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3

Only Humans with Songs to Sing

Heading
(Beat Literature)
Headline
Humans with Songs to Sing, poetry collection
Publisher
Smyrna Press
Date Published
[c. 1969]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

4

The Unpublished Beat Pics Postcard Series - three sets

Heading
(Beat Literature)
Headline
Beat Pics Postcard Series - 90 cards
Publisher
Literarydenim
Date Published
2020

Sold for$237.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

7

Descent of Man

Author
Boyle, T. Coraghessan
Headline
First edition of T.C. Boyle's Descent of Man
Publisher
Atlantic / Little, Brown
Date Published
[1979]

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

8

The October Country

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
First edition of Bradbury's October Country
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Date Published
[1955]

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

9

Beerspit Night & Cursing: The Correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli 1960-1967

Author
Bukowski, Charles and Sheri Martinelli
Headline
Bukowski Beerspit Night and Cursing
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
2001

Sold for$75

StatusSold

11

The Outsider No. 3

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Webb, Jon Edgar and Louise “Gypsy Lou” Webb, editors
Headline
Bukowski "Outsider of the Year."
Publisher
Loujon Press
Date Published
1963

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

12

Bukowski's "Red" with note from Red Stodolsky

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Bukowski's "Red" with note from Red Stodolsky
Date Published
1988

Sold for$25

StatusSold

13

Hollywood - uncorrected proof

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Uncorrected proofs of Bukowski's Hollywood
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1989

Sold for$75

StatusSold

15

Tarzan and "The Foreign Legion"

Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Headline
Tarzan aids Dutch guerrillas in Japanese-held Sumatra
Publisher
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Date Published
[1947]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

16

The Track of the Cat

Author
Clark, Water Van Tilburg
Headline
3rd novel by The Ox-Bow Incident author
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1949

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

17

2001: A Space Odyssey

Author
Clarke, Arthur C.
Headline
Japanese edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey in English
Date Published
1968

Sold for$50

StatusSold

18

Mr. Bridge [with] Mrs. Bridge

Author
Connell, Evan S.
Headline
North Point Press edition of Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Publisher
North Point Press
Date Published
1981

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

19

Bomb

Author
Corso, Gregory
Headline
Corso - Bomb, Early Beat
Publisher
City Lights Books
Date Published
[1958]

Sold for$75

StatusSold

20

Blithe Spirit

Author
Coward, Noel
Headline
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, 1941
Publisher
Samuel French
Date Published
[1941]

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

22

Clea

Author
Durrell, Lawrence
Headline
Final book in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
Publisher
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Date Published
1960

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

23

Mountolive

Author
Durrell, Lawrence
Headline
Mountolive, Durrell's 3rd in Alexandria Quartet
Publisher
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Date Published
1959

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

24

Det Allra Heligaste

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
Swedish edition of Faulkner's Sanctuary
Publisher
Bonniers
Date Published
[1951]

Estimate$10

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

25

Literary San Francisco: A Pictorial History, from the Beginnings to the Present Day

Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence & Nancy J. Peters
Headline
Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Publisher
City Lights Books; Harper & Row
Date Published
[1980]

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

26

The First and the Last of Everything

Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Headline
Ferlinghetti's First & Last signed 1/26
Publisher
Sore Dove & Bottle of Smoke Press
Date Published
2014

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

27

We Are Betrayed

Author
Fisher, Vardis
Headline
We Are Betrayed - 1st Ed, Inscribed
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1935

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

29

Evergreen Review No. 81 August 1970 - signed by Allen Ginsberg

Heading
(Ginsberg, Allen)
Author
Rosset, Barney, editor
Headline
Evergreen Review 81, signed by Allen Ginsberg
Publisher
John Oakes
Date Published
1970

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

30

Overbooked in Arizona: A Novella

Author
Gottlieb, Samuel Irish
Headline
Comedic tale of bibliomania in Arizona
Publisher
Camelback Gallery
Date Published
1994

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

32

The Beast God Forgot to Invent

Author
Harrison, Jim
Headline
Jim Harrison's The Beast God Forgot to Invent
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published
2000

Sold for$25

StatusSold

33

Good as Gold

Author
Heller, Joseph
Headline
Heller, Good as Gold signed 1st ed.
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Date Published
1979

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

34

Across the River and Into the Trees

Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Headline
Hewingway's Across River & Into Trees
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1950

Sold for$50

StatusSold

38

Ride the Pink Horse

Author
Hughes, Dorothy B.
Headline
First edition of Ride the Pink Horse
Publisher
Duell Sloan & Pearce
Date Published
1946

