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AuthorAesopHeadlineLarge paper edition, 1/60PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1889 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold 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$137.50StatusSold 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$137.50StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$531.25StatusSold 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$212.50StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$225StatusSold Lot #18 Grimm's Fairy Tales Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorGrimm, BrothersHeadlineSigned by Lucille CorcosPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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$137.50StatusSold 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$150StatusSold 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$312.50StatusSold Lot #22 Rights of Man Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorPaine, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Lynd WardPublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$125StatusSold 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$281.25StatusSold 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$343.75StatusSold 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$406.25StatusSold 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$250StatusSold Lot #37 Poems and Woodcuts Gathered, Cut and Printed AuthorWidmer, FredHeadlineOne of only three copiesPublisherFred WidmerDate Published1972 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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$175StatusSold 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$137.50StatusSold Lot #41 The Continuous Life Heading(Windhover Press)AuthorStrand, MarkHeadlineMark Strand The Continuous Life Windhover PressPublisherWindhover PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Essays Heading(Doves Press)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineDoves Press edition Emerson's Essays, 1/300PublisherDoves PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #67 Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - The Chawton Edition Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineJane Austen - The Chawton EditionPublisherFrank S. HolbyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #69 The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Heading(Fine Bindings)HeadlineAdventures of Baron Munchausen finely bound by BayntunPublisherLawrence & BullenDate Published[c.1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Poems of William Shakespeare, According to the Text of the Original Copies, Including the Lyrics, Songs, and Snatches Found in His Dramas AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlinePoetry of Shakespeare bound by Bayntun, 1/450Publisher[Essex House Press]Date Published1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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$187.50StatusSold Lot #124 Peter and Wendy AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st American EdnPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #125 Bhagavad-Gita, id est Thespesion Melos Sive almi Krishnae et Arjunae Colloquium de Rebus Divinis, Bharateae episodium. Textum recensuit, annotations criticas ed interpretationem Latinam Heading(Bhagavad-Gita)AuthorSchlegel, