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A Romance of Many Dimensions View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAbbott, Edwin A.HeadlineArion Press Flatland, signed by Ray BradburyPublisherArion PressDate Published1980 Lot #5 Trout Fishing in America View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineArion Brautigan with signed Thiebaud lithoPublisherArion PressDate Published2003 Lot #6 Invisible Cities View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCalvino, ItaloHeadlineArion Press Invisible Cities signed by ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1999 Lot #7 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineArion Press Canetti's Voices of MarrakeshPublisherArion PressDate Published2001 Lot #8 Don Quixote View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCervantes, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote signed by William T. WileyPublisherArion PressDate Published2009; 2010 Lot #9 Sampler View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDickinson, EmilyHeadlineArion Press Dickinson signed by Kiki SmithPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 Lot #10 The Structure of Rime View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineArion Press, Structure of Rime w/ Lobdell aquatintPublisherArion PressDate Published2008 Lot #11 The Waste Land View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineArion Press Edition of Eliot's The Waste LandPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 Lot #12 The Case of the Wolf-Man View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineThe Case of the Wolf Man signed by Jim DinePublisherArion PressDate Published1993 Lot #13 Squarings: A sequence of forty-eight poems...with forty-eight drawings by Sol Lewitt View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus Heaney and Sol LewittPublisherArion PressDate Published2003 Lot #14 With the Night Mail, A Story of 2000 A.D. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineArion Press edition of Kipling's sci-fi novella With the Night MailPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #15 The Alienist View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMachado de Assis, Joaquim MariaHeadlineThe Alienist signed by Carroll DunhamPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #17 Lie, Sit, Stand, Be Still View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,200StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMcClure, MichaelHeadlineSigned by McClure with 24 signed lithos by GrahamPublisherArion PressDate Published1995 Lot #18 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2002 Lot #19 Biotherm (For Bill Berkson) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorO'Hara, FrankHeadlineBiotherm from Arion Press, signed by Jim DinePublisherArion PressDate Published1990 Lot #20 The Silverado Squatters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineArion Press Silverado Squatters, signed by Michael KennaPublisherArion PressDate Published1996 Lot #21 Arcadia: A Play View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineArion Press Arcadia signed by Tom StoppardPublisherArion PressDate Published2001 Lot #22 The Ballad of Lemon and Crow View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorTodd, GlennHeadlineSigned by Bruce Conner and Glenn ToddPublisherArion PressDate Published2002 Lot #23 Cane View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorToomer, JeanHeadlineArion Press, Cane signed by Martin PuryearPublisherArion PressDate Published2000 Lot #26 Kora in Hell: Improvisations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWilliams, William CarlosHeadlineW.C.W. Kora in Hell: Improvisations Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #29 The World of William Clissold View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Benn, Ernest)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineWorld of William Clissold signed by WellsPublisherErnest Benn Ltd.Date Published1926 Lot #30 The Odalisque View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Blaine, Mahlon, illustrator)AuthorVoltaireHeadlineSigned by illustrator Mahlon BlainePublisherPrivately printedDate Publishedn.d. Lot #32 The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Clelland, Thomas Maitland)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineClelland's Hampstead edition of John KeatsPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1938 Lot #33 Wordsworth: An Anthology View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cobden-Sanderson, T.J.)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineSigned and inscribed by T.J. Cobden-SandersonPublisherRichard Cobden-SandersonDate Published1920 Lot #37 The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Doves Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineInscribed by Cobden-Sanderson to E. HolmesPublisherDoves PressDate Published1909 Lot #38 Orlando Furioso View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Electa Istituto Editoriale)AuthorAriosto, [Ludovico]HeadlineElecta Istituto Editoriale's Orlando FuriosoPublisherElecta Istituto EditorialeDate Published1967 Lot #41 The Country of the Blind View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineGolden Cockerel deluxe edition signed by H.G. WellsPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1939] Lot #44 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWith an additional signed woodcut by AngeloPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #47 Beowulf View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)HeadlineBeowulf according to Rockwell Kent, 1932PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1932 Lot #48 Poems: 1886-1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlinePoems 1886-1929 signed by Rudyard KiplingPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1930 Lot #53 Nohow On View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineLEC edition of Samuel Beckett's Nohow OnPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1989] Lot #54 The Chimes by Charles Dickens View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorRackham, Arthur, illustratorHeadlineDickens' The Chimes signed by Rackham, LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1931 Lot #55 Apologia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Lone Goose Press)AuthorLopez, BarryHeadlineApologia signed by Barry Lopez and R. EschnerPublisherLone Goose PressDate Published1997 Lot #59 The Iliad [&] The Odyssey View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)AuthorHomerHeadlineNonesuch Homer, with ornaments by Koch & KredelPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1931 Lot #61 Diary of a Young Girl: Het Achterhuis View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Pennyroyal Press)AuthorFrank, AnneHeadlinePennyroyal Anne Frank, signed by GoldynePublisherPennyroyal Press with Jewish Heritage PublishingDate Published1985 Lot #63 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Peter Pauper Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlinePeter Pauper Press Leaves of GrassPublisherPeter Pauper PressDate Published[c. 1945] Lot #64 Arcimboldo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Ricci, Franco Maria)AuthorBarthes, RolandHeadlineArcimboldo by Roland BarthesPublisherFranco Maria RicciDate Published[1980] Lot #67 The Tragedie of King Lear View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Theodore Press)AuthorVan Vliet, Claire, illustratorHeadlineVan Vliet's Tragedie of King Lear, Theodore PressPublisherTheodore PressDate Published1986 Lot #71 Punch pretending to be R.W. Catching up on the News While Having a Glass of Van or Done Air...(Even Tho There was Another Orange Alert...) View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorWiley, William T.HeadlineWilliam T. Wiley pays tribute to Robin WilliamsDate Published2003 Lot #75 The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorSaroyan, WilliamHeadlineDaring Young Man Flying Trapeze from Yolla Bolly PressPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published1984 Lot #76 The Man Who Made Wine View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorScott, J.M.HeadlineYolla Bolly Press, The Man Who Made WinePublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1996] Lot #77 Flight View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly Press edition of Steinbeck's FlightPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published1984 Lot #78 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(A. Genova)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Heaven and Hell, exquisitely boundPublisherJ.M. Dent and Sons Limited; E.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published[1927] Lot #92 Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Author[Bronte sisters]HeadlinePoems by the Bronte Sisters 1st Edition 2nd IssuePublisherSmith, ElderDate Published1846 [but 1848] Lot #93 Sonnets from the Portuguese View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineSonnets from the Portuguese finely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1902] Lot #94 Sonnets from the Portuguese View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBrowning, Elizabeth BarrettHeadlineDeluxe copy of the Hanscom Leeson BrowningPublisherDodge PublishingDate Published[1916] Lot #97 The Genuine Poetical Works of Charles Cotton, Esq,... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCotton, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound poetical works of Charles CottonPublisherPrinted for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, S. Bart, T. Ward, and E. WicksteedDate Published1734 Lot #102 England's Heroical Epistles, Written in Imitation of the Style and Manner of Ovid's Epistles View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDrayton, MichaelHeadlineNicely bound Michael Drayton's Heroical EpistlesPublisherPrinted for J. Hazard [et al.]Date Published1737 Lot #105 Poetical Works of John Keats [with] Percy Bysshe Shelley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Fine Binding)HeadlineThe poetry of Keats and Shelley, nicely boundPublisherHumphrey Milford; Oxford University PressDate Published1925 Lot #116 The Paradise Lost of Milton View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineIllustrated by John Martin, in nice bindingPublisherCharles TiltDate Published1833 Lot #120 The Crafty Courtier: or the Fable of Reinard the Fox: Newly done into English Verse, from the Ancient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopperus,... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Author[Nivardus, Hartmann Schopper]HeadlineEnglish translation of Reinard the Fox fablePublisherPrinted for John NuttDate Published1706 Lot #126 English Odes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Riviere & Son)AuthorGosse, Edmund, editorHeadlineHandsomely bound by Riviere & SonPublisherCharles Whittingham at Chiswick Press for Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.Date Published1889 Lot #130 [The Complete Works of John Ruskin] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineThe Complete Works of John Ruskin, 26 volsPublisherPrivately Printed for Members of the Society of English BibliophilistsDate Published[n.d.] Lot #134 Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorDulac, Edmund, illustratorHeadlineSigned by Edmund Dulac, in Zaehnsdorf bindingPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1908] Lot #136 The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Zaehnsdorf)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineZaehnsdorf exquisitely-bound RubaiyatPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1879 Lot #148 Réminiscences du Corbeau View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorButor, MichelHeadlineSigned by Michel Butor and Axel CasselPublisherÉditons Luigi MorminoDate