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2

Little Men

Author
Alcott, Louisa May
Headline
Second book in Alcott's Little Women trilogy
Publisher
Roberts Brothers
Date Published
1871

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

3

Amateur Literature (spine titles)

Heading
(Amateur Literature)
Headline
Amateur fiction from the late 19th century
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
c. 1880-1900

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

4

Dark Laughter [with] The Untold Lie, and Other Stories

Author
Anderson, Sherwood
Headline
Dark Laughter and The Untold Lie by Anderson
Date Published
1919; 1925

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

5

Three sci-fi anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov

Author
Asimov, Isaac, editor
Headline
Three sci-fi collections edited by Isaac Asimov
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

6

November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three

Author
Berry, Wendell
Headline
Wendell Berry November Twenty Six
Publisher
George Braziller,
Date Published
[1964]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

7

Fifteen signed Deluxe Editions from Black Sparrow Press

Heading
(Black Sparrow Press)
Headline
15 signed Deluxe Black Sparrow Press titles
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$343.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

8

Fourteen signed Deluxe Editions from Black Sparrow Press

Heading
(Black Sparrow Press)
Headline
14 Deluxe Black Sparrow Press titles
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

9

Things Gone and Things Still Here

Author
Bowles, Paul
Headline
Signed by Paul Bowles
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1977

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

10

The Golden Apples of the Sun

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Golden Apples by Bradbury, in slipcase
Publisher
First Edition Library
Date Published
1981

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

11

A Graveyard for Lunatics

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Signed by Ray Bradbury
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1990

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

12

The Illustrated Man

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Signed by Ray Bradbury
Publisher
Doubleday & Company Inc
Date Published
1951

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

13

A New Library of Poetry and Song

Author
Bryant, William Cullen, editor
Headline
Bryant's New Library of Poetry and Song 1876
Publisher
J.B. Ford and Company; Crocker & Stickney
Date Published
[1876]

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$50

StatusSold

14

A Bukowski Sampler

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Blazek, Douglas, editor
Headline
A Bukowski Sampler
Date Published
[1969 or later]

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

15

Eleven Issues of Open City and the Los Angeles Free Press - with contributions from Charles Bukowski

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Headline
Open City & LA Free Press w/Buk
Date Published
1967-73

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

16

The Killers: A Story of the Buried Life - original screenplay plus ephemera

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Roth, Patrick
Headline
Bukowski Killers screenplay plus photos
Publisher
Mythograph Films
Date Published
1980

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

17

Five Edgar Rice Burroughs volumes printed by Grosset & Dunlap

Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Headline
Five Burroughs volumes printed by Grosset & Dunlap
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
1919-1926

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

18

Other Voices, Other Rooms

Author
Capote, Truman
Headline
Other Voices, Other Rooms 20th anniversary
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

19

Silent Spring

Author
Carson, Rachel
Headline
Rachel Carson Silent Spring First Edition
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
1962

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

20

Playback

Author
Chandler, Raymond
Headline
Chandler's Playback, 1st British Edition
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Date Published
[1958]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

21

The Raymond Chandler Omnibus

Author
Chandler, Raymond
Headline
Four mystery novels by Raymond Chandler
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Date Published
[1953]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

22

A White Paper

Author
Cocteau, Jean
Headline
Jean Cocteau's autobiographical novel
Publisher
Olympia Press
Date Published
[1957]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

23

The Life and Loves of Cleopatra

Heading
(Communication Company)
Author
Driggs, Harry
Headline
Erotic Cleopatra comix 1967
Publisher
Communication Company
Date Published
June 1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

24

Notes on Joseph Conrad with some Unpublished Letters

Heading
(Conrad, Joseph)
Author
Symons, Arthur
Headline
Signed by Symons w/ 2 ALS Symons & Jessie
Publisher
Myers & Co.
Date Published
1926

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

25

Household Words: A Weekly Journal: Volumes VI, XV, and XVII

Author
Dickens, Charles, ed.
Headline
Household Words: A Weekly Journal, Vols. 6, 15, 17
Publisher
Office, 16, Wellington Street North
Date Published
1852-1858

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

26

Dombey and Son

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Dickens, Domeby & Sons 1st ed.
Publisher
Bradbury & Evans
Date Published
1848

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

27

The Old Curiosity Shop

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Old Curiosity Shop 1848
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
1848

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

28

Seven Gothic Tales

Author
Dinesen, Isak
Headline
Dinesen's first English language book
Publisher
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

29

A Collection of Poems by Several Hands. With Notes.

