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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Poems by Li Po View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Anvil Press)AuthorLi PoHeadlineLovely edition of Li Po from Anvil PressPublisher[Anvil Press]Date Published[1984] Lot #2 Invisible Cities View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCalvino, ItaloHeadlineInvisible Cities Arion Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1999 Lot #3 Captivity Narrative of Hannah Duston, related by Cotton Mather, John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau, four versions of events in 1697 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDuston, HannahHeadlineSigned by Richard BosmanPublisherArion PressDate Published1987 Lot #4 How I Came to be Governor of the Island of Cacona View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorThistleton, FrancisHeadlineArion Press How I Came to be GovernorPublisherArion PressDate Published1989 Lot #5 Chinese Handmade Paper View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Bird & Bull Press)AuthorMcClure, Floyd AlonzoHeadlineChinese Handmade Paper, Bird & Bull PressPublisherBird & Bull PressDate Published1986 Lot #6 Collected Poems of James Joyce View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Black Sun Press)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Collected Poems, Black Sun PressPublisherThe Black Sun PressDate Published1936 Lot #7 Place of the Long River View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Blue Moon Press)AuthorWetherell, W.D., Cynthia Huntington, et al.HeadlinePlace of the Long River, signed by Jim LeePublisherBlue Moon PressDate Published1995 Lot #8 A Ludlow Anthology View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Chayt, Steven & Meryl - Anachronic Editions)AuthorChayt, Steven & MerylHeadlineA celebration of the Ludlow TypographPublisherAnachronic EditionsDate Published1986 Lot #9 Pokerface View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Chayt, Steven and Meryl - Kenmore Press)AuthorCollins, BillyHeadlineSigned by Poet Laureate Billy Collins, his first bookPublisherKenmore PressDate Published[1977] Lot #10 Original manuscript by Arthur Lane, with publishing archive for Dancing in the Dark, and a copy of the book View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Chayt, Steven and Meryl - Kenmore Press)AuthorLane, ArthurHeadlineManuscript/archive for Dancing in the DarkPublisherKenmore PressDate Published1977 Lot #11 Original manuscript by Robert Peters, with original artwork and publishing archive for Ikagnak: The North Wind, and a copy of the book View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Chayt, Steven and Meryl - Kenmore Press)AuthorPeters, RobertHeadlineManuscript/archive for Kenmore Press IkagnakPublisherKenmore PressDate Published1978 Lot #12 Ambrose Bierce: The Wickedest Man in San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Colt Press)AuthorWalker, FranklinHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Jane GrabhornPublisherColt PressDate Published1941 Lot #13 The Diary of a Madman View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Cresset Press)AuthorGogol, NicolasHeadlineCresset Press Gogol 1/30 with suite of platesPublisherThe Cresset Press LimitedDate Published1929 Lot #14 El Mundo Poetico de Braulio Arenas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Editorial Dos Amigos)AuthorArenas, BraulioHeadlineWith Arenas' Spanish Translation of RimbaudPublisherEditorial Dos AmigosDate Published1985 Lot #15 Epitalamio / Una Carta en el Camino [or] a sus amigos (cover title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Editorial Dos Amigos)AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineWith color etchings signed by Alicia ScavinoPublisher[Ediciones Dos Amigos]Date Published[1989] Lot #17 The Complete Works of Gaius Petronius Done Into English by Jack Lindsay with One Hundred Illustrations by Norman Lindsay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fanfrolico Press)AuthorPetronius, GaiusHeadlineSigned by Jack Lindsay, one of 650 copiesPublisherFanfrolico PressDate Published[1927] Lot #18 Four fine press works with a biography of John Henry Nash View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineFive works by or about fine press printersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #19 Four works finely printed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineFour volumes finely printedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #20 Six volumes by or about fine press craftsmen or craftswomen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineSix volumes by or about fine press printersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #21 Three volumes on the fine press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineThree volumes on the fine pressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #23 The Fleuron: A Journal of Typography - No. VII View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorMorrison, Stanley, editorHeadlineFleuron featuring work by Eric GillPublisherCambridge University PressDate Published1930 Lot #24 The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorAesopHeadlineValenti Angelo's fabulous vision, Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1930 Lot #25 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1957-1966 & Grabhorn-Hoyem 1966-1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHarlan, Robert D., editorHeadlineGrabhorn Press Bibliography 1957-73PublisherJohn Howell BooksDate Published1977 Lot #26 Bibliography of The Grabhorn Press: 1915-1940 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHeller, Elinor Raas & Magee, DavidHeadlineBibliography of The Grabhorn Press: 1915-1940Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1940 Lot #27 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyHeadlineSecond volume of the Grabhorn BibliographyPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1957 Lot #28 The First Part of Henry the Fourth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFirst Part of Henry the IVth - 5 copies in sheetsPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published[1961] Lot #29 Nods View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Granary Press)AuthorCage, John, Barbara Fahrner, and Philip GalloHeadlineSigned by John Cage and the other contributorsPublisherGranary BooksDate Published1990 Lot #30 Eros and Psyche: A Poem in XII Measures View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Gregynog Press)AuthorBridges, RobertHeadlineGregynog edition of Eros & Psyche one of 300PublisherGregynog PressDate Published1935 Lot #31 Multitude of One: From "The Natashas" (The Collected Poems of Natasha Tarn) View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Grenfell Press)AuthorTarn, NatashaHeadlineSigned by Gregory AmenoffPublisherGrenfell PressDate Published1994 Lot #32 Phenomena View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorAratusHeadlineVictor Hammer's edition of Aratus' PhenomenaPublisherKing Library PressDate Published1975 Lot #33 An Opium-Eater in America and The Fratricide's Death View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorBlair, WilliamHeadlineVictor Hammer at Wells College, 1941PublisherWells College PressDate Published[1941] Lot #34 The Booke of the Duchesse View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineVictor Hammer's edition of Chaucer's DuchessePublisher[Anvil Press]Date Published[1954] Lot #35 Ansichten der Natur View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorHumboldt, Alexander vonHeadlineVictor Hammer's Alexander von HumboldtPublisherStamperia del SantuccioDate Published[1934] Lot #36 Les Vingtquatre Sonnets View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorLabé, LouiseHeadlineVictor Hammer's edition of Louise LabéPublisher[Stamperia del Santuccio]Date Published[1937] Lot #37 The Earth-Bound, 1924-1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorLewis, JanetHeadlineVictor Hammer's edition of Janet Lewis Earth-BoundPublisherWells College PressDate Published1946 Lot #38 The Earth-Bound, 1924-1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorLewis, JanetHeadlineVictor Hammer's edition of Janet Lewis Earth-BoundPublisherWells College PressDate Published1946 Lot #39 Paradeisspiel in der Steiermark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorMell, MaxHeadlineHammer's printing of Mell's ParadeisspielPublisherVerlag Anton PustetDate Published[1936] Lot #40 Memory and Her Nine Daughters/The Muses: A Pretext for Printing Cast into the Mould of a Dialogue in Four Chapters View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)HeadlineVictor Hammer's Opus 13 finely bound by HortonPublisherStamperia del SantuccioDate Published[1956] Lot #41 Samson Agonistes: A Dramatic Poem View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineFirst book from Victor Hammer's Stamperia del SantuccioPublisher[Stamperia del Santuccio]Date Published[1930-31] Lot #42 The Newe Testamente: The Gospells of S. Mathew, S. Marke, S. Luke, and S. John View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)HeadlineThe Gospels according to Victor Hammer, 1954-55Publisher[Anvil Press]Date Published[1954-55] Lot #43 Le Mystère de la Charité de Jeanne D'Arc View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorPéguy, CharlesHeadlineSigned by Victor Hammer, 1943PublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1943] Lot #44 Comes Concordiae Oration de Hominis Dignitate View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorPico Della Mirandola, GiovanniHeadlineVictor Hammer's edition of Pico della MirandolaPublisher[Anvil Press]Date Published[1953] Lot #45 Ventiquattro Sonetti di Torquato Tasso View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Hammer, Victor)AuthorTasso, TorquatoHeadlineVictor Hammer's Tasso, 1939PublisherL'Insegna del SantuccioDate Published1939 Lot #46 Three Fragments from the Posthumous Papers of Conrad Fiedler View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Hammer, Victor)HeadlineWith inscription by Victor HammerDate Published1951 Lot #47 Concern for the Art of Civilized Man View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHammer, VictorHeadlineV. Hammer's Concern for the Art of Civilized ManPublisher[Stamperia del Santuccio]Date Published[1963] Lot #48 Those Visible Marks...The Forms of Our Letters A ... Z View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHammer, VictorHeadlineVictor Hammer on letter forms, one of 50 copiesPublisherAnvil PressDate Published1988 Lot #49 Venus and Adonis View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Harrison of Paris)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineFirst book from Harrison of Paris, 1930PublisherHarrison of ParisDate Published[1930] Lot #51 Bone Songs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Janus Press)AuthorBurke, CliffordHeadlineClifford Burke's Bone Songs, Janus PressPublisherJanus PressDate Published1992 Lot #52 Romance de la Guardia Civil Espanola / The Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard [with] Fergus Falling View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Janus Press)AuthorGarcia Lorca, Federico; Galway KinnellHeadlineTwo works from Claire Van Vliet / Janus PressPublisherJanus PressDate Published1974; 1979 Lot #53 Two proof signatures of pages from the Kelmscott Keats View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineProof signatures from Kelmscott Press KeatsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #54 Grrrhhhh a study of social patterns View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLehrer, WarrenHeadlineLehrer's GRRRHHHH, SignedPublisherSUNY PurchaseDate Published1987 Lot #55 The Diary of a Country Priest View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$93.75StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBernanos, GeorgesHeadlineSigned by Fritz EichenbergPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1986 Lot #56 Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineLimited Editions Club BibliographyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1985] Lot #57 The Physiology of Taste View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineThe Physiology of Taste Translated by MFK FisherPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1949 Lot #58 The Kingdom of This World View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorCarpentier, AlejoHeadlineThe Kingdom of This World signed by CarpentierPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1987] Lot #59 The Analects of Confucius View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorConfuciusHeadlineLimited Editions Club Analects of ConfuciusPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1933 Lot #60 Oedipus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorDürrenmatt, FriedrichHeadlineFirst English translation of Dürrenmatt's OedipusPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1989 Lot #61 The Flounder View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorGrass, GünterHeadlineSigned by Günter Grass, Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1985 Lot #62 The Leopard View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLampedusa, Giuseppe diHeadlineSigned by artist Piero GuccionePublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1988] Lot #63 The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineA handsome L.E.C. Rilke in full vellumPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1987] Lot #64 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineSecond title published by the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1929 Lot #65 [Divine Comedy, i.e.] The Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence Commonly Called the Divine Comedy. A Line-for-Line Translation in the Rime-Form of the Original by Melville Best Anderson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineSigned with inscription by John Henry NashPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929-1932 Lot #66 An Essay on Criticism View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorPope, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Pope An Essay on Criticism J.H. NashPublisherWilliam Andrews Clark, Jr.Date Published1928 Lot #67 Guillem de Poitou: His Eleven Extant Poems Translated by Paul Blackburn View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorGuillem de PoitouHeadlineWalter Hamady's edition of Guillem the troubadourPublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published[c. 1977] Lot #68 The Softness on the Other Side of the Hole View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rebis Press)AuthorDavids, KennethHeadlineThe Softness on the Other Side of the Hole, SignedPublisherRebis PressDate Published1976 Lot #69 My Dear Runemeister: A Voyage through the Alphabet View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorReynolds, LloydHeadlineMy Dear Runemeister, one of 300 copiesPublisherThe Alcuin PressDate Published1981 Lot #70 Bruce Rogers: A Life in Letters 1870-1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorBlumenthal, JosephHeadlineDeluxe copy signed by Blumenthal, one of 125PublisherW. Thomas TaylorDate Published1989 Lot #71 Specimen of an Etymological Dictionary attributed to John Mitchell Kemble View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Rulon-Miller Books)AuthorKemble, John Mitchell, attributed toHeadlineJohn Mitchell Kemble and English etymologyPublisherRulon-Miller Books, Inc.Date Published1990 Lot #72 Upon a Time View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorUpshaw, Reagan and Paul GardèreHeadlinePaul Gardère Upon a Time 1/100Publisher[R. Upshaw, P. Gardère]Date Published2002 Lot #73 A Bibliography of the Books issued by Hacon & Ricketts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Vale Press)HeadlineBibliography of the Vale PressPublisherCharles RickettsDate Published[1904] Lot #74 On Dreams View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Vellum Printing)AuthorBrowne, ThomasHeadlineBrowne On Dreams, 1/21 copies on vellumPublisherPublished by Alexander Moring Limited, the De La More PressDate Published[1920] Lot #76 Boss Dog: A Fable in Six Parts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorFisher, M.F.K.HeadlineSigned by M.F.K. Fisher, one of 65 deluxe copiesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1990] Lot #77 Poetry Through Typography View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorZapf, HermanHeadlinePoetry Through Typography 1/99PublisherKelly/Winterton PressDate Published1993 Lot #281 The Tale of Lohengrin Knight of the Swan [and] Parsival or the Legend of the Holy Grail [and] Tannhäuser A Dramatic Poem View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)AuthorWagner, Richard, and T.W. RollestonHeadlineWilly Pogany's Wagner Trilogy, IllusPublisherHarrap & Co.Date Published[c.1911] Lot #282 The Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorPropert, W.A.HeadlineThe Russian Ballet in Western Europe, 1909-1920PublisherJohn LaneDate Published1921 Lot #389 The Astronauts Library View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Easton Press)AuthorGlenn, John, Buzz Aldrin, et al.HeadlineEaston Press Astronauts Library - signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1997 Lot #408 Abridged School and Family Bible in Hebrew and English. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLevinski, Jacob LeviHeadlineThe first abridged Hebrew Bible, 1872PublisherL. H. Frank & Co., Publishers & PrintersDate Published1871-1872 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next