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A Journal for Advertisers. 1915, 1916, 1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Advertising)HeadlineThree early years of Printers' Ink MagazinePublisherPrinters' Ink MagazineDate Published1915-1916, 1920 Lot #6 The Ethics of Aristotle View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Aristotle)AuthorChase, D.P., translatorHeadlineFine Press Edition of Aristotle's Ethics, 1902PublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1902 Lot #23 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583] Lot #24 Complete texts of the First and Second Books of Maccabees - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineMaccabees from 1566 Great BiblePublisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #25 Complete texts of The Third and Fourth Books of Esdras - from the Great Bible of 1566 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)Headline3rd & 4th Books of Esdras Great Bible 1566Publisher[R. Carmarden]Date Published[1566] Lot #26 A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineLeaf from the 1611 King James BiblePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1937 Lot #27 [Biblia Hebraica Rabbinica] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Bible in Hebrew)HeadlineFinal volume of 3rd Bomberg Bible 1548PublisherDaniel BombergDate Published[1548] Lot #34 Mille et un Livres Botaniques, repertoire bibliographique de la bibliotheque Arpad Plesch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Botanical)AuthorPlesch, ArpadHeadlineArpad Plesch Mille et un Livres BotaniquesPublisherArcadeDate Published1973 Lot #37 A History of the Art of Bookbinding with Some Account of the Books of the Ancients. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBrassington, W. Salt, editorHeadlineOne of 50 large paper copies, nicely boundPublisherElliot StockDate Published1894 Lot #44 L'Aeronautica Italiana Nell'Immagine 1487-1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCaproni, Timina Guasti and Achille BertarelliHeadlineL'Aeronautica Italiana...1487-1875PublisherMuseo CaproniDate Published1938 Lot #60 The Art of Walter Crane View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Crane, Walter)AuthorKonody, P.G.HeadlineThe Art of Walter Crane, deluxe edition of 100PublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1902 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 #106 The 500th Anniversary Pictorial Census of the Gutenberg Bible View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Gutenberg Bible)AuthorNorman, Don ClevelandHeadlinePictorial Census of the Gutenberg BiblePublisherCloverdale PressDate Published1961 Lot #120 Examples of the Art of Book-Illumination during the Middle Ages. Reproduced in Facsimile View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)AuthorQuaritch, BernardHeadlineBook-illumination in the Middle AgesPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1889 Lot #123 Nicolas Jenson, Printer of Venice: his famous type designs and some comment upon the printing types of earlier printers... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Jenson, Nicolas)AuthorBullen, Henry LewisHeadlineNicolas Jenson leaf book by J.H. NashPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1926 Lot #129 Beowulf View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)HeadlineRockwell Kent's Beowulf w/ 8 lithosPublisherRandom House Lot #138 The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLowndes, William ThomasHeadlineLowndes' Manual, 1st ed. in original clothPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 Lot #142 Catalogue d'une trés-belle et Riche Collection de Livres en plusiers langues et facultes, principalement en Médecine, Chirurgie et Anatomie... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorBruggemann, Eustache Grégoire, collectorHeadlineAuction catalog of rare medical books, c.1860PublisherChez M.A. Mahne, LibraireDate Publishedc.1860 Lot #171 WITHDRAWN - The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMosher, Thomas Bird, editorHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Thomas Bird Mosher The Bibelot Finely BoundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1895-1915 Lot #175 The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Norman, Haskell F.)AuthorHook, Diana H. & Jeremy M. NormanHeadlineDeluxe Haskell Norman Library, 1/35PublisherJeremy Norman & Co., Inc.Date Published1991 Lot #198 Bibliotheca Botanica, sive catalogus auctorum et librorum, qui de Re Botanica, de Medicamentis ex Vegetabilibus paratis, de Re Rustica, & de Horticultura tractant... Accessit Bibliotheca Botanica Jo. Ant. Bumaldi, seu potius Ovidii Montalbani... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSéguier, Jean FrançoisHeadlineSeguier's botanical bibliographyPublisherApud Cornelium HaakDate Published1760 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 #234 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books [with] Thirteen Watercolor Drawings Illustrating Paradise Lost by John Milton View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMilton, John; William BlakeHeadlineParadise Lost with the suite of 13 Blake facsimilesPublisherArion PressDate Published2002; 2004 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 #236 The Psalms of David and Others, as rendered into English by Arthur Golding View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineWith lovely illuminated initials by T. IngmirePublisherArion PressDate Published1977 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 #240 Poetry by Adrienne Rich [with] Rivers by Czeslaw Milosz [and] seven additional leaves or broadsides from various fine press printers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Broadsides and Ephemera)HeadlineThree signed broadsides with additional leavesDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #242 The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(The Colophon)HeadlineComplete set of The Colophon, 47 volumesPublisherThe Colophon Ltd.Date Published[1930-1950] 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 #249 The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version, 1611. [with] The Apocrypha. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)HeadlineThe Complete Nonesuch Bible with ApocryphaPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1924-27 Lot #250 The Poems of Shakespeare View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Overbrook Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineOverbrook Poems of Shakespeare in sheetsPublisherThe Overbrook PressDate Published1939 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 #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 #264 Printers to the Club: A Portfolio Compiled and Edited by James Linden and Jennifer [Sygne] Larson. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Roxburghe Club of San Francisco)HeadlinePrinters to the [Roxburghe] Club of SFPublisherThe Roxburghe ClubDate Published1986 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 #266 Moby Dick: The Passion of Ahab View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Spruance, Benton, artist)AuthorThompson, LawranceHeadlineBenton Spruance's vision of Moby DickPublisherBarre PublishersDate Published1968 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