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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #189 The True Church View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTilton, TheodoreHeadlineWith eight chromolithograph platesPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1867 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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next