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AuthorAesopHeadlineLarge paper edition, 1/60PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #3 A Bibliography of the Auerhahn Press [with] The Hotel Wentley Poems Heading(Auerhahn Press)AuthorJohnston, Alastair, compilerHeadlineFirst publication of the Auerhahn press with bibliographyPublisherPoltroon Press; Auerhahn PressDate Published[1976]; 1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #4 Letters Redrawn from the Trajan Inscription in Rome Heading(Catfish Press)AuthorCatich, Edward M.HeadlineLetters Redrawn from the Trajan Inscription in RomePublisherCatfish PressDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #5 Portfolio 1984 [with] The Loom Heading(Copper Canyon Press)AuthorHamill, Sam et al.HeadlinePoetry broadsides and a chapbook from Sam Hamill et al.PublisherCopper Canyon PressDate Published1984; [1975] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #6 Four volumes by Sam Hamill from his Copper Canyon Press Heading(Copper Canyon Press)AuthorHamill, SamHeadlineFour volumes by Sam Hamill, three signedPublisherCopper Canyon PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #7 An Account of the Treatment of his Hares: May 28, 1784 AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith initials in calligraphyPublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #8 The Good European and Other Poems Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorBlackmur, R.P.HeadlineSigned by R.P. Blackmur, 1/40PublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1947 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #9 Five Tales Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorMaxwell, WilliamHeadlineSigned with note and inscription by William MaxwellPublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #10 Two volumes from Harry Duncan's The Cummington Press Heading(Cummington Press)AuthorWilbur, Richarrd; Louise BoganHeadlineSigned by Harry DuncanPublisherThe Cummington PressDate Published1987; 1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Poems of John Keats [with] Of Truth, Beautye, and Goodnesse Heading(Fine Printing)AuthorKeats, John; Francis BaconHeadlineTwo fine press worksPublisherPrivately Printed; Swan PressDate Published1904 ; 1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #12 Paper-Making in the Classroom AuthorHunter, DardHeadlineDard Hunter's Paper-Making in the ClassroomPublisherThe Manual Arts PressDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #13 Untrimmed proof signatures from Kelmscott's Keats and Shelley Heading(Kelmscott Press)HeadlineUntrimmed proof signatures from Kelmscott's Keats and ShelleyPublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1894-1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500.25StatusSold Lot #14 Unsought Intimacies: Poems of 1991 Heading(Koch, Peter, printer)AuthorGunn, ThomHeadlineThom Gunn, Theophilus Brown, & Peter KochPublisherPeter Koch, PrinterDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$201.90StatusSold Lot #15 The Confessions of Saint Augustine Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorAugustine of HippoHeadlineSigned by Edy LegrandPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #16 The Discourses and Manual of Epictetus Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorEpictetusHeadlineSigned by illustrator Hans ErniPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #17 Poor Richard: the Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758 Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author[Franklin, Benjamin]HeadlineSigned by Norman RockwellPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1964 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$213.60StatusSold Lot #18 Grimm's Fairy Tales Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorGrimm, BrothersHeadlineSigned by Lucille CorcosPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark... Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorLewis, Meriwether and William ClarkHeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #20 Three novels from the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorMelville, Herman & Nathaniel HawthorneHeadline3 Classic novels from Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #21 Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorOvidHeadlineSigned by Hans Enri and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1958 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #22 Rights of Man Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Lynd WardPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #23 The Trial and Death of Socrates Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPlatoHeadlineSigned by Hans Erni and Giovanni MardersteigPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #24 Quarto-Millenary: The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years, 1929-1954, of the Limited Editions Club Heading(Limited Editions Club)HeadlineQuarto-Millenary Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #25 Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorVasari, GiorgioHeadlineLives of the Most Eminent Painters, LECPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #26 Three volumes from the Porpoise Bookshop's San Francisco series Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineThree booklets on SF from Henry EvansPublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1955-57 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #27 Four illustrated booklets from the Porpoise Bookshop's childrens games series Heading(Peregrine Press)AuthorEvans, PatriciaHeadlineFour Porpoise Bookshop booklets on children's gamesPublisherThe Porpoise BookshopDate Published1954-56 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #28 Gin: Four Journal Pieces Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorBlackburn, PaulHeadlineGin by Paul Blackburn, 1/136PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #29 The Charm: Early and Uncollected Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorCreeley, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Creeley, 1/250PublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #30 Selected Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorCunningham, J.V.HeadlineSigned by the poetPublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1971 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #31 Remains Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorGardons, S.S. [W.D. Snodgrass]HeadlineSigned by W.D. SnodgrassPublisherThe Perishable PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #32 The Pig: Poems Heading(Perishable Press)AuthorLaughlin, J.HeadlineThe