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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Essays of Joseph Addison AuthorAddison, JosephHeadlineEssays of Joseph Addison finely bound by RamagePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1890 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #21 Christmas Lyrics: Fifteenth Century AuthorBenedictines of StanbrookHeadlineChristmas Lyrics: Fifteenth CenturyPublisherStanbrook Abbey PressDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #24 Eight volumes, most of which are bound by Mariana Blau and/or printed by Richard J. Hoffman Heading(Blau, Mariana and Hoffman, Richard J.)Author**Headline8 fine press volumes from Mariana BlauDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #25 The Cosmic Jest Heading(Bohemian Club)AuthorKelland, Clarence BudingtonHeadlineGrove Play signed by Herbert Hoover and othersPublisherBohemian ClubDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #29 Ten volumes published by the Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California)Author**Headline10 Vols Published by the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #42 Hudibras - Extra-Illustrated AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineButler's Hudibras Extra-illustrated 1835PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1835 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #52 Two volumes published by the Clinker Press Heading(Clinker Press)Author**HeadlineTwo volumes published by the Clinker PressPublisherClinker PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #55 Five volumes from the Colt Press and one about Heading(Colt Press)Author**HeadlineFive volumes from the Colt Press and one aboutPublisherColt Press View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #60 An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank Heading(Cruikshank, George)AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineAn Essay on the Genius of George CruikshankPublisher[Westminster Review]Date Published[1840] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #62 Four From Only in America Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorGolden, HarryHeadlineFour From Only in America 1/50 D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published1995 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #63 Mr. & Mrs. Potato Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)Author**HeadlineMr. & Mrs. Potato made by Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherD'AmbrosioDate Published2003 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #64 Al Aaraaf Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineAl Aaraaf with mirrored panelling, Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherLivre d'Art by D'AmbrosioDate Published[1995] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #65 Lunch at Adler's: Reflections on Joe D'Ambrosio's A Memoir of Book Design Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorRoatcap, Adela SpindlerHeadlineLunch at Adler's by Adela Roatcap, mini bookPublisher[Joe D'Ambrosio]Date Published[2005] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #66 LX Commute: My Sentence Heading(D'Ambrosio, Joe)AuthorWhipple, AnnHeadlineLX Commute: My Sentence pub by Joe D'AmbrosioPublisherJoe D'AmbrosioDate Published1996 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #70 American Trout Streams: A Discussion of the Problems Confronting Anglers in the Preservation, Management and Rehabilitation of American Trout Waters Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorIngraham, Henry A.HeadlineFirst book from the Derrydale PressPublisherPrivately Printed for the Angler's Club of New YorkDate Published1926 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #82 In Medias Res. Canto One of an Autobiographical Epic: Dust Shall Be the Serpent's Food AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWm Everson in Medias Res 1/266 signed copiesPublisherAdrian WilsonDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #83 Renegade Christmas AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineRenegade Christmas 1/125PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #86 The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorDe Quincey, ThomasHeadlineThe Collected Writings of Thomas De QuinceyPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1889 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #87 Complete Works - Riverside Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineWorks of Ralph Waldo EmersonPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #88 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineWorks of Ralph Waldo Emerson finely boundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1903-1904] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #89 The Prose Works [&] The Complete Poetical Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHood, ThomasHeadlineWorks of Thomas HoodPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1870-1872 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #90 La Dauphine, Marie-Antoinette Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorNolhac, Pierre deHeadlineLa Dauphine, Marie-Antoinette 1 of 75 copiesPublisherBoussod, Valadon et CieDate Published[1896] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #91 [Complete Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineComplete works of Frank NorrisPublisherKennikat PressDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #92 The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night [with] Tales from the Arabic [and] Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPayne, John, translatorHeadlinePayne's Translation of the Arabian NightsPublisherVillon SocietyDate Published1882-89 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #93 The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Complete Works of Edgar Allen PoePublisherThe Werner Co.Date Published[1908] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #94 The Trail of the Sandhill Stag Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSeton-Thompson, ErnestHeadlineThe Trail of the Sandhill Stag - Limited EditionPublisherScribnersDate Published1899 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #95 Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSloane, William MilliganHeadlineLife of Napoleon BonapartePublisherCentury Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #96 Madame de Montespan Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWilliams, H. NoelHeadlineFinely Bound Biography of Madame de MontespanPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #97 Seven volumes from various fine presses Heading(Fine Press)Author**HeadlineSeven volumes from various fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #98 Six volumes from various fine presses Heading(Fine Press)Author**HeadlineSix volumes from various fine pressesDate PublishedVarious places View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #100 The Odyssey of Homer. Done Into English Prose by S.H. Butcher & Andrew Lang Heading(Flint, William Russell)AuthorHomerHeadlineOdyssey illus. by W. Russell Flint 1/530PublisherMedici SocietyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #103 Seventy-Nine volumes from the Franklin Library 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature Heading(Franklin Library)Author**Headline79 Franklin Library Leather Bound BooksPublisherFranklin LibraryDate Published1970s View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #108 Gypsy & Other Poems Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineJames Baldwin Gypsy & Other Poems 1 of 50PublisherThe Gehenna PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #109 The Gehenna Press: The Work of Fifty Years, 1942-1992 Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorBaskin, Hosea & LeonardHeadlineGehenna Press: The Work of Fifty Years 1/50PublisherThe Bridwell Library / Gehenna PressDate Published[1992] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #110 