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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter thanking an Ohio women abolitionists for support of his Canadian Underground Railroad “station”; explaining his work feeding, clothing and teaching hundreds of newly-arrived Black “fugitives” View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(African American – Underground Railroad)AuthorRice, Isaac J.HeadlineLetter from terminus of Underground RailroadDate PublishedApril 26, [1851?] Lot #7 Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity') View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$125,000StatusSold Heading(Arabic Manuscript)HeadlineArabic ms Epistles of Brethren of Purity c.1495Date PublishedAH 900 (CE 1495-96) Lot #8 Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAshbery, JohnHeadlineSigned by De Kooning, Rivers, Katz, AvedonPublisherArion PressDate Published1984 Lot #9 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineThe Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 Lot #10 Don Quixote View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCervantes, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote signed by William T. WileyPublisherArion PressDate Published2009; 2010 Lot #11 The Apocalypse. The Revelation of Saint John the Divine. The last book of the New Testament View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDine, Jim, artistHeadlineJim Dine, Apocalypse of St. JohnPublisherArion PressDate Published1982 Lot #12 Ulysses View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineRobert Motherwell's Joyce, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1988 Lot #13 Poems View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStevens, WallaceHeadlineSigned by Jasper Johns, Wallace Stevens PoemsPublisherArion PressDate Published1985 Lot #14 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineArion Press Leaves of Grass, 1/275PublisherArion PressDate Published2014 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 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineAshendene Press Don Quixote in moroccoPublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1927-1928 Lot #24 Siete Poemas Sajones. Seven Saxon Poems View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineSigned by Jorge Luis Borges, one of 120 producedPublisherPlain Wrapper PressDate Published[1974] Lot #26 Photograph of Kim Il-sung and Liu Shaoqi, signed by both of them View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(China & Korea)HeadlineSigned photo of Kim Il-sung & Liu ShaoqiDate Publishedc.1960s? Lot #27 Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorMao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung)HeadlineMao's Quotations signed first editionPublisherForeign Language PressDate Published1966 Lot #30 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, seven of whom died en route View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers settling in Cuba, 1867 manifestDate PublishedAugust 3, 1867 Lot #31 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date Published6 April 1867 Lot #32 Manuscript papers and documents relating to the formation of a Chinese Society in Cuba, with extensive additional documentation on its operations over some 70 years View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDocuments of Chinese Society in China 1890-1960Date Publishedc.1890-1961 Lot #33 Registro Civil de Esclavos de la jurisdicion de... Cedula... (from first page) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Cuban slaveowners c.1850Date Publishedc.1850s Lot #34 Zona Central de Puerto Principe año de 1879 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineManuscript maps of Cuban communities 1879Date Published1879 Lot #36 Keats View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineKeats' Poems from the Doves PressPublisher[Doves Press]Date Published1914 Lot #37 The Alloys of Steel. By J. Stodart, Esq. F.R.S. and Mr. M. Faraday, Chemical Assistant in the Royal Institution. From the Philosophical Transactions View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorFaraday, MichaelHeadlineRare offprint inscribed by Michael FaradayPublisherPrinted by William NicolDate Published1822 Lot #39 The Great Gatsby View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald's Great GatsbyPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #44 ΟΜΗΡΟΥ ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙΑ [Odysseia - The Odyssey, in Greek] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineHomer's Odyssey in Greek Oxford 1909PublisherPrinted at the University PressDate Published1909 Lot #45 Archive relating to Tomiji Takeda, a Japanese-American resident of Milpitas, California, who was interned at Tule Lake camp, then allowed to move to Utah and eventually Colorado View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)HeadlineJapanese American interned at Tule LakeDate Publishedc.1930-1950s Lot #46 The Loving Shepherdess View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 Lot #49 Watermark View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorBrodsky, JosephHeadlineSigned