Sale 459: Fine Books in All Fields - Fine Literature (#459) 07/28/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/28/2011 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 459 77 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 1-54 of 54. Previous|1|Next Lot #8 The Diary of Patrick Breen: Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierras 1846-47 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorBreen, PatrickHeadlineAllen Press Diary of Patrick BreenPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1946 Lot #9 The Duchow Journal. A Voyage from Boston to California 1852 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDuchow, John CharlesHeadlineDuchow Journal Voyage to CA - Allen Press 1/200PublisherMallette Dean [at the Allen Press]Date Published1959 Lot #10 The Great Polyglot Bibles, Including a Leaf from the Complutensian of Acala, 1514-17 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Allen Press - Leaf Book)AuthorHall, BasilHeadlineGreat Polyglot Bibles leaf book Allen PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1966 Lot #28 Seven fine press books bound by Bela Blau of Los Angeles View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Blau, Bela, bookbinder)Author**Headline7 books bound by Bela Blau of Los AngelesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #35 Six chapbooks printed by Will Bradley, or about him View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorBradley, WillHeadlineSix chapbooks printed by or about Will BradleyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #47 Concerning Cats. Two Tales View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Colt Press)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain, Concerning Cats 1/450 Grabhorn/ColtPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 Lot #78 God's of Desire View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Erotica)AuthorDuval, PierreHeadlineGod's of Desire rare French eroticaPublisherLaturiDate Published1936 Lot #79 Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenward View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Erotica)AuthorFuchs, EduardHeadlineHistory of German Sexual Customs and MoresPublisherAlbert LangdenDate Published[1909-1912] Lot #80 The Basis of Passional Psychology: A Study of the Laws of Love in Man and the Lower Animals View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Erotica)AuthorJacobus X***, Dr. [Louis Jacollion?]HeadlineThe Basis of Passional PsychologyPublisherCharles CarringtonDate Published1901 Lot #81 Le Convent en Rut View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineRare erotica Le Convent en Rut 1899PublisherThe Erotica Biblion SocietyDate Published1899 [but c.1930's] Lot #82 Love and Sex Series (spine title) - six short works bound together View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineSix short works bound together erotic photosPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1932 Lot #83 Eastern Love View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Erotica)AuthorMathers, E. Powys, translatorHeadlineE. Powys mathers Eastern Love 12 vols. Ltd. EdnPublisherJohn RodkerDate Published1927-30 Lot #84 Eastern Love [i.e. The Eastern Anthology] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Erotica)AuthorMathers, E. Powys, translatorHeadlineAsian love tales in Eastern Anthology 1/1000 4 v.PublisherJohn RodkerDate Published1927-1929 Lot #85 The Perfumed Garden of the Cheikh Nefzaoui: A Manual of Arabian Erotology (XVI. Century) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineBurton translates Perfumed GardenPublisherFor the Kamashastra SocietyDate PublishedMDCCCLXXXVI [i.e. 1886, but later] Lot #86 The Secrets of Women. Being the Second Part of "The Old Man Young Again: which "Treats of Carnal Intercourse Between the Two Sexes..." Englished Now for the First Time from the Arabic Tongue View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineThe Secrets of Women, erotica, 1899PublisherCharles CarringtonDate Published1899 Lot #87 The Shuttered Houses of Paris: Being a Companion to the "Pretty Women of Paris" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineShuttered Houses of Paris rare eroticaPublisherPrinted for Private CirculationDate Published1906 Lot #88 The Prodigal Virgin View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Erotica)AuthorThomas, Homer G.HeadlineRare Prodigal Virgin, 1/700 copieDate Published1935 Lot #89 Twelve works of erotic nature View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**HeadlineTwelve works of erotic natureDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #96 The Book of Days - City of London School Prize Bindings View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChambers, R., editor.HeadlineCity of London School Prize BindingsPublisherW. & R. ChambersDate Published[c. 1870] Lot #148 The Book of Jonah Taken from the Authorized Version of King James I View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorJones, David, illustratorHeadlineGolden Cockerel Book of Jonah 1/175 copiesPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1926 Lot #149 Procreant Hymns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Golden Cockerell Press)AuthorMathers, E. PowysHeadlineE. Powys Mathers Procreant Hymns 1/200PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1926] Lot #151 Dr Johnson and Noah Webster. Two Men & Their Dictionaries View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem Leaf Book)AuthorLittlejohn, DavidHeadlineJohnson and Webster Dictionaries Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1971 Lot #152 The Compleat Jane Grabhorn: A Hodge-Podge of Typographical Ephemera, Three Complete Books, Broadsides, Invitations: Greetings, Place Cards, &c. View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)Author**HeadlineThe Compleat Jane GrabhornPublisherGrabhorn - HoyemDate Published1968 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press - Leaf Book)AuthorPartridge, EricHeadlineThe Spectator leaf book, Grabhorn Press 1939PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1939 Lot #154 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyHeadlineBibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956Publisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1957 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineNaval Sketches of the War in Ca Grabhorn 1939PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 Lot #156 Silverado Journal View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineSilverado Journal by R.L. Stevenson, GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954 Lot #157 Three volumes printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Book Club of California View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author**HeadlineThree volumes printed at the Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #188 Original bifolium from the Kelmscott printing of the Canterbury Tales View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorChaucer, GeoffreyHeadlineOriginal bifolium from the Kelmscott ChaucerPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1896 Lot #196 The Ingenious Gentleman: Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote 2 vols. Barcelona LEC 1933PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1933 Lot #197 Ten works, mostly from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**Headline10 works, mostly from the Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions Club (most)Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #222 Tabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu Tabulae View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorCasserius, JuliusHeadlineTabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu TabulaePublisherEditions Medicina RaraDate Published[c. 1971] Lot #273 Eight miniature books published by the Black Cat Press View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline8 mini books from the Black Cat PressPublisherBlack Cat PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #275 Fifty-five miniature books from various publishers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Miniature Books)Author**Headline55 miniature books various publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #284 The Wood-Engravings of John O'Connor View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorO'Connor, JohnHeadlineWood-Engravings of John O'Connor 1989PublisherWhittington PressDate Published[1989] Lot #286 Les Nuits View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Officina Bodoni)AuthorDe Musset, AlfredHeadlineDe Musset Les Nuits Officina Bodoni 1/225PublisherOfficina BodoniDate Published1926 Lot #288 L'Art D'Aimer View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorOvidHeadlineOvid L'Art D'Aimer illustrated by TremoisPublisherClub du Livre, Philippe LebaudDate Published[1962] Lot #296 A Modern Herbal View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, PatriciaHeadlineModern Herbal, Peregrine / Porpoise 1961PublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1961 Lot #297 Gin View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorBlackburn, PaulHeadlinePaul Blackburn Gin Perishable Press 1/136PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] Lot #334 So This Then is the Essay on Self-Reliance View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1902] Lot #335 A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things - With 2 leaves of manuscript writing of Elbert Hubbard View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)Author[Hubbard, Elbert] Fra ElbertusHeadlineRoycrofters A Message to Garcia with MSS leavesPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 Lot #336 Hollyhocks and Goldenglow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorHubbard, ElbertHeadlineHollyhocks and Goldenglow by Elbert HubbardPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1912] Lot #338 The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorKhayyam, OmarHeadlineRoycforter Edition of the RubaiyatPublisher[Roycrofters]Date Published[1900] Lot #339 Will O' The Mill View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Roycrofters)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFine Roycroft Printing on Vellum Finely BoundPublisherThe RoycroftersDate Published1901 Lot #343 The Sorrows of Priapus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Shahn, Ben)AuthorDahlberg, EdwardHeadlineDahlberg's Priapus with Shahn illustrationsPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1957] Lot #364 Coyote Now - suite of six framed Artist's Proofs View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorStolpe, Daniel OwenHeadlinecoyote now by Daniel Stolpe -6 fmd artists proofsPublisherNative ImagesDate Published1984 Lot #372 One Hundred Merrie & Delightsome Stories [Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles]. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Tice, Clara)Author**HeadlineErotic tales with Clara Tice illustrations 1/1250PublisherPrinted for Subscribers OnlyDate Published1924 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Windsor Press)AuthorVenner, To[bias]HeadlineBook Club of California, Treatise of TobaccoPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1931 Lot #418 Exiles Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920's View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Photography)AuthorCowley, MalcolmHeadlineExiles Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920'sPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1981 Lot #430 Epitaph: A Poem View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineEpitaph: A Poem signed limited editionPublisherHeron PressDate Published[1929] 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. View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorEverson, William, et al.HeadlineWest to the Water 6 Poets A Santa Cruz PortfolioPublisherLime Kiln PressDate Published1972 Lot #487 The Fables of La Fontaine - Translated by Marianne Moore View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Moore, Marianne)AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean de.HeadlineThe Fables of La Fontaine Marianne Moore TransPublisherVikingDate Published1954 Lot #523 Letters to Elizabeth: A Selection of Letters from John Steinbeck to Elizabeth Otis View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Letters to Elizabeth Ltd. Edn.PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1978 Lot #531 The Playboy of the Western World View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorSynge, J.M.HeadlinePlayboy of the Western World by Synge 1970PublisherImprint SocietyDate Published1970 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next