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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 The Oresteian Trilogy Heading(Allen Press)AuthorAeschylusHeadlineThe Oresteian Trilogy Allen Press 1 of 140 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1982-83 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #5 Barlaam and Josaphat: A Christian Legend of the Buddha Heading(Allen Press)HeadlineAllen Press, Barlaam & Josaphat, 1/140 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #6 The Life of Dante Heading(Allen Press)AuthorBoccaccio, GiovanniHeadlineAllen Press Boccaccio's Life of DantePublisherAllen PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #7 Persian Stories from the Arabian Nights Heading(Allen Press)AuthorBurton, Sir Richard, translatorHeadlineAllen Press, Persian Stories from Arabian NightsPublisherAllen PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #8 Four Fictions. A Concise Presentation of Literature, Book Arts and Crafts of England, France, United States, and Italy. Joseph Conrad: The Lagoon. Gustave Flaubert: The Legend of Saint Julian. Henry James: The Jolly Corner. Luigi Pirandello: The Annuity Heading(Allen Press)AuthorConrad, Joseph, et al.Headline(Allen Press) Conrad et al Four Fictions, Ltd Ed.PublisherAllen PressDate Published1973 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #9 The Bacchae: Dionysus, the God Heading(Allen Press)AuthorEuripidesHeadlineAllen Press, Euripides, The Bacchae, 1 of 130PublisherAllen PressDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #10 Rappaccini's Daughter Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineAllen Press, Hawthorne, Rappaccini's DaughterPublisherAllen PressDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #11 The Poeticon Astronomicon Heading(Allen Press)AuthorHyginus, Gaius JuliusHeadlineAllen Press Poeticon AstronomiconPublisherAllen PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #12 Jonah, Judith, Ruth: Three Stories from the Old Testament King James Authorized Version Heading(Allen Press)HeadlineJonah, Judith, Ruth Allen Press 1/140PublisherAllen PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #13 The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India Heading(Allen Press)AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineAllen Press Transposed Heads by Thomas MannPublisherAllen PressDate Published1977 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #14 Four Stories Heading(Allen Press)AuthorPushkin, AlexanderHeadlineAllen Press, Pushkin, Four Stories, 1/145 copiesPublisherAllen PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #15 Antigone Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSophoclesHeadlineAllen Press, Sophocles, Antigone, 1 of 130PublisherAllen PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #16 Michelangelo: His Sonnets Heading(Allen Press)AuthorSymonds, John Addington, translatorHeadlineAllen Press, Michelangelo: His Sonnets 1/115PublisherAllen PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #22 Sampler Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDickinson, EmilyHeadlineEmily Dickinson Sampler, Arion Press 2007PublisherArion PressDate Published2007 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #23 The Structure of Rime Heading(Arion Press)AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineRobert Duncan The Structure of RimePublisherArion PressDate Published2008 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #24 The Case of the Wolf-Man Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFreud, SigmundHeadlineArion Press - The Case of the Wolf-Man 1/250PublisherArion PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #25 The Madonna of the Future Heading(Arion Press)AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineMadonna of the Future Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1997 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #26 Journey Round My Room Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMaistre, Xavier deHeadlineArion Press Journey Round My RoomPublisherArion PressDate Published2007 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #27 Selected Poems Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineSelected Poems, Melville, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #28 Pale Fire Heading(Arion Press)AuthorNabokov, VladimirHeadlineNabokov Pale Fire Arion Press limited editionPublisherArion PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #29 Call it Sleep Heading(Arion Press)AuthorRoth, HenryHeadlineHenry Roth Call it Sleep Arion Press with signed quotePublisherArion PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #30 Tono-Bungay Heading(Arion Press)AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineTono-Bungay, H. G. WellsPublisherArion PressDate Published2008 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #31 Apparitions: Poems by John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W.S. Merwin, L.M. Rosenberg, Dave Smith - 24 signed and limited copies AuthorAshbery, John et al.Headline24 copies of Apparitions - signed by John Ashbury and four other poetsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #35 Don't Count on It: A Note on the Number of the 1001 Nights - 10 signed and limited copies AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineBarth, Don't Count on it - 10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #50 Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me - 15 First Editions AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury, Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me - 15 First EditionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #51 Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 limited numbered copies AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury, Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #52 Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 signed copies AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury, Death Has Lost Its Charm For Me - 15 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$529.50StatusSold Lot #56 Witness and Celebrate - two editions, signed by Ray Bradbury and three others AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, Robt Block, Campbell, & EtchisonPublisherLord John PressDate Published2000 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #77 Four New Poets Heading(Brautigan, Richard)AuthorHedley, Leslie Woolf, editorHeadlineBrautigan, 4 poets, 1957Publisher[Inferno Press]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #79 The Beautiful Poem AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan, Beautiful Poem broadside 1967.PublisherThe Communication CompanyDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$108StatusSold Lot #81 I Watched the World Glide Effortlessly Bye and Other Pieces AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineI Watched the World Glide Effortlessly Bye, 1/26 with stickerPublisherBurton Weiss & James MusserDate Published1996 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #82 Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork - two issues AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan, Loading Mercury, 2 first editions.PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #86 Two Broadsides AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan, two broadsidesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #100 In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead AuthorBurke, James LeeHeadlineBurke, In the Electric Mist...deluxe signed copyPublisherHyperionDate Published[1993] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #119 If It Please You - two signed presentation copies AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver, If It Please You - 2 presentation copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$201.90StatusSold Lot #120 Supper at the Black Pearl - fifteen signed and numbered editions AuthorCasey, JohnHeadlineCasey, Supper at the Black Pearl - 15 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #121 Supper at the Black Pearl - ten signed lettered editions AuthorCasey, JohnHeadlineCasey, Supper at the Black Pearl - 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225.30StatusSold Lot #124 The Book of Geoffrey Chaucer: An Account of the Publication of Geoffrey Chaucer's Works from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times Heading(Chaucer, Geoffrey)AuthorMuscatine, CharlesHeadlineThe Book of Geoffrey Chaucer Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1963 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #132 2 by Crews - publisher's copy AuthorCrews, HarryHeadline2 by Crews - publisher's copyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #148 Route 2 - 10 signed and limited copies AuthorErdrich, Louise and Michael DorrisHeadlineErdrich and Dorris, Route 2 - 10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$166.80StatusSold Lot #149 Bingo Palace - 7 signed and limited copies AuthorErdrich, LouiseHeadlineErdich, Bingo Palace - 7 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #150 Bingo Palace - five signed and limited copies AuthorErdrich, LouiseHeadlineErdich, Bingo Palace - five limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1994 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #152 Renegade Christmas - 10 signed and limited copies AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineRenegade Christmas, 10 copies signed by William Everson.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #166 Virtual Light AuthorGibson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Gibson, Virtual Light signed limited editionPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #169 Circe and Ulysses: The Inner Temple Masque Presented by the Gentlemen there January 13, 1614 Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorBrowne, WilliamHeadlineGolden Cockerel Press Circe and Ulysses, 1/100PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1954 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #170 Minxes Admonished or Beauty Reproved. An Album of Deplorable Caprices Faithfully Narrated & Modestly Embellished Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorFlint, William RussellHeadlineMinxes Admonised Golden Cockerel special editionPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1955 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #171 Salmacis and Hermaphroditus: A Poem Attributed to Francis Beaumont Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorJones, Gwyn, ed.HeadlineSalmacis and Hermaphroditus - Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1951 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #172 Love Night: A Laotian Gallantry Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorMathers, PowysHeadlineLove Night illustrations by John Buckland WrightPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #173 Woman in Detail: A Scientific Survey Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorMiller, PatrickHeadlinePatrick Miller Woman in Detail Golden Cockerel 1 of 100PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1947 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #174 Laus Veneris Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne Laus Veneris Golden CockerelPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #175 Pasiphae Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorSwinburne, Algernon CharlesHeadlineSwinburne Pasiphae limited edition 1 of 100Publisher[Golden Cockerel Press]Date Published[1950] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #176 Three finely printed editions from the Golden Cockerel Press Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)HeadlineThree volumes from the Golden