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