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6

In Old Plantation Days

Author
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
Headline
Dunbar's In Old Plantation Days
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Date Published
1903

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$312.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(22 bids)

7

From Poe to Valery

Author
Eliot, T.S.
Headline
Signed by E. McKnight Kauffer
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published
[1948]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

8

On Writing the Waterbirds and Other Presentations

Author
Everson, William
Headline
William Everson signed On Writing the Waterbirds
Publisher
The Scarecrow Press
Date Published
1983

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

9

The Sound and the Fury

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
Faulkner Americana Literature Classics Fiction
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Date Published
1931

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

10

The Town

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
William Faulkner The Town, nice copy early printing
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1957]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

11

The Unvanquished

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
William Faulkner The Unvanquished 1st Edition
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1938]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

12

Soldiers' Pay

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
Faulkner, Soldiers' Pay, 1st U.K. ed.
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Date Published
1930

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

13

Absalom, Absalom!

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! 1st U.K. ed.
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Date Published
1936

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

14

Requiem for a Nun

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
William Faulkner Requiem for a Nun
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Date Published
1953

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

15

Payment Deferred

Author
Forester, C.S.
Headline
Forester's Payment Deferred in jacket
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
1942

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

17

Letter from Zane Grey to Henry Phillips, regarding the latter’s claim that Grey wrote his books with the intent that they be made into movies

Author
Grey, Zane
Headline
Zane Grey does not write for the movies
Date Published
March 26, no year

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

18

Creeps by Night, Chills and Thrills

Author
Hammett, Dashiell
Headline
Dashiell Hammett Creeps by Night
Publisher
Blue Ribbon Books, Inc.
Date Published
[1931]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

22

Youngblood [with] And Then We Heard the Thunder [and] 'Sippi

Author
Killens, John O.
Headline
Three first editions from John Oliver Killens
Publisher
The Dial Press; Alfred A. Knopf; Trident Press
Date Published
1954; 1963; 1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

24

Don't Bite the Sun

Author
Lee, Tanith
Headline
Don't Bite the Sun signed by Tanith Lee
Publisher
DAW Books
Date Published
[1976]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

27

The Last Picture Show

Author
McMurtry, Larry
Headline
Last Picture Show, Larry McMurtry book club ed.
Publisher
Dial Press
Date Published
1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

29

Files on Parade

Author
O'Hara, John
Headline
John O'Hara's fifth novel
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Date Published
[1939]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

30

The Texas Arts Journal: Manuscript Edition

Heading
(Purdy, James)
Headline
Texas Arts Journal w/ Signed Purdy Leaf
Publisher
The Texas Arts Journal
Date Published
1977

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

32

Magic Feathers: The Mike & Nick Show

Author
Resnick, Mike and Nick DiChario
Headline
With bookplate signed by both authors
Publisher
Obscura Press
Date Published
[2000]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

33

Two Short Paris Summertime Plays of 1974: Assassinations & Jim, Sam & Anna.

Author
Saroyan, William
Headline
Signed by William Saroyan.
Publisher
The Santa Susana Press
Date Published
1979

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

34

Four works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Ernest Seton-Thompson (he had a hard time with names)

Author
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Headline
Four works by Ernest Thompson Seton
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

35

Three works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Grace Gallatin Seton

Author
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Headline
Three by Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

36

Three works by or illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton

Author
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Headline
Three works by Ernest Seton Thompson
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

38

The Cool, Grey City of Love, The City of Saint Francis

Author
Sterling, George
Publisher
John Henry Nash
Date Published
1932

StatusUnsold

39

The Man with the Blue Guitar including Ideas of Order

Author
Stevens, Wallace
Headline
Combined edition of Wallace Stevens poems
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1952

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

41

Four works from Subterranean Press

Heading
(Subterranean Press)
Headline
Three are signed deluxe editions
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date Published
2010-2013

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

43

Steps Must Be Gentle: A Dramatic Reading for Two Performers

Author
Williams, Tennessee
Publisher
Targ Editions
Date Published
[1980]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

44

Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby

Author
Wolfe, Tom
Headline
Tom Wolfe First Book First Edition
Publisher
[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]
Date Published
[1965]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

45

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Author
Wolfe, Tom
Headline
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Date Published
[1968]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

46

The Day of the Triffids

Author
Wyndham, John
Headline
Science Fiction classic by Wyndham
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published
[1951]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

55

Letter from Sevi Bigelow on debts and horses

Author
Bigelow, Sevi
Headline
Letter from Sevi Biegelow on debt & horses
Date Published
April 8, 1811

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

56

Photograph signed by Omar N. Bradley

Author
Bradley, Omar
Headline
Omar Bradley signed photograph
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