Howls & Whispers Heading(Gehenna Press)AuthorHughes, TedHeadlineTed Hughes Howls & Whispers Gehenna PressPublisherThe Gehenna PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #118 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePublisherPrinted by J.F. Dove for W. Baynes, et alDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #119 Miscellaneous Writings of Henry Eighth Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorHenry the EighthHeadlineMiscellaneous Writings of Henry EighthPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1924 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #122 The Red Badge of Courage Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineRed Badge of Courage - Grabhorn PressPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #123 Six volumes printed at the Grabhorn Press Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**HeadlineSix volumes printed at the Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #146 One Hundred Books Famous in Science, Based on an Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club AuthorHorblit, Harrison D.HeadlineOne Hundred Books Famous in Science Grolier ClubPublisherGrolier ClubDate Published1964 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #162 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, Together with a Version in Modern English Verse Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineCanterbury Tales Rockwell Kent IllustrationsPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #172 A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal printed by Christopher Plantin Heading(Leaf Book)Author(Dodoens, Rembert)HeadlineLeaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens HerbalPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1977 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #174 Growing New Roots: An Essay with Fourteen Wood Engravings AuthorLeighton, ClareHeadlineClare Leighton Growing New Roots 1/500PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1976 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #176 Notre-Dame de Paris Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineNotre-Dame de Paris 2 vols signed by illus 1930PublisherR. Coulouma for the Limited Editions ClubDate Published1930 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #177 In the Penal Colony Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorKafka, FranzHeadlineIn the Penal Colony Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #178 The Black Swan Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineThomas Mann The Black Swan Limited Editions ClubPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #179 Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineDeath of a Salesman Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #180 My Sister-Life Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPasternak, BorisHeadlineBoris Pasternak My Sister-Life L.E.C.PublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #182 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from authentic pictures in the galleries of the nobility, and the public collections of the country. With biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions AuthorLodge, EdmundHeadlineFolio Edition of Lodge's PortraitsPublisherHarding and LepardDate Published1821-34 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #184 More Hand Made Papers by John Mason HeadingzzfAuthorMason, JohnHeadlineMore Hand Made Papers by John Mason Copy #10PublisherChiswick Book ShopDate Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #200 The Lincoln Crest & Monogram Album Heading(Monograms)HeadlineAlbum of Crests & Monograms c.1900PublisherWilliam S. LincolnDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$350 - $450StatusUnsold Lot #208 Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton AuthorNimrod [Apperley, Charles James]HeadlineMemoirs of the Life of the Late John MyttonPublisherDowneyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #209 The Chase, The Road and The Turf AuthorNimrod [Apperley, Charles James]HeadlineNimrod The Chase, The Road and The TurfPublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1898 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #228 Exiles Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920's Heading(Photography)AuthorCowley, MalcolmHeadlineExiles Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920'sPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1981 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #244 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments - Designed by Bruce Rogers Heading(Rogers, Bruce)Author**HeadlineBruce Rogers designed Holy BiblePublisherWorld PublishingDate Published1949 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #256 Froissarts Cronycles Heading(Shakespeare Head Press)AuthorFroissart, [Jean]HeadlineFroissarts Cronycles Shakespeare Head PressPublisherShakespeare Head PressDate Published1927-28 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #258 The Gallery of Contemporary Art: An Illustrated Review of the Recent Art Productions of all Nations. First and Second Series. AuthorSilvestre, Armand, et alHeadlineThe Gallery of Contemporary Art 1885-86PublisherGebbie & Co.Date Published1885-86 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #261 A Little Rebellion Now & Then: Sixteen of America's Finest Typographer-Printers and An Englishman, Prints on the American Revolution Heading(Smith, Page)AuthorWilliam James AssociatesHeadlineA Little Rebellion Now & ThenPublisherWilliam James Association PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #265 WITHDRAWN The Faerie Queene AuthorWITHDRAWN Spenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Faerie Queene 1751 Quarto EditionPublisherJ. Brindley and S. WrightDate Published1751 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #272 Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading Applied to the World's Best Literature for Children AuthorSylvester, Charles H.HeadlineJourneys Through Bookland 11 volsPublisherBellows ReeveDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #307 Il Decameron HeadingzzfAuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineThe Decameron of Boccaccio 1816 Folio EditionPublisherCo' Caratteri di F. DidotDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #322 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #323 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Martin Chuzzlewit First Edition 1844PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #325 The Mystery of Edwin Drood HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Mystery of Edwin Drood - Bound from partsPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #326 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club HeadingzzfAuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlinePosthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club finely bdPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #388 Visits to Ireland: Travel-Diaries of Una Jeffers HeadingzzfAuthorJeffers, UnaHeadlineVisits to Ireland: Travel-Diaries of Una JeffersPublisherWard Ritchie PressDate Published1954 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #401 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated HeadingzzfAuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineThe Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherHoughton, Osgood [&] Houghton MifflinDate Published1879-80 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #409 Oeuvres Completes HeadingzzfAuthorPagnol, MarcelHeadlineMarcel Pagnol Oeuvres Completes 14 volumesPublisherChez Jean de BonnotDate Published1977 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #455 A House of Pomegranates HeadingzzfAuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde A House of Pomegranates First EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood, McIlvaineDate Published1891 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next