seven miscellaneous 19th century botanical prints, some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline7 miscellaneous colored botanical printsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #93 Six folio hand-colored botanical engravings - two from William Curtis's Flora Londinensis Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSix folio hand-colored engraved botanicalsDate Published[Late 18th century] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Sixteen nineteenth century hand-colored botanical plates Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSixteen 19th century hand-colored botanical platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Fifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, many with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineFifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published[c 1800] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #96 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, nine of which with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals by James SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published1812; 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #97 Thirty seven botanical plates - some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline37 botanical color platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 Three hand-colored copper engravings from Deliciae Naturae Selectae Heading(Conchology)AuthorKnorr, Georg WolfgangHeadlineThree hand-colored engravings of shellsDate Published[c. 1770] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #101 Diodon Atinga [with] Blennius Gunellus/Blennius Pholis - two plates from Okonomische Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Auslandischen Fische Heading(Ichthyology)AuthorBloch, Marcus ElieserHeadlineTwo late 18th century ichthyological plates, hand-coloredDate Published[1786-87] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #106 Assorted collection of over fifty natural history plates, many hand-colored Heading(Natural History)HeadlineOver fifty natural history plates, many hand-coloredDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #108 A Group of Auriculas - plate IX from the Temple of Flora AuthorThornton, RobertHeadlineA Group of Auriculas plate from Temple of FloraPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published[c. 1810] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #121 Certificate verifying Emma Jean Arnold participated in the Manhattan Project to build an Atomic Bomb during World War II Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineEphemera from dawn of Atomic AgeDate Published6 August 1945 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #137 Animal Sketching AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Calder's Animal sketching w/jacketPublisherBridgman PublishersDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #138 Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineCalder's Three Young Rats in jacketPublisherCurt ValentinDate Published1944 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #142 The Year's at the Spring: An Anthology of Recent Poetry Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorWalters, L. D'o.HeadlineSigned by Harry Clarke, 1/250PublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #154 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis Heading(Dryden, John, translator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineSecond edition of Dryden's VirgilPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1698 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #170 Exhibition of Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings... Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York AuthorGiacometti, AlbertoHeadlineGiacometti exhibit catalogue 1948Date Published1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #179 Twenty-four Selections from his Work AuthorHart, George O. "Pop"HeadlineWith a signed lithograph by Pop HartPublisherThe Downtown GalleryDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #193 A Birthday Book AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineSigned by Rockwell KentPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #204 Long Walk to Freedom - inscribed to Wayne Dyer AuthorMandela, NelsonHeadlineInscribed by Nelson Mandela to Wayne DyerPublisherAbacusDate Published[1995] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #218 The Road Less Traveled [with] The Different Drum AuthorPeck, M. ScottHeadlineTwo first editions by M. Scott Peck, one signedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1978]; [1987] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #219 P. Moschidis: Zeichnungen 1963-1968 Heading(Petropoulos, Ilias)AuthorMoschidis, PawlosHeadlineInscribed by Ilias Petropoulos to Paul GrayPublisher[Grafische Gestaltung Anakreon Kanawakis]Date Published1969 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #223 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Heading(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineWilly Pogany Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1 of 25PublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co.Date Published[1910] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #224 Posters: A Critical Study Of The Development Of Poster Design In Continental Europe, England And America Heading(Posters)AuthorPrice, Charles MatlackHeadlinePosters, 1/250PublisherGeorge W. BrickaDate Published1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #230 Tales from Shakespeare Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorLamb, Charles & MaryHeadlineLarge paper edition signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherJ.M. Dent / E.P. DuttonDate Published1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #234 Rembrandt Drawings: Twenty-five Years in the Peck Collection Heading(Rembrandt)AuthorPeck, SheldonHeadlineRembrandt Drawings in the Peck Collection 1/400Date Published2003 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #236 Every Building on the Sunset Strip AuthorRuscha, EdwardHeadlineRuscha Every Building on the Sunset Strip 1966Publisher[Edward Ruscha]Date Published1966 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #237 Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings Heading(Schiele, Egon)AuthorLeopold, RudolfHeadlineThe artwork of Egon Schiele, 1/50 copiesPublisherPhaidonDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #238 Shakespeare in Pictorial Art [with] Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man Illustrated Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorSalaman, C.; W. BromleyHeadlineTwo illustrated works of ShakepeareanaPublisherThe Studio Ltd.; W. BromleyDate Published1916;1799 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #241 Scar Strangled Banner - signed with four signed items promoting the book AuthorSteadman, RalphHeadlineSteadman Scar Strangled Banner - signedPublisherSalem HouseDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #242 Monokatari Genji gojūyon chō - ものかたり源氏五十四帖 Heading(Tale of Genji)AuthorKawarazaki, KōtōHeadlineArtistic rendering of the Tale of Genji ch. 54PublisherUchida Bijutsu ShoshiDate Published1935 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineIncludes a first edition inscribed by John UpdikePublisherAlfred A. Knopf; André Deutsch & Edmund WardDate Published[1962]; [1964] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next