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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 A Delicate Balance Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAlbee, EdwardHeadlineAlbee's A Delicate Balance Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2011 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #4 Mrs. Bridge Heading(Arion Press)AuthorConnell, Evan S.HeadlineArion Press, Mrs. Bridge by ConnellPublisherArion PressDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #7 What the End is For: A Selection of Poems, 1977-2011 Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGraham, JorieHeadlineSigned by Graham and LethbridgePublisherArion PressDate Published2014 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #9 Stone from Delphi Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned, the last book by Seamus HeaneyPublisherArion PressDate Published2012 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #10 Porgy & Bess Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHeyward, DuBoseHeadlineKara Walker's Artist Book from Arion, signedPublisherArion PressDate Published2013 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #12 The Sundial Heading(Arion Press)AuthorJackson, ShirleyHeadlineArion Press, Sundial signed by Myles HymanPublisherArion PressDate Published2011 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #14 Moby Dick; or, The Whale. Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFacsimile of the Moser-illustrated Arion editionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published[1981] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #16 Arcadia: A Play Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineArion Press Arcadia signed by Tom StoppardPublisherArion PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #38 The Loving Shepherdess AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #39 The Martian Chronicles Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #41 Two fine press editions of Dostoevsky Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorDostoevsky, FyodorHeadlineIllustrated by Fritz EichenbergPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1956; 1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #47 War & Peace Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineWar & Peace illustrated by Barnett FreedmanPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #52 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$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #60 Farmers: Wood Engravings—Interviews [with] Farmers Progressive Proofs AuthorSchanilec, GaylordHeadlineFarmers by Schanilec with progressive proofsPublisherMidnight Paper Sales PressDate Published[1989]; 1992 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #68 The Sierra Nevada Suite: Thirty-One Wood Engravings by Richard Wagener Heading(Wagener, Richard - BCC)AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineWagener's Sierra Suite, one of only 10 suchPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2013 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #69 The Fragments of Parmenides - deluxe copy with suite of 10 additional wood engravings signed by Richard Wagener Heading(Wagener, Richard - Editions Koch)AuthorParmenidesHeadlineParmenides deluxe copy with Wagener suitePublisherEditions KochDate Published2003 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 Teapots & Tympani Heading(Wagener, Richard - Mixolydian Editions)AuthorChernoff, Maxine and Richard WagenerHeadlineTeapots & Tympany one of 3 "in sheets' copiesPublisherMixolydian EditionsDate Published2019 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #71 Cracked Sidewalks Heading(Wagener, Richard - Mixolydian Editions)AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineCracked Sidewalks signed by R. WagenerPublisherMixolydian EditionsDate Published2006 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #72 Cracked Sidewalks Heading(Wagener, Richard - Mixolydian Editions)AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineSigned deluxe edition with extra suite of printsPublisherMixolydian EditionsDate Published2006 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #73 From Here and There Heading(Wagener, Richard - Mixolydian Editions)AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineDeluxe copy with 6 additional signed engravingsPublisherMixolydian EditionsDate Published2022 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #74 Mountains & Religion Heading(Wagener, Richard - Mixolydian Editions)AuthorWagener, RichardHeadlineMountains & Religion signed by R. WagenerPublisherMixolydian EditionsDate Published2011 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Sierra Nevada Sequence AuthorWalker, Ardis M.HeadlineArdis Walker's poetry with Kirk Martin's art, signedPublisherSierra Trails PressDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #78 The Garden of the Night Heading(The Whittington Press)AuthorAzmi, Iftikhar, translatorHeadlineSigned by the artist and translatorPublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Song of Songs Heading(The Whittington Press)HeadlineThe Song of Songs from The Whittington PressPublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #80 Three works illustrated by Richard Kennedy Heading(The Whittington Press)HeadlineThree illustrated and signed by Richard KennedyPublisherThe Whittington Press View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #81 T.E. Lawrence Letters to E.T. Leeds with a commentary by E.T. Leeds Heading(The Whittington Press)AuthorWilson, J.M., editorHeadlineT.E. Lawrence Letters to E.T. LeedsPublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 La Divina Commedia AuthorAlighieri, DanteHeadlineDante in hand-painted vellum bindingsPublisherG.C. SansoniDate Published1896; 1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #88 The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane Heading(Bayntun)AuthorLe Sage, [Alain Rene]HeadlineBound by Bayntun with hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for J. Mawman; Baldwin, Cradock and JoyDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #90 Il Decamerone di m. Giovanni Boccaccio AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadline1757 Boccaccio finely bound with engraved platesPublisher[Prault]Date Published1757-[1761] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #91 The Military Souvenir: A Portrait Gallery of Our Military and Naval Heroes AuthorBramhall, Frank J.HeadlineWith 75 steel-engraved Civil War portraitsPublisherJ.C. ButtreDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #100 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely boundPublisherPrinted for William MillerDate Published1802 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #102 James I. and VI. AuthorHenderson, T.F.HeadlineSumptuous biography of King James I & VIPublisherGoupil & Co.; Manzi, Joyant & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #103 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey of Homer AuthorHomerHeadlineIliad and Odyssey of Homer, finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #107 Calendario de las Señoritas Megicanas para el Año 1838 Heading(Mexico – Gift Book Almanac)AuthorGalvan Rivera, Mariano, editorHeadlineRare Mexican gift book in fine bindingDate Published1837-1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #108 Select Views in Great Britain. AuthorMiddiman, Samuel, engraverHeadlineWith 53 engraved views of Great BritainPublisherJohn and Josiah