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Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAshbery, JohnHeadlineSigned by De Kooning, Rivers, Katz, AvedonPublisherArion PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #9 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineThe Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #10 Don Quixote Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCervantes, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote signed by William T. WileyPublisherArion PressDate Published2009; 2010 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #11 The Apocalypse. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine. The last book of the New Testament Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDine, Jim, artistHeadlineJim Dine, Apocalypse of St. JohnPublisherArion PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #12 Ulysses Heading(Arion Press)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineRobert Motherwell's Joyce, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #13 Poems Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineSigned by Jasper Johns, Wallace Stevens PoemsPublisherArion PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #14 Leaves of Grass Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineArion Press Leaves of Grass, 1/275PublisherArion PressDate Published2014 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #15 The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of Spanish by Thomas Shelton, MDCXII Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineAshendene Press Don Quixote in moroccoPublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1927-1928 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #24 Siete Poemas Sajones. Seven Saxon Poems AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineSigned by Jorge Luis Borges, one of 120 producedPublisherPlain Wrapper PressDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #36 Keats Heading(Doves Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineKeats' Poems from the Doves PressPublisher[Doves Press]Date Published1914 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #39 The Great Gatsby AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald's Great GatsbyPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #44 ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ [Odysseia - The Odyssey, in Greek] AuthorHomerHeadlineHomer's Odyssey in Greek Oxford 1909PublisherPrinted at the University PressDate Published1909 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #46 The Loving Shepherdess AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 Watermark Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorBrodsky, JosephHeadlineSigned by Peter Koch and Robert MorganPublisherPeter Koch, PrinterDate Published2006 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #50 The Fragments of Parmenides Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorParmenidesHeadlineSigned by R. Wagener, P. Koch, and R. BringhurstPublisherEditions KochDate Published2003 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #52 To Kill a Mockingbird AuthorLee, HarperHeadlineTo Kill a Mockingbird with Harper Lee letterPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #57 Cien años de soledad AuthorMárquez, Gabriel GarcíaHeadlineTrue first of Marquez' 100 Years of SolitudePublisherEditorial SudamericanaDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #60 Encheiresin Naturae: Fifteen Engravings by Barry Moser; A Heroic Crown of Sonnets by Paul Muldoon Heading(Moser, Barry - Nawakum Press)AuthorMoser, Barry and Paul MuldoonHeadlineEncheiresin Naturae with 15 Moser engravingsPublisherNawakum PressDate Published2015 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Waste Land Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineFinely printed Waste Land signed by T.S. EliotPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #64 The Oyez Press collection and archive Heading(Oyez Press)HeadlineOyez Press collection & archivePublisherOyez PressDate Published1964-2000 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #67 At Low Water: An Intertidal Memoir Heading(Pie in the Sky Press)AuthorChamlee, RebeccaHeadlineLetter A of 5 deluxe copies, At Low WaterPublisherPie in the Sky PressDate Published2017 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #68 A la Recherche du Temps Perdu AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust Recherche Du Temps Perdu 1st, nearly completePublisherNouvelle Revue FrançaiseDate Published1918-1927 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #69 Atlas Shrugged AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #71 The Odyssey of Homer Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorHomerHeadlineBruce Rogers prints T.E. Lawrence's Odyssey trans.PublisherSir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce RogersDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #72 The Catcher in the Rye AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineSalinger's Catcher in the Ry with jacketPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1951 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #73 Handwritten letter by J.D. Salinger, signed Jerry, to Rose-Ellen Currie, relaying news of his recent wedding to Claire Douglas, with mention of Franny and Holden Caulfield AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineAutograph letter from J.D. "Jerry" SalingerDate PublishedWednesday [1955] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #74 Letter from J.D. Salinger to the principal of a Michigan elementary school, recommending a former neighbor, friend and tutor for employment as a teacher AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineJ.D. Salinger recommends neighbor as teacherDate PublishedOctober 29, 1982 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #75 Farmers: Wood Engravings—Interviews [with] Farmers Progressive Proofs AuthorSchanilec, GaylordHeadlineFarmers by Schanilec with progressive proofsPublisherMidnight Paper Sales PressDate Published[1989]; 1992 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them Heading(Society of Wood Engravers)AuthorHamway, Nigel, compilerHeadlineDeluxe edition with portfolio of wood engravingsPublisherNomad Letterpress / Society of Wood EngraversDate Published2020 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #85 My First Summer in the Sierra Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly John Muir One of 25 deluxe copiesPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #88 Blue Sky With Tree AuthorCummings, E. E.HeadlineOriginal oil painting by poet e.e.cummingsDate PublishedNovember 9, 1959 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #96 Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris Gothic Architecture Kelmscott Press 1stPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #98 On the Edge AuthorLevine, PhilipHeadlinePhilip Levine's On the Edge, review copy signedPublisherStone Wall PressDate Published1963 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #100 Sacrificial Bone Inscriptions AuthorO'More, HavenHeadlineO'More's Sacrificial Bone Inscriptions, signedPublisherSADEVDate Published1987 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #101 Three First editions of 1960s adaptations for Warren Chappell's music series AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike's adaptations of operas for childrenPublisherKnopfDate Published1962-1969 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next