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

41

Kerouac at the "Wild Boar" & other skirmishes

Heading
(Kerouac, Jack)
Author
Montgomery, John, complier
Headline
One of 100 deluxe copies, signed by contributors
Publisher
Fels & Firn Press
Date Published
1986

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

42

Dear Jack: Heart Not Head

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Dear Jack: Heart Not Head, 1/120
Publisher
Water Row Press
Date Published
2014

Sold for$25

StatusSold

43

Guabi

Heading
(Literary Journals)
Headline
Guabi literary journal, 1970
Date Published
1970

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

46

The Cruise of the Dazzler

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed by Eliza London Shepard
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
[1902]

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

47

The Mutiny of the Elsinore

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed by Eliza London Shepard
Publisher
Macmillan Company
Date Published
1914

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

48

The People of the Abyss

Author
London, Jack
Headline
London's People of the Abyss 1st Canadian
Publisher
George N. Morang
Date Published
1903

Sold for$75

StatusSold

49

South Sea Tales

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed by Eliza London Shepard
Publisher
International Fiction Library
Date Published
[1911]

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

53

The Twilight Saga

Author
Meyer, Stephanie
Headline
The complete Twilight saga
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
2008

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

54

Autograph letter signed by Henry Miller addressed to Kay Lawlor

Author
Miller, Henry
Headline
Autograph letter by Henry Miller
Date Published
c. 1950's

Sold for$50

StatusSold

55

The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud

Author
Miller, Henry
Headline
Henry Miller on Rimbaud, New Directions [1956]
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
[1956]

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

57

Nikolai Gogol

Author
Nabokov, Vladimir
Headline
Nabokov on Gogol
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
[1944]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

61

Five works by Steve Richmond

Author
Richmond, Steve
Headline
5 works by Steve Richmond - 3 signed
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

63

The Anatomy Lesson

Author
Roth, Philip
Headline
Signed by the late Philip Roth, one of 300 copies
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Date Published
1983

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

66

Three signed First Editions

Heading
(Signed Literature)
Headline
Three signed first editions
Date Published
1956-1995

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

67

The Jungle

Author
Sinclair, Upton
Headline
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published
1906

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

68

Narration: Four Lectures

Author
Stein, Gertrude
Headline
Gertrude Stein's Narration Lectures
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
[1935]

Estimate$1

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

69

Cannery Row - lobby cards from the film

Heading
(Steinbeck, John)
Headline
Five lobby cards for the 1982 film Cannery Row
Date Published
1982

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

70

The Moon is Down - two copies, comprising the first edition and first Australian edition

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
First edition and first Australian edition
Publisher
The Viking Press; Heinemann
Date Published
1942

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

71

Sweet Thursday

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
First edition in jacket, Doc Ricketts returns...
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
1954

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

73

The Confessions of Nat Turner

Author
Styron, William
Headline
The Confessions of Nat Turner, first edition in jacket
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1967]

Sold for$225

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

86

Father Flanagan of Boys Town

Heading
(Attlee, Clement)
Author
Oursler, Fulton
Headline
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee's copy
Publisher
The World's Work (1913) Ltd.
Date Published
[1950]

StatusUnsold

89

Bummer & Lazarus: San Francisco's Famous Dogs; A True Story, as Reported in the Newspapers of 1861-1965

Author
Barker, Malcolm E.
Headline
San Francisco's most famous dogs
Publisher
Londonborn Publications
Date Published
1984

Sold for$25

StatusSold

101

From the Earthquake Zone in Long Beach California

Heading
(California - Los Angeles County)
Headline
1933 Long Beach quake unused letter card
Publisher
[Green's Inc.]
Date Published
1933

Sold for$25

StatusSold

102

Compliments of B. Gordan the Tailor. Direct Importers of Foreign and Domestic Woolens

Heading
(California - Los Angeles)
Headline
1895 Ad pocket booklet for Los Angeles tailor
Publisher
B. Gordan Tailor
Date Published
[1895]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

103

Herstle Jones' Nyack Lodge - menu and matchbook cover

Heading
(California - Placer County)
Headline
Nyack Lodge menu - Emigrant Gap, CA 1947
Publisher
[Sacramento Lithograph]
Date Published
[1947]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

104

Sacramento, Cal. The Capital City.

Heading
(California - Sacramento)
Headline
1920s Sacramento promotional postcard
Publisher
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce
Date Published
[c. 1920]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

105

San Francisco Cal. U.S.A. Pacific Bank Cor. Pine & Sansome Sts.