by Peter Koch and Robert MorganPublisherPeter Koch, PrinterDate Published2006 Lot #50 The Fragments of Parmenides View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Koch, Peter)AuthorParmenidesHeadlineSigned by R. Wagener, P. Koch, and R. BringhurstPublisherEditions KochDate Published2003 Lot #52 To Kill a Mockingbird View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorLee, HarperHeadlineTo Kill a Mockingbird with Harper Lee letterPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1960] Lot #57 Cien años de soledad View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMárquez, Gabriel GarcíaHeadlineTrue first of Marquez' 100 Years of SolitudePublisherEditorial SudamericanaDate Published[1967] Lot #60 Encheiresin Naturae: Fifteen Engravings by Barry Moser; A Heroic Crown of Sonnets by Paul Muldoon View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Moser, Barry - Nawakum Press)AuthorMoser, Barry and Paul MuldoonHeadlineEncheiresin Naturae with 15 Moser engravingsPublisherNawakum PressDate Published2015 Lot #63 The Waste Land View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineFinely printed Waste Land signed by T.S. EliotPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published[1961] Lot #64 The Oyez Press collection and archive View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Heading(Oyez Press)HeadlineOyez Press collection & archivePublisherOyez PressDate Published1964-2000 Lot #65 The Knave of Hearts View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator)AuthorSaunders, LouiseHeadlineParrish's Knave of Hearts with 2 ALSPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #67 At Low Water: An Intertidal Memoir View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Pie in the Sky Press)AuthorChamlee, RebeccaHeadlineLetter A of 5 deluxe copies, At Low WaterPublisherPie in the Sky PressDate Published2017 Lot #68 A la Recherche du Temps Perdu View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust Recherche Du Temps Perdu 1st, nearly completePublisherNouvelle Revue FrançaiseDate Published1918-1927 Lot #69 Atlas Shrugged View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] Lot #71 The Odyssey of Homer View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorHomerHeadlineBruce Rogers prints T.E. Lawrence's Odyssey trans.PublisherSir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce RogersDate Published1932 Lot #72 The Catcher in the Rye View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineSalinger's Catcher in the Ry with jacketPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1951 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 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineAutograph letter from J.D. "Jerry" SalingerDate PublishedWednesday [1955] 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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineJ.D. Salinger recommends neighbor as teacherDate PublishedOctober 29, 1982 Lot #75 Farmers: Wood Engravings—Interviews [with] Farmers Progressive Proofs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchanilec, GaylordHeadlineFarmers by Schanilec with progressive proofsPublisherMidnight Paper Sales PressDate Published[1989]; 1992 Lot #77 2020 Vision: Nineteen Wood Engravers, One Collector, and the Artists Who Inspired Them View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Society of Wood Engravers)AuthorHamway, Nigel, compilerHeadlineDeluxe edition with portfolio of wood engravingsPublisherNomad Letterpress / Society of Wood EngraversDate Published2020 Lot #81 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorTwain, Mark [pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens]HeadlineHuckleberry Finn with card signed by TwainPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #84 Heart Disease View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorWhite, Paul DudleyHeadlineSigned by Paul D. White & 3 colleaguesPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1932 Lot #85 My First Summer in the Sierra View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly John Muir One of 25 deluxe copiesPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] Lot #88 Blue Sky With Tree View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorCummings, E. E.HeadlineOriginal oil painting by poet e.e.cummingsDate PublishedNovember 9, 1959 Lot #96 Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris Gothic Architecture Kelmscott Press 1stPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #98 On the Edge View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorLevine, PhilipHeadlinePhilip Levine's On the Edge, review copy signedPublisherStone Wall PressDate Published1963 Lot #100 Sacrificial Bone Inscriptions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorO'More, HavenHeadlineO'More's Sacrificial Bone Inscriptions, signedPublisherSADEVDate Published1987 Lot #101 Three First editions of 1960s adaptations for Warren Chappell's music series View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike's adaptations of operas for childrenPublisherKnopfDate Published1962-1969 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next