Pig by J. Laughlin, 1/183PublisherTh Prshble Prss [The Perishable Press]Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #33 Two chapbooks and a folding broadside from Walter Hamady's Perishable Press Heading(Perishable Press)HeadlineWith a broadside signed by Michael OndaatjePublisherThe Perishable PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #34 Jabberwocky Arranged as a Play with Music Heading(Poole Press)AuthorCarroll, Lewis and Maryline Poole AdamsHeadlineSigned by Maryline Poole Adams, 1/75PublisherPoole PressDate Published1987 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #35 A Pre-Raphaelite Aeneid of Virgil in the Collection of Mrs. Edward Laurence Doheny of Los Angeles, Being an Essay in Honor of the William Morris Centenary 1934 Heading(Ritchie, Ward)HeadlineSigned by Ward Ritchie et al.PublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #36 Four volumes of poetry from Stone Wall Press Heading(Stone Wall Press)HeadlineFour from Kim Merker's Stone Wall PressPublisherStone Wall PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237StatusSold Lot #37 Poems and Woodcuts Gathered, Cut and Printed AuthorWidmer, FredHeadlineOne of only three copiesPublisherFred WidmerDate Published1972 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #38 The Names of the Lost Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorLevine, PhilipHeadlineSigned by Philip Levine, 1/200PublisherWindhover PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$166.80StatusSold Lot #39 Two volumes from Windhover Press Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorMerwin, W.S.; James LaughlinHeadlineOne signed by W.S. MerwinPublisherWindhover PressDate Published[1978]; [1982] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #40 Regarding Wave Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineSigned by Gary Snyder, 1/280PublisherWindhover PressDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #41 The Continuous Life Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorStrand, MarkHeadlineMark Strand The Continuous Life Windhover PressPublisherWindhover PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #64 The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection... AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineOrigin of Species in prize bindingPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #81 A History of British Birds AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Experimental Husbandman and Gardener: Containing A New Method of Improving Estates and Gardens... AuthorAgricola, [Georg Andreas]HeadlineAgricola's The Experimental Husbandman and GardenerPublisherW. MearsDate Published1726 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #83 The History of Esculent Fish AuthorAlbin, Eleazar and Roger NorthHeadlineHistory of Esculent Fish 18 plates by Albin 1794PublisherEdward Jeffery, et. al.Date Published1794 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #84 Botanical Illustrations of the Twenty-four Classes in the Linnaean System of Vegetables, by Select Specimens of English Plants Heading(Botanical)HeadlineDarton Harvey and Darton Botanical IllustrationsPublisherDarton, Harvey, and DartonDate Published1813 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #85 Twenty-two hand-colored botanical and entomological prints published by Thomas and Samuel Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, Thomas and EdwardHeadlineTwenty-two hand-colored botanicals from Curtis MagazinePublisherThomas and Edward CurtisDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #86 [Collection of plates from] Flora Londinensis...a History of the Plants Indigenous to Great Britain Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineEleven hand-colored botanical engravingsDate Published[c. 1777] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #87 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings published by William Curtis Heading(Botanical)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals published by W. CurtisPublisherWilliam CurtisDate Published1789-97 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Forty-eight botanical color plates Heading(Botanical)AuthorEaton, Mary EmilyHeadlineForty-eight botanical color plates by Mary Emily EatonPublisherAddisonia: A Publication of the New York Botanical GardenDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #89 Botanical Prints with Excerpts from the Artist's Notebooks [with] folding broadside signed by Henry Evans Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineBotanical Prints by Henry Evans with signed broadsidePublisherW.H Freeman and CompanyDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #90 Four linocuts by Henry Evans with two broadsides and miscellaneous ephemera Heading(Botanical)AuthorEvans, HenryHeadlineFour linocuts by Henry Evans with broadsides & ephemeraPublisher[Peregrine Press]Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$166.80StatusSold Lot #91 Five hand-colored botanical and entomological lithographs from drawings by F.E. Guérin Heading(Botanical)AuthorGuérin, [Félix Édouard]HeadlineFive hand-colored plates by F.E, GuérinDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #92 Seven miscellaneous 19th century botanical prints, some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline7 miscellaneous colored botanical printsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #93 Six folio hand-colored botanical engravings - two from William Curtis's Flora Londinensis Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSix folio hand-colored engraved botanicalsDate Published[Late 18th century] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Sixteen nineteenth century hand-colored botanical plates Heading(Botanical)HeadlineSixteen 19th century hand-colored botanical platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Fifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, many with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineFifteen hand-colored botanical engravings by SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published[c 1800] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #96 Twelve hand-colored botanical engravings by James Sowerby, nine of which with letterpress descriptions Heading(Botanical)AuthorSowerby, JamesHeadlineTwelve hand-colored botanicals by James SowerbyPublisherJames SowerbyDate Published1812; 1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #97 Thirty seven botanical plates - some hand-colored Heading(Botanical)Headline37 botanical color platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 Three hand-colored copper engravings from Deliciae Naturae Selectae Heading(Conchology)AuthorKnorr, Georg WolfgangHeadlineThree hand-colored engravings of shellsDate Published[c. 1770] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #99 A Practical Treatise of Husbandry: Wherein are contained, many Useful and Valuable Experiments and Observations in the New Husbandry, Collected during a Series of Years, by the Celebrated... AuthorDuhamel du Monceau, [Henri-Louis]HeadlineA Practical Treatise of Husbandry by Duhamel du MonceauPublisherJ. Whiston and B. WhiteDate Published1759 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #100 [Thirty-seven lithograph plates from] Vol. V of Natural History of New York AuthorEmmons, EbeneezerHeadlineWith 34 hand-colored plates of butterflies and insectsPublisherPrinted by C. Van BenthuysenDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$441.75StatusSold Lot #101 Diodon Atinga [with] Blennius Gunellus/Blennius Pholis - two plates from Okonomische Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Auslandischen Fische Heading(Ichthyology)AuthorBloch, Marcus ElieserHeadlineTwo late 18th century ichthyological plates, hand-coloredDate Published[1786-87] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #102 [Twenty hand-colored lithographs from] Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen: Darstellung und Beschreibung der im Arzneibuche für das Deutsche Reich erwähnten Gewächse Heading(Kohl, F.G., artist)AuthorBerg, O.C., K. Schumann, et al.HeadlineTwenty hand-colored botanical lithos by F.G. KohlPublisherVerlag von Arthur FelixDate Published[1890's] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #103 Soma and the Fly-Agaric; Mr. Wasson's Rejoinder to Professor Brough Heading(Mycology)HeadlineSoma and the Fly-AgaricPublisherBotanical Museum of Harvard UniversityDate Published1972 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #104 Twenty-four volumes on mushrooms: medicinal, delectable, and magical—even magickal Heading(Mycology)HeadlineA mycological cornucopiaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #105 Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality Heading(Mycology)AuthorWasson, R. GordonHeadlineSoma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality, 1st trade editionPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$822StatusSold Lot #106 Assorted collection of over fifty natural history plates, many hand-colored Heading(Natural History)HeadlineOver fifty natural history plates, many hand-coloredDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #107 Seven miscellaneous hand-colored natural history plates Heading(Natural History)HeadlineSeven hand-colored natural history platesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #108 A Group of Auriculas - plate IX from the Temple of Flora AuthorThornton, RobertHeadlineA Group of Auriculas plate from Temple of FloraPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published[c. 1810] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #137 Animal Sketching AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Calder's Animal sketching w/jacketPublisherBridgman PublishersDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #138 Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineCalder's Three Young Rats in jacketPublisherCurt ValentinDate Published1944 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #154 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis Heading(Dryden, John, translator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineSecond edition of Dryden's VirgilPublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1698 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$763.50StatusSold Lot #170 Exhibition of Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings... Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York AuthorGiacometti, AlbertoHeadlineGiacometti exhibit catalogue 1948Date Published1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #179 Twenty-four Selections from his Work AuthorHart, George O. "Pop"HeadlineWith a signed lithograph by Pop HartPublisherThe Downtown GalleryDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #194 The Book of the Pearl AuthorKunz, George Fredrick & Charles Hugh StevensonHeadlineKunz & Stevenson The Book of the PearlPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$266.25StatusSold Lot #206 One Thousand American Fungi, How to Select and Cook the Edible; How to Distinguish and Avoid the Poisonous AuthorMcIlvaine, CharlesHeadlineOne Thousand American Fungi author's edition 1900PublisherBowen-MerrillDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #219 P. Moschidis: Zeichnungen 1963-1968 Heading(Petropoulos, Ilias)AuthorMoschidis, PawlosHeadlineInscribed by Ilias Petropoulos to Paul GrayPublisher[Grafische Gestaltung Anakreon Kanawakis]Date Published1969 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #224 Posters: A Critical Study Of The Development Of Poster Design In Continental Europe, England And America Heading(Posters)AuthorPrice, Charles MatlackHeadlinePosters, 1/250PublisherGeorge W. BrickaDate Published1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #234 Rembrandt Drawings: Twenty-five Years in the Peck Collection Heading(Rembrandt)AuthorPeck, SheldonHeadlineRembrandt Drawings in the Peck Collection 1/400Date Published2003 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #236 Every Building on the Sunset Strip AuthorRuscha, EdwardHeadlineRuscha Every Building on the Sunset Strip 1966Publisher[Edward Ruscha]Date Published1966 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,758StatusSold Lot #237 Egon Schiele: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings Heading(Schiele, Egon)AuthorLeopold, RudolfHeadlineThe artwork of Egon Schiele, 1/50 copiesPublisherPhaidonDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,173StatusSold Lot #238 Shakespeare in Pictorial Art [with] Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man Illustrated Heading(Shakespeare, William)AuthorSalaman, C.; W. BromleyHeadlineTwo illustrated works of ShakepeareanaPublisherThe Studio Ltd.; W. BromleyDate Published1916;1799 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$143.40StatusSold Lot #241 Scar Strangled Banner - signed with four signed items promoting the book AuthorSteadman, RalphHeadlineSteadman Scar Strangled Banner - signedPublisherSalem HouseDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #242 Monokatari Genji gojūyon chō - ものかたり源氏五十四帖 Heading(Tale of Genji)AuthorKawarazaki, KōtōHeadlineArtistic rendering of the Tale of Genji ch. 54PublisherUchida Bijutsu ShoshiDate Published1935 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next