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AuthorBaker, RichardHeadlineBaker's Chronicle of the Kings of England 1674PublisherGeorge SawbridgeDate Published1674 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #21 Christmas Lyrics: Fifteenth Century AuthorBenedictines of StanbrookHeadlineChristmas Lyrics: Fifteenth CenturyPublisherStanbrook Abbey PressDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #23 Dictionary of American Biography Heading(Biography)Author**HeadlineDictionary of American Biography 21 volsPublisherScribner'sDate Published1928-1937 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold 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 #36 Tippu Tip: Lebensbild Eines Zentralafrikanischen Despoten AuthorBrode, Dr. HeinrichHeadlineTippu Tip by Dr. Heinrich 1905PublisherWilhelm BaenschDate Published1905 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #37 Memoir of Robert Blincoe, An Orphan Boy; Sent from the Workhouse of St. Pancras, London, at Seven Years of Age, to Endure the Horrors of a Cotton-Mill, Through His Infancy and Youth, With a Minute Detail of His Sufferings, Being the First Memoir of the Kind Published AuthorBrown, JohnHeadlineRare Memoir of a Child's Life in a Cotton MillPublisherJ. DohertyDate Published1832 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #41 A Relation of the Barbarous and Bloody Massacre of about an hundred thousand Protestants, begun at Paris, and carried on over all France by the Papists, in the Year 1572 Author[Burnet, Gilbert]HeadlineBarbarous & Bloody Massacre of Protestants 1678PublisherRichard ChiswelDate Published1678 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #139 Modus tenendi Parliamentum: Or, The Old Manner of holding Parliaments in England [bound with] S[cobell], H[enry]. Memorials of the Method and Manner of Proceedings in Parliament in Passing Bills... AuthorHakewel, W[illiam]Headline2 Wing books on English Parliamentary ProceduresPublisherAbel RoperDate Published1671 [and] 1670 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #145 Queen Victoria AuthorHolmes, Richard R.HeadlineQueen Victoria by Holmes 1897PublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold 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 #151 Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions & Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras! AuthorHumboldt, Alexander deHeadlineHumboldt's Researches 1814PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, et alDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #156 Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, During the Years 1813 and 1814 AuthorJames, J[ohn] T[homas]HeadlineTour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland 1813-14PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1816 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #175 Hieroglyphica, Sive Antiqua Schemata Gemmarum Anularium, Quaesita Moralia, Politica, Historica, Medica, Philosophica & Sublimiora AuthorLicetus, FortuniusHeadlineLicetus Hieroglyphica 1653PublisherSebastiano SardiDate Published1653 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #181 State-Worthies. Or, the States-Men and Favourites of England since the Reformation, their prudence and policies, successes and miscarriages, advancements and falls; during the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles I Author[Lloyd, David]HeadlineStates-men and favourites of England 1670PublisherPrinted by Thomas Milbourn for Samuel SpeedDate Published1670 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #183 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineThe Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel 1720PublisherPrinted by T.W. for A. Churchill, et alDate Published1720 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 #187 A Dissertation on the Oriental Trinities: Extracted from the Fourth and Fifth Volumes of Indian Antiquities Author[Maurice, Thomas]HeadlineDissertation on the Oriental Trinities 1800PublisherH.L. GalabinDate Published1800 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #212 Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876, and of the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878 AuthorNorton, Frank H.HeadlineCentennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 etcPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate Published[1879] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #215 Large archive of photographs and negatives from Al William's Papagayo Room at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco Heading(Papagayo Room)Author**HeadlinePapagayo Room Photo ArchiveDate Published1950s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold 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 #232 Ten volumes on the trials of those involved (or believed to have been involved) in the Popish Plot Heading(Popish Plot - The Calvin P. Otto Collection)Author**HeadlineTrials of the Popish Plot participantsPublisherVarious placesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #239 An Historical Disquisition Concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; and the Progress of Trade with that Country prior to the Discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope... AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineRobertson's India 1791PublisherE. & E. HosfordDate Published1822 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #243 Will Rogers: His Wife's Story AuthorRogers, BettyHeadlineWill Rogers: His Wife's Story signedPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold 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 #247 Views of Cities and Scenery in Italy, France and Switzerland AuthorRoscoe, ThomasHeadlineScenery in Italy, France and SwitzerlandPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1830s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #248 The Topography and History of Beth-Shan with details of the Egyptian and other inscriptions found on the site AuthorRowe, AlanHeadlineThe Topography and History of Beth-ShanPublisherUniversity of PennsylvaniaDate Published1930 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #249 Historical Collections. Of Private Passages of State. Weighty Matters in Law. Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618. And ending the Fifth Year of King Charles, Anno 1629. Digested in Order of Time, And now Published AuthorRushworth, JohnHeadlineHistorical Collections King James & Charles 1659PublisherGeorge ThomasonDate Published1659 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold 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 #267 In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria AuthorStanley, Henry M[orton]HeadlineStanley's In Darkes AfricaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1891 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #274 The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing his History of 25 Years in Bondage, and his Providential Escape AuthorThompson, JohnHeadlineLife of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave 1856PublisherJohn ThompsonDate Published1856 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #279 [Historiae Romanae] AuthorVelleius Paterculus, CaiusHeadlineHistoriae Romanae by Paterculus 1639PublisherOfficina ElzevierianaDate Published1639 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #291 The history of Great Britain, being the life and reign of King James the First, relating to what passed from his first access to the crown, till his death AuthorWilson, ArthurHeadlineLife of King James I, 1653PublisherRichard LowndsDate Published1653 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #292 England's Worthies. Select Lives of the Most Eminent Persons of the English Nation from Constantine the Great, Down to These Times AuthorWinstanley, Will[iam]HeadlineEngland's Worthies 1684 EditionPublisherPrinted by J.C. and F.C. for Obadiah BlagraveDate Published1684 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #293 Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops Who have had their Education in the most ancient and famous University of Oxford, From...1500, to...1690 Author[Wood, Anthony]Headlinehistory of writers from Oxford 1691PublisherTho. BennetDate Published1691 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #294 Lidice: Cin Krvaveho Teroru a Poruseni Zakonu i Zakladnich Lidskych Prav Heading(World War II)Author**HeadlineLidice 1945 + Killing of Reinhard HeydrichPublisherMinisterstvo VnitraDate Published1945 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold 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 #315 WITHDRAWNBiographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life and Opinions HeadingzzfAuthorColeridge, S.T.HeadlineBiographia Literaria by ST Coleridge 1817PublisherKir and MerceinDate Published1817 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #371 The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories HeadingzzfAuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFifth Column and the First FortyNine Stories 1938PublisherScribner'sDate Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next