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Previous|123|Next Lot #101 A Clinical Atlas of Venereal and Skin Diseases including Diagnosis, Prognosis & Treatment View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorTaylor, Robert W.HeadlineA Clinical Atlas of Venereal and Skin DiseasesPublisherLea Brothers & Co.Date Published1889 Lot #102 Herman Melville's older brother and mentor launches his ill-fated political career while the future author is still at sea View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Melville, Herman)AuthorMelville, GansevoortHeadlineHerman Melville's older brother - rare 1844 political letterDate Published1844 Lot #103 The House at Pooh Corner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineFirst edition of the fourth Winnie the Pooh bookPublisherMethuenDate Published[1928] Lot #104 Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures In Wonderland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Moser, Barry, illustrator)AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineSigned Barry Moser, Lewis Carroll's AlicePublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published[1982] Lot #105 Collection of works on Napoleon Bonaparte and his family, etc. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)Headline7 works on Napoleon, his court, his familyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #106 The Three Bears. The Wolf and the Seven Kids. The Vizier and the Woodman. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Nicol, George]HeadlineEarly edition of The Three Bears 1841PublisherWrightDate Published1841 Lot #107 The Holy Bible reprinted according to the Authorised Version, 1611. [Together with] The Apocrypha. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Nonesuch Press)HeadlineNonesuch Bible bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1924-27 Lot #108 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineSangorski & Sutcliffe Rubaiyat on Japan VellumPublisher[Siegle, Hill & Co.]Date Published[c.1911] Lot #109 Shakespeare's Ovid Being Arthur Golding's Translation of the Metamorphoses View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorOvidHeadlineShakespeare's Ovid by De La More PressPublisherDe La More PressDate Published1904 Lot #110 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Rev. John Smith A.B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, from the Original Short-Hand Ms. in the Pepysian Library and a Selection from his Private Correspondence View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlinePepys Memoirs 1828PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1828 Lot #111 "Eau de Cologne Perfectionnee" View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Perfume – Cologne for Napoleon before Waterloo, 1815)Author[Legrand, Louis?]HeadlineRare 1815 broadside for Cologne, Napoleon's favorite medicineDate PublishedFebruary 4, 1815 Lot #112 Manuscript of popular Persian narratives by an unknown author, with 14 illuminated miniature paintings in color View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Persian Illuminated Manuscript)HeadlinePersian manuscript with 14 miniature paintings 18th centuryDate PublishedLate 18th century Lot #113 Issue of Philosophical Transaction with a review of The English Vine-Yard Vindicated by John Rose, plus experiments on refrigeration and other subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Philosophical Transactions)HeadlineRefrigeration in Philosophical Transactions 1666PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate PublishedJuly 18, 1666 Lot #114 Three issues of Philosophical Transactions with much on tide, also an eclipse, worms that eat out stones, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Philosophical Transactions)HeadlineTides in Philosophical Transactions 1666PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate PublishedAug. 6, Sept. 9, & Oct. 22, 1666 Lot #115 Two issues of Philosophical Transactions with accounts of Optick Glasses, telescopes, whaling, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Philosophical Transactions)HeadlineWhaling and more in Philosophical Transactions 1665PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate PublishedNovember 6, 1665 & January 8, 1665/6 Lot #116 Two issues of Philosophical Transactions with observations on barometers, an earthquake near Oxford, Jupiter, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Philosophical Transactions)HeadlineBarometers in Philosophical Transactions 1666PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate PublishedMarch 12, 1665/6 & April 2, 1666 Lot #117 Two issues of Philosophical Transactions with observations on predicting the motion of comets, "Optick Glasses", whale-fishing, killing rattle snakes, and much more View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Philosophical Transactions)HeadlineComets & more in Philosophical Transactions 1665PublisherRoyal Society of LondonDate PublishedMarch 6, 1664/5 & May 8, 1665 Lot #118 Bound volumes of 21 photography magazines featuring the artistic nude View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Photography)HeadlineBound volume of 21 1920s magazines of nude womenDate PublishedLate 1920s Lot #119 New Mexico View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorClift, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Clift photographs of New MexicoDate Published1975 Lot #120 Desktop "Stereospekt" viewer for glass slides View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Photography)HeadlineStereospekt glass slide viewerPublisherIca A.G.Date PublishedEarly 20th century Lot #121 Akte Kunststudien Uber den Nackten Menschlichen Korper. Dritte Serie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorEickmann, HeinrichHeadlineNude photography by Heinrich EickmannPublisherBruno HesslingDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #122 World Without Men View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorNewton, HelmutHeadlineHelmut Newton World Without Men limited editionPublisherXavier Moreau Inc.Date Published[1984] Lot #123 "Redes" 32 Fotocuprigrafias View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Photography)AuthorScott, Ned, photographerHeadlineNed Scott photos from Paul Strand's "Redes"PublisherFilmoteca UnamDate Published1982 Lot #124 6 Mid-American Chants by Sherwood Anderson. 11 Midwest Photographs by Art Sinsabaugh. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)AuthorSinsabaugh, Art, photographerHeadlinePhotos by Art Sinsabaugh Chants by Sherwood AndersonPublisher[The Nantahala Foundation]Date Published[1964] Lot #125 Three works illustrated from photographs by Lewis Hine View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Photography)HeadlineThree volumes with Lewis Hine photographsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #126 Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Isthmia. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPindarHeadline1697 Oxford printing of PindarPublisherSheldonian TheatreDate Published1697 Lot #127 Grongar Hill View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Piper, John, illustrator)AuthorDyer, JohnHeadlineLithographs by John PiperPublisherStourton PressDate Published1982 Lot #128 The Republic of Plato. In ten books. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, D.D. With a preliminary discourse concerning the philosophy of the ancients by the translator View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorPlatoHeadlineFirst edition in English of Plato's RepublicPublisherRobert and Andrew FoulisDate Published1763 Lot #129 Enneads View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorPlotinusHeadlinePlotinus' Enneads in English from Medici Society 5 vols.PublisherThe Medici SocietyDate Published1924-[1937] Lot #130 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Pogany, Willy, illustrator)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge's Ancient Mariner with Willy Pogany illustrationsPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published1910 Lot #131 A Midsummer-Night's Dream View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineW. Heath Robinson's finest illustrated workPublisherConstable and Co.Date Published1914 Lot #132 Memoirs of the Life of the late Right Honourable John Lindesay, Earl of Craufurd and Lindesay; Lord Lindesay of Glenesk; and Lord Lindesay of the Byers. One of the Sixteen Peers for Scotland, Lieutenant-General of His Majesty's Forces; and Colonel of the Royal North British Grey Dragoons View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorRolt, RichardHeadlineLife of the late Right Honourable John LindesayPublisherHenry KoppDate Published1753 Lot #133 Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Schiele, Egon)AuthorLeopold, RudolfHeadlineThe artwork of Egon Schiele, 1/50 copiesPublisherPhaidonDate Published[1973] Lot #134 The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Henry IV pt. 2 from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #135 The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida [&] The Tragedy of Coriolanus View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo plays from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #136 The Tragedy of King Lear - 12 consecutive leaves from the second folio View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's King Lear from second folio 1632Date Published[1632] Lot #137 Sixteen Self Sketches View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorShaw, [George] BernardHeadlineInscribed and with a letter from G. Bernard ShawPublisherConstable and CompanyDate Published1949 Lot #138 Songs. Bound volume of approximately forty-five pieces of sheet music with title pages View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Sheet music)Author[Chisholm, Fannie M., compiler]HeadlineBound volume of 19th century sheet musicDate Published[1800's] Lot #139 De Republica Helvetiorum libri duo... Describvntvr vero in his libris no tantum communis totius Heluetiae politia... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSimler, JosiasHeadlineThe first history of Switzerland, 2nd edition, 1577PublisherChris. FroschauerDate Published1577 Lot #140 The New Book of Martyrs; or Complete Christian Mythology. Containing an Authentic and Genuine Historical Account of the Many Dreadful Persecutions Against the Church of Christ, All Parts of the World, by Pagans, Jews, Turks, Papists, and others, From the Earliest Ages of the Church to the Present Period. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSouthwell, HenryHeadlineSouthwell's The New Book of MartyrsPublisherJ. CookeDate Published[n.d. c.1790?] Lot #141 The Angels Appearing to the Shepherds, by Velazquez. A Critical Study View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSpielmann, Mabel HenriettaHeadlineM.H. Spielmann on Velazquez - the author's copyPublisherMedici SocietyDate Published1913 Lot #142 How Many Strads? Our Heritage From the Master View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Stradivari, Antonio)AuthorDoring, Ernest N.HeadlineAntonio Stradivari 1/1400PublisherWilliam Lewis and SonDate Published1945 Lot #143 Trade catalog for armaments by BVG View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Trade Catalogs)AuthorBochum Verein für GußstahlfabrikationHeadlineGerman trade catalog for Cannons and Caissons by BVGDate Published1930s Lot #144 "Pay Less and Dress Better." - Trade catalog for The Royal Tailors, Fall & Winter Season 1912-13 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Trade Catalogs)AuthorRoyal TailorsHeadlineSuperb trade catalog for The Royal Tailors 1912-13 seasonPublisherThe Royal TailorsDate Published1912 Lot #145 Five Meters of Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Turkey Press)AuthorAmat, Carlos Oquendo deHeadlineFive Meters of Poems 1 of 40 copiesPublisherTurkey PressDate Published1986 Lot #146 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #147 Le Declamationi Sillane di Gio. Lodovico Vives Valentiano. Tradotte di Latino in volgare per Gio. Domenico Tarsia Iustinopolitano View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorVives, Juan LuisHeadlineBy the "Father of Psychology" 1549PublisherNelle case di Pietro de Nicolini da SabbioDate Published1549 Lot #148 Nine Christmas Carols View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWebbe, Caroline Garrett, illuminatorHeadlineNine Christmas Carols illuminated by C.G. WebbeDate Published[1981] Lot #149 Hellmuth Weissenborn, Engraver View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Whittington Press)AuthorWeissenborn, HellmuthHeadlineWhittington Press Hellmuth Weissenborn, EngraverPublisherThe Whittington Press & The Acorn PressDate Published[1983] Lot #150 My First Summer in the Sierra View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly Press John Muir First Summer in the SierraPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] Lot #151 A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. Together with the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 001)AuthorCowan, Robert ErnestHeadlineFirst Edition of Cowan's Bibliography of California 1914PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1914 Lot #152 A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. Together with the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 001)AuthorCowan, Robert ErnestHeadlineCopy no. 1 of Cowan's California Bibliography 1914PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1914 Lot #153 The Man with the Hoe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(BCC 002)AuthorMarkham, EdwinHeadlineMan with the Hoe w/rare photograph.PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1916 Lot #154 The Luck of Roaring Camp, the Outcasts of Poker Flat, Tennessee's Partner View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(BCC 003)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineHarte, Luck of Roaring Camp BCC3PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1916 Lot #155 Five volumes from the Book Club of California, 1917-1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(BCC 004-010)Headline5 early volumes from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #156 California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 007)AuthorCoolbrith, InaHeadlineCoolbrith's California w/Ann Rork Getty bookplatePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1918 Lot #157 California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(BCC 007)AuthorCoolbrith, InaHeadlineCoolbrith's California, inscribed to Alfred SutroPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1918 Lot #158 Odes and Sonnets View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 008)AuthorSmith, Clark AshtonHeadlineOdes and Sonnets by Clark Ashton SmithPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1918 Lot #159 Five volumes from the Book Club of California, 1920-1921 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 011-016)Headline5 early volumes from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedBook Club of California Lot #160 Prayer View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 014)AuthorField, Charles KelloggHeadlineKellog's Prayer signed by Edwin GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1921 Lot #161 Five volumes from the Book Club of California, 1922-1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 017-029)Headline5 early volumes from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #162 The Song of Songs. Being Love Lyrics from Ancient Palestine View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 018)AuthorJastrow, Morris, translatorHeadlineThe Song of Songs, Grabhorn, 1922PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1922 Lot #163 Letters and Papers View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 019)AuthorWeil, OscarHeadlineOscar Weil Letters and Papers w/custom casePublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1923 Lot #164 The Letter of Christopher Columbus Concerning His First Voyage to the New World.. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 021)AuthorColumbus, ChristopherHeadlineLetter of Columbus Concerning His First VoyagePublisher[Book Club of California]Date Published[1924] Lot #165 Aldus Pius Manutius. With an essay by Theodore Low De Vinne together with a facsimile leaf from the Aldine Hypnertomachia Poliphili printed at Venice in 1499 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(BCC 022)AuthorDe Vinne, Theodore LowHeadlineAldus Pius Manutius w/ facsimile leafPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1924 Lot #166 Continent's End: An Anthology of Contemporary California Poets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 024)AuthorSterling, George et al, editorsHeadlineContinent's End signed by John Henry NashPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1925 Lot #167 The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 026)AuthorVespucci, AmerigoHeadlineLetter of Amerigo Vespucci Arthur Ellis copyPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1926 Lot #168 The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504 - proof copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(BCC 026)AuthorVespucci, AmerigoHeadlineLetter of Amerigo Vespucci signed proof copyPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1926 Lot #169 The Gentle Cynic: Being a Translation of the Book of Koheleth Known as Ecclesiastes View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 027)AuthorJastrow, Morris, trans.HeadlineThe Gentle Cynic Grabhorn PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1927 Lot #170 The Book of Ruth View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 028)HeadlineThe Book of Ruth Grabhorn PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1927 Lot #171 Five volumes from the Book Club of California, 1928-1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 030-037)Headline5 early titles from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #172 Poems View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(BCC 031)AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers & Ansel AdamsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 Lot #173 The Final Stanza: A Hitherto Unpublished Chapter of "That Man Heine" View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 033)AuthorBrowne, LewisHeadlineWith signed letter by Lewis BrownePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1929 Lot #174 The Book of Thel - with a signed, typed letter from Rockwell Kent to Oscar Lewis View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 036)AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineSigned letter from Rockwell Kent to Oscar LewisPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1930 Lot #175 The Nuremberg Chronicle or, The Book of Chronicles from the Beginning of the World, the most famous German picture books of the fifteenth century... a monograph... with a leaf from the first Latin edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(BCC 038)AuthorBullen, Henry LewisHeadlineBCC's The Nuremberg Chronicle copy no.1 w/additional leafPublisherJohn Henry Nash for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1930 Lot #176 The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 039)AuthorLewis, OscarHeadlineInscribed copy No. 1PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1931 Lot #177 Six volumes from the Book Club of California, 1931-1933 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 039-045)Headline6 early volumes from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #178 The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 041)AuthorPowell, H.M.T.HeadlineSanta Fé Trail to California Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1931] Lot #179 Six volumes from the Book Club of California, 1934-1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 046-055)Headline6 early volumes from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #180 The Heathen Chinee: Plain Language from Truthful James - presentation copy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 047)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineThe Heathen Chinee inscribed by NashPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1934 Lot #181 The Heathen Chinee: Plain Language from Truthful James - unbound leaves View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 047)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineThe Heathen Chinee unbound leavesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1934 Lot #182 A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso, Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(BCC 050)AuthorChamisso, Adelbert vonHeadlineSan Francisco Bay 1816 Grabhorn 1936PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1936 Lot #183 A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 051)HeadlineLeaf from the 1611 King James BiblePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1937 Lot #184 A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(BCC 051)Headline2 leaves from the 1611 King James Bible 1/35PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1937 Lot #185 An Original Leaf from the Polycronicon printed by William Caxton at Westminster in the Year 1482: The Life and Works of William Caxton, with an historical reminder of fifteenth century England by Benjamin P. Kurtz together with a Note on the Polycronicon by Oscar Lewis & an Appreciation...by Edwin Grabhorn. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 054)Author(Caxton, William, printer)HeadlineWith leaf printed by William Caxton in 1482PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1938 Lot #186 Six volumes from the Book Club of California, 1931-1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(BCC 056-067)Headline6 titles from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #187 Cato's Moral Distichs, Reproduced from the edition printed in Philadelphia in 1735 by Benjamin Franklin View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(BCC 057)AuthorCato, [Marcus Porcius]HeadlineCato's Moral Distichs w/ leaf printed by Benjamin FranklinPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1939 Lot #188 Fire and Other Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 058)AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Fire and Other PoemsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1940 Lot #189 An Account of a Visit to California 1826-'27 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 060)AuthorBeechey, F[rederick] W[illiam]HeadlineBeechey's Visit to California in 1826-27PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1941] Lot #190 The Beauties of Boswell View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(BCC 061)AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineBeauties of Boswell, Jean Hersholt's copyPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1942 Lot #191 Heraldry of New Helvetia: With Thirty-two Cattle Brands and Ear Marks Reproduced from the Original Certificates Issued at Sutter's Fort View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 062)AuthorHall, Caroll D.HeadlineHeraldry of New Helvetia w/binding sample copyPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1945 Lot #192 A Sojourn in California by the King's Orphan: The Travels and Sketches of G.M. Waseurtz af Sandels, a Swedish gentleman who visited California in 1842-1843 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(BCC 063)AuthorWaseurtz af Sandels, G. M.HeadlineSojourn in California inscribed presentation copy 1/25PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1945 Lot #193 The Discovery of Florida: Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes that Attended the Governor Don Hernando De Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida. Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(BCC 065)AuthorDe Soto, Don HernandoHeadlineDe Soto's Discovery of Florida 1/280PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1946] Lot #194 The Discovery of Florida: Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes that Attended the Governor Don Hernando De Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida. Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(BCC 065)AuthorDe Soto, Don HernandoHeadlineThe Discovery of Florida Grabhorn, signed by 5PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1946] Lot #195 13 California Towns from the Original Drawings View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 068)Author[Miller, Henry]Headline13 California Towns from the Original DrawingsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1947 Lot #196 Six volumes from the Book Club of California, 1948-1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(BCC 069-076)Headline6 titles from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #197 A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde with a Leaf from the Golden Legend... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(BCC 071)Author[Wynkyn de Worde]HeadlineWynkyn de Worde leaf bookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1949 Lot #198 The Estiennes: A Biographical Essay...Illustrated With Original Leaves From Books Printed By The Three Greatest Members Of That Distinguished Family View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 073)AuthorPattison, MarkHeadlineGrabhorn Estiennes 1/50 special copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1949 Lot #199 The Estiennes: A Biographical Essay...Illustrated With Original Leaves From Books Printed By The Three Greatest Members Of That Distinguished Family View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 073)AuthorPattison, MarkHeadlineGrabhorn Leaf Book - The EstiennesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1949 Lot #200 The Maps of San Francisco Bay From the Spanish Discovery in 1769 to the American Occupation. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(BCC 077)AuthorHarlow, NealHeadlineHarlow's Maps of the San Francisco Bay signedPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1950 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next