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