Cockerel PressPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #177 Against Women: A Satire Heading(Golden Cockerel Press)AuthorWilliams, GwynHeadlineAgainst Women Golden Cockerel Special EditionPublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published[1953] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$201.90StatusSold Lot #187 The Taming of the Shrew Heading(Grabhorn-Hoyem)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineGrabhorn Hoyem Taming of the ShrewPublisherLewis OsborneDate Published1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #188 Kinderlied - two limited editions AuthorGrass, GünterHeadlineKinderlied, signed by Gunter GrassPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #206 A Case of Rape AuthorHimes, ChesterHeadlineA Case of Rape signed, lmtd ed by Chester HimesPublisherTarg EditionsDate Published[1980] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #237 Poems: 1886-1929 AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineRudyard Kipling Poems, 1886-1929 signed limitedPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1930 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #247 Notebooks - ten signed deluxe copies AuthorLeonard, ElmoreHeadlineElmore Leonard Notebooks, 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225.30StatusSold Lot #279 Sixteen signed editions from the Lord John Press, including works by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Norman Mailer and others Heading(Lord John Press)HeadlineSixteen signed editions from the Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #280 Two horror titles from Lord John Press by Bruce Francis and Dan Simmons - two limited editions of each title Heading(Lord John Press)Headline4 limited editions from Lord John PressPublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #283 How the Wimp Won the War - 10 signed and limited copies AuthorMailer, NormanHeadlineMailler, How The Wimp...10 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #322 Large collection of titles from Paul Elder & Company Heading(Paul Elder & Company)HeadlineLarge collection of titles from Paul Elder & Co.PublisherPaul Elder & CompanyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #323 Questions They Never Asked Me - presentation copy AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlineSigned by Walker PercyPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #324 The State of the Novel: Dying Art or New Science? - two Limited Copies AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlinePercy, State of the Novel, 2 signed copiesPublisherFaust PublishingDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #327 Manon Lescaut AuthorPrevost d'Exiles, Antoine FrancoisHeadlineManon Lescaut, 1928 illustraitions by AlastairPublisherJohn Lane the Bodley Head / Dodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #328 House Snake - 25 signed and limited copies AuthorPrice, ReynoldsHeadlinePrice, House Snake- 25 signed copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$166.80StatusSold Lot #329 Proud Flesh: Four Short Plays - ten signed and numbered copies AuthorPurdy, JamesHeadlineJames Purdy Proud Flesh, 10 signed editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #336 Picasso. Painter and Engraver AuthorRosenthal, ErwinHeadlinePicasso. Painter & Engraver 1 of 75 copies Adrian WilsonPublisher[Adrian Wilson]Date Published1952 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSold Lot #338 Book for Sensei - inscribed by Philip Whalen AuthorRothenberg, Michael, Michael McClure, Philp Whalen, et alHeadlineBook for Sensei Big Bridge Press 1990PublisherBig Bridge PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #344 Exquisite Corpse Heading(San Francisco Center for the Book)AuthorMunson, Howard, et alHeadlineExquisite Corpse San Francisco Center for the BookPublisherCenter for the BookDate Published2000 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #354 Summer Sketches - four different editions AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineDan Simmons, 4 signed limited editionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #360 Four volumes by Patti Smith - two signed AuthorSmith, PattiHeadline4 titles by Patti Smith, 2 signed.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #369 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$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #384 Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - twenty-five signed and limited copies AuthorThomas, RossHeadlineThomas, Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. - 25 limited copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #386 The Music of the Spheres AuthorTournier, MichelHeadlineMichel Tournier Music of the Spheres 1/98 copiesPublisherOkeanos PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #402 Humor in Fiction - two limited editions AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, Humor in Fiction, 2 signed copies.PublisherLord John PressDate Published2000 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #404 Three limited editions of works by John Updike from the Lord John Press AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #406 Two titles from Lord John Press AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike, 3 signed editions.PublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #410 La Ligue ou Henry le Grand. Poëme epique AuthorVoltaire, M. deHeadlineVoltaire, La Ligue ou Henry le Grand 1723PublisherJean MokpapDate Published1723 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #438 The Man Who Died Heading(Yolla Bolly Press)AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence The Man Who Died One of 35 copiesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1992] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,343StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next