60

Letter from Nellie D. Gleason to William Heath Davis

Heading
(California - Los Angeles)
Author
Gleason, Nellie D.
Headline
N. Gleason to Wm. Heath Davis, 1896
Date Published
1896

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

63

Pass for travel in San Francisco a week after the earthquake and fire, signed by the mayor of San Francisco

Heading
(California - San Francisco Earthquake)
Author
Schmitz, Eugene Edward
Headline
Post-S.F. Earthquake travel pass signed by Mayor Schmitz
Date Published
April 24, 1906

Sold for$75

StatusSold

86

Four English Indentures

Heading
(England - Indentures)
Headline
Four English indentures, c.1600-1750
Date Published
c.1600-1750

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

89

Autograph and portrait of Frances F. Cleveland as First Lady

Heading
(First Ladies, 1885)
Author
Cleveland, Frances F.
Headline
Frances F. Cleveland autograph as first lady
Date Published
c.1886

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

90

Autograph letter signed by Frances Cleveland

Heading
(First Ladies, 1885)
Author
Cleveland, Francis F.
Headline
Autograph letter signed by 1st Lady, Frances Cleveland
Date Published
November 3, 1887

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

107

The Cruise of the Snark

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed and signed by Bess "Becky" London
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Date Published
1918

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

115

Seven books with nautical themes

Heading
(Nautical)
Headline
7 nautical novels and stories
Date Published
1925-1964

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

126

Typed letter signed from Richard Nixon to George Murphy

Heading
(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard
Headline
ALS from Nixon to George Murphy 1966
Date Published
1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

127

A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford

Heading
(Presidents, 1974)
Author
Ford, Gerald R.
Headline
President Ford's A Time to Heal, signed
Publisher
Harper & Row
Date Published
[1979]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

128

Three books signed by George W. Bush

Heading
(Presidents, 2001)
Author
Bush, George W.
Headline
3 signed by George W. Bush
Date Published
1999-2014

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

129

Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors

Heading
(Presidents, 2001)
Author
Bush, George W.
Headline
President Bush Signed Portraits of Courage
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Date Published
[2017]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

133

Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney

Author
Sigourney, Lydia H.
Headline
Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney, 1841 & 46
Date Published
1841-1846

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

135

WITHDRAWN - Letter from A.E. Miley, a clerk in the Foreign Division of the Auditors Office, regarding the proper placement of weights in the Parcel Post mail forms

Heading
(United States - Bureaucracy)
Author
Miley, A.E.
Headline
WITHDRAWN - Star Trek motto in 1899 bureaucratic letter
Date Published
May 2, 1899

StatusUnsold

141

O Conscious Heart... for Miss Eliza Mum

Author
Willis, Nathaniel Parker
Headline
Unpublished Nathaniel Parker Willis ms poem
Date Published
c.1826-1830

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$625

StatusSold

Bidding history(33 bids)

142

The Zamorano 80: A Selection of Distinguished California Books Made by Members of the Zamorano Club

Heading
(Zamorano 80)
Headline
Zamorano Club's 80 favorite CA books
Publisher
Martino Publishing
Date Published
1991

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

161

Continent's End: An Anthology of Contemporary California Poets

Heading
(Book Club of California 024)
Author
Sterling, George et al, editors
Headline
Continent's End printed by John Henry Nash
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
1925

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

162

Romualdo Pacheco: A Californio in Two Eras

Heading
(Book Club of California 179)
Author
Genini, Ronald and Richard Hitchman
Headline
Biography of California's only Hispanic governor
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
1985

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

163

Seven books or keepsakes from Book Club of California

Heading
(Book Club of California)
Headline
Seven works from Book Club of California
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

164

Four Visions of America

Heading
(Capra Press)
Author
Miller, Henry, Kay Boyle, Erica Jong & Thomas Sanchez
Headline
Four Visions of America
Publisher
Capra Press
Date Published
[1977]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

165

Popular Art: The Example of Jean Charlot

Heading
(Capra Press)
Author
Morse, Peter and Jean Charlot
Headline
Jean Charlot Popular Art, Four Original Silk Screen Prints
Publisher
Capra Press
Date Published
1978

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

166

The Pious Fund [with] The Fremont Court Martial

Heading
(Dawson's Book Shop)
Author
Johnson, Kenneth M.
Headline
Two volumes from Dawson's Book Shop
Publisher
Dawson's Book Shop
Date Published
1963-1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

169

Shelf of 19 Grabhorn Press and related publications

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Headline
19 Grabhorn and related fine Press publications
Date Published
c.1950-1984

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$375

StatusSold

Bidding history(25 bids)

170

California's Medical Story

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Harris, Henry
Headline
California's Medical Story, printed by Grabhorn
Publisher
J. W. Stacy Incorporated
Date Published
1932

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

171

California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869

Heading
(Grabhorn-Hoyem)
Author
Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr.
Headline
Catalogue of miners' pictorial letter sheets
Publisher
David Magee
Date Published
1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

173

Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm

Heading
(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Grimm Brothers
Headline
Brothers Grimm illustrated by Fritz Kredel
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1931

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

174

Don't Count on It: A Note on the Number of The 1001 Nights

Heading
(Lord John Press)
Author
Barth, John
Headline
Both signed by the author
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1984

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

175

Luxury of Sin

Heading
(Lord John Press)
Author
Oates, Joyce Carol
Headline
Joyce Carol Oates, Luxury of Sin, signed
Provenance
John G. Krisilas collection
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1984

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

176

A New Portrait of James Boswell

Heading
(Rogers, Bruce)
Author
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster and Frederick Albert Pottle
Headline
Printed under direction of Bruce Rogers
Provenance
Maxwell Steinhardt; John G. Krisilas
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Date Published
1927

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

177

Archive of the Sacramento Book Collectors Club

Heading
(Sacramento Book Collectors Club)
Headline
Sacramento Book Collectors Club archive, c.1969-2007
Publisher
Sacramento Book Collectors Club
Date Published
c.1969-2007

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

178

Group of small press

Heading
(Small Press)
Headline
5 volumes of small press offerings
Date Published
1933-1984

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

179

The Emerald

Heading
(Sylvester & Orphanos)
Author
Barthelme, Donald
Headline
Donald Barthelme The Emerald Signed Limited
Publisher
Sylvester & Orphanos
Date Published
1980

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

180

Hassan's Tower

Heading
(Sylvester & Orphanos)
Author
Drabble, Margaret
Headline
Hassan's Tower, signed by Margaret Drabble
Publisher
Sylvester & Orphanos
Date Published
1980

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

181

Scrap of Paper & The Berry-Picker

Heading
(Sylvester & Orphanos)
Author
Purdy, James
Headline
James Purdy Scrap of Paper & The Berry-Picker
Publisher
Sylvester & Orphanos
Date Published
1981

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

182

The wood-engravings of Gwenda Morgan

Heading
(Whittington Press)
Headline
Gwenda Morgan wood-engravings from Whittington Press
Provenance
John G. Krisilas collection
Publisher
The Whittington Press
Date Published
1985

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$250

StatusSold

Bidding history(20 bids)

183

Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900

Heading
(Yolla Bolly Press)
Author
Chalmers, Claudine
Headline
Yolla Bolly Press for Book Club of California
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
2001

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

206

Balinese palm leaf story book

Heading
(Indonesia)
Headline
Balinese palm leaf illus. manuscript, modern
Date Published
Late 20th century

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

233

The Historie of Twelve Caesars, Emperors of Rome

Author
Suetonius Tranquillus, C.
Headline
Historie of the 12 Ceasars
Publisher
Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald
Date Published
1931

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

237

Variety

Heading
(Acker, Kathy)
Headline
Film poster for Kathy Acker movie

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

246

Films Etc.

Author
Klein, William
Headline
Signed with inscription by William Klein
Publisher
[Marval]
Date Published
[1998]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

247

Pt. Reyes Morning

Author
Littlejohn, Toni
Headline
Pt. Reyes Morning signed by Toni Littlejohn
Date Published
1981

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

251

Courtyard

Author
Nagai Kiyoshi [pseud. of Hiroyuki Tajima]
Headline
Signed by Kiyoshi Nagai
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

252

Tree and Dogwood, Evening, Near the Gates of the Valley, Yosemite

Author
Nixon, Jeff
Headline
Tree and Dogwood...signed by Jeff Nixon
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

295

Psionic Swamp

Heading
(Posters)
Author
Howard, John
Headline
Signed by John Howard
Date Published
2012

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

297

The Wheelright Shop, New York

Author
Roth, Ernest David
Headline
Signed by Ernest D. Roth
Date Published
1916

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

299

Hear Me Howling!

Author
Seabury, John
Headline
Signed by Seabury, Strachwitz and Machado
Date Published
2011

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

300

Wierzovma feela [?]

Author
Seamen, Jan Piotr
Headline
Signed by Jan Piotr Seamen
Date Published
1983

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

301

Fairfax Bridge Views

Author
Toney, Anita
Headline
Signed by Anita Toney
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

303

[Untitled]

Author
Verhalen, C.
Headline
Signed by Verhalen
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

305

Elixir

Author
Weesner, Keith
Headline
Signed by Keith Weesner
Date Published
2013

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

307

[Stones on Grass, 1973]

Author
Werling, Robert
Headline
Bob Werling landscape photo 1973 signed
Date Published
1973

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

309

Brett Weston: Photographs from Five Decades

Heading
(Weston, Brett)
Author
Cravens, R.H.
Headline
Signed by Brett Weston
Publisher
Aperture
Date Published
[1980]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold