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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Eight volumes published by the Book Club of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineEight works from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954-1994 Lot #2 California as an Island View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorLeighly, JohnHeadlineWith 25 map plates of CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1972 Lot #3 Graveyard by the Sea View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Centaur Press)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineValery's Graveyard by the SeaPublisherThe Centaur PressDate Published1932 Lot #4 Nine titles from the Colt Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Colt Press)HeadlineNine Colt Press titlesPublisherColt PressDate Published1938-1953 Lot #5 Nine San Francisco Fine Press Titles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineNine San Francisco Fine Press TitlesDate Published1939-2008 Lot #6 Thirteen volumes from various Fine Presses View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineThirteen works from various fine pressesPublisherVarious publishers Lot #7 The Book of Signs which contains all manner of symbols used from the earliest times to the middle ages by primitive peoples and Early Christians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(First Edition Club)AuthorKoch, RudolfHeadlineExcellent survey of symbols and their usesPublisherThe First Edition ClubDate Published1930 Lot #8 California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author[Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThe Shirley Letters from Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1933 Lot #9 Eight volumes from the Grabhorn Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineEight works printed by the Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Grabhorn PressDate Published1927-1954 Lot #10 Eight volumes printed by the Grabhorn Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineEight volumes printed by the Grabhorn PressPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1934-1951 Lot #11 The Southern Mines of California: Early Development of the Sonora Mining Region View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHolmes, Roberta EvelynHeadlineSouthern Mines of California by Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1930 Lot #12 Books of the California Gold Rush: A Centennial Selection View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineWheat's Bibliography of the California Gold RushPublisherThe Colt PressDate Published1949 Lot #13 George Yount: The Kindly Host of Caymus Rancho View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWood, Ellen LamontHeadlineGeorge Yount: The Kindly Host of Caymus RanchoPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1941 Lot #14 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Grannis CowanHeadlineBest edition of seminal California bibliographyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 Lot #15 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930 & Index View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Granniss CowanHeadlineVols I-IV of Cowans' California bibliographyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 Lot #16 Five works printed by John Henry Nash View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)HeadlineFive works printed by John Henry NashPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #17 Nine volumes printed by John Henry Nash View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)HeadlineNine volumes printed by John Henry NashPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1928 Lot #18 A Catalogue of Books Printed by John Henry Nash View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorO'Day, NellHeadlineO'Day's catalogue of John Henry NashPublisher[John Henry Nash]Date Published1937 Lot #19 Five Fine press poetry broadsides View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry Broadsides)Headline5 Fine press poetry broadsidesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #21 The Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell w/fore-edge painting 1854PublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1854 Lot #22 Aids to Reflection In the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality and Religion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge w/fore-edge painting 1836PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 Lot #23 Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineCowper's Poems w/fore-edge paintings 1810PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson and Co.Date Published1810 Lot #24 The Poetical Works of William Cowper View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fore-edge paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith color fore-edge paintings of scenic viewsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1830-1831 Lot #27 The Works of Thomas Grey View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGrey, ThomasHeadlineThomas Grey w/fore-edge paintings 1807PublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and SharpeDate Published1807 Lot #31 Longfellow's Poetical Works View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Works w/fore-edge paintingPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[c.1880s] Lot #38 Complete Works of Edmund Spenser. The Globe Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Works w/fore-edge painting 1879PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1879 Lot #44 Sacred Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineSacred Poems w/fore-edge painting 1860PublisherClark, Austin & SmithDate Published1860 Lot #46 Jack Sheppard: A Romance View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Bayntun)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineIllustrated by Cruikshank, bound by BayntunPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 Lot #49 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$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] Lot #50 The Poetical Works of William Cooper View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineNicely bound set of William Cowper's poetryPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1843 Lot #51 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 Lot #52 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 Lot #53 Works of Charles Dickens, Including Over One Thousand Illustrations, Comprising All the Celebrated Dickens' Plates as Well as Many Rare & Unusual Pictures Never Published Before View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens Author's Watercolor Edition 1/25PublisherFrederick J. Quinby & CoDate Published1900 Lot #54 A Collection of Poems by Several Hands. With Notes. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Dodsley, Robert, editor]HeadlineDodsley's famous collection of anonymous poemsPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published[1782] Lot #55 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 Lot #56 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Dryden, John, translator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineFirst edition of Dryden's Virgil 1697PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1697 Lot #57 Peter Ibbetson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 Lot #58 Poems and Songs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFlatman, ThomasHeadlineFlatman's Poems and Songs 1676PublisherPrinted by S. and B.G. for Benjamin TookDate Published1676 Lot #59 The Arabian Nights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely bound setPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 Lot #60 The Works of Washington Irving View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWorks of Washington Irving Joseph Jefferson EditionPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1901] Lot #61 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Samuel, editorHeadlineWorks of the English Poets, a complete setPublisherPrinted by John Nichols; for J. Buckland et al.Date Published[1790] Lot #62 The Writings in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 Lot #64 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineHandsomely bound copy of Longfellow's poetryPublisherDavid BogueDate Published[1851] Lot #65 Petits Contes en Prose View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 Lot #68 Works of Charles Reade View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #70 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNew Century Shakespeare Works, De Luxe EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 Lot #71 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 Lot #72 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] Lot #73 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] Lot #76 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 Lot #77 The Works of Oscar Wilde View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] Lot #89 The Christian Armour View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBell, Eliza CraufurdHeadlineBell's poetry illustrated in chromolithographyPublisherCharles Scribner & Co.Date Published1866 Lot #92 Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's Drawings for Poems of Thomas GrayPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1972 Lot #93 Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBloomfield, RobertHeadlineBloomfield's poetry with 8 illustrationsPublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe et al.Date Published1806 Lot #101 Two Ladies' Annual Keepsakes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Chromolithographs)HeadlineTwo annual keepsakes with chromolithographsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #103 The Artist a Monthly Lady's Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 Lot #121 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper)Headline1876 Frank Leslie's Illustrated NewspaperPublisherFrank LeslieDate Published1876 Lot #133 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$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 72 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] Lot #158 Six Woodcuts signed by Vincent Perez - page proofs from the Yolla Bolly edition of Joaquin Miller's True Bear Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPerez, Vincent, illustratorHeadlineSix woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published1985 Lot #162 Moving to the Landing View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineVincent Perez woodcut Artist's Proof 1989Date Published1989 Lot #168 Three woodcuts from the Bohemian Club Grove play Maximillian! View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThree woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherArion Press for the Bohemian ClubDate Published1984 Lot #171 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, illus. by Willy PogányPublisherThomas Y. Crowell Company Lot #174 Keep These Off the U.S.A. Buy More Liberty Bonds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Posters - Propaganda)AuthorNorton, JohnHeadlineClassic John Norton WWI propaganda posterPublisherStrobridge Litho Co.Date Published[c.1917] Lot #189 The True Church View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTilton, TheodoreHeadlineWith eight chromolithograph platesPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1867 Lot #191 Hamilton's old English black oil the greatest healing liniment of the age! Prepared from the original formula and known to have been used upwards of two hundred years... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wood type advertising broadside)HeadlineWood type advertisement for horse linimentPublisherUnion Card Co., printersDate Published[1880?] Lot #194 Leonora View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Beauclerc, Diana)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 Lot #227 Little Men View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAlcott, Louisa MayHeadlineSecond book in Alcott's Little Women trilogyPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 Lot #249 Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writing… View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDrake, NathanHeadlineEarly 19th c. Shakspeare scholarshipPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1817 Lot #250 WITHDRAWN - Fashionable Biography; or, Specimens of Public Characters: By a Connoisseur. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Du Bois, Edward, editor]HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Anonymous work of English social satirePublisherPrinted for S.A. and H. OddyDate Published1808 Lot #260 Cookery Recipes compiled by St. Mary's Guild View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)HeadlineScarce recipe book from the St. Mary's GuildPublisherSt. Mary's GuildDate Published1907 Lot #275 Herman Strater & Sons Catalogue of Bar Sundries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Food and Drink)HeadlineHerman Strater & Sons, Bar Sundries, 1899PublisherHerman Strater & SonsDate Published[1899] Lot #291 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, mixed 1st & early editionsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1781-1788 Lot #302 Cakes and Ale View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJerrold, Douglas WilliamHeadlineTwo volumes of Victorian humor, 1842PublisherHow and ParsonsDate Published1842 Lot #314 Oscar F. Hodge Presents Neil O’Brien: Great American Super-Minstrels View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Minstrel Shows)HeadlineMinstrel Show poster, Hodge presents O'BrienPublisherThe Strobridge Litho. CoDate Publishedc. 1912-22 Lot #319 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Music)AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cab CallowayPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 Lot #330 Choix des Poésies de Pétrarque View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's poetry in Italian and FrenchPublisherChez ValadeDate Published[1774] Lot #333 The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPreston, William, translatorHeadlineThe Argonautics of Apollonius RhodiusPublisherPrinted by Graisberry and Campbell, for the AuthorDate Published1803 Lot #344 The Silverado Squatters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFirst American Edition of Silverado SquattersPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 Lot #348 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineNicely bound copy of Punch, Brothers, Punch!PublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] Lot #353 Collection of World War I sheet music View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(World War I Sheet Music)HeadlineSongs of World War IDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next