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Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #61 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1812 Lot #62 Westminster View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBesant, WalterHeadlineWalter Besant's Westminster finely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1902 Lot #63 Lives of the Fathers, martyrs and other principal saints compiled from original monuments and authentic records View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorButler, AlbanHeadlineButler's Lives of the Saints, 1859PublisherJ. DuffyDate Published1859 Lot #65 Essays View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineDoves Press edition Emerson's Essays, 1/300PublisherDoves PressDate Published1906 Lot #66 Crusade in Europe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower's Crusade in Europe finely boundPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1948 Lot #67 Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - The Chawton Edition View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen - The Chawton EditionPublisherFrank S. HolbyDate Published1906 Lot #68 Israel: The Establishment of a State View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSacher, HarryHeadlineFounding of Israel in fine bindingPublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & NicolsonDate Published[1952] Lot #69 The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineAdventures of Baron Munchausen finely bound by BayntunPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published[c.1895] Lot #70 Seven Letters Concerning the Politics of Switzerland, Pending the Outbreak of the Civil War in 1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's letters on the Swiss Civil WarPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1876 Lot #71 The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJerrold, BlanchardHeadlineIllustrated Life of George CruikshankPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1882 Lot #72 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, editorsHeadlineBattles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 volsPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1887-1888] Lot #73 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorLivingstone, DavidHeadlineLivingstone's Missionary Travels in Africa 1857PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1857 Lot #74 Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans 1778-1815. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorMarquise de La Tour-du-Pin Gouvernet, Henriette-Lucie DillonHeadlineJournal d'une Femme de Cinquante An 1913PublisherLibrairie ChapelotDate Published1913 Lot #75 Elements of General History Ancient and Modern View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMillot, Claude-François-XavierHeadlineMillot's Elements of General History RevisedPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1823 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 #78 The Works of Shakspeare View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe works of Shakespeare w/steel engraved platesPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c.1870] Lot #79 Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: With the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of Henry the Great,... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc deHeadlineMemoirs of the Duke of Sully finely boundPublisherStirling and Slade, et alDate Published1819 Lot #80 The Imitation of Jesus Christ, Translated from the Latin Original Ascribed to Thomas à Kempis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Thomas à Kempis)AuthorDibdin, Thomas Frognall, translatorHeadlineDibdin's translation of Thomas à KempisPublisherWilliam Pickering and John MajorDate Published1828 Lot #81 A History of British Birds View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 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 #124 Peter and Wendy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st American EdnPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] Lot #125 Bhagavad-Gita, id est Thespesion Melos Sive almi Krishnae et Arjunae Colloquium de Rebus Divinis, Bharateae episodium. Textum recensuit, annotations criticas ed interpretationem Latinam View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Bhagavad-Gita)AuthorSchlegel, August Wilhelm von, translatorHeadline1st Latin translation of the Bhagavad GitaPublisherPrinted by E. WeberDate Published1823 Lot #129 Three volumes on English & American authors View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bibliography)HeadlineBibliography & catalogues of English PoetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #135 The Works of that Eminent Servant of Christ, Mr. John Bunyan View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineNapoleon as harbinger of the New JerusalemPublisherW. JohnstonDate Published1767-68 Lot #145 A Conrad Memorial Library: The Collection of George T. Keating View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Conrad, Joseph)AuthorKeating, George T.HeadlineBeautifully bound A Conrad Memorial LibraryPublisherDoubledayDate Published1929 Lot #146 The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineFirst edition of Cooper's MohicansPublisherH.C. Carey & I. LeaDate Published1826 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 #150 The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values: A Bibliography View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorEckel, John C.HeadlineEckel bibliography of Dickens, 1932 enlarged editionPublisherMaurice InmanDate Published1932 Lot #154 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Dryden, John, translator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineSecond edition of Dryden's VirgilPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1698 Lot #155 The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas...Now First Collected Together, and Corrected from the Originals View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineFirst folio of Dryden's plays, 1701PublisherPrinted for Jacob Tonson, Thomas Bennet, Richard WellingtonDate Published1701 Lot #156 Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with Original Poems by Mr. Dryden View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDryden, [John]HeadlineJohn Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern, 1700PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1700 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 #181 Clarimonde. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn from the French of Theophile Gautier View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hearn, Lafcadio, translator)AuthorGautier, TheophileHeadlineClarimonde translated by Lafcadio Hearn, 1899PublisherBrentano'sDate Published[1899] Lot #189 Transatlantic Sketches View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineTransatlantic Sketches of Henry James, 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1875 Lot #191 The Picture of Dorian Gray View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Keen, Henry, illustrator)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineFirst illustrated edition in rare dustjacketPublisherJohn Lane and Dodd MeadDate Published[1925] Lot #192 The Picture of Dorian Gray View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Keen, Henry, illustrator)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineIn rare jacket and slipcasePublisherJohn Lane and Dodd MeadDate Published[1925] 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 #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 #238 Shakespeare in Pictorial Art [with] Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man Illustrated View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorSalaman, C.; W. BromleyHeadlineTwo illustrated works of ShakepeareanaPublisherThe Studio Ltd.; W. BromleyDate Published1916;1799 Lot #244 The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Taylor, Thomas, translator)AuthorAristotleHeadlineThomas Taylor's Aristotle first edition 1/50PublisherPrinted for the translator by Robert WilksDate Published1811 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next