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With Three Original Etchings By Avigdor Arikha AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Beckett The North - signed 1/137PublisherEnitharmon PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #8 Terminology AuthorBukowski, Charles and Michael DouganHeadlineBukowski poem with original artworkDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #9 Stories und Romane. Das ausbruchsichere Paradies. Faktotum. Der Mann mit der Ledertasche. Anmerkungen eines Dirty Old Man AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski Stories German edition inscribedPublisherZweitausendeinsDate Published1977 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #10 If On a Winter's Night a Traveler AuthorCalvino, ItaloHeadlineIf On a Winter's Night inscribed proofsPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published1981 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #21 Portrait of Charles Dickens Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorBicknell, William Henry Warren, artistHeadlinePortrait of Dickens, etched by W.H.W. BicknellDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #26 Small archive relating to illustrations in Dickens' works Heading(Dickens, Charles)HeadlineDrawing & letters from Dickens illustratorsDate Published19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #30 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens declining a fundraising subscription for the Saint Martin's Library framed with lithograph portrait of the author AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens autograph letter w/ lithoDate Published1841 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #50 Rejection letter from Charles Dickens declining a submission for publication in Household Words AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineRejected by Charles DickensDate Published1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #67 On Printing AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Everson On PrintingPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #73 The Beautiful Wedding Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWood, Charles Erskine Scott & Sara Bard FieldHeadlineThe Beautiful Wedding, inscribed to the bride and groomPublisher[Privately Printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn]Date Published[1929] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #75 Across the River and Into the Trees AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway, Across the River...inscribed association copy.PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1950 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #79 The Jungle Book AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineSigned & inscribed with verse by KiplingPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #85 Of Human Bondage AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineOf Human Bondage in 2 vols, LEC 1938PublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #90 Lonesome Dove AuthorMcMurtry, LarryHeadlineSigned 1st Edition Lonesome DovePublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #92 Pilgrims: A One Act Play AuthorMetcalfe, StephenHeadlinePilgrims: A One Act Play, fine press with woodcutsPublisherBrighton PressDate Published[1992] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 Dix Poèmes: Ten Poems AuthorPonge, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Ponge, Dix Poèmes, fine pressPublisher[The Greenwood Press]Date Published[1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #104 Patti Smith - Galerie Veith Turske Heading(Smith, Patti)HeadlinePatti Smith, Galerie Veith Turske, 1977PublisherGalerie Veith TurskeDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #111 The Writings of Mark Twain, Definitive Edition AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe Innocents Abroad, signed by Mark TwainPublisherGabriel WestDate Published1922 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #113 Four inscribed volumes by John Updike AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineFour inscribed volumes by John UpdikePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #125 The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) AuthorWarhol, AndyHeadlineInscribed with a drawing by Andy WarholPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #127 The Testament of Charles Erskine Scott Wood AuthorWood, Charles Erskine ScottHeadlineTestament of Charles Erskine Scott Wood, signedDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #131 Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineBeerbohm Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet 1/900PublisherLeadlayDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #138 Etchings of the West AuthorBorein, EdwardHeadlineEdward Borein Etchings of the West 1/1001Publisher[Schauer Printing Studio]Date Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #148 Death certificate for a Chinese resident in Cuba who succumbed to an opium overdose Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese Cuban dies of opium overdoseDate Published23 July 1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #149 Eight death certificates for Chinese residents in Cuba, giving their age, place of origin, disease to which they succumbed, and other information Heading(Cuba)HeadlineDeath certificates for Chinese in Cuba, 1880-91Date Published1880-1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #150 Eight death certificates for Chinese residents in Cuba, giving their age, place of origin, disease to which they succumbed, and other information Heading(Cuba)HeadlineDeath certificates for Chinese in Cuba, 1870-95Date Published1870-1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #151 Six legal documents relating to Chinese residents in Cuban, primarily concerning criminal matters, in the latter 19th century Heading(Cuba)HeadlineLegal documents on Chinese in Cuba 1879-1897Date Published1879-1897 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #155 Histoire Litteraire des Fous AuthorDelepierre, OctaveHeadlineForger's copy of Literary History of Madmen, with alsPublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #166 Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character...as told to Ralph Leighton AuthorFeynman, Richard PhillipsHeadlineSigned by Nobel Prize winner Richard FeynmanPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #172 Saint Joan: A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and an Epilogue Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineG.B. Shaw Saint Joan Finely Bound 1/750PublisherConstable & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1924] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #179 Great Modern Painters: English, French, German, Etc. Medallists of Successive Universal Expositions. Steel-Plates in Colors. Text by the Principal Art Critics. Heading(Great Modern Painters Series)HeadlineGreat Modern Painters Series 8 vols. 1884-86PublisherGopal & Co.Date Published1884 & 1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #180 Odes Heading(Greenwood Press)AuthorHoraceHeadlineOdes by Horace 1/250 copies Greenwood PressPublisher[Greenwood Press]Date Published[1992] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #181 Rift Heading(Grenfell Press)AuthorCole, PeterHeadlineWith additional loose woodcut by Joel ShapiroPublisherThe Grenfell PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #187 Suminagashi-zome Heading(Heyeck Press)AuthorYagi, TokutaroHeadlineSuminagashi-zome published by HeyeckPublisherHeyeck PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #204 Group of letters from noted Boston art dealer Heading(Japanese-American Art Trade)AuthorYatsuhashi, HiromichiHeadline1950s letters group by a Japanese art dealer in BostonDate Published1953-1969 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #205 Two bifolia of pages from Keats and Shelley Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineLeaves printed at Kelmscott PressPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894-1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #206 The Gothic Script of the Middle Ages Heading(Leaf Book)AuthorSchulz, H.C.HeadlineGothic Script of the Middle Ages w/original leafPublisherDavid MageeDate Published1939 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #214 The Heathen Chinee: Plain Language from Truthful James Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineBret Harte's The Heathen ChineePublisherJohn Henry Nash for the Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #215 Two titles from the Nonesuch Press Heading(Nonesuch Press)HeadlineTwo volumes from Nonesuch PressPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1923 & 1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #231 25th Anniversary Woodstock poster signed by Grace Slick and others Heading(Posters)AuthorSkolnick, ArnoldHeadlineWoodstock poster signed by Grace Slick and othersPublisherArt RockDate Published[c.1992] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #237 Codex Seraphinianus AuthorSerafini, Luigi and Franco Maria RicciHeadlineCodex Seraphinianus - inscribed presentation copyPublisherFranco Maria Ricci EditoreDate Published1981 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #239 Luz Plegada AuthorSicilia, Jose MariaHeadlineThe final book in the Luz Plegada seriesPublisherMichael WoolworthDate Published1994 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #250 Chinese Natural History Drawings AuthorWhitehead, P.J.P. and P.I. EdwardsHeadlineChinese Natural History Drawings, 1974PublisherTrustees of the British Museum (Natural History)Date Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next