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5

Slogan Series - Volumes II & III

Heading
(Beat Literature)
Headline
Slogan cards signed by Ferlinghetti and others
Publisher
Sore Dove Press
Date Published
2010; 2012

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

6

Signed excerpt from Jaws

Author
Benchley, Peter
Headline
Jaws excerpt signed by author Peter Benchley
Date Published
no date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

7

Two notes signed by Lawrence Block

Author
Block, Lawrence
Headline
2 Lawrence Block signed notes
Date Published
1985-1990

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

12

The Ticket That Exploded

Author
Burroughs, William S.
Headline
William S. Burroughs' Ticket That Exploded
Publisher
Grove Press
Date Published
[1967]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

13

Signed typed excerpt from God's Little Acre

Author
Caldwell, Erskine
Headline
Signed God's Little Acre excerpt signed by Erskine Caldwell
Date Published
1980

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

15

Four works from Crippen and Landru Publishers

Heading
(Crippen & Landru Publishers)
Headline
Four signed works from Crippen & Landru Publishers
Publisher
Crippen and Landru Publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

16

Four Edward D. Hoch works from Crippen and Landru Publishers

Heading
(Crippen & Landru Publishers)
Author
Hoch, Edward D.
Headline
Four signed works from Crippen & Landru Publishers
Publisher
Crippen and Landru Publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

17

Three Crippen and Landru works by Peter Lovesey

Heading
(Crippen & Landru Publishers)
Author
Lovesey, Peter
Headline
Three Crippen & Landru limited editions by Lovesey
Publisher
Crippen and Landru Publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

18

Three works from Crippen and Landru Publishers

Heading
(Crippen & Landru Publishers)
Headline
Three works from Crippen & Landru
Publisher
Crippen and Landru Publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

19

Three works from Crippen and Landru Publishers

Heading
(Crippen & Landru Publishers)
Headline
Three works from Crippen & Landru
Publisher
Crippen and Landru Publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

21

Why Bother? - two Parker St. Anarchist Commune flyers

Author
Crumb, Robert
Headline
Two Crumb flyers against voting, 1972
Date Published
1972

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

23

The Jewels of Aptor / Second Ending

Author
Delany, Samuel R. and James White
Headline
Inscribed and signed by Samuel R. Delany
Publisher
Ace Books, Inc.
Date Published
1962

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

40

Typed letter signed by Zane Grey

Author
Grey, Zane
Headline
Typed letter signed by Zane Grey
Date Published
1924

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

42

The Heaven Tree & Other Stories

Author
Harman, Christopher
Headline
With bookplate signed by Christopher Harman
Publisher
Sarob Press
Date Published
2013

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

45

Three books signed by Joseph Heller

Author
Heller, Joseph
Headline
3 First Ed. books signed by Joseph Heller
Date Published
1974-1988

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

48

Guises

Author
Jacob, Charlee
Headline
Signed by the author and artist
Publisher
Delirium Books
Date Published
[2002]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

50

Dear Judas and Other Poems

Author
Jeffers, Robinson
Headline
Limited edition signed by Robinson Jeffers
Publisher
Horace Liveright
Date Published
1929

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

52

Thurso's Landing and Other Poems

Author
Jeffers, Robinson
Headline
Limited edition signed by Robinson Jeffers
Publisher
Liveright, Inc.
Date Published
[1932]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

55

Robert Burton's Philosophaster

Author
Jordan-Smith, Paul, translator
Headline
Inscribed and signed by Paul Jordan-Smith
Publisher
Stanford University Press / Oxford University Press
Date Published
1931

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

57

To Charles Fort, With Love

Author
Kiernan, Caitlín R.
Headline
Caitlin R. Kiernan signed, To Charles Fort
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date Published
2005

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

59

A Writer's Tale

Author
Laymon, Richard
Headline
Richard Laymon Writer's Tale Sgd. ltd
Publisher
Deadline Press
Date Published
1988

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

60

Jack London and His Daughters

Heading
(London, Jack)
Author
London, Joan
Headline
Jack London and His Daughters - carbon typescript
Date Published
[c.1990]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

63

Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly Into the Past

Author
Macdonald, Ross
Headline
Signed by Macdonald and Welty
Publisher
Capra Press
Date Published
1981

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

65

Six letters signed from William Maxwell

Author
Maxwell, William
Headline
6 signed letters from William Maxwell to Mary Lou Aswell
Date Published
c.1956

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

68

Autograph Letter Signed by W. S. Merwin

Author
Merwin, W. S.
Headline
ALS signed by US Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin
Date Published
1974

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

76

The Last Times - No. 1

Author
Plymell, Charles, editor
Headline
The Last Times - No. 1 - Bukowski, Ginsberg, Burroughs, et al
Publisher
Vortex Printers
Date Published
1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

77

Support Your Local Police State

Heading
(Police State)
Headline
Support Your Local Police State - rare handbill
Date Published
[c.1960s-70s]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

78

Embrace the Mutation

Heading
(Potter, J.K.)
Author
Potter, J.K.
Headline
Signed by J.K. Potter and the living authors
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date Published
2002

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

80

Spadework [with] Carpenter and Quincannon

Author
Pronzini, Bill
Headline
Two detective mysteries signed by Bill Pronzini
Publisher
Crippen & Landru Publishers
Date Published
1996; 1998

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

86

Thirsting for Peace in a Raging Century

Author
Sanders, Ed
Headline
Rare signed Ed Sanders
Publisher
BOOG Literature
Date Published
1993

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

108

A Little Intelligence

Author
Silverberg, Robert with Randall Garrett
Headline
Limited Edition, signed by Robert Silverberg
Publisher
Crippen & Landru Publishers
Date Published
2009

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

109

Signed typed excerpt from I,The Jury

Author
Spillane, Mickey
Headline
Zane Grey signed card with I, The Jury typed excerpt
Date Published
no date

Sold for$25

StatusSold

113

Admiral Robert Penn Warren and The Snows of Winter - 3 variants

Author
Styron, William
Headline
Three signed by Styron and Penn Warren
Publisher
Palaemon Press Limited
Date Published
[1981]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

117

The Prime Time Survey by TVTV: TVTV of the Future

Heading
(Television)
Author
Couzens, Michael, Michael Shamberg, Megan Williams et al.
Headline
TV of the Future!
Publisher
[TVTV]
Date Published
[1974]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

125

Two Everett Anderson books signed by Lucille Clifton

Author
Clifton, Lucille
Headline
2 books signed by Lucille Clifton
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Date Published
1970-1988

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

130

The Borrowers

Heading
(Hague, Michael, illustrator)
Author
Norton, Mary
Headline
First Editions, signed by Michael Hague
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
Date Published
1991

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

131

WITHDRAWN - The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Heading
(Hague, Michael, illustrator)
Author
Potter, Beatrix
Headline
WITHDRAWN - Signed by Michael Hague, one with ink drawing
Publisher
Seastar
Date Published
2001

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

132

Rootabaga Stories Part One [with] Part Two

Heading
(Hague, Michael, illustrator)
Author
Sandburg, Carl
Headline
Rootabaga Stories, signed by Michael Hague
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
Date Published
[1988-1989]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

133

Three Bear books illustrated by Michael Hague

Heading
(Hague, Michael, illustrator)
Headline
Three Teddy Bear Books signed by Michael Hague
Date Published
1993-2001

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

134

Three Classics illustrated by Michael Hague

Heading
(Hague, Michael, illustrator)
Headline
Illustrated and signed by Michael Hague
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Date Published
1987-1990

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

135

WITHDRAWN -Three works illustrated by Michael Hague

Heading
(Hague, Michael, illustrator)
Headline
WITHDRAWN - Three signed and illustrated by Michael Hague
Date Published
1980-2005

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

145

All Around the Town

Author
McGinley, Phyllis
Headline
Inscribed & signed by McGinley, 1949 Caldecott
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott Company
Date Published
[1948]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

147

Matey Visits New York [with] Mother Goose Parade

Author
Musial, Joe; Carolyn Adams and Alice Remsen
Headline
One signed by Carolyn Adams
Publisher
David McKay; The Garden City Publishing Co.
Date Published
[1941]; 1939

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

162

The Enchanted Tapestry

Author
San Souci, Robert D.
Headline
The Enchanted Tapestry 1st ed. signed
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Date Published
1987

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

172

Five letters and cards signed by Tasha Tudor

Author
Tudor, Tasha
Headline
Letters and cards from Tasha Tudor to Beth Mathers
Date Published
1985-1989

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

174

Edith & Big Bad Bill

Author
Wright, Dare
Headline
Edith & Big Bad Bill, 1st ed. signed
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1968]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

195

Hutching's [sic] California Scenes. The California Indians - with a letter

Heading
(California - Pictorial lettersheet)
Author
Hutchings, James, publisher
Headline
Pictorial lettersheet with a letter from Nevada City
Publisher
James M. Hutchings
Date Published
1854

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

208

Malaspina in California

Author
Cutter, Donald C.
Headline
Malaspina in California inscribed by author 1/1000
Publisher
John Howell
Date Published
1960

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

209

Manuscript notice that the steamboat "Far West" was detained by military authorities over a 22½-hour period in the summer of 1876, and was "entitled to demurrage" for that time

Heading
(Dakota Territory)
Headline
Yellowstone steamer "Far West" docked at Fort Buford, D.T.
Date Published
Sept. 5th, 1876

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

225

The Assault on Reason

Author
Gore, Al
Headline
Al Gore, Assault on Reason signed 1st
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Date Published
2007

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

226

Document signed by Bret Harte

Heading
(Harte, Bret)
Headline
Document signed by Bret Harte as U. S. Consul at Glasgow
Publisher
Consul of the United States at Glasgow
Date Published
1884

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

227

Certificate of Discharge for a Chinese seaman aboard an Australian vessel in Honolulu

Heading
(Hawaii)
Headline
Chinese seaman discharged from Australian ship in Honolulu, Hawaii 1880
Date Published
August 24, 1880

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

228

U.S. Consular form notifying the Honolulu Harbor Master that members of the crew of an American whaling ship are being discharged

Heading
(Hawaii)
Headline
Sailors discharged from U.S. whaling ship in Honolulu, Hawaii
Date Published
Nov. 12, 1880

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

229

Raising Cane: A Brief History of Labor in Hawaii

Heading
(Hawaii)
Author
Weingarten, Victor
Headline
Raising Cane Rare Hawaiiana
Publisher
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Date Published
1946

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

246

Archive of four letters typed letters signed from Senator George Murphy

Author
Murphy, George
Headline
4 letters from Senator George Murphy to James Copley
Date Published
1968-1970

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

249

Letter written by W.A. Hall to Indian agent James irwin, at the behest of Bishop William Hobart Hare, noted missionary to Native Americans on the Great Plains

Heading
(Native American)
Author
Hall, W.A.
Headline
Bishop Hare cancels invite to Shoshone Indian Agency, 1874
Date Published
August 27th, 1874

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

255

Autograph Letter Signed by Isaac Israel Hayes

Heading
(Polar Exploration)
Author
Hayes, Isaac Israel
Headline
Autograph letter signed by polar explorer
Date Published
[1867?]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

260

White House card signed by Herbert Hoover

Heading
(Presidents, 1929)
Author
Hoover, Herbert
Headline
White House card signed by Herbert Hoover
Date Published
c.1929-1933

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

262

Plains, Ga. Telephone Directory

Heading
(Presidents, 1977)
Author
Carter, Jimmy
Headline
Plains Phone Directory SIGNED by Jimmy Carter
Publisher
Coastal States Directory Co.
Date Published
1977

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

263

Claim book for the Union Pacific Railway Company

Heading
(Railroads)
Headline
Union Pacific RR shipment losses/overcharges 1891-2
Publisher
Union Pacific Railway Company
Date Published
1891-1892

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

264

Daybook of the Eureka Express Company

Heading
(Railroads)
Headline
Eureka Express Co. daybook, 1885-6
Publisher
Eureka Express Company
Date Published
1885-1886

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

288

Manuscript account page listing "Amounts due W.A. Carter from Mail Employees on route from Salt Lake City to Fort Bridger up to June 11th, 1862" with several Pony Express riders listed

Heading
(Wyoming - Overland Mail)
Headline
Pony Express riders owe money to Judge Carter at Fort Bridger
Date Published
1862

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

313

A Dozen Keepsakes from the Arion Press

Heading
(Arion Press)
Headline
A Dozen Keepsakes from the Arion Press
Publisher
Arion Press

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

323

For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn: Six Words, Six Stories, Six Writers

Heading
(Foolscap Press)
Author
Christie, Alix, Michael Palin, Michael Katakis et al.
Headline
For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn, 1/200 Foolscap Press
Publisher
Foolscap Press
Date Published
2010

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

358

Five works from Lord John Press

Heading
(Lord John Press)
Headline
Five signed Lord John editions
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

378

The Picnic: A Frolic in Two Colors and Three Parts

Author
Daugherty, James
Headline
Signed by Daugherty with drawing
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
[1958]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

385

Four books signed by Timothy Ferris

Author
Ferris, Timothy
Headline
4 books signed by Timothy Ferris
Date Published
1988-2010

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

392

Autograph Letter Signed by Elbert Hubbard

Author
Hubbard, Elbert
Headline
Autograph letter signed by the founder of the Roycrofters
Date Published
1904

Sold for$25

StatusSold

419

Autobiographica With a Gossip on the Art of Printing in Colors

Author
Vaughan, William Edward
Headline
Presentation copy W.E. Vaughan Autobiographica
Publisher
Privately Printed
Date Published
1900

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

420

Images, 1923-1974

Author
Adams, Ansel
Headline
Signed and inscribed by Ansel Adams
Provenance
Clars; estate of Alta, founder of Shameless Hussy Press
Publisher
New York Graphic Society
Date Published
[1974]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

421

Lewis Baltz: Five Projects 1983-1988

Author
Baltz, Lewis
Headline
Inscribed by Lewis Baltz, Five Projects
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Date Published
1992

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

422

De Hooghes's Sibyl [with] Lessons in Far Future

Author
Baskin, Leonard
Headline
Two etchings signed by Baskin
Date Published
1978

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

423

Little Journeys #1-4

Heading
(Bellybandbooks)
Headline
Each with a signed print from the photographer
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
Bellybandbooks
Date Published
2008-2010

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

424

California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo, CA - three variants

Author
Birk, Sandow
Headline
Three signed proofs by Sandow Birk
Provenance
From the collection of June and Chase Pagan
Date Published
2001

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

428

An Everchanging Monument: A Photographic Narrative about The Musical Gardens by Carl Theodor Sørensen

Author
Capetillo, Christina
Headline
Signed by Christina Capetillo
Publisher
[Narayana Press]
Date Published
[2012]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

430

[House Portrait]

Author
Chamberlain, Samuel
Headline
Etching signed by Chamberlain
Date Published
[1940]

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

431

Vieilles Maisons – Dinan

Author
Chamberlain, Samuel
Headline
Vieilles Maisons - Dinan, signed by Chamberlain
Date Published
1927

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

434

Death by Violence - Purgatory Canto VI

Author
Dali, Salvador
Headline
The Negligent...signed by Dali
Date Published
c.1964

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

435

L'Annonce d'un grand évenement - Purgatory Canto XXX

Author
Dali, Salvador
Headline
Announcement of the Great Event signed by Dali
Date Published
c.1964

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

438

Four monographs of Documentary photography

Heading
(Documentary)
Headline
Candid photography, one signed by Peter Simon
Provenance
Collection of Leon Litwack
Date Published
1984-2007

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

440

Elliott Erwitt's Paris

Heading
(Erwitt, Elliott)
Headline
Paris, inscribed and signed by Elliott Erwitt
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
teNeues
Date Published
2010

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

442

Autograph letter signed by Henry Evans on proof print

Author
Evans, Henry
Headline
Autograph letter by Henry Evans on proof print
Publisher
Henry Evans
Date Published
1982

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

443

Lemons

Author
Evans, Henry
Headline
Lemons signed by Henry Evans
Publisher
Henry Evans
Date Published
1985

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

444

Pimento

Author
Evans, Henry
Headline
Pimento signed by Henry Evans
Publisher
Henry Evans
Date Published
1987

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

445

Serranos

Author
Evans, Henry
Headline
Signed and inscribed by Evans to Jack Halpern
Publisher
Henry Evans
Date Published
1987

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

450

a harmony of cadres in a common cause

Author
Hirschman, Jack
Headline
Original poster by Jack Hirschman
Date Published
Before 2021

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

453

Borderlands [with] Sawdust Mountain

Author
Johnson, Eirik
Headline
Two monographs from Eirik Johnson, one signed
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Date Published
2005; 2009

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

454

Lago

Author
Jude, Ron
Headline
Lago, First Edition, signed by Ron Jude
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
MACK
Date Published
2015

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

465

Store Front

Author
Murray, James T. and Karla
Headline
Inscribed and signed by the authors
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
Gingko Press
Date Published
2009

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

470

Zivile Operationen / Civil Operations

Author
Niedermayr, Walter
Headline
Signed by Walter Niedermayr
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Date Published
[2003]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

471

No Vacancy: Urban Renewal and the Elderly

Author
Nowinski, Ira
Headline
Two volumes by Ira Nowinski
Publisher
Carolyn Beane
Date Published
[1979]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

477

Marin County Rock and Roll Leap Year Calendar 1996

Heading
(Rock and Roll)
Headline
Marin Rock n' Roll Calendar signed by many
Publisher
Larkspur Books
Date Published
1995

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

481

Drowned River

Author
Solnit, Rebecca
Headline
Signed by the author and photographers
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
Radius Books
Date Published
2018

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

483

Another Summer [with] 17 Days

Author
Weifenbach, Terri
Headline
Two works signed by Terri Weifenbach
Provenance
Collection of John Peter Grossmann
Publisher
Thunderstorm Press; Super Labo
Date Published
[2009]; [2012]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

485

Free Nixon [with] Free Spiro

Author
Wieder, Robert S.
Headline
Free Nixon & Free Spiro posters
Date Published
[1970s]

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$50

StatusSold