Published[1982] Lot #150 Les Zoua—Zoo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCanal, FrançoiseHeadlineLes Zoua—Zoo by Françoise Canal, signedPublisherCanal EditionsDate Published1984 Lot #151 Le Barnabooth et autres bêtes modernes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$325StatusSold AuthorCaswell, W.A.HeadlineDeluxe copy with 2 cancelled copper platesPublisher[Luc & Pascale Moreau]Date Published[1976] Lot #163 Encheiresin Naturae: Fifteen Engravings by Barry Moser; A Heroic Crown of Sonnets by Paul Muldoon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry - Nawakum Press)AuthorMoser, Barry and Paul MuldoonHeadlineEncheiresin Naturae with 15 Moser engravingsPublisherNawakum PressDate Published2015 Lot #170 Bestiaire View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPlace, JacquesHeadlineBestiaire signed by Jacques Place, 1982Publisher[Published by the artist]Date Published[1982] Lot #174 A Christmas Carol View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineRackham signed limited Dickens' Christmas Carol, beautiful copyPublisherWilliam Heinemann / J.B. LippincottDate Published[1915] Lot #175 Histoires Naturelles View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRenard, JulesHeadlineRenard's Histoires Naturelles, lithos by BarretPublisherVialetayDate Published[1972] Lot #176 Natural History View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRenard, Jules and Walter SteinHeadlineWalter Stein's Bestiary, with extra litho suitePublisherDepartment of Printing and Graphic Arts / Harvard College LibraryDate Published1955 Lot #179 The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas)AuthorCoombe, WilliamHeadlineSecond Tour of Doctor Syntax in original partsPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 Lot #181 First three deluxe Harry Potter editions - Volume I signed by J.K. Rowling View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter deluxe edition signed by RowlingPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[1999] Lot #185 [Bestiaire] De l'Âne au Zèbre View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorTerrasse, MichelHeadlineMichel Terrasse's Bestiaire, signed 1955Publisher[Edmond and Jacques Desjobert]Date Published[1955] Lot #196 Resuscitatio, or, Bringing into Publick Light Severall Pieces, of the Works, Civil, Historical, Philosophical, & Theological View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineExtensive Bacon-Shakespeare theory annotationsPublisherPrinted by Sarah Griffin, for William LeeDate Published1657 Lot #214 Stenciled choir book View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Choir Book)HeadlineMid-18th or 19th c. stenciled choir bookDate PublishedMid-18th to 19th century Lot #219 Steps to the Temple, the Delights of the Muses, and Carmen Deo Nostro [with] Poemata et Epigrammata,... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorCrashaw, RichardHeadlineTwo volumes of poetry by Richard Crashaw, 1670PublisherPrinted by T.N. for Henry Herringman; Joan. HayesDate Published1670 Lot #220 The Civile Wares betweene the Howses of Lancaster and Yorke View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorDaniel, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Daniel, Civile Wares Lancaster & Yorke, 1609PublisherSimon WatersonneDate Published1609 Lot #234 Two books signed by Julia Child View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineTwo books signed by Julia Child and moreDate Published1979 Lot #235 Julia Child & Company View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineJulia Child & Co., signed 1st editionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1978 Lot #245 Orlando Furioso in English Heroical Verse View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Harington, John, Sir)AuthorAristo, LodovicoHeadlineOrlando Furioso with Harington's EpigramsPublisherPrinted by G. Miller for J. ParkerDate Published1634 Lot #267 The Midget Classics edition of Shakespeare [with] the Geoffrey Parker series of The English and Scottish poets View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)AuthorShakespeare, William et al.HeadlineMiniature book library of Shakespeare and the poetsPublisherBurgess & Bowes; Geoffrey ParkerDate PublishedNo date; 1969 Lot #269 The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMosher, Thomas Bird, editorHeadlineThomas Bird Mosher The Bibelot Finely BoundPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1895-1915 Lot #274 Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda. To Which is Added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorPhilips, KatherineHeadlineKatherine Philips poems, 1667PublisherPrinted by J.M. for H. HerringmanDate Published1667 Lot #305 Virgil's Aeneis, Translated into Scottish Verse, by the Famous Gawin Douglas... to Which is Added a Large Glossary... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorVirgilHeadlineSecond ed. of Virgil translated into ScottishPublisherPrinted by Mr. Andrew Symson, and Mr. Robert Freebairn, and sold at their ShopsDate Published1710 Lot #307 Poems, &c. written upon several Occasions, and to several Persons: by Edmond Waller, Esq; The Sixth Edition with several additions never before printed. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWaller, EdmundHeadlineWaller's poems 1694PublisherPrinted for H. Herringman, and sold by J. TonsonDate Published1694 Lot #311 Juvenilia. A Collection of Those Poemes... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWither, GeorgeHeadlineThe early poetry of George Wither, 1633PublisherPrinted for Robert AllottDate Published1633 Lot #312 Miscellany Poems: As Satyrs, Epistles, Love-Verses, Songs, Sonnets, &c View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorWycherley, WilliamHeadline18th c. Miscellany Poems by William WycherleyPublisherPrinted for C. Brome, J. Taylor and B. TookeDate Published1704 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next