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Previous|1|Next Lot #28 Eight Drawings to Illustrate Milton's Comus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blakes illustrations for Milton's ComusPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1890 Lot #31 Un Teatro de Arte in España 1917-1925 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorBorras, [Thomas] and others.HeadlineScarce record of the G. Martinez Sierra theatrePublisher[G. Martinez Sierra]Date Published[1926] Lot #38 Emblemata of Zinne-werck: voorghestelt in Beelden, ghedichten, en breeder uyt-legginghenm tot uyt-druckinghe, en veerbeteringhe van verscheyden feylen onfer eeuwe. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorBrune, Johan deHeadlineWith 52 emblem illustrations of Dutch lifePublisherAbraham LathamDate Published[c. 1688] Lot #40 The Gulistân, or Rose-Garden of The Sheikh Sa'di of Shiraz View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F., translatorHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe binding of Burton's Sa'diPublisherPhilip Allan & Co.Date Published1928 Lot #41 A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, now entitled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Sir Richard F., translatorHeadlineArabian Nights, Library Edition, nicely boundPublisherPrinted by the Kamashastra Society for Private Subscribers onlyDate Published1885 Lot #45 The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineHunting of the Snark, bound by Riviere & SonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1876 Lot #49 [Don Quixote in English, i.e.] The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated Don Quixote 1756 in 2 volumesPublisherJ. and R. Tonson and S. DraperDate Published1756 Lot #53 Faust View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Clarke, Harry, illustrator)AuthorGoethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]HeadlineSigned by illustrator Harry ClarkePublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1925] Lot #57 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] Lot #59 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 Lot #62 Manuscript Expediente regarding a slave as the subject of an inheritance View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineA slave inherited in Cuba, 1870 manuscriptDate Publishedc.1870 Lot #63 Manuscript listing on printed form of Chinese indentures servants/slaves being imported into Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Chinese slaves in Cuba 1862Date Publishedc.1862 Lot #64 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1856-57 Lot #65 Two contracts for Chinese indentured servants/slaves in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContracts for Cuban Chinese indentured servantsDate Published1872-[1877] Lot #67 Characaturas. From Drawings by Winceslaus Hollar out of the Portland Museum. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDa Vinci, LeonardoHeadlineWith 64 engraved caricatures by Da VinciPublisherJohn ClarkeDate Published1786 Lot #73 Four Christmas Books by Charles Dickens View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDicken's Christmas books in original clothPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1845] Lot #74 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, illustrated by PhizPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #77 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend, first ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #79 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 Lot #82 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 Lot #85 Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineOne of 750 signed by artist Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] Lot #86 The Bells and Other Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Dulac, Edmund, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlinePoe's The Bells illustrated by Edmund DulacPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #91 The Meaning of Relativity View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineInscribed by Einstein to future Baptist ministerPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1950 Lot #94 Tristram and Iseult: A Play View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)AuthorHare, AmoryHeadlineSigned by Wharton Esherick and Amory HarePublisherThe Slide Mountain PressDate Published1930 Lot #95 Song of Solomon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Esherick, Wharton, illustrator)HeadlineCentaur Press Song of Solomon, Esherick woodcutsPublisher[Centaur Press]Date Published[1927] Lot #104 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artistPublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] Lot #108 The Writings of Bret Harte View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineComplete set of Harte's writings, nicely boundPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1896]-1914 Lot #110 General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, Of the Different Parts of the World... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHill, JohnHeadlineJohn Hill A General Natural History 1748-52PublisherThomas OsborneDate Published1748, 51, 52 Lot #112 North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles Inhabiting the United States View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineHolbrook's expanded N. American HerpetologyPublisherJ. DobsonDate Published1842 Lot #113 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... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 74 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published1669 Lot #117 Selected Pictures From the Book of Gold of Victor Hugo View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineWith 12 illustrations from Hugo's Book of GoldPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #119 Four volumes with color lithography reproducing illuminated manuscripts View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)HeadlineIlluminated works in chromolithographyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #122 The Naturalist's Library View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineWith +1000 hand-colored plates of animalsPublisherW.H. LizarsDate Published1833-43 Lot #132 Love Poems and Others View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineCrowley's copy of Lawrence's Love PoemsPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1915 Lot #134 The Comic History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Leech, John, illustrator)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineWith five hand-colored plates by John LeechPublisherPunch OfficeDate Published[c. 1847-1848] Lot #155 A Series of Anatomical Plates; with References and Physiological Comments, Illustrating the Structure of the Different Parts of the Human Body. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorQuain, Jones; William James Erasmus WilsonHeadlineSeries of Anatomical Plates of the Human BodyPublisherG.N. LoomisDate Published[1842] Lot #158 Baby and Child Care View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorSpock, BenjaminHeadlineSigned by Dr. Benjamin SpockPublisherHawthorn Books, Inc., PublishersDate Published[1976] Lot #162 The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States in their Botanical, Horticultural, and Popular Aspects View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMeehan, ThomasHeadlineChromolithograph botanical illustrations after LunzerPublisherAmerican Natural History Publishing Co.; Charles Robson & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #169 Petits Contes en Prose View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 Lot #174 Natural History of New York View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorSeward, William HenryHeadline18 volumes from Natural History of NYPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1842-54 Lot #176 One Hundred Fables, Original and Selected View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorNorthcote, JamesHeadlineNorthcote's One Hundred Fables, 1st seriesPublisherGeo: LawfordDate Published1828 Lot #178 Rubáiyát. Poeme d'Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorOmar KhayyámHeadlineRubaiyat with tipped-in plates by A.N. TagorePublisherEdition du "Studio"Date Published1910 Lot #180 The Faces in the Fire; A Story for the Season. By Redgap View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author[Pardon, George Frederick]HeadlineFaces in the Fire, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilloughby and Co.Date Published[c. 1850] Lot #184 White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPatri, GiacomoHeadlineWhite Collar, early graphic novel, 1940 editionPublisher[Pisani Printing and Publishing Co.]Date Published[1940] Lot #185 History of Quadrupeds View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant classifies the quadrupeds, 1793PublisherPrinted for B. & J. WhiteDate Published1793 Lot #187 Segmenta Nobilium Signorum e Statuarum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPerrier, FrançoisHeadline100 engravings of Roman statuary, 1638PublisherF. ChereauDate Published1638 Lot #192 Irish Fairy Tales View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorStephens, JamesHeadlineSigned by artist Arthur RackhamPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1920 Lot #196 Chesterfield Travestie; Or School for Modern Manners View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator)HeadlineChesterfield, finely bound by MorrellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 Lot #216 Aphrodite View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Tice, Clara, illustrator)AuthorLouÿs, PierreHeadlineIllustrated by Clara Tice, nicely boundPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1926 Lot #219 Le Imagini Delle Donne Auguste Intagliate in Istampa di Rame; con le Viteet Ispositioni de Enea Vico, Sopra I Riversi Delle Loro Medaglie Antiche: Libro Primo. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorVico, EneaHeadlineWith 61 plates of coins featuring Roman womenPublisherAppresso Enea Vico Parmigiano et Vincenzo ValgrisioDate Published[1557] Lot #220 The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, Translated, adorn'd with Sculpture, and illustrated, with Annotations by John Ogilby View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorVirgilHeadlineOgilby's Virgil in royal binding of Charles IIPublisherPrinted by Thomas Warren for the AuthorDate Published1654 Lot #224 Douze Sonnets lascifs pour accompanger la suite d'aquarelles intitulée Les Délassements d'Éros View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Wegener, Gerda)AuthorVérineau, Alexandre deHeadlineWith erotica in pochoir by Gerda WegenerPublisherÉrotopolisDate Published1925 Lot #231 The Masters of Wood-Engraving View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wood Engraving)AuthorLinton, W.J.HeadlineSigned by W.J. LintonPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1889 Lot #232 Whispers from Eternity: Universal Scientific Prayers and Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorYogananda, ParamhansaHeadlineSigned with inscription by Swami YoganandaPublisherLos AngelesDate Published1935 Lot #233 The Apocalypse. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine. The last book of the New Testament View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDine, Jim, artistHeadlineSigned by Jim Dine and Andrew HoyemPublisherArion PressDate Published1982 Lot #235 Tartuffe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 Lot #237 Arcadia: A Play View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineArion Press Arcadia signed by Tom StoppardPublisherArion PressDate Published2001 Lot #238 Intimacy: Drawing with Light, Drawn from Stone View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Artists' Books)AuthorHeebner, MaryHeadlineIntimacy, magnificent artist's book by M. HeebnerPublisherSimplemente Maria PressDate Published2017 Lot #239 Ars Anatomica: A Medical Fantasia View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBaskin, LeonardHeadlineDeluxe variant signed by Leonard BaskinPublisherMedicina RaraDate Published[1972] Lot #241 The Traveler and the Hill and the Hill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Clark, Emilie, artist)AuthorHejinian, LynHeadlineSigned by Lyn Hejinian and Emilie ClarkPublisherGranary BooksDate Published1998 Lot #243 The Book of Job according to the Authorized Version of MDCXI, following the arrangement of the Temple Bible. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineGrabhorn Press The Book of JobPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published[1926] Lot #244 Nods View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Granary Press)AuthorCage, John, Barbara Fahrner, and Philip GalloHeadlineSigned by John Cage and the other contributorsPublisherGranary BooksDate Published1990 Lot #245 A Bestiary View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Grenfell Press)AuthorMorrow, BradfordHeadlineSigned by 18 artists and the authorPublisherGrenfell PressDate Published1990 Lot #246 Multitude of One: From "The Natashas" (The Collected Poems of Natasha Tarn) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grenfell Press)AuthorTarn, NatashaHeadlineSigned by Gregory AmenoffPublisherGrenfell PressDate Published1994 Lot #248 Song of the Pied Parrot broadside poem [with] a paste up reproduction by Jess View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJessHeadlineTwo works by SF poet/artist JessPublisherLes FerrissDate Published1994; no date Lot #251 Six Woodcuts signed by Vincent Perez - page proofs from the Yolla Bolly edition of Joaquin Miller's True Bear Stories View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, Vincent, illustratorHeadlineSix woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published1985 Lot #252 Twenty signed illustrations, proofs from the Arion Press edition of Kipling's With the Night Mail View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPerez, Vincent, illustratorHeadlineTwenty illustrations signed by Vincent PerezPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #253 Balconies View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineLithograph signed by Vincent Perez, one of 20PublisherCCACDate Published1982 Lot #254 Carousel View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineCarousel signed by Vincent PerezDate Published1970 Lot #255 Lady with Collar - etching View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineWoman with Collar, signed by Vincent PerezDate Published1967 [but 1957] Lot #256 Nude View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineNude study signed by Vincent Perez, 1963Date Published1963 Lot #257 Nurse [with] Mother and Child View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineTwo lithographs signed by Vincent PerezDate Published1965 Lot #258 Original illustration of a Civil War soldier for a U.S. Army recruiting poster during the Vietnam War View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineOriginal drawing from Army recruitment posterDate Published1963 Lot #259 Portfolio of six woodcuts for Potlatch View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineSuite of six woodcuts, each signed by V. PerezDate Publishedc. 1990's Lot #260 Quartet View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineLithograph signed by Vincent Perez, one of 20PublisherCCACDate Published1981 Lot #261 Three original illustrations for Kaiser Permanente's The Art and the Tools publication View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThree original illustrations by Vincent PerezDate PublishedNo date Lot #262 Three woodcuts from the Bohemian Club Grove play Maximillian! View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThree woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherArion Press for the Bohemian ClubDate Published1984 Lot #263 Thus the Soldiers View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThus the Soldiers, aquatint signed by V. PerezDate Published1960 Lot #265 San Francisco Arts Festival: A Poetry Folio, 1964 - with rare Brautigan signature View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Arts Festival)HeadlineSF Arts Fest Poetry Folio Sgd broadsides 1964Publisher[Four Seasons Foundation]Date Published1964 Lot #267 Jazz View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Twelvetrees Press)AuthorClaxton, WilliamHeadlineJazz, signed by William ClaxtonPublisherTwelvetrees PressDate Published[1987] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next