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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Collection of Ansel Adams Yosemite winter sport and recreation photographs for Donald Tresidder View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineCollection of Ansel Adams Yosemite photographs and negatives for Donald Tresidder (with additions)Date Publishedc.1928-30 Lot #5 The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorBrillat-Savarin, Jean AnthelmeHeadlineArion Press Physiology of Taste signed by Wayne ThiebaudPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 Lot #6 Les Amours Pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Ashendene Press)AuthorLongusHeadlineAshendene Daphnis and Chloe, 1933PublisherThe Ashendene PressDate Published1933 Lot #10 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlinePennyroyal Press edition of The Wizard of Oz illustrated by Barry Moser 1/350PublisherPennyroyal PressDate Published1985 Lot #11 The New Testament in English translated by John Wycliffe Circa Mccclxxx: Now first printed from a contemporary Manuscript formerly in the Monastery of Sion Middlesex late in the collection of Lea Wilson FSA View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)AuthorWycliffe, John, translatorHeadlineChiswick Press edition of Wycliffe's New Testament, 1848PublisherPrinted at Chiswick by Charles Whittingham for William PickeringDate Published1848 Lot #12 The Congress View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBorges, Jorge LuisHeadlineThe Congress, limited edition signed by Jorge Luis BorgesPublisherEnitharmon PressDate Published1974 Lot #17 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe: Etchings and Woodcuts by Alan James Robinson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,750StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineDeluxe copy of Cheloniidae Press Poe with extra suite of prints and ephemeraPublisher[Cheloniidae Press]Date Published[1981] Lot #18 An Odd Bestiary, Or a Compendium of Instructive and Entertaining Descriptions of Animals, Culled From Five Centuries of Travelers' Accounts, Natural Histories, Zoologies, Etc., By Authors Famous and Obscure, Arranged as an Abecedary. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,100StatusSold Heading(Cheloniidae Press)AuthorRobinson, Alan JamesHeadlineAlan James Robinson's An Odd Bestiary with extra suite of printsPublisherCheloniidae PressDate Published1982 Lot #20 The World Crisis 1911-1918: Abridged & Revised Edition View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill The World Crisis SignedPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published1937 Lot #23 Ten hand-colored etchings signed and dated by Cruikshank View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadline10 hand-colored etchings signed by CruikshankDate Published1828-1829 Lot #24 Confessions of a Crap Artist View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlineSigned by Philip K. DickPublisherEntwhistle BooksDate Published1975 Lot #28 Typed letter signed by Philip K. Dick addressed to his ex-wife Tessa View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDick, Philip K.HeadlinePKD ALS on the golden ratio and chaos in family lifeDate PublishedApril 2, 1979 Lot #30 The Life of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorForster, JohnHeadlineLife of Dickens, extra-illustrated + album of 100 letters from ForsterPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1872-1874 Lot #39 Introduction to Theoretical Physics View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Heading(Feynman, Richard)AuthorSlater, John C. and Nathaniel H. FrankHeadlineRichard Feynman's Theoretical Physics textbook from MIT, signedPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published1933 Lot #41 The General in His Labyrinth View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorGarcía Márquez, GabrielHeadlineLimited edition signed by García MárquezPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1990 Lot #42 Love in the Time of Cholera View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorGarcía Márquez, GabrielHeadlineLimited edition signed by Gabriel García Márquez, 1st U.S. ed.PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1988 Lot #44 Virtual Light View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorGibson, WilliamHeadlineOne of 26 deluxe copies signed by GibsonPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1993 Lot #45 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A reading & study View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Granary Press)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell, signed by Barbara Fahrner and Philip GalloPublisherGranary Press1Date Published1993 Lot #46 Hand-written manuscript for Gladiator of the Sea View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Gladiator of the Sea manuscriptDate Publishedc. 1917 Lot #47 Manuscript articles hand-written in binder View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineAlbum of Zane Grey articles in manuscriptDate Publishedc. 1935 Lot #52 Brave New World: A Novel View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineBrave New World, limited first edition signed by Aldous HuxleyPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1932 Lot #57 The Life and Death of Jason, A Poem View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMorris, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Morris' The Life and Death of Jason, Kelmscott Press, 1895Publisher[Kelmscott Press]Date Published[1895] Lot #58 The Nature of Gothic View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineKelmscott Press, The Nature of GothicPublisher[George Allen]Date Published[1892] Lot #61 Des Canons, des Munitions? Merci! Des Logis... S.V.P. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorLe CorbusierHeadlineSigned with inscription and TLS by Le CorbusierPublisherÉditions de l'Architecture d'Aujourd'huiDate Published1937 [i.e. 1938] Lot #67 Marisa Flag on Beach, Ocean Beach San Francisco View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorMiller, KenHeadlineMarisa Flag on Beach, Ocean Beach San FranciscoDate Published1985 Lot #68 [Richard Misrach 1979] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMisrach, RichardHeadlineRalph Gibson's copy with signed inscription by MisrachPublisher[Grapestake Gallery]Date Published[1979] Lot #70 Gone With the Wind View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorMitchell, MargaretHeadlineSigned by Margaret Mitchell, first edition in jacketPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1936 Lot #79 Signed card by Max Planck with photograph View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorPlanck, MaxHeadlineSigned "thank you" card from Max Planck on his 80th birthdayDate Published1938 Lot #85 John Ermine of the Yellowstone View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorRemington, FredericHeadlineSigned by Frederick Remington with inscriptionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #91 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A New Bibliophile Edition Printed on Sheets of Pure Cork With the Spanish Version and With Illustrations in colour By Anthony Saló View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineHamlet printed on cork, 1930. 1/100 copiesPublisherReinhold WetzigDate Published[1930] Lot #93 Cryptonomicon View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorStephenson, NealHeadlineCryptonomicon, one of 250 in the Signed Limited First EditionPublisherAvon BooksDate Published1999 Lot #94 Snow Crash View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorStephenson, NealHeadlineFirst Edition, Signed by Neal StephensonPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1992] Lot #99 Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorWolfe, ThomasHeadlineWolfe's Look Homeward, Angel signed 1st in DJPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 Lot #101 Collection of blueprints and photographs documenting the production of The Right Stuff film, with Chuck Yeager autographs and correspondence View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Yeager, Chuck)HeadlineChuck Yeager & The Right Stuff collectionDate Published1982-1983 Lot #103 The West of William H. Ashley: The international struggle for the fur trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia...1822-1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Ashley, William Henry)AuthorMorgan, Dale, editorHeadlineThe West of William H. Ashley, deluxe signed edPublisherFred A. RosenstockDate Published1964 Lot #112 The Magic Mountain View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineMann's Magic Mountain, signed 1st in EnglishPublisherAlfred. A. KnopfDate Published1927 Lot #113 It Took Nine Tailors View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMenjou, Adolphe, and M.M. MusselmanHeadlineMenjou's memoir signed by Hollywood greatsPublisherMcGraw - HillDate Published1948 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next