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  • Author
    Agassiz, Louis and Mrs. Louis Agassiz
  • Headline
    Mr & Mrs Agassiz Journey in Brazil
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
8
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    (Allen Press)
  • Author
    Breen, Patrick
  • Headline
    Allen Press Diary of Patrick Breen
  • Publisher
    The Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1946
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$112.50
StatusSold
9
  • Heading
    (Allen Press)
  • Author
    Duchow, John Charles
  • Headline
    Duchow Journal Voyage to CA - Allen Press 1/200
  • Publisher
    Mallette Dean [at the Allen Press]
  • Date Published
    1959
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
10
  • Heading
    (Allen Press - Leaf Book)
  • Author
    Hall, Basil
  • Headline
    Great Polyglot Bibles leaf book Allen Press
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1966
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
12
  • Heading
    (Anglo-Saxon Classics)
  • Author
    Anderson, Rasmus B., editor
  • Headline
    Norroena Anglo Saxon Classics
  • Publisher
    Norroena
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
13
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    (Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet
  • Publisher
    W. Clark, et al
  • Date Published
    1807-1816
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
28
  • Heading
    (Blau, Bela, bookbinder)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    7 books bound by Bela Blau of Los Angeles
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    Bradley, Will
  • Headline
    Six chapbooks printed by or about Will Bradley
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Brode, Dr. Heinrich
  • Headline
    Tippu Tip by Dr. Heinrich 1905
  • Publisher
    Wilhelm Baensch
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
47
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    (Colt Press)
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain, Concerning Cats 1/450 Grabhorn/Colt
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1959
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$112.50
StatusSold
73
  • Author
    Earl, George Windsor
  • Headline
    The Native races of the Indian Archipelago
  • Publisher
    Hippolyte Bailliere
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
74
  • Heading
    zzf(Egypt)
  • Author
    Maspero, G[aston], et al.
  • Headline
    History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia &c
  • Publisher
    Grolier Society
  • Date Published
    [c. 1905]
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
83
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    (Erotica)
  • Author
    Mathers, E. Powys, translator
  • Headline
    E. Powys mathers Eastern Love 12 vols. Ltd. Edn
  • Publisher
    John Rodker
  • Date Published
    1927-30
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
84
  • Heading
    (Erotica)
  • Author
    Mathers, E. Powys, translator
  • Headline
    Asian love tales in Eastern Anthology 1/1000 4 v.
  • Publisher
    John Rodker
  • Date Published
    1927-1929
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
94
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    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Boswell, James
  • Headline
    Large Paper Edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson
  • Publisher
    J.M. Dent
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
95
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    zzf(Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Campbell, John Lord
  • Headline
    The Lives of the Chief Justices of England
  • Publisher
    Edward Thompson Co.
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
96
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Chambers, R., editor.
  • Headline
    City of London School Prize Bindings
  • Publisher
    W. & R. Chambers
  • Date Published
    [c. 1870]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
97
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings - Cosway Style)
  • Author
    Cunningham, Peter
  • Headline
    Gorgeous Cosway Style Fine Binding
  • Publisher
    Privately Printed
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$5,000
StatusSold
100
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Monypenny, William Flavelle
  • Headline
    The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfie
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1910
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
101
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Morison, S.E.
  • Headline
    The Oxford History of the United States
  • Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  • Date Published
    [1928]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
102
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Morse, John T.
  • Headline
    Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin and Company
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
106
  • Heading
    (Fine Bindings)
  • Author
    Williams, Henry Smith, editor
  • Headline
    The Historians History of the World
  • Publisher
    The History Association
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
127
  • Heading
    zzf(Geology)
  • Author
    Sarti, Cristofano
  • Headline
    Early work on earthquakes
  • Publisher
    Francesco Bonsignori
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
148
  • Heading
    (Golden Cockerel Press)
  • Author
    Jones, David, illustrator
  • Headline
    Golden Cockerel Book of Jonah 1/175 copies
  • Publisher
    Golden Cockerel Press
  • Date Published
    1926
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
149
  • Heading
    (Golden Cockerell Press)
  • Author
    Mathers, E. Powys
  • Headline
    E. Powys Mathers Procreant Hymns 1/200
  • Publisher
    Golden Cockerel Press
  • Date Published
    [1926]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
151
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn-Hoyem Leaf Book)
  • Author
    Littlejohn, David
  • Headline
    Johnson and Webster Dictionaries Leaf Book
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1971
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$150
StatusSold
152
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn-Hoyem)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    The Compleat Jane Grabhorn
  • Publisher
    Grabhorn - Hoyem
  • Date Published
    1968
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
153
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)
  • Author
    Partridge, Eric
  • Headline
    The Spectator leaf book, Grabhorn Press 1939
  • Publisher
    The Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1939
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
154
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press)
  • Author
    Magee, David and Dorothy
  • Headline
    Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956
  • Publisher
    [Grabhorn Press]
  • Date Published
    1957
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
155
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press)
  • Author
    Meyers, William H.
  • Headline
    Naval Sketches of the War in Ca Grabhorn 1939
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1939
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
156
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press)
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    Silverado Journal by R.L. Stevenson, Grabhorn
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1954
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
157
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Three volumes printed at the Grabhorn Press
  • Publisher
    Grabhorn Press
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
StatusSold
161
  • Author
    Griffiths, Arthur
  • Headline
    The World's Famous Prisons Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Grolier Society
  • Date Published
    [c. 1900]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
170
  • Author
    Herodian
  • Headline
    Herodian's Roman History 1522
  • Publisher
    Guinta
  • Date Published
    1522
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
173
  • Author
    Hitler, Adolf
  • Headline
    Mein Kampf in custom binding with Hitler portrait
  • Publisher
    Verlag Franz Dher Nachfolger
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
179
  • Heading
    zzf(India)
  • Author
    Jackson, A.V. Williams, editor
  • Headline
    History of India in 9 volumes
  • Publisher
    Grolier Society
  • Date Published
    [1906]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
180
  • Heading
    zzf(Ireland)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Two works on Irish history
  • Publisher
    Francis A. Niccolls & Company
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
182
  • Author
    James, J[ohn] T[homas]
  • Headline
    Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland 1813-14
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1816
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
185
  • Author
    Johnes, Thomas
  • Headline
    Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England 1806
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, et. al.
  • Date Published
    1806
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
188
  • Heading
    (Kelmscott Press)
  • Author
    Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Headline
    Original bifolium from the Kelmscott Chaucer
  • Publisher
    Kelmscott Press
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
190
  • Author
    Le Beau, [Charles]
  • Headline
    Histoire du Bas-Empire 11 vols (of 27) 1757-68
  • Publisher
    Desaint & Saillant
  • Date Published
    1757-1768
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
195
  • Author
    Licetus, Fortunius
  • Headline
    Licetus Hieroglyphica 1653
  • Publisher
    Sebastiano Sardi
  • Date Published
    1653
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
196
  • Heading
    (Limited Editions Club)
  • Author
    Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
  • Headline
    Don Quixote 2 vols. Barcelona LEC 1933
  • Publisher
    Limited Editions Club
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
197
  • Heading
    (Limited Editions Club)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    10 works, mostly from the Limited Editions Club
  • Publisher
    Limited Editions Club (most)
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$175
StatusSold
208
  • Heading
    (Hungary)
  • Author
    Maria Theresa, Queen
  • Headline
    Renewal Of The Oath To The Queen Of Hungary
  • Publisher
    Jan 'T Lam
  • Date Published
    [c. 1741]
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
211
  • Author
    [Maurice, Thomas]
  • Headline
    Dissertation on the Oriental Trinities 1800
  • Publisher
    H.L. Galabin
  • Date Published
    1800
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
222
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Casserius, Julius
  • Headline
    Tabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu Tabulae
  • Publisher
    Editions Medicina Rara
  • Date Published
    [c. 1971]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
251
  • Heading
    (Medical)
  • Author
    Renouard, P.V.
  • Headline
    History of Medicine, by Renouard 1856
  • Publisher
    Sampson Low, Son & Co.
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
268
  • Heading
    zzf(Memoirs and Secret Chronicles)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Memoirs and Secret Chronicles of the Courts of Eu
  • Publisher
    M. Walter Dunne
  • Date Published
    [1903]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
273
  • Heading
    (Miniature Books)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    8 mini books from the Black Cat Press
  • Publisher
    Black Cat Press
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
275
  • Heading
    (Miniature Books)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    55 miniature books various publishers
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
277
  • Author
    Mitchell, T[homas] L[ivingstone]
  • Headline
    Mitchell's Expeditions in Eastern Australia
  • Publisher
    T. & W. Boone
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
284
  • Author
    O'Connor, John
  • Headline
    Wood-Engravings of John O'Connor 1989
  • Publisher
    Whittington Press
  • Date Published
    [1989]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$150
StatusSold
286
  • Heading
    (Officina Bodoni)
  • Author
    De Musset, Alfred
  • Headline
    De Musset Les Nuits Officina Bodoni 1/225
  • Publisher
    Officina Bodoni
  • Date Published
    1926
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
288
  • Heading
    zzf
  • Author
    Ovid
  • Headline
    Ovid L'Art D'Aimer illustrated by Tremois
  • Publisher
    Club du Livre, Philippe Lebaud
  • Date Published
    [1962]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
296
  • Heading
    (Peregrine Press)
  • Author
    Evans, Patricia
  • Headline
    Modern Herbal, Peregrine / Porpoise 1961
  • Publisher
    The Porpoise Bookshop
  • Date Published
    1961
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
297

Gin

  • Heading
    (Perishable Press)
  • Author
    Blackburn, Paul
  • Headline
    Paul Blackburn Gin Perishable Press 1/136
  • Publisher
    Th Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]
  • Date Published
    [1970]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
313
  • Heading
    (Popish Plot - The Calvin P. Otto Collection)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    14 Volumes on the Popish Plot
  • Publisher
    Various places
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
314
  • Heading
    (Popish Plot - The Calvin P. Otto Collection)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Trials of the Popish Plot participants
  • Publisher
    Various places
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
324
  • Heading
    (Rivera, Diego)
  • Headline
    Das Werk des Malers Diego Rivera 1928
  • Publisher
    Neuer Deutscher Verlag
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
331
  • Author
    Rollin, M.
  • Headline
    Ancient History of the Egyptians etc 12 vols 1817
  • Publisher
    F.C. and J. Rivington, et. al.
  • Date Published
    1817
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
334
  • Heading
    (Roycrofters)
  • Author
    Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • Headline
    Fine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    [Roycrofters]
  • Date Published
    [1902]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
335
  • Heading
    (Roycrofters)
  • Author
    [Hubbard, Elbert] Fra Elbertus
  • Headline
    Roycrofters A Message to Garcia with MSS leaves
  • Publisher
    The Roycrofters
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
336
  • Heading
    (Roycrofters)
  • Author
    Hubbard, Elbert
  • Headline
    Hollyhocks and Goldenglow by Elbert Hubbard
  • Publisher
    [Roycrofters]
  • Date Published
    [1912]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
338
  • Heading
    (Roycrofters)
  • Author
    Khayyam, Omar
  • Headline
    Roycforter Edition of the Rubaiyat
  • Publisher
    [Roycrofters]
  • Date Published
    [1900]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$500
StatusSold
339
  • Heading
    (Roycrofters)
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    Fine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    The Roycrofters
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
343
  • Heading
    (Shahn, Ben)
  • Author
    Dahlberg, Edward
  • Headline
    Dahlberg's Priapus with Shahn illustrations
  • Publisher
    New Directions
  • Date Published
    [1957]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
351
  • Author
    Smolett, M.T.
  • Headline
    Histoire d'Angleterre by Smolett 1759-64 19vols
  • Publisher
    Jean Rouzeau-Montaut
  • Date Published
    1759-1764
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
355
  • Author
    Stael-Holstein, Mme la Baronne de
  • Headline
    Madame de Stael De L'Allemagne 1814
  • Publisher
    J.J. Paschoud
  • Date Published
    1814
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
364
  • Author
    Stolpe, Daniel Owen
  • Headline
    coyote now by Daniel Stolpe -6 fmd artists proofs
  • Publisher
    Native Images
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
365
  • Author
    Stuart, Andrew
  • Headline
    Genealogical History of the Stewarts 1798
  • Publisher
    A. Strahan and T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies
  • Date Published
    1798
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
366
  • Author
    Stuart, Robert
  • Headline
    Roman Antiquities of Scotland
  • Publisher
    Sutherland and Knox
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
369
  • Author
    [Temple, William]
  • Headline
    William Temple Moral and Historical Memoirs
  • Publisher
    Edward and Charles Dilly
  • Date Published
    1779
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
371
  • Author
    Thompson, John
  • Headline
    Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave 1856
  • Publisher
    John Thompson
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
376
  • Heading
    zzf(Universal Classics Library)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Universal Classics Library 20 volumes
  • Publisher
    M. Walter Dunne
  • Date Published
    [1901]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
377
  • Heading
    (Universal History)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Histoire Universelle 10 vols only 1779-82
  • Publisher
    chez Moutard
  • Date Published
    1779-1782
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
381
  • Author
    Velleius Paterculus, Caius
  • Headline
    Historiae Romanae by Paterculus 1639
  • Publisher
    Officina Elzevieriana
  • Date Published
    1639
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
390
  • Heading
    (Windsor Press)
  • Author
    Venner, To[bias]
  • Headline
    Book Club of California, Treatise of Tobacco
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
391
  • Author
    Winstanley, Will[iam]
  • Headline
    England's Worthies 1684 Edition
  • Publisher
    Printed by J.C. and F.C. for Obadiah Blagrave
  • Date Published
    1684
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
394
  • Heading
    (World War II)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Lidice 1945 + Killing of Reinhard Heydrich
  • Publisher
    Ministerstvo Vnitra
  • Date Published
    1945
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
418
  • Heading
    (Photography)
  • Author
    Cowley, Malcolm
  • Headline
    Exiles Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920's
  • Publisher
    Limited Editions Club
  • Date Published
    1981
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
430
  • Heading
    zzc
  • Author
    Dreiser, Theodore
  • Headline
    Epitaph: A Poem signed limited edition
  • Publisher
    Heron Press
  • Date Published
    [1929]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
433
  • Heading
    zzc
  • Author
    Everson, William, et al.
  • Headline
    West to the Water 6 Poets A Santa Cruz Portfolio
  • Publisher
    Lime Kiln Press
  • Date Published
    1972
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
487
  • Heading
    (Moore, Marianne)
  • Author
    La Fontaine, Jean de.
  • Headline
    The Fables of La Fontaine Marianne Moore Trans
  • Publisher
    Viking
  • Date Published
    1954
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
523
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    John Steinbeck Letters to Elizabeth Ltd. Edn.
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1978
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
531
  • Heading
    zzc
  • Author
    Synge, J.M.
  • Headline
    Playboy of the Western World by Synge 1970
  • Publisher
    Imprint Society
  • Date Published
    1970
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
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