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 810 682 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)HeadlineGodot, An Imaginary Staging by Willy T. WileyPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 Lot #9 Trout Fishing in America View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineDeluxe copy with Thiebaud litho, signedPublisherArion PressDate Published2003 Lot #10 The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlineThe Voices of Marrakesh, Elias CanettiPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 Lot #11 The Theory of Relativity View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorEinstein, AlbertHeadlineArion Press Einstein, Theory of RelativityPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 Lot #12 A Coney Island of the Mind View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineSigned by Ferlinghetti and KitajPublisherArion PressDate Published2005 Lot #13 The Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineMemoirs of Benjamin Franklin, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 Lot #14 A Day in the Bleachers View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHano, ArnoldHeadlineSigned by Arnold HanoPublisherArion PressDate Published2006 Lot #15 Squarings: A sequence of forty-eight poems...with forty-eight drawings by Sol Lewitt View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus Heaney and Sol LewittPublisherArion PressDate Published2003 Lot #16 With the Night Mail, A Story of 2000 A.D. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineWith the Night Mail signed by Vincent PerezPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #17 The Alienist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMachado de Assis, Joaquim MariaHeadlineThe Alienist signed by Carroll DunhamPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #18 The Price: A Play View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineArion Press, Arthur Miller's The PricePublisherArion PressDate Published1999 Lot #19 Tartuffe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMolièreHeadlineSigned by Richard Wlbur and William HamiltonPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2004 Lot #20 The Ballad of Lemon and Crow View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorTodd, GlennHeadlineBallad of Lemon and Crow with 2 other Arion Press booksPublisherArion PressDate Published2002 Lot #21 Cane View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorToomer, JeanHeadlineArion Press, Cane signed by Martin PuryearPublisherArion PressDate Published2000 Lot #22 The Age of Innocence View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineWharton's Age of Innocence signed Stephen ShorePublisherArion PressDate Published2004 Lot #23 Kora in Hell: Improvisations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWilliams, William CarlosHeadlineKora In Hell signed by Mel KendrickPublisherArion PressDate Published1998 Lot #24 Four special printings of Aristophanes The Frogs and The Birds View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorAristophanesHeadline4 collectible eds. Aristophanes Birds & FrogsPublisherLimited Editions Club, et al. Lot #35 Tea and Brandy View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Ballad Broadside)HeadlineTea & Brandy: English Broadside BalladDate Publishedc.1795 Lot #38 Don't Count on It: A Note on the Number of The 1001 Nights View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineBarth signed Don't Count on It Presentation copyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #47 The Illuminated Books View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake, The Complete Illuminated BooksPublisherThe William Blake Trust / Princeton University PressDate Published1991-1995 Lot #48 Illustrations for the Book of Job View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Illustrations for Book of Job 1935 ed.PublisherPierpont Morgan LibraryDate Published1935 Lot #49 America: A Prophecy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's AmericaPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1963] Lot #50 The Book of Thel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Book of ThelPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1965 Lot #51 Europe: A Prophecy View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe copy of Trianon Europe: A ProphecyPublisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] Lot #52 Europe: A Prophecy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Europe: A ProphecyPublisher[Trianon Press for William Blake Trust]Date Published[1969] Lot #53 The Gates of Paradise View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineThe Gates of Paradise, Trianon BlakePublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1968 Lot #54 Jerusalem. A Facsimile of the Illuminated Book [with] abridged review copy View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Jerusalem with review copyPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published[1951] Lot #55 Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe Trianon edition of Blake's JerusalemPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1974] 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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineBlake's Book of Job, Trianon Press, 1987PublisherThe William Blake TrustDate Published1987 [printed c.1974] Lot #57 William Blake's Laocoön: A Last Testament. With Related Works: On Homer's Poetry and On Virgil, The Ghost of Abel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorKeynes, GeoffreyHeadlineWilliam Blake's Laocoön, Trianon PressPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1976 Lot #58 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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] Lot #59 Milton: A Poem View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's MiltonPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1967] Lot #60 The Song of Los View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Song of LosPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1975] Lot #61 Songs of Innocence View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blakes Songs of InnocencePublisher[Trianon Press]Date Published[1954] Lot #62 The Book of Urizen View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineDeluxe Trianon edition of Blake's UrizenPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1958] Lot #63 The Book of Urizen View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's UrizenPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1958] Lot #64 Visions of the Daughters of Albion View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Daughters of AlbionPublisher[Trianon Press for the William Blake Trust]Date Published[1959] Lot #65 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineTrianon facsimile of Blake's Poems of GrayPublisherThe Trianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1972 Lot #66 William Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Blake, William - Trianon Press)HeadlineSpecial edition signed by G. KeynesPublisherTrianon Press for the William Blake TrustDate Published1971 Lot #67 Illustrations to Young's Night Thoughts Done in Water-Colour by William Blake View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)HeadlineIncludes an original engraving by BlakePublisherPrinted for the Fogg Museum by the Press at Harvard CollegeDate Published1927 Lot #68 William Blake's Designs for Edward Young's Night Thoughts: A Complete Edition View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Blake, William)AuthorErdman, David V., co-ordinating editorHeadlineBlake's designs for Night ThoughtsPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1980 Lot #71 Bohemian Grove Plays - a nearly complete run View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineNearly complete collection of Grove PlaysPublisherThe Bohemian ClubDate Published1908-2013 Lot #76 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, 4 volumesPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell; F.C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1822 Lot #81 Complete Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadlineFlorentine Edition of Robert Browning's WorksPublisherFred De Fau & CompanyDate Published1910 Lot #91 Specimens of the British Poets; with Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell's Specimens of British PoetsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1819 Lot #96 The Works of Thomas Carlyle View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCarlyle, ThomasHeadlineWorks of Carlyle, Centennial Memorial EditionPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Publishedc.1895 Lot #111 Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCrane, WalterHeadlineWalter Crane illustrates Shakespeare's Tempest, 1893PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1893 Lot #126 Poems by J.D. with Elegies on the Authors Death View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDonne, JohnHeadlineJohn Donne's Poems, 1st edition, 1633PublisherPrinted by M[iles] F[lesher] for John MarriotDate Published1633 Lot #127 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineDore's Rime of the Ancient Mariner 1877PublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1877 Lot #128 The Raven View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Doré, Gustave, illustrator)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineGustave Doré's elephant folio ill. Poe's RavenPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1884 Lot #131 Gargantua and Pantagruel View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Dwiggins, W.A.)AuthorRabelais, FrancoisHeadlineGargantua & Pantagruel signed by W.A. DwigginsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1936 Lot #155 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-poet of Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, Edward, translatorHeadlineRubáiyát of Khayyám, illus. by Elihu VedderPublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1884 Lot #156 The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineSalammbo edition of Gustave Flaubert's WorksPublisherM. Walter DunneDate Published[1904] Lot #166 The Prophet View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineInscribed copy of Gibran's ProphetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 Lot #167 Clothing Without Cloth [with] Clothes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorGill, EricHeadline2 Eric Gill illustrated books on clothing, one signedPublisherGolden Cockerel Press/Jonathan CapeDate Published1931 Lot #168 The Engravings of Eric Gill View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Gill, Eric)AuthorSkelton, ChristopherHeadlineCatalogue raisonné of Eric Gill's engravingsPublisherChristopher SkeltonDate Published1983 Lot #170 The Four Gospels View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineFacsimile of Eric Gill Golden Cockerel 4 GospelsPublisher[September Press]Date Published[1988] Lot #171 The Canterbury Tales View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineFacsimile of Golden Cockerel Canterbury TalesPublisher[The Folio Society]Date Published[2010] Lot #177 The Poems of Mr. Gray. To Which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGray, ThomasHeadlineThomas Gray's Poems, 1775 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs; And Sold by J. Dodsley..., and J. ToddDate Published1775 Lot #193 The Plan of St. Gall: A Study of the Architecture & Economy of, & Life in a Paradigmatic Carolingian Monastery View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHorn, Walter & Ernest BornHeadlineThe Plan of St. Gall life in a monasteryPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1979 Lot #200 The Lives of the English Poets; and a Criticism on Their Works View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorJohnson, SamuelHeadlineJohnson's Lives of the English Poets 1781PublisherPrinted for Whitestone; Williams, Colles et al.Date Published[1779-1781] Lot #203 Untrimmed proof signatures from the Kelmscott Press edition of Keats' Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorKeats, JohnHeadlineProof sheets of Kelmscott KeatsPublisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1894] Lot #218 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineBaskerville Paradise Lost 1759 4toPublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in LondonDate Published1759 Lot #229 Four Centuries of Fine Printing. Upwards of Six Hundred Examples of the Work of Presses Established during the Years 1500 to 1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMorison, StanleyHeadlineStanley Morison, Four Centuries of PrintingPublisherErnest BennDate Published[1924] Lot #237 Sky Stones: Poems from Las Piedras del Cielo View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorNeruda, PabloHeadlineNeruda, Sky Stones, 1/40 copies Vijali etchingsPublisherWilliam DaileyDate Published1990 Lot #249 My Sister-Life View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorPasternak, BorisHeadlineBoris Pasternak My Sister-Life Yuri Kuper illustrationsPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1991] Lot #262 The King of the Golden River View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineSigned by illustrator Arthur RackhamPublisherGeorge Harrap & Co.Date Published[1932] Lot #271 Tally-Ho Back! View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRancher and Lionel Edwards, illustratorHeadlineTally-Ho Back! signed by Rancher & EdwardsPublisherCountry Life Ltd.Date Published1931 Lot #277 The Wind in the Willows With an Introduction by A.A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce)AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineSigned by designer and typographer B. RogersPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 Lot #279 Ancient Books and Modern Discoveries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rogers, Bruce, printer)AuthorKenyon, Frederic G.HeadlineKenyon's Ancient Books designed by Bruce RogersPublisherCaxton ClubDate Published1927 Lot #301 The Sonnets View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Sonnets from the Swallow PressPublisherThe Swallow PressDate Published1975 Lot #313 Enid View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson's Enid, illustrated by Gustave DoréPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1869 Lot #322 Sacred Poems Chosen from the Works of Henry Vaughan Silurist View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Vale Press)AuthorVaughan, HenryHeadlineFinely Bound Vale Press title, 1897PublisherHacon & RickettsDate Published1897 Lot #325 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineWasson on Soma, The Divine Mushroom of ImmortalityPublisherMoutonDate Published[1968] Lot #333 Manuale Typographicum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorZapf, HermannHeadlineHermann Zapf Manuale Typographicum 1/975PublisherZ-PresseDate Published1968 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next