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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Six Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineSigned with inscription by Bill W.PublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1942 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #20 The Everywhere Chronicles Heading(Artist's Books - 21st Editions)AuthorBaldridge, JamieHeadline21st Editions The Everywhere ChroniclesPublisher21st EditionsDate Published2008 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Odes of Pindar Heading(Artist's Books - 21st Editions)AuthorGorman, GregHeadline21st Editions Odes of Pindar, G. GormanPublisher21st EditionsDate Published[2007] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #24 Resuscitatio, or, Bringing Into Publick Light Several Pieces of the Works, Civil, Historical, Philosophical, & Theological... AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlineResuscitatio by Francis Bacon 2nd ed 1661PublisherWilliam LeeDate Published1657-1661 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #46 Heures du Soir. Livre des Femmes Author[Birnarr, Rose de, compiler]HeadlineWith an early George Sand appearancePublisherUrbain Canel, Adolphe GuyotDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #59 Manuscript letter from Queen Anne authorizing a raise in pay to Dr. John Cockburn, Minister of the English Episcopal Church at Amsterdam Heading(British Royalty - Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland)AuthorAnne, Queen of Great Britain and IrelandHeadlineManuscript letter signed by Queen Anne, 1708Date Published1708 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #61 Two by Nash Buckingham published by The Derrydale Press - one signed AuthorBuckingham, NashHeadlineTwo by Nash Buckingham, one signedPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published[1937], [1938] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #64 The Lark. Book I & Book II, Numbers 1-24 Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al]HeadlineThe Lark Book I & Book IIPublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1896-97 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #79 The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre AuthorCentlivre, SusannaHeadlineThe Celebrated Mrs. CentlivrePublisherJ. Knapton, C. Hitch and L. HawesDate Published1760-1761 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #96 The World Crisis AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Churchill to H.H. AsquithPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1923-1931] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #98 The Fallen Leaves AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineOne of Wilkie Collins' scarcest novelsPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1879 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #103 Manuscript chart listing rebellious African and Chinese slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineAfrican & Chinese slaves rebel on CubaDate Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #104 Manuscript document listing Chinese slaves Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineList of Chinese slaves in Cuba 1875Date Published1875 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #105 Manuscript list of Chinese indentured servants on a plantation Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants on CubaDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #106 Manuscript list of slaves, mostly African, who died in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript lists of slaves who died in CubaDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #107 The Works of Sr. William D'Avenant Kt Consisting of Those Which Were Formerly Printed, and Those Which he Design'd for the Press Now Published Out of the Authors Originall Copies AuthorD'Avenant, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of William D'Avenant, 1673PublisherHenry HerringmanDate Published1673 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #114 Forty-five years of diaries from a Seventh Day Adventist Missionary Nurse in Africa Heading(Diaries)AuthorBlaine, Mariel JeanHeadlineNearly 50 years of diaries from a nurse in AfricaDate Published1953-1998 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #115 The Nonesuch Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Nonesuch Dickens with copper printing plate by PhizPublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1937-1938 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #116 The Writings Of Charles Dickens With Critical And Bibliographical Introductions And Notes By Edwin Percy Whipple And Others. Illustrated With Steel Portraits And Engravings From The Original Designs By Browne, Cruikshank, Leech, And Others AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Writings of Dickens 32 volumesPublisherHoughton, Mifflin & Co.Date Published[1894-1900] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #121 Manuscript letter signed by General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas AuthorDumas, Thomas-AlexandreHeadlineLetter from Alex Dumas' African general fatherDate Publishedl'an trois [c.1795] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #130 The Ruffled Grouse Book AuthorEvans, George BirdHeadlineSigned by George Bird EvansPublisherThe Amwell PressDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #134 Essays Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBirrell, AugustineHeadlineAugustine Birrell bound by BayntonPublisherArthur L. HumphreysDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #137 Kim Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Kim finely bound by BayntunPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #142 The Pilgrims' Progress: From This World to That Which is to Come Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlinePilgrims' Progress finely bound w/fore-edge painting 1893PublisherBickers & SonDate Published1893 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #152 Archive of photographs, letters, ephemera, and related items by, of, or about Judy Garland Heading(Garland, Judy)HeadlineJudy Garland archiveDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #153 Typescript draft with ink manuscripts corrections and emendations of an autobiographical article written for Ladies Home Journal AuthorGarland, JudyHeadlineDraft of Judy Garland autobiographyDate Publishedc.1967 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #154 The Shepherd's Week in Six Pastorals AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineGay's The Shepherd's Week in Six PastoralsPublisherR. BurleighDate Published1714 (but 1716) View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #156 Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2 Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineGrabhorn Press Leaves of Grass 1/400 copiesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #162 Twice-Told Tales AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Stationers Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #164 The Complete Works of William Hazlitt - Centenary Edition AuthorHazlitt, WilliamHeadlineComplete Works of William HazlittPublisherFrank CassDate Published1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #177 Fan signed by the Italian Royal Family of Umberto di Savoia Heading(Italian Royal Family)HeadlineFan signed by Italian Royal Family c.1940Date Published[c.1940] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #182 The works of Ben Jonson, which were formerly printed in two volumes, are now reprinted in one. To which is added a comedy, called The nevv inn· With additions never before published. AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineThe works of Ben Jonson, 1692PublisherPrinted by Thomas Hodgkin, for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, et al.Date Published1692 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #190 Moby Dick or the Whale Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineKen't Lakeside Press Moby Dick 1/1,000PublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #207 British Mathematician, called 'America's 1st Jewish Professor', rare letter to the Doctor of Poe and Melville, after a harrowing American "adventure" Heading(Mathematics, Judaica)AuthorSylvester, J.J. [James Joseph]Headline'America's 1st Jewish Professor', Mathematician, letter to Poe's DoctorDate PublishedJune 13, 1846 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #216 Picasso Dreaming of Franco's Dream AuthorMugnaini, JosephHeadlineJoseph Mugnaini, Picasso Dreaming etching APDate Published1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #219 The Works of Arthur Murphy, Esq. AuthorMurphy, ArthurHeadlineWorks of Irish writer Arthur Murphy, 7 vols. 1786PublisherPrintred for T. CadellDate Published1786 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #234 Manuscript document on vellum, signed by Jérôme Phélypeaux AuthorPhélypeaux, JérômeHeadlineDocument signed by French naval minister, 1725Date Published1725 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #238 An American Genius. The Life of Ernest Orlando Lawrence - signed by ten Nobel laureates Heading(Physics)AuthorChilds, HerbertHeadlineLife of Ernest Orlando Lawrence - signed by ten Nobel laureatesPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1968 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #244 Lot of five volumes in 18th Century poetry and drama Heading(Poetry and Drama)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineFive volumes in 18th Century poetry & dramaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #255 Absurdities: A book of Collected Drawings AuthorRobinson, W. HeathHeadlineW. Heath Robinson Absurdities signed 1/250PublisherHutchinson & CoDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #266 KISSTORY II: Toys Games & Girls Collector's Bible - signed by Gene Simmons Heading(Simmons, Gene)HeadlineKISSTORY II -signed by Gene SimmonsPublisherKisstory LTD.Date Published[1999] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #272 Lot of six sporting books from Derrydale Press and others Heading(Sporting Books)HeadlineSix sporting books, two signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #279 Fiancee of American missionary to Ottoman Turkey (Iraq) fears “deceitful, oppressed and morally degraded” Arabs - letter Heading(Turkey, Iraq - Missionary)AuthorPeck, Julia WhiteHeadlineAmer. woman missionary to Ottoman Turkey fears “deceitful" ArabsDate PublishedMarch 19, 1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #280 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn First American Edition Earliest IssuePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #287 The Complete Writings - Autograph Edition AuthorWarner, Charles DudleyHeadlineComplete Writings of Charles Dudley WarnerPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #288 Development of English Literature and Language AuthorWelsh, Alfred H.HeadlineDevelopment of English Literature and Language, finely boundPublisherS.C. Griggs and CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #292 A House of Pomegranates AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde A House of Pomegranates 1st EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood, McIlvaineDate Published1891 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #293 Archive of letters from Pete Wilson as Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator and Governor of California, from 1981-2003 - addressed to Mrs. Helen K. Copley AuthorWilson, PeteHeadlineArchive of TLs & ALs from Gov. of CA/Mayor of San Diego Pete WilsonDate Published1981-2003 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #298 Lord John Film Festival AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival 1 of 174 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #299 Lord John Film Festival - Presentation copy AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival Presentation CopyPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #365 Group of ten autographs of American military men, politicians, etc., most identified Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of U.S. soldiers & politiciansDate Published19th century View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #380 Untitled AuthorGraham, RigbyHeadlineRigby Graham linocut signedDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #385 Specimens Of English dramatic poets, Who lived About the Time of Shakespeare: With notes. AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineSpecimens of English Dramatic Poets, in he Time of Shakspeare 1808 1st ed.PublisherLongman, Hurst, Reese, and OrmeDate Published1808 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #387 Untitled AuthorLaune, PaulHeadlinePaul Laune original signed drawingDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #393 The Mental Mysteries and Other Writings of William W. Larsen, Sr. - presentation copy Heading(Magic)AuthorLarsen, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Larsen's Mental Mysteries inscribedPublisherGenii Publishing CompanyDate Published1977 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #394 Two manuscript leaves on vellum, one of a Gregorian chant, the other of an unidentified text Heading(Manuscript leaves on vellum)HeadlineGregorian chant on vellum + another ms. leafDate Publishedc.15th century View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #403 Plato and Platonism: A Series of Lectures - two copies AuthorPater, WalterHeadlinePater, Plato and PlatonismPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #416 Color lithographs from Gil Blas and other Parisian periodicals Heading(Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre)HeadlineColor lithographs from Gil Blas and other Parisian periodicalsPublisherDumont, Augustin-AlexandreDate Published1895-1900 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #422 Two Pencil Studies for Beneath a Blue Umbrella AuthorWilliams, GarthHeadlineTwo pencil studies by Garth WilliamsDate Publishedno date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next