Sale 810: Rare, Antiquarian, and Illustrated Books & Manuscripts (#810) 04/04/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/04/2024 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-75 of 75. Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Godot, An Imaginary Staging...of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineGodot, An Imaginary Staging by Willy T. WileyPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #9 Trout Fishing in America Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineDeluxe copy with Thiebaud litho, signedPublisherArion PressDate Published2003 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #10 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh, Elias CanettiPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #11 The Theory of Relativity Heading(Arion Press)AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineArion Press Einstein, Theory of RelativityPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #12 A Coney Island of the Mind Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineSigned by Ferlinghetti and KitajPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #13 The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineMemoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #14 A Day in the Bleachers Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHano, ArnoldHeadlineSigned by Arnold HanoPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #15 Squarings: A sequence of forty-eight poems...with forty-eight drawings by Sol Lewitt Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus Heaney and Sol LewittPublisherArion PressDate Published2003 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #16 With the Night Mail, A Story of 2000 A.D. Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineWith the Night Mail signed by Vincent PerezPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #17 The Alienist Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMachado de Assis, Joaquim MariaHeadlineThe Alienist signed by Carroll DunhamPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #18 The Price: A Play Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineArion Press, Arthur Miller's The PricePublisherArion PressDate Published1999 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #19 Tartuffe Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #20 The Ballad of Lemon and Crow Heading(Arion Press)AuthorTodd, GlennHeadlineBallad of Lemon and Crow with 2 other Arion Press booksPublisherArion PressDate Published2002 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 Cane Heading(Arion Press)AuthorToomer, JeanHeadlineArion Press, Cane signed by Martin PuryearPublisherArion PressDate Published2000 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #22 The Age of Innocence Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineWharton's Age of Innocence signed Stephen ShorePublisherArion PressDate Published2004 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #23 Kora in Hell: Improvisations Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWilliams, William CarlosHeadlineKora In Hell signed by Mel KendrickPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #24 Four special printings of Aristophanes The Frogs and The Birds AuthorAristophanesHeadline4 collectible eds. Aristophanes Birds & FrogsPublisherLimited Editions Club, et al. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #35 Tea and Brandy Heading(Ballad Broadside)HeadlineTea & Brandy: English Broadside BalladDate Publishedc.1795 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #38 Don't Count on It: A Note on the Number of The 1001 Nights AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineBarth signed Don't Count on It Presentation copyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #47 The Illuminated Books AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake, The Complete Illuminated BooksPublisherThe William Blake Trust / Princeton University PressDate Published1991-1995 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #48 Illustrations for the Book of Job AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Illustrations for Book of Job 1935 ed.PublisherPierpont Morgan LibraryDate Published1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #49 America: A Prophecy Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's AmericaPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1963] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #50 The Book of Thel Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Book of ThelPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1965 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #51 Europe: A Prophecy Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe copy of Trianon Europe: A ProphecyPublisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #52 Europe: A Prophecy Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Europe: A ProphecyPublisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #53 The Gates of Paradise Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineThe Gates of Paradise, Trianon BlakePublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #54 Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book [with] abridged review copy Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Jerusalem with review copyPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe Trianon edition of Blake's JerusalemPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1974] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #56 Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineBlake's Book of Job, Trianon Press, 1987PublisherThe William Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #57 William Blake's Laocoön: A Last Testament. With Related Works: On Homer's Poetry and On Virgil, The Ghost of Abel Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorKeynes, GeoffreyHeadlineWilliam Blake's Laocoön, Trianon PressPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #58 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Marriage of Heaven and HellPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1960] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #59 Milton: A Poem Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's MiltonPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1967] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #60 The Song of Los Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Song of LosPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1975] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #61 Songs of Innocence Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blakes Songs of InnocencePublisher[Trianon Press]Date Published[1954] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #62 The Book of Urizen Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe Trianon edition of Blake's UrizenPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1958] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Book of Urizen Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's UrizenPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1958] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #64 Visions of the Daughters of Albion Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Daughters of AlbionPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1959] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #65 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Poems of GrayPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #66 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineSpecial edition signed by G. KeynesPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1971 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #67 Illustrations to Young's Night Thoughts Done in Water-Colour by William Blake Heading(Blake, William)HeadlineIncludes an original engraving by BlakePublisherPrinted for the Fogg Museum by the Press at Harvard CollegeDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #68 William Blake's Designs for Edward Young's Night Thoughts: A Complete Edition Heading(Blake, William)AuthorErdman, David V., co-ordinating editorHeadlineBlake's designs for Night ThoughtsPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #71 Bohemian Grove Plays - a nearly complete run Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineNearly complete collection of Grove PlaysPublisherThe Bohemian ClubDate Published1908-2013 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #76 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, 4 volumesPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell; F.C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1822 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #81 Complete Works AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineFlorentine Edition of Robert Browning's WorksPublisherFred De Fau & CompanyDate Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #91 Specimens of the British Poets; with Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell's Specimens of British PoetsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Works of Thomas Carlyle AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineWorks of Carlyle, Centennial Memorial EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Publishedc.1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #111 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #126 Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineJohn Donne's Poems, 1st edition, 1633PublisherPrinted by M[iles] F[lesher] for John MarriotDate Published1633 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #127 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineDore's Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1877PublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #128 The Raven Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineGustave Doré's elephant folio ill. Poe's RavenPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1884 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #131 Gargantua and Pantagruel Heading(Dwiggins, W.A.)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineGargantua & Pantagruel signed by W.A. DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #155 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-poet of Persia AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubáiyát of Khayyám, illus. by Elihu VedderPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #156 The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineSalammbo edition of Gustave Flaubert's WorksPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #166 The Prophet AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineInscribed copy of Gibran's ProphetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #167 Clothing Without Cloth [with] Clothes AuthorGill, EricHeadline2 Eric Gill illustrated books on clothing, one signedPublisherGolden Cockerel Press/Jonathan CapeDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #168 The Engravings of Eric Gill Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorSkelton, ChristopherHeadlineCatalogue raisonné of Eric Gill's engravingsPublisherChristopher SkeltonDate Published1983 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #170 The Four Gospels Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineFacsimile of Eric Gill Golden Cockerel 4 GospelsPublisher[September Press]Date Published[1988] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #171 The Canterbury Tales Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFacsimile of Golden Cockerel Canterbury TalesPublisher[The Folio Society]Date Published[2010] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #177 The Poems of Mr. Gray. To Which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineThomas Gray's Poems, 1775 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs; And Sold by J. Dodsley..., and J. ToddDate Published1775 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #193 The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture & Economy of, & Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery AuthorHorn, Walter & Ernest BornHeadlineThe Plan of St. Gall life in a monasteryPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #200 The Lives of the English Poets; and a Criticism on Their Works AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English Poets 1781PublisherPrinted for Whitestone; Williams, Colles et al.Date Published[1779-1781] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #203 Untrimmed proof signatures from the Kelmscott Press edition of Keats' Poems Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineProof sheets of Kelmscott KeatsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #218 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineBaskerville Paradise Lost 1759 4toPublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in LondonDate Published1759 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #229 Four Centuries of Fine Printing. Upwards of Six Hundred Examples of the Work of Presses Established during the Years 1500 to 1914 AuthorMorison, StanleyHeadlineStanley Morison, Four Centuries of PrintingPublisherErnest BennDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #237 Sky Stones: Poems from Las Piedras del Cielo AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineNeruda, Sky Stones, 1/40 copies Vijali etchingsPublisherWilliam DaileyDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #249 My Sister-Life AuthorPasternak, BorisHeadlineBoris Pasternak My Sister-Life Yuri Kuper illustrationsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #262 The King of the Golden River Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineSigned by illustrator Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge Harrap & Co.Date Published[1932] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #271 Tally-Ho Back! AuthorRancher and Lionel Edwards, illustratorHeadlineTally-Ho Back! signed by Rancher & EdwardsPublisherCountry Life Ltd.Date Published1931 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #277 The Wind in the Willows With an Introduction by A.A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineSigned by designer and typographer B. RogersPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #279 Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries Heading(Rogers, Bruce, printer)AuthorKenyon, Frederic G.HeadlineKenyon's Ancient Books designed by Bruce RogersPublisherCaxton ClubDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #301 The Sonnets AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Sonnets from the Swallow PressPublisherThe Swallow PressDate Published1975 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #313 Enid AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Enid, illustrated by Gustave DoréPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #322 Sacred Poems Chosen from the Works of Henry Vaughan Silurist Heading(Vale Press)AuthorVaughan, HenryHeadlineFinely Bound Vale Press title, 1897PublisherHacon & RickettsDate Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #325 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineWasson on Soma, The Divine Mushroom of ImmortalityPublisherMoutonDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #333 Manuale Typographicum AuthorZapf, HermannHeadlineHermann Zapf Manuale Typographicum 1/975PublisherZ-PresseDate Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next