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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Eight volumes published by the Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineEight works from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954-1994 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold 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 Heading(First Edition Club)AuthorKoch, RudolfHeadlineExcellent survey of symbols and their usesPublisherThe First Edition ClubDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #14 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930 Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Grannis CowanHeadlineBest edition of seminal California bibliographyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #15 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930 & Index Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Granniss CowanHeadlineVols I-IV of Cowans' California bibliographyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #18 A Catalogue of Books Printed by John Henry Nash Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorO'Day, NellHeadlineO'Day's catalogue of John Henry NashPublisher[John Henry Nash]Date Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #20 The Poetical Works of James Beattie Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorBeattie, JamesHeadlineWorks of James Beattie w/fore-edge painting 1831PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1831 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 The Poetical Works Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell w/fore-edge painting 1854PublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #22 Aids to Reflection In the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality and Religion Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge w/fore-edge painting 1836PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #23 Poems Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineCowper's Poems w/fore-edge paintings 1810PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson and Co.Date Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #24 The Poetical Works of William Cowper Heading(Fore-edge paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith color fore-edge paintings of scenic viewsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1830-1831 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #25 Miscellaneous Verses Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorDoyle, Sir Francis HastingsHeadlineF. Hastings Doyle fore-edge painting 1841PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #26 The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a Notice of His Life and Genius Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith Works w/fore-edge painting 1859PublisherW. KentDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Works of Thomas Grey Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGrey, ThomasHeadlineThomas Grey w/fore-edge paintings 1807PublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and SharpeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #28 The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testament Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineFore-edge painting 1817 BiblePublisherStereotyped and printed by J. SmithDate Published1817 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #29 History of Christian Missions, From the Reformation to the Present Time Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorHuie, James A.HeadlineChristian Missions w/fore-edge paintingPublisherOliver & Boyd, Tweeddale CourtDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #30 Poems and Ballads by Dr. John Leyden with A Memoir to the Author by Sir Walter Scott, Bart Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLeyden, JohnHeadlineJohn Leyden Poems w/fore-edge painting 1875PublisherJ. & J. H. RutherfordDate Published1875 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #31 Longfellow's Poetical Works Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Works w/fore-edge paintingPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[c.1880s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #33 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Newly translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By His Majesty's special command. Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)Headline1734 Bible with fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted by John BaskettDate Published1734 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #34 The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian: Made Easy for the Practice of the Present Age Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineWhole Duty of Man 1825 w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherPrinted for W. BentDate Published[1825] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #35 The Percy Anecdotes Original and Select Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorPercy, Sholto and ReubenHeadlinePercy Anecdotes w/fore-edge paintingPublisherT. BoysDate Published1822 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #36 The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, complete in one volume Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)HeadlineSouthey's poems w/ fore-edge painting 1850PublisherLondonDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #37 The Works of William Shakespeare; Containing his Plays and Poems, the Text of the Editions by Charles Knight... Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's works w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #38 Complete Works of Edmund Spenser. The Globe Edition Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Works w/fore-edge painting 1879PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #39 Lot of 5 fore-edge paintings Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorTennyson, Alfred, LordHeadline5 fore-edge paintings after Edward Burne-JonesDate Published1859-1870 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #40 Anthologia Latina Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThackeray, Franciscus St. John, editorHeadlineAnthologia Latina w/fore-edge painting 1865PublisherBell Et DaldyDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 The Seasons: And Castle of Indolence Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThompson, JamesHeadlineFore-edge painting of Kent 1842PublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 The Seasons Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons with fore-edge paintingPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #43 Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists & Binders with a Catalogue Raisonné of Miss C. B. Currie Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorWeber, JeffHeadlineDefinitive reference work on fore-edge artists, signedPublisherJeff Weber Rare BooksDate Published2010 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #44 Sacred Poems Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineSacred Poems w/fore-edge painting 1860PublisherClark, Austin & SmithDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #45 The Complaint, Or Night Thoughts Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorYoung, EdwardHeadlineYoung's The Complaint w/fore-edge painting 1817PublisherPrinted for John SharpeDate Published1817 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #118 Fabrique de Caractères en Bois et de Matériel d'Imprimerie AuthorDureau, HenriHeadlinePre-WWI Parisian type-sets from Henri DureauPublisherHenri DureauDate Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #125 Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum. Six Specimens of Miniatures, Borders, and Initials Reproduced in Gold and Colours with an Example of Successive Printings. Author[Griggs, William]HeadlineExcellent series of plates on chromolithographyPublisherPrinted by Order of the TrusteesDate Published1903 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #188 American Printing Co. Fall River Mass. Fabrics we are printing, and How we do it. (cover title) Heading(Textiles)HeadlineScarce booklet on the American Printing CompanyPublisherThe American Printing CompanyDate Published[1890] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #195 The First Printer's Early Days Heading(Children's Books)HeadlineThe life of Gutenberg as told for young adultsPublisherOliphant, Anderson, & FerrierDate Published[1884] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #247 The Bibliomania; or, Book-Madness; containing some account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of this Fatal Disease... - WITH - Bibliomania; or, Book-Madness; A Bibliographical Romance, in Six Parts... AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineCoined the idea of "Bibliomania"PublisherVarious publishersDate Published1809 & 1811 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #311 Catalogue d'une trés-belle et Riche Collection de Livres en plusiers langues et facultes, principalement en Médecine, Chirurgie et Anatomie... Heading(Medical)AuthorBruggemann, Eustache Grégoire, collectorHeadlineAuction catalog of rare medical books, c.1860PublisherChez M.A. Mahne, LibraireDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #323 WITHDRAWN - The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine Heading(Norman, Haskell F.)AuthorHook, Diana H. & Jeremy M. NormanHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Deluxe Haskell Norman Library, 1/35PublisherJeremy Norman & Co., Inc.Date Published1991 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #337 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... AuthorSéguier, Jean FrançoisHeadlineSeguier's botanical bibliographyPublisherApud Cornelium HaakDate Published1760 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #351 Incunabula Typographica: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books Printed in the Fifteenth Century (1460-1500) in the Library of Henry Walters AuthorWalters, HenryHeadlineThe Henry Walters collection of incunabulaPublisher[Leo S. Olschki for Henry Walters]Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next