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Pacific Bank advertisement, 1885
Publisher
Pacific Bank
Date Published
1885

Sold for$25

StatusSold

106

The San Francisco Directory For the Year Commencing April, 1871: Embracing a General Directory of Residents and a Business Directory; Also, a Directory of Streets, Public Office, Etc...

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Langley's San Francisco Directory for 1871
Publisher
Henry G. Langley
Date Published
1871

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

107

Seal Rocks, Cliff House and Sutro Heights in Photo-Gravure from Recent Negatives

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Rare view book of western edge of San Francisco
Publisher
A. Witteman / Jos. A Hoffman
Date Published
1892

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

108

Peninsula Polo Annual: An Illustrated Record of the Season of 1912-13 in San Mateo, Hillsborough and Burlingame

Heading
(California - Sports)
Author
Raybould, D.A.
Headline
Polo Annual from SF Peninsula, 1912-13
Publisher
Charles Glendower Ellicott
Date Published
[1912-13]

Sold for$75

StatusSold

109

About California: Places of Interest and Information for the Traveler (wrapper title)

Heading
(California)
Headline
California promotional, 1898
Publisher
H.T. James & Co.
Date Published
May, 1898

Sold for$125

StatusSold

110

Three works of Californiana - two of which from CA fine presses

Heading
(California)
Headline
Three works of Californiana
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

113

Adventures on the Plains (cover title)

Author
Cardinell, Charles
Headline
Notorious expedition across the Great Plains
Publisher
California Historical Society
Date Published
1922

Sold for$62.50

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119

The Cattle on a Thousand Hills: Southern California, 1850-1880

Author
Cleland, Robert Glass
Headline
Cattle on Hills of Southern Calif., 1850-1880
Publisher
The Huntington Library
Date Published
1964

Sold for$50

StatusSold

128

The Spanish Press of California, 1833-1845

Author
Cowan, Robert Ernest
Headline
Scarce printing of Cowan's Spanish Press
Date Published
[1931]

Sold for$100

StatusSold

131

Cattle, Horses & Men of the Western Range

Author
Culley, John H.
Headline
History of cattlemen in California, 1940
Publisher
The Ward Ritchie Press
Date Published
1940

Sold for$25

StatusSold

153

Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579

Author
Heizer, Robert F.
Headline
Francis Drake visits California natives in 1579
Publisher
University of California Press
Date Published
1947

Sold for$50

StatusSold

169

Revolt in the Desert

Author
Lawrence, T.E.
Headline
Abridged version of T.E. Lawrence's 7 Pillars of Wisdom
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Date Published
1927

StatusUnsold

184

Nach dem Sacramento: Reisebilder eines Heimgekehrten

Author
Meyer, Carl
Headline
Views of Mexican California and the Gold Rush
Publisher
H.R. Sauerländer
Date Published
1855

Sold for$531.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(25 bids)

185

Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale - Three copies

Author
Meyers, William H.
Headline
Three copies of Meyers' Naval Sketches
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1939

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(18 bids)

191

Ephemera relative to John Muir Memorial Association, Martinez, California, including an Antique Glass Soda Water Bottle Used by the Muir Family and First Day Philatelic Cover

Heading
(Muir, John - Ephemera)
Headline
Muir Memorial Assoc. ephemera and glass bottle
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$50

StatusSold

192

My First Summer in the Sierra

Author
Muir, John
Headline
Muir's First Summer in the Sierra
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
[1911]

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

211

The Henry H. Clifford Collection Part Three: California Pictorial Letter Sheets

Heading
(Pictorial Letter Sheets)
Author
Sloan, Dorothy
Headline
Clifford Collection of California Pictorial Letter Sheets
Publisher
Dorothy Sloan
Date Published
1994

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

215

The Sun Worshipers of Asia

Author
Poston, Charles D.
Headline
Study of Parsis and Zoroastrianism, 1877
Publisher
A. Roman & Co., Publishers
Date Published
1877

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

269

Bloody Years: A Decade of Plot and Counter-Plot by the Golden Horn

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Bloody Years signed by Francis Yeats-Brown
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
1932

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

270

Caught by the Turks

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Francis Yeats-Brown's first book
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Date Published
[1920]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

271

Golden Horn

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
The Bengal Lancer reprises his Turkish capture memoir
Publisher
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Date Published
1932

StatusUnsold

273

Lancer at Large

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
The Bengal Lancer revisits India
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
1937

StatusUnsold

274

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Lives of a Bengal Lancer in dust jacket
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
1930

Sold for$25

StatusSold

278

Street Map of the City of Newark, Alameda County, California

Heading
(California - Alameda County)
Headline
Street Map of Newark, Alameda County
Publisher
Western Graphics Co.
Date Published
1967

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

279

New Hogan Dam and Reservoir, Calaveras County, California (panel title)

Heading
(California - Sacramento)
Headline
New Hogan Recreation Area map, 1964
Publisher
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Date Published
1964

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

280

Complete Map of the Market Street Railway Company's City Wide Service [as published in] San Francisco Through the Windows of the White-Front Cars

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Cable and Streetcar map of SF, 1933
Publisher
[W.C. Eubank Co.]
Date Published
[1933]

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

281

Complete Map of the Market Street Railway Company's City Wide Service [as published in] San Francisco Through the Windows of the White-Front Cars

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Cable and Streetcar map of SF, 1939
Publisher
[W.C. Eubank Co.]
Date Published
[1939]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

282

Market Street Railway Company Map of San Francisco White Front Car and Coach Routes [as published in] San Francisco: A Guide of the City Wide System

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
San Francisco cable & streetcar guide 1938
Publisher
Market St. R.Y. Co.
Date Published
[1938]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

283

Market Street Railway Company Map of San Francisco: City-Wide Service by White Front Cars and Coaches

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Rare Market Street Railway map, S.F.
Publisher
Market Street Railway Co
Date Published
1939

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

284

To San Francisco William Taylor Hotel - Hotel Whitcomb Road Map (panel title)

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
1930 California road map to Woods-Drury hotels
Publisher
Woods-Drury Co.
Date Published
1930

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

285

Life is good when you Live Work Play in Solano County (panel title)

Heading
(California - Solano County)
Headline
Live Work Play in Solano County, 1960s promo
Publisher
Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture
Date Published
[c. 1960s]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

286

City of Stockton & Vicinity San Joaquin County California

Heading
(California - Stockton)
Headline
Stockton color-coded fire district map 1954
Publisher
Pacific Fire Rating Bureau
Date Published
1954

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

287

Map of Watsonville "The Apple City" California. With a map of the Monterey Bay District (panel title)

Heading
(California - Watsonville)
Headline
Rare street map of Watsonville, Cal., c.1930
Publisher
Published by the Chamber of Commerce of the Pajaro Valley
Date Published
ca.1930

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

290

Arrival of Relief Party, Feb. 18th 1847

Heading
(Donner Party)
Headline
Rescue of the Donner Party in 1847
Publisher
Lith. by C.L. Smith & Co.
Date Published
c.1885?

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

325

Napa Valley Heyday

Heading
(Book Club of California - BCC 218)
Author
Dillon, Richard
Headline
Richard Dillon Napa Valley Heyday BCC
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
2004

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

326

James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite: A Biography and Bibliography

Heading
(Book Club of California - BCC 225)
Author
Kruska, Dennis
Headline
James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
2009

Sold for$75

StatusSold

367

Alister MacKenzie's Legacy of Public Golf at Sharp Park

Heading
(Golf)
Headline
Alister MacKenzie and Sharp Park golf course
Publisher
R. Brad Knipstein, Bo Links, Richard Harris
Date Published
[2013]

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

371

Elephant Poem Coloring Book

Author
Grahn, Judy
Headline
Elephant Poem Coloring Book
Publisher
Women's Press Collective
Date Published
[1972]

Sold for$100

StatusSold

403

Banquet

Heading
(Penmaen Press)
Author
Norris, Joan, editor
Headline
Michael McCurdy design signed by contributors
Publisher
Penmaen Press
Date Published
1978

Sold for$25

StatusSold

461

Four posters for concerts at the Fillmore Auditorium featuring performances by the Jefferson Airplane and other bands

Heading
(Posters - Rock)
Headline
Jefferson Airplane & others at the Fillmore
Publisher
Bill Graham
Date Published
1966-1967

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

462

Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco: Country Joe and the Fish..

Heading
(Posters - Rock)
Author
Singer, David, artist
Headline
Country Joe & the Fish at the Fillmore
Publisher
Bill Graham
Date Published
1970

Sold for$75

StatusSold

463

Bill Graham Presents in San Francisco: Jethro Tull... Fairport Convention...

Heading
(Posters - Rock)
Author
Singer, David, artist
Headline
Jethro Tull at the Fillmore
Publisher
Bill Graham
Date Published
1970

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold