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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Pageant of History in Northern California AuthorAdams, Ansel and Nancy NewhallHeadlineThe Pageant of History in Northern CaliforniaPublisher[American Trust Company]Date Published1954 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #4 The Cowboy in Art AuthorAinsworth, EdHeadlineCowboy in Art li1/1000 Ed Ainsworth 1968PublisherWorld Publishing CompanyDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #8 The Diary of Patrick Breen: Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierras 1846-47 Heading(Allen Press)AuthorBreen, PatrickHeadlineAllen Press Diary of Patrick BreenPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1946 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #9 The Duchow Journal. A Voyage from Boston to California 1852 Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDuchow, John CharlesHeadlineDuchow Journal Voyage to CA - Allen Press 1/200PublisherMallette Dean [at the Allen Press]Date Published1959 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #10 The Great Polyglot Bibles, Including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17 Heading(Allen Press - Leaf Book)AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineGreat Polyglot Bibles leaf book Allen PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1966 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #28 Seven fine press books bound by Bela Blau of Los Angeles Heading(Blau, Bela, bookbinder)Author**Headline7 books bound by Bela Blau of Los AngelesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #34 The Pinto Horse Heading(Borein, Edward)AuthorPerkins, Charles ElliotHeadlinePinto Horse in dj by Charles Elliot Perkins 1927PublisherWallace HebberdDate Published1927 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #35 Six chapbooks printed by Will Bradley, or about him AuthorBradley, WillHeadlineSix chapbooks printed by or about Will BradleyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #47 Concerning Cats. Two Tales Heading(Colt Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, Concerning Cats 1/450 Grabhorn/ColtPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #55 Two government documents issued to Theodore Marcollo, Jr., a young United States Merchant Marine Heading(Cruise Ships - Coast Guard)Author**Headline2 docs from a US Merchant Marine 1945-48Date Published1945; 1948 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #56 United States Inspectors Certificate to Engineers Heading(Cruise Ships - Engineer Certificate)Author**HeadlineUS Certificate to Engineers, 1878PublisherSteamboat Inspection ServiceDate Published1878 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #61 American Hospital Ship American & English Red Cross - program card for the Grand Gala Concert at the Metropolitan Opera House Heading(Cruise Ships - Red Cross)Author**HeadlineRed Cross Grand Gala Concert 1900 programDate PublishedMarch 22d, 1900 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #66 Seven reports of the proceedings of various cases relating to ships Heading(Cruise Ships - United States Circuit Court of Appeals)Author**Headline7 US Circuit Court of Appeals cases, in wrappersDate Published1896-1902 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #83 Eastern Love Heading(Erotica)AuthorMathers, E. Powys, translatorHeadlineE. Powys mathers Eastern Love 12 vols. Ltd. EdnPublisherJohn RodkerDate Published1927-30 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #84 Eastern Love [i.e. The Eastern Anthology] Heading(Erotica)AuthorMathers, E. Powys, translatorHeadlineAsian love tales in Eastern Anthology 1/1000 4 v.PublisherJohn RodkerDate Published1927-1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #96 The Book of Days - City of London School Prize Bindings Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChambers, R., editor.HeadlineCity of London School Prize BindingsPublisherW. & R. ChambersDate Published[c. 1870] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #104 [Works] AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineWorks of Francis Parkman Finely BoundPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$100 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #108 Reglas Para Tirar la Baraja Mexicana [cover title] Heading(Fortune Telling)Author**HeadlineRare Mexican Chap Book on Fortune TellingPublisherA. Vanegas ArroyoDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #137 Twelve booklets & bulletins on California earthquakes Heading(Geology)Author**Headline12 booklets & bulletins on California earthquakesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #139 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1899. Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey...Part VII Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorWalcott, Charles D.HeadlineAnnual Dept of Interior Geological Survey 1900PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1900 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #140 Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian... Vol. II-Astronomy and Barometric Hypsometry Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorWheeler, Geo[rge] M.HeadlineAstronomy US Geographical Survey 1877 by WheelerPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1877 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #148 The Book of Jonah Taken from the Authorized Version of King James I Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorJones, David, illustratorHeadlineGolden Cockerel Book of Jonah 1/175 copiesPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1926 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #149 Procreant Hymns Heading(Golden Cockerell Press)AuthorMathers, E. PowysHeadlineE. Powys Mathers Procreant Hymns 1/200PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #151 Dr Johnson and Noah Webster. Two Men & Their Dictionaries Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem Leaf Book)AuthorLittlejohn, DavidHeadlineJohnson and Webster Dictionaries Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1971 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #152 The Compleat Jane Grabhorn: A Hodge-Podge of Typographical Ephemera, Three Complete Books, Broadsides, Invitations: Greetings, Place Cards, &c. Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)Author**HeadlineThe Compleat Jane GrabhornPublisherGrabhorn - HoyemDate Published1968 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #153 An Original Issue of "The Spectator" together with the Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele Heading(Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)AuthorPartridge, EricHeadlineThe Spectator leaf book, Grabhorn Press 1939PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1939 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #154 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyHeadlineBibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #155 Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineNaval Sketches of the War in Ca Grabhorn 1939PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #156 Silverado Journal Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineSilverado Journal by R.L. Stevenson, GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #157 Three volumes printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**HeadlineThree volumes printed at the Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #164 Original watercolor AuthorHansen, Oscar H.HeadlineOriginal watercolor by Oscar H. HansenDate Published[c. 1913] View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #165 Seneca's Morals. By Way of Abstract. To Which is Added, A Discourse Under the Title of An After-Though. By Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knt. Heading(Harpers)AuthorSenecaHeadlineFirst book published by Harpers 1817PublisherEvert Duyckinck, J. & J. Harper, printersDate Published1817 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #181 Sacred Paint: Ned Jacob Heading(Jacob, Ned)AuthorDallas, SandraHeadlineSacred Paint-art by Ned Jacob signed by him lmtdPublisherFenn Galleries PublishingDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #188 Original bifolium from the Kelmscott printing of the Canterbury Tales Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineOriginal bifolium from the Kelmscott ChaucerPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1896 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #196 The Ingenious Gentleman: Don Quixote de la Mancha Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote 2 vols. Barcelona LEC 1933PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #197 Ten works, mostly from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline10 works, mostly from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions Club (most)Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #201 M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer. A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places and Principal Natural Objects in the World AuthorM'Culloch, J.R.HeadlineM'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer 1847PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1847 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #222 Tabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu Tabulae Heading(Medical)AuthorCasserius, JuliusHeadlineTabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu TabulaePublisherEditions Medicina RaraDate Published[c. 1971] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #273 Eight miniature books published by the Black Cat Press Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline8 mini books from the Black Cat PressPublisherBlack Cat PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #275 Fifty-five miniature books from various publishers Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline55 miniature books various publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #284 The Wood-Engravings of John O'Connor AuthorO'Connor, JohnHeadlineWood-Engravings of John O'Connor 1989PublisherWhittington PressDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #286 Les Nuits Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorDe Musset, AlfredHeadlineDe Musset Les Nuits Officina Bodoni 1/225PublisherOfficina BodoniDate Published1926 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #288 L'Art D'Aimer HeadingzzfAuthorOvidHeadlineOvid L'Art D'Aimer illustrated by TremoisPublisherClub du Livre, Philippe LebaudDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #292 La Plata, The Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay AuthorPage, Thomas J.HeadlineThomas Page La Plata 1859PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1859] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #296 A Modern Herbal Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, PatriciaHeadlineModern Herbal, Peregrine / Porpoise 1961PublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1961 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #297 Gin Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorBlackburn, PaulHeadlinePaul Blackburn Gin Perishable Press 1/136PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #299 California on Stone AuthorPeters, Harry T.HeadlineCalifornia on Stone in dj by Harry Peters 1935PublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1935 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #319 The Pomological Manual; Or, A Treatise on Fruits - First and Second Editions AuthorPrince, William RobertHeadlineWilliam Robert Prince Pomological ManualPublisherT. & J. Swords, et alDate Published1831 & 1832 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #334 So This Then is the Essay on Self-Reliance Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1902] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #335 A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things - With 2 leaves of manuscript writing of Elbert Hubbard Heading(Roycrofters)Author[Hubbard, Elbert] Fra ElbertusHeadlineRoycrofters A Message to Garcia with MSS leavesPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #336 Hollyhocks and Goldenglow Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineHollyhocks and Goldenglow by Elbert HubbardPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1912] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #338 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineRoycforter Edition of the RubaiyatPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #339 Will O' The Mill Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #343 The Sorrows of Priapus Heading(Shahn, Ben)AuthorDahlberg, EdwardHeadlineDahlberg's Priapus with Shahn illustrationsPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #350 An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineAdam Smith's Wealth of Nations 2nd Amer. Edn.PublisherThomas DobsonDate Published1796 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #356 Large painting of the Steamer Athlon, which plied the waters of the Northwest and Puget Sound Heading(Steamer Athlon)AuthorHall, C.HeadlineOil painting of the Steamer Athlon in Puget SoundDate Published1907 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #364 Coyote Now - suite of six framed Artist's Proofs AuthorStolpe, Daniel OwenHeadlinecoyote now by Daniel Stolpe -6 fmd artists proofsPublisherNative ImagesDate Published1984 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #382 Learning From Las Vegas AuthorVenturi, Robert, Denise Scott Brown & Steven IzenourHeadlineLearning From Las VegasPublisherThe MIT PressDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #390 A Briefe and Accurate Treatise of Tobacco. In which, the immoderate, irregular, & unseasonable use thereof is reprehended, and the true nature and best manner of using it, perspicuously demonstrated Heading(Windsor Press)AuthorVenner, To[bias]HeadlineBook Club of California, Treatise of TobaccoPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #418 Exiles Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920's Heading(Photography)AuthorCowley, MalcolmHeadlineExiles Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920'sPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1981 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #430 Epitaph: A Poem HeadingzzcAuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineEpitaph: A Poem signed limited editionPublisherHeron PressDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #433 West to the Water. Six Poets: A Santa Cruz Portfolio. George Hitchcock, Mary Norbert Korte, Peber Veblen, Naomi Clark, John Skinner, William Everson. HeadingzzcAuthorEverson, William, et al.HeadlineWest to the Water 6 Poets A Santa Cruz PortfolioPublisherLime Kiln PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #487 The Fables of La Fontaine - Translated by Marianne Moore Heading(Moore, Marianne)AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean de.HeadlineThe Fables of La Fontaine Marianne Moore TransPublisherVikingDate Published1954 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #521 America and Americans HeadingzzcAuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck America and Americans 1st EditionPublisherViking PressDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #523 Letters to Elizabeth: A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Letters to Elizabeth Ltd. Edn.PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1978 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #531 The Playboy of the Western World HeadingzzcAuthorSynge, J.M.HeadlinePlayboy of the Western World by Synge 1970PublisherImprint SocietyDate Published1970 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next