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With Instructive Applications Heading(Aesop)AuthorCroxall, SamuelHeadlineAesop's fables with 130 engravings 1875PublisherWorld Publishing HouseDate Published1875 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #9 Three signed posters from Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company Heading(Bradbury, Ray)Headline3 signed Ray Bradbury's postersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #28 Memories de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt AuthorCasanova, de Seingalt, Giacomo GirolamoHeadlineMémoires of Casanova illustratedPublisherGilbert JeuneDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #34 Four volumes by Joseph Conrad AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineFour 1st Editions from Joseph ConradDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #35 The Works of Joseph Conrad AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Conrad signed limited editionPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #40 La Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineLa Divina Commedia di Dante Allighieri, 1837PublisherCo' Tipi Del GondoliereDate Published[1837] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #42 Charles Dickens' engraved bookplate Heading(Dickens, Charles)HeadlineCharles Dickens' engraved bookplateDate Published[c.1840-70] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #43 "I am a citizen of the world" - original illustration for Dickens' "Little Dorrit" Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorMahoney, JamesHeadlineMahoney's original art for Dickens' Little DorritDate Published[c.1870-1879] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #44 The Mystery of Edwin Drood AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #45 The Nonesuch Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Nonesuch Dickens with a steel plate by MaclisePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1937-1938 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #46 Pictures from Italy AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Pictures from Italy 1st Edition 1846PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #57 Two novels from Easton Press Heading(Easton Press)HeadlineTwo nicely bound classics from Easton PressPublisherThe Easton PressDate Published1977, 1983 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #65 Amelia AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineHenry Fielding's last novelPublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1752 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #67 Bouvard and Pécuchet AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadline1st English translation of Flaubert's last novelPublisherH.S. NicholsDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #78 Ten works from the Franklin Library Heading(Franklin Library)HeadlineTen volumes from the Franklin LibraryPublisherFranklin LibraryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #79 Thirty-four signed volumes from the Franklin Library Heading(Franklin Library)Headline34 vols. from Franklin Library, signedPublisherThe Franklin LibraryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #82 Tales from Maxime Gorky AuthorGorky, MaximeHeadlineTales from Maxime Gorky, 1910PublisherBrentano'sDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #92 The House of Seven Gables AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's House of Seven Gables First EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #93 [The Marble Faun] Transformation: or, the Romance of Monte Beni AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne Marble Faun 1860 w/ albumen photosPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #99 The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineAutocrat of the Breakfast-Table 1st PrintingPublisherPhillips, Sampson and CompanyDate Published1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #100 The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineAutocrat of the Breakfast-Table 1st PrintingPublisherPhillips, Sampson and CompanyDate Published1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #101 Poems AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOliver Wendell Holmes' first bookPublisherOtis, Broaders, and Co.; George Dearborn and CompanyDate Published1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #113 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson AuthorJohnson, Samuel, editorHeadlineJohnson's Works of the English Poets 68 volumesPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs for C. Bathurst, et alDate Published1779-81 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #122 Recollections of Mr. James Lenox of New York and the Formation of His Library Heading(Lenox, James)AuthorStevens, HenryHeadlineMemoirs of NY collector James LenoxPublisherHenry Stevens & SonDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #126 The Turtles of Tasman AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's Turtles of Tasman in jacketPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1916 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #127 The Golden Legend - Elsie Leslie's copy with an original letter from Longfellow AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThe Golden Legend - Elsie Leslie's w/letterPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #148 The Sun Papers of Baltimore 1837-1937 Heading(Mencken, H.L.)AuthorJohnston, Gerald W.; Frank R. Kent, H.L. Mencken; Hamilton OwensHeadlineSun Papers of Baltimore signed by H.L. MenckenPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #180 Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Illustrated Cabinet Edition AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe - Illustrated Cabinet EditionPublisherThe Page CompanyDate Published[1884] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #182 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope...To Which is Prefixed The Life of the Author AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlinePoetical Works of Alexander Pope in 2 volumesPublisherThomas M'LeanDate Published1821 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #186 A Wonder-Book Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineWonder-Book Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, scarce djPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #203 The Waverley Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Waverley Novels 25 vols. "Library Edition"PublisherD. Appleton and Co.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #205 The Shakespeare Documents: Facsimiles, Transliterations, Translations & Commentary Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorLewis, B. RolandHeadlineThe Shakespeare DocumentsPublisherStanford University Press; Humphrey Milford: Oxford University PressDate Published[ca. 1940] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #206 The Handy Volume Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Handy Volume edition of ShakespearePublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[ca. 1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #207 The Jungle AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair, 1st EditionPublisherDoubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #212 Framed John Steinbeck Ballantine Ale advertisement Heading(Steinbeck, John)HeadlineSteinbeck shills for Ballantine Ale w/ a smokeDate Published[c. 1951-53] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #224 A Course of Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Heading(Thackeray, William Makepeace, his book)AuthorSchlegel, Augustus WilliamHeadlineFrom Thackeray's libraryPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #225 The works of Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineWorks of Thackeray 10 vols. w/boxPublisherHurst and CompanyDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #226 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineWritings of Henry David Thoreau, Walden EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1906 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #242 A Journey to the Centre of the Earth AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJourney Centre of Earth 1874 Pirated editionPublisherScribner, Armstrong & Co.Date Published[1874] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #270 Italian Backgrounds AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineEdith Wharton's Italian Backgrounds, 1905PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #280 Thirty-one pieces of poetry and ephemera from Keith Abbott Heading(Abbott, Keith)HeadlinePoetry and Ephemera from Keith AbbottDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #289 Fifteen items related to the Eldridge Cleaver teaching at U.C. Berkeley Heading(Black Panther Party)Headline15 items about 1968 Eldridge Cleaver strikeDate Published1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #302 20 Tanks from Kasseldown AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski's 20 Tanks from Kasseldown 1946Publisher[Black Sun Press]Date Published[1946] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #303 A collection of small broadsides by Charles Bukowski AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineCollection of small broadsides by Charles BukowskiDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #308 Collection of Tom Clark broadsides and ephemera AuthorClark, TomHeadlineCollection of Tom Clark ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #311 Collection of Fielding Dawson ephemera AuthorDawson, FieldingHeadlineCollection of Fielding Dawson ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #315 Air-drop butterfly card issued by the Brotherhood of Eternal Love to distribute Orange Sunshine LSD Heading(Drugs)Author[Brotherhood of Eternal Love]HeadlineLSD air-drop butterfly card c.1968Publisher[The Brotherhood of Eternal Love]Date Published[c.1968] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #316 Brotherhood of Eternal Love Orange Sunshine LSD card Heading(Drugs)Author[Brotherhood of Eternal Love]HeadlineOrange Sunshine LSD card c.1968Publisher[The Brotherhood of Eternal Love]Date Published[c.1968] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #317 Christmas card issued by the Brotherhood of Eternal Love to distribute Orange Sunshine LSD Heading(Drugs)Author[Brotherhood of Eternal Love]HeadlineChristmas card to distribute Orange Sunshine LSDPublisher[The Brotherhood of Eternal Love]Date Published[c.1968] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #321 Original press photo taken inside the Psychedelicatessen head shop in New York's East Village Heading(Drugs)AuthorMonroe, Henry, photographerHeadlinePress photo of the Psychedelicatessen head shopPublisherPix IncorporatedDate Published[c.1967] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #326 Fifty pieces of Lawrence Ferlinghetti related ephemera Heading(Ferlinghetti, Lawrence)Headline50 pieces of Ferlinghetti ephemera 2 signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #372 Record Booklet for Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality AuthorLeary, TimothyHeadlineTimothy Leary's Diagnosis of PersonalityPublisherPsychological Consultation ServicesDate Published[c.1956] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #375 Large collection of correspondence and ephemera relating to Jon and Gypsy Lou Webb and Loujon Press Heading(Loujon Press)HeadlineLoujon Press correspondence and ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #380 Two handwritten letters from Jon Webb to "Gypsy Lou" Webb, and an additional 33 pages of photo-copied letters Heading(Loujon Press)AuthorWebb, JonHeadlineletters from Jon Webb to "Gypsy Lou"Date Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #386 Letter from Henry Miller AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineSigned letter from Henry Miller, 1948Date Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #396 Forty miniature volumes and four miniature broadsides from Poems-for-All Heading(Poems-for-All)AuthorFerlinghetti, Lawrence, et al.Headline40 miniatures and 4 broadsides from Poems-for-AllPublisher24th Street Irregular PressDate Published2001-2020 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #397 Twenty poetry broadsides- nine signed Heading(Poetry broadsides)HeadlineTwenty poetry broadsides- nine signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #415 Collection of plates for 1960s psychedelic light show Heading(Psychedelic light shows)Headline1960s psychedelic light show!Date Published[1960s] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #422 Broadside announcing a 1973 performance by Patti Smith on the anniversary of the death of Rimbaud Heading(Smith, Patti)HeadlineBroadside for 1973 performance by Patti SmithPublisher[Gotham Book Mart]Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #442 Collection of Diane Wakoski broadsides and ephemera - many pieces signed AuthorWakoski, DianeHeadlineCollection of Diane Wakoski broadsides and ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #444 "Nobody Listening to You? Stop Yakking...celebrate Gentle Thursday, March 25, 1965..." AuthorWhalen, PhilipHeadlineScarce handbill from San Francisco, 1965Date Published1965 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next