BoydellDate Published[1830] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #128 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. AuthorWright, G.N.HeadlineWith numerous engravings of French architecturePublisherFisher, Son & Co.; The Caxton Press; H. MandevilleDate Published[c. 1845] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #130 The Ingoldsby Legends; Or Mirth & Marvels Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorIngoldsby, ThomasHeadlineIllustrated by Rackham, bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #169 ,WITHDRAWN - Shakespeare's Hamlet: Prince of Denmark Heading(Austen, John, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Hamlet, illustrated by John AustenPublisherSelwyn & BlountDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #175 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Heading(Beaman, S.G. Hulme, illustrator)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineBeaman's classic, scarce in jacket and slipcasePublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #176 Leonora Heading(Beauclerc, Diana, illustrator)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #186 An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land Heading(Bransom, Paul, illustrator)AuthorCooper, Frederic Taber, editorHeadlineSigned large paper edition, in jacket & boxPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #188 Black and White AuthorBrown, Margaret WiseHeadlineFirst Edition from author of Goodnight MoonPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis TranslationPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #200 The Artist: A Monthly Lady's Book Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #204 Tipple and Snack: Good Things to Eat and Better Things to Drink Heading(Cocktail Manuals)AuthorMason, DexterHeadlineTipple and Snack inscribed by Dexter MasonPublisherFarrar & RinehartDate Published1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #209 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #211 Danthe Alighieri Fiorentino historiado AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineExtensive Dante commentary w/ marginaliaPublisherPer Bartholomeo de Zanni da PorteseDate Published1507 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #232 La Céramique Moderne par Le Grand Dépot. Porcelaines, Faiences & Cristaux AuthorEnalt, LouisHeadlineWith chromolithographs by Charles VerneauDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #235 Two Ethiopian manuscript scrolls Heading(Ethiopia)Headline2 Ethiopian scrolls in Ge'ezDate Publishedc.19th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #239 Oriental Collection Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.LHeadlineLeaves from eastern manuscripts and booksPublisherFoliophilesDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #243 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English LandscapePublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published[1863] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #245 The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus Heading(Frost, A.B., illustrator)AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus' Tar-Baby, First EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #246 Millions of Cats AuthorGa'g, WandaHeadlineLimited edition signed by Wanda Ga'gPublisherCoward McCannDate Published1928 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #252 Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the Late John Kay, Miniature Painter, Edinburgh; with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes Heading(Golf)AuthorKay, JohnHeadlineWith the famed “Cock of the Green” etchingPublisherHugh PatonDate Published1837-38 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #253 The Walt Disney Story of Our Friend The Atom AuthorHaber, HeinzHeadlineWalt Disney's Our Friend, The AtomPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 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... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 73 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #262 Illustrations For Genji Monogatari in 54 Wood-Cut Prints Heading(Japan)AuthorMurasaki ShikibuHeadline54 full-color woodcuts for The Tale of GenjiPublisher[Nagai Times]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #274 Das Deutsche Bilderbuch No 2. Marienkind AuthorLefler, Heinrich and Josef UrbanHeadlineWith 8 chromolithographs by Lefler and UrbanPublisherJos. ScholzDate Published[c. 1904] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #278 Letter from King Louis XIV of France to captain of the Rouvroy cavalry regiment AuthorLouis XIVHeadlineSigned by Louis XIVDate Published1678 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #285 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery Lane...Date Published1688 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #293 East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineIn the scarce original jacketPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #300 Constitusiones de la Sagrada Religion Bethlemitica Heading(Peru - Lima)Headline17th c. Bethlehemite manuscript compilationDate Publishedc.1711-1758 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #304 Henry VIII AuthorPollard, A.F.HeadlinePollard's Henry VIII limited editionPublisherGoupil & Co. / Scribner'sDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #313 Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorLatimore, Sarah Briggs & Grace Clark HaskellHeadlineArthur Rackham: A Bibliography Limited EditionPublisherSuttonhouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #314 Original model book with drawings of Abraham Rattner AuthorRattner, AbrahamHeadlineMockup for book by Abraham RattnerDate Publishedc.1976 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #319 The Art of Jin Shangyi - A Full Record Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House AuthorShangyi, JinHeadlineSigned by artist Jin ShangyiPublisherJiangsu Fine Arts Publishing HouseDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #323 Trattato di Anatomia Pittorica AuthorSquanquerillo, ConstantinoHeadlineWith 62 full-page anatomical platesPublisherTipografia Delle Belle ArtiDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #324 Domestic Architecture. A Series of Views of Cottages and Farm Houses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. Heading(Stevens, Francis, etcher)HeadlineWith 53 plates of Architectural viewsPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c. 1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #331 The First World Flight: Being the personal narratives of Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie Arnold, Henry Ogden, and John Harding. AuthorThomas, LowellHeadlineThe First World Flight by Lowell ThomasPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #332 Haunted London AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #333 Two Tibetan manuscripts Heading(Tibet)Headline2 South & East Asian mss., 1 illuminatedDate Publishedc.19th century? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #337 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #341 Ultimo, an imaginative narration of life under the earth AuthorVassos, John and RuthHeadlineVassos' Ultimo in original jacketPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #344 Collection of vodka labels from California Heading(Vodka labels)HeadlineApprox. 175 lithographed Vodka labelsDate Published20th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next