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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Christopher Columbus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorKazantzakis, NikosHeadlineAllen Press Christopher Columbus by KazantzakisPublisherAllen PressDate Published1972 Lot #2 Quartet: Four Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineAllen Press, Edith Wharton, Quartet, 1 of 140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1975 Lot #3 40 years of Book Club of California Quarterly Newsletters View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)Headline40 years of Book Club of California Quarterly NewslettersPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1946-1986 Lot #4 Book Club of California Quarterly Newsletters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineBook Club of California Quarterlys in deluxe slipcasesPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954-1994 Lot #5 Collection of Book Club of California Keepsakes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)Headline15 Book Club of California keepsakes in deluxe slipcasesPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1946-1990 Lot #6 Large Collection of Keepsakes and Quarterly Newsletters from The Book Club of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineLarge collection of Book Club of California keepsakes, etc.PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1952-1990 Lot #7 Thirty-three Book Club of California Keepsakes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineBook Club of California Keepsakes, many in slipcasesPublisherThe Book Club of CalilforniaDate Published1980-2014 Lot #8 The Apocrypha According to the Authorized Version View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cresset Press)HeadlineApocrypha 1/450 copies from Cresset PressPublisherCresset PressDate Published1929 Lot #9 Gargantua and Pantagruel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Dwiggins, W.A.)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineSigned by W.A. DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 Lot #10 Judith. Reprinted from the Revised Version of the Apocrypha View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)HeadlineJudith illus. by William Russell Flint 1/100PublisherThe Haymarket PressDate Published1928 Lot #11 Le Morte DArthur: The Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Flint, William Russell, illustrator)AuthorMalory, ThomasHeadlineLe Morte DArthur, full vellum 1910-11PublisherPhilip Lee Warner / Medici Society Ltd.Date Published1910-11 Lot #12 The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorGill, Eric, illustratorHeadlineEric Gill's masterpiece, The Four GospelsPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1931 Lot #13 One Hundred and Eleven Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorHerrick, RobertHeadlineGather ye Golden Cockerel editions while ye mayPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1955 Lot #14 Twenty-Six Addresses Delivered During the War Years View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorKaiser, Henry J.HeadlinePrinted by Grabhorn Press, 1 of only 30 copiesPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1945 Lot #15 The Tragedie of Julius Caesar View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Press edition of Shakespeare's Julius CaesarPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1954 Lot #16 Papermaking By Hand in India View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorHunter, DardHeadlineDard Hunter, Papermaking By Hand in India 1/370PublisherPynson PrintersDate Published1939 Lot #17 Two bifolia of pages from Keats and Shelley View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineBifolia from Kelmscott Press, Keats and ShelleyPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894-1895] Lot #18 In Medias Res. Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food [with] signed contract for publication View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Killion, Tom, illustrator)AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineEverson's In Media Res with Tom Killion WoodcutsPublisherAdrian Wilson [and John Carpenter]Date Published[1984] Lot #19 Five Valentine broadsides View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorKoch, Peter and Michael CookinhamHeadlineFive valentines signed by Peter Rutledge KochPublisherPeter Koch, PrintersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #20 Three Valentine broadsides View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorKoch, Peter and Michael CookinhamHeadlineThree valentines signed by Peter Rutledge KochPublisherPeter Koch, PrintersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #21 Two Valentine broadsides View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorKoch, Peter and Michael CookinhamHeadlineSigned by Peter Koch and Michael CookinhamPublisherPeter Koch, PrintersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #22 Green Grow the Lilacs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRiggs, LynnHeadlineSigned by Thomas Hart BentonPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1954 Lot #23 The Book of Ruth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorSzyk, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Arthur Szyk, 1947PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1947 Lot #24 Salomé View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineSigned by André DerainPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1938 Lot #25 Jazz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Moretti, Raymond, illustrator)AuthorTenot, FrankHeadlineRaymond Moretti Jazz lithographsPublisherGeorges IsraelDate Published1983 Lot #26 The Heathen Chinee: Plain Language from Truthful James View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nash, John Henry, printer)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineThe Heathen Chinee printed by NashPublisherSuttonhouse, Ltd.Date Published1936 Lot #27 La Rosa del Herbolario: Poemas de Pablo Neruda, Estampas Originales de Luisa Palacios View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineSigned by Pablo NerudaPublisherDiseño Grafico de John LangeDate Published[1969] Lot #28 The Shorter Poems of John Milton View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Palmer, Samuel, illustrator)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineShorter Poems of John Milton 1/135PublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1889 Lot #29 Mémoires View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Pochoir)AuthorCasanova, de Seingalt, Giacomo GirolamoHeadlineMémoires of Casanova illustratedPublisherGilbert JeuneDate Published[1950] Lot #30 Four volumes printed by or about Bruce Rogers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)Headline4 vols printed by or about Bruce RodgersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1902-1925 Lot #31 One-Handed Basket Weaving: Twenty Poems on the Theme of Work View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorRumi, JelaluddinHeadlineOne-Handed Basket Weaving Jelaluddin Rumi 1/125PublisherQuelquefois PressDate Published1993 Lot #32 Cinquante eaux-fortes de Sylvain Sauvage pour illustrer les mémoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Vénitien. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSauvage,SylvainHeadline50 plates by Sylvain Sauvage 1/250PublisherPaul CotinaudDate Published[1920] Lot #33 The Shakespeare Head Edition of the Novels of Samuel Richardson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorRichardson, SamuelHeadlineShakespeare Head Press edition of RichardsonPublisherShakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell and Houghton MifflinDate Published[1929-31] Lot #34 Bibliopola. Bilder und Texte aus der Welt des Buchhandels. Pictures and Text about the Book Trade. Images et Texte sur la Libririe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTaubert, SigfredHeadlineTaubert, Bibliopola, the book trade 1st Ed. 1966PublisherNew York: R. R. Bowker Co.Date Published[1966] Lot #35 Odes and Sonnets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Taylor & Taylor)AuthorSmith, Clark AshtonHeadlineClark Ashton Smiths Odes & SonnetsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1918 Lot #36 The Face of Modern Greece View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorTsarouchis, YannisHeadlineTsarouchis tribute signed by 25PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published2004 Lot #37 The Altar Book: Containing the Order for the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist According to the Use of the American Church: MDCCCXCII. By Authority View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Updike, Daniel Berkeley/ Merrymount Press)HeadlineThe Altar Book Merrymount Press 1/350Publisher[Merrymount Press]Date Published[1896] Lot #38 The Eclogues of Virgil. An English Version. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Virgil)AuthorPalmer, SamuelHeadlineThe Eclogues of Virgil. 1883 1/10 presentation copiesPublisherSeeley & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #39 California in Relief. Thirty Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineRichard Wagener California in Relief 1/300 signedPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2009 Lot #40 The Sierra Nevada Suite View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineRichard Wagener Sierra Nevada SuitePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2013 Lot #41 Tennis: Origins and Mysteries - Inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorWhitman, Malcolm D.HeadlineTennis: Origins and MysteriesPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1932 Lot #47 Idylls of the King View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineIdylls of the King in prize binding, illustrated by DoréPublisherEdward Moxon and Co.Date Published1868 Lot #57 A Johnson Sampler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineCurwen's Johnson Sampler, inscribedPublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1963 Lot #61 The Hellenics of Walter Savage Landor; comprising Heroic Idyls. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLandor, Walter SavageHeadlineHenry W. Poor's copy of Landor's HellenicsPublisherJames Nichol; R. Griffin and Co.Date Published1859 Lot #72 The Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)HeadlinePoems of Swinburne in 4 finely bound volumesPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1909 Lot #79 Orlando Furioso View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAriosto, LudovicoHeadlineOrlando Furioso, illustrated with 47 engravingsPublisherFantinDate Published1803 Lot #96 The Holy Bible: The Authorized or King James Version of 1611 now reprinted with the Apocrypha View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineBeautiful 1963 Nonesuch Press edition of The BiblePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1963 Lot #118 The Works of The Rev. George Crabbe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCrabbe, GeorgeHeadlineWorks of The Rev. George Crabbe 8 vols. 1823PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 Lot #121 The Faerie Queene View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Crane, Water, illustrator)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene illustrated by Walter CranePublisherGeorge AllenDate Published1895-97 Lot #129 L'Enfer View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustav, illustrator)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineWith seventy-five plates by Gustav DoréPublisherLibrairie de L. Hachette et Cie.Date Published1865 Lot #137 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Musick, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematicks, Husbandry, Gardening, Cookery, Chemistry... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Early Periodicals)HeadlineEarly monthly culture and society periodicalPublisherJohn Hinton at the King's ArmsDate Published[1748] Lot #148 The Book of Fairy Poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Goble, Warwick, illustrator)AuthorOwen, Dora, editorHeadlineThe Book of Fairy Poetry illustrated by Warwick GoblePublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1920 Lot #155 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 Lot #177 Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide: traduction nouvelle avec le texte Latin, suivie d'une analyse de l'explication des fables, de notes géographiques, historiques, et critiques View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorOvidHeadlineLavishly illustrated French/Latin edition of OvidPublisherF. Gay, Ch. GuestardDate Published1806 Lot #180 The Rose Garden of Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Persia)AuthorCostello, Louisa StuartHeadlineThe Rose Garden of Persia, 1845PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1845 Lot #182 Phaedri Augusti liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque, Ad optimas quasque editiones emendati. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPhaedrus [Gaius Julius Phaedrus]HeadlineLatin edition of Aesop's Fables, 1742PublisherApud CoustelierDate Published1742 Lot #188 Oeuvres de Gesner Zürich View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry)AuthorGessner, SalomonHeadlineThe Works of Salomon GessnerPublisherChez DufartDate Published[ca. 1786-1793] Lot #206 Les Poètes de Sept Ans Illustré de Sept Gravures en Pointe-Sèche de 20x30 par Valentine Hugo View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorRimbaud, Arthur and Valentine HugoHeadline16 page manuscript by Valentine Hugo on RimbaudPublisherG.L.M.Date Published1939 Lot #212 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorPlutarchHeadlinePlutarch's Lives, large paper edition, 1/500PublisherShakespeare Head Press for Houghton MifflinDate Published1928 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next