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