Author
[Dodsley, Robert, editor]
Headline
Dodsley's famous collection of anonymous poems
Publisher
J. Dodsley
Date Published
[1782]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

30

On the Suchness of the Old Boy

Author
Durrell, Lawrence
Headline
2 signed Durrell, On the Suchness of the Old Boy
Publisher
Turret Books
Date Published
1972

Estimate$400 - $600

Sold for$100

StatusSold

31

Family Secrets, or Hints to Those Who Would Make Home Happy

Author
[Ellis, Sarah Stickney]
Headline
Family Secrets by Sarah Stickney Ellis
Publisher
Fisher, Son, & Co.
Date Published
[1841]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

32

John Fante: Selected Letters, 1932 to 1981

Author
Fante, John
Headline
John Fante Selected Letters signed
Publisher
Black Sparrow
Date Published
1991

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

33

The Magus - two editions

Author
Fowles, John
Headline
Fowles The Magus - 2 editions
Date Published
1978

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

34

Two books signed by Jonathan Franzen

Author
Franzen, Jonathan
Headline
Jonathan Franzen signed novel and essays
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published
2001-2002

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$25

StatusSold

35

An American Angler in Australia

Author
Grey, Zane
Headline
First edition of American Angler in Australia
Publisher
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Date Published
1937

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

36

The Shepherd of Guadaloupe

Author
Grey, Zane
Headline
Inscribed by Zane Grey to his wife Dolly
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published
[1930]

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

37

Three titles by William Hart

Author
Hart, William and Mary
Headline
Three by actor Bill Hart, one signed
Date Published
1919-1940

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$25

StatusSold

38

The Scarlet Letter

Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Headline
The Scarlet Letter illust. by Valenti Angelo
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1928

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

39

The Story of the American Red Cross in Italy

Heading
(Hemingway, Ernest)
Author
Bakewell, Charles M.
Headline
American Red Cross in Italy w/Hemingway mention
Publisher
Macmillan Company
Date Published
1920

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

40

The Garden of Eden

Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Headline
Hemingway The Garden of Eden
Publisher
Scribner's
Date Published
1986

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

41

Islands in the Stream

Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Headline
Hemingway's Islands in the Stream
Publisher
Scribner's
Date Published
[1970]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

42

Men Without Women

Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Headline
Men Without Women, Hemingway 1st Edition
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1927

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

43

Visits to Ireland: Travel-Diaries of Una Jeffers

Author
Jeffers, Una
Headline
Una Jeffers in Ireland
Publisher
Ward Ritchie Press
Date Published
1954

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(20 bids)

44

Cakes and Ale

Author
Jerrold, Douglas William
Headline
Two volumes of Victorian humor, 1842
Publisher
How and Parsons
Date Published
1842

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

45

Intensity

Author
Koontz, Dean
Headline
Koontz Intensity Proof signed
Publisher
Knopf
Date Published
1995

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

46

Thirty Pieces

Author
Lengyel, Cornel
Headline
C. Lengyel's first poetry book, signed
Publisher
Richard Hoffman
Date Published
1933

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

47

The Mutiny of the Elsinore

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Mutiny of the Elsinore in dust jacket
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers
Date Published
1914

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

48

The People of the Abyss

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed and signed by Bess "Becky" London
Publisher
Isbister and Company Limited
Date Published
1904

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$50

StatusSold

49

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Author
Marquand, John P.
Headline
Marquand Think Fast, Mr. Moto, 1st ed.w/ facsimile jacket
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
1937

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

50

Two Inspector Hanaud mysteries and one other

Author
Mason, A.E.W.
Headline
3 mysteries by the author of The Four Feathers
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published
1910-1924

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

51

The Road

Author
McCarthy, Cormac
Headline
Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
2006

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

52

The Loves of the Angels, A Poem.

Author
Moore, Thomas
Headline
First edition of Moore's Loves of the Angels
Publisher
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Date Published
1823

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

53

Shelf of mysteries from the Golden Age of detective fiction

Heading
(Mysteries)
Headline
6 mysteries from the Golden Age of detective fiction
Date Published
1925-1940

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$750

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

54

Dynamo

Author
O'Neill, Eugene
Headline
O'Neill's Dynamo, 1/775 signed
Publisher
Horace Liveright
Date Published
1929

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

55

Marco Millions

Author
O'Neill, Eugene
Headline
Limited Edition signed by Eugene O'Neill
Publisher
Boni and Liveright
Date Published
1927

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$75

StatusSold

56

Miracle Play

Author
Oates, Joyce Carol
Headline
Miracle Play, signed 1st Edition 1/350
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1974

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

57

Five first American editions from the Harry Potter series

Author
Rowling, J.K.
Headline
Five first American editions of Harry Potter
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic Press
Date Published
2000-07

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

58

The City Of San Francisco Oracle Vol. 1, No. 12 [and] two issues of Planet

Heading
(San Francisco Oracle)
Headline
San Francisco Oracle 12 [and] Planet
Publisher
The Oracle Cooperative Publishing Company
Date Published
1968-69

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

59

Lady of the Lake; a Poem

Author
Scott, Walter
Headline
Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake, first edition
Publisher
John Ballantyne and Co. / Longman, Hurst, et. al.
Date Published
1810

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$50

StatusSold

60

The Moon is Down

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
First issue of The Moon is Down
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
1942

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$375

StatusSold

Bidding history(24 bids)

61

Sweet Thursday

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
First British Edition, in an unclipped jacket
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date Published
1954

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

62

The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond.

Author
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Headline
The History of Samuel Titmarsh W.M. Thackeray
Publisher
Bradbury and Evans
Date Published
[1849]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

63

Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

Author
Thompson, Hunter S.
Headline
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson on the Campaign Trail
Publisher
Straight Arrow Books
Date Published
[1973]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

64

Can You Forgive Her?

Author
Trollope, Anthony
Headline
Trollope's Can You Forgive Her? 1st book edition
Publisher
Chapman & Hall
Date Published
1864-65

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

65

The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Twain: The Innocents Abroad.
Publisher
American Publishing Company
Date Published
1869

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(18 bids)

66

The Prince and the Pauper

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Mark Twain Prince and the Pauper First Edition
Publisher
James R. Osgood & Company
Date Published
1882

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

67

Appletons' Journal of Literature Science and Art, No. 5, Saturday, May 1, 1869.

Heading
(Verne, Jules)
Headline
1869 Review of Jules Verne Novel
Publisher
D. Appleton & Co
Date Published
1869

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

68

Meanwhile (The Picture of a Lady)

Author
Wells, H.G.
Headline
H.G. Wells Meanwhile 1927
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Date Published
1927

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

69

Two titles by H.G. Wells

Author
Wells, H.G.
Headline
Two titles by H.G. Wells
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

70

Specimen Days

Author
Whitman, Walt
Headline
Whitman's Specimen Days with Civil War era photographs
Publisher
David R. Godine
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

71

Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845: The Journal of a U.S. Army Expedition led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the Topographical Engineers

Author
Abert, James W.
Headline
Through the Country of the Comanche Indians
Publisher
John Howell Books
Date Published
1970

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

72

Western America in 1846-1847: The Original Travel Diary of Lieutenant J. W. Abert

Author
Abert, Lieutenant J.W. ; John Galvin editor
Headline
Overland Journey Travel Diary
Publisher
John Howell-Books
Date Published
1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

73

Two sheets with racist color lithographed cut-outs of African American stereotypes

Heading
(African American)
Headline
Color lithographs of racist Black stereotypes
Date Published
19th century

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

74

Negro Minstrels (cover title)

Heading
(African American, 1902)
Author
Haverly, Jack
Headline
Negro Minstrels - a performer's manual 1902
Publisher
Frederik J. Drake & Company
Date Published
[1902]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

75

Why Race Mixing is Anti-Christian

Heading
(African American, 1969)
Author
Stacey, David K.
Headline
Rare white supremacist pamphlet from 1960s
Publisher
The Thunderbolt
Date Published
[c. 1969]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

76

Year Book of the Northern California Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Heading
(African-American, 1917)
Headline
NAACP pamphlet celebrating Buchanan v. Warley
Publisher
NAACP, Northern California Branch
Date Published
[1917]

Estimate$50,010 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

77

Shelf of Americana volumes

Heading
(Americana)
Headline
Shelf of Americana volumes
Date Published
1868-1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$237.50

StatusSold

78

The Plants of the Bible. Trees and Shrubs.

Author
Balfour, John Hutton
Headline
With color botanical plates of Biblical Plants·
Publisher
T. Nelson and Sons
Date Published
[1857]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

79

Modern Egypt

Author
Baring, Evelyn, Earl of Cromer
Headline
The Earl of Cromer in Modern Egypt, 1908
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Date Published
1908

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

80

Five Books by Herbert Bolton

Author
Bolton, Herbert E.
Headline
5 by Bolton
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

81

Tableau de l'Espange Moderne

Author
Bourgoing, Jean François de
Headline
Bourgoing's account of Spain, expanded edition
Publisher
Published by the author
Date Published
1797

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

82

A Complete System of Bayonet Exercise

Author
Burton, Richard F.
Headline
Facsimile of Burton's Bayonet Exercise
Publisher
[Pierway]
Date Published
[2002]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

83

13 Books about Men who made California History

Heading
(California - Biographies)
Headline
13 Books on California Historical Men
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

84

About 14 Books on Men of California Plus One Woman.

Heading
(California - Biographies)
Headline
Books by or about California Historic Figures
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

85

Ten Books related to Early California Governance.

Heading
(California - Governance)
Headline
Ten on California Governance
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

86

About 12 Books on Travel to California

Heading
(California - Journeys)
Headline
California Travels
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$593.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

87

About 24 Volumes on Journeys to California

Heading
(California - Journeys)
Headline
California Journeys
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$437.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

88

Six Books on California Gold and Mining

Heading
(California - Mining)
Headline
California Mining or Gold
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

89

Two original three-panel panorama photographs of Palos Verdes prior to development

Heading
(California - Palos Verdes)
Headline
Panoramas of land planned for Palos Verdes Project c.1920
Publisher
Keystone Photo Service
Date Published
c.1920

Sold for$1,250

StatusSold

Bidding history(33 bids)

90

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Compliments of Columbia Steel Company

Heading
(California - San Francisco - Bay Bridge)
Headline
Promoting the Bay Bridge
Publisher
Columbia Steel Company
Date Published
[1935]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

91

Proclamation by Mayor E.E. Schmitz of San Francisco authorizing police to kill looters following the 1906 earthquake and fire

Heading
(California - San Francisco Earthquake)
Headline
Earthquake looters shot on sight!
Publisher
Altvater Print.
Date Published
April 18, 1906

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

92

Seven Books Related to the Greater San Francisco Bay Area

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Seven on No. California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

93

Seven Small Press Books on California

Heading
(California - small press)
Headline
Seven Small Press on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

94

California View Books

Heading
(California - View Books)
Headline
Ten California View Books
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

95

$1,000 reward notice for the capture of cattle and horse thieves

Heading
(California)
Headline
$1000 Reward for California Cattle Thieves
Publisher
Central Stockmen's Association
Date Published
1916

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

96

About 11 Books on California

Heading
(California)
Headline
Group of Books on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(20 bids)

97

About 12 Books on or about California

Heading
(California)
Headline
!2 on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$343.75

StatusSold

98

About 14 Books on California

Heading
(California)
Headline
14 More on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

99

The Californian Volume One

Heading
(California)
Headline
Facsimile reproduction of California newspaper
Publisher
John Howell-Books
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

100

The Gold Rush

Heading
(California)
Headline
5 volumes of letters from the California Gold rush
Publisher
The Cumming Press
Date Published
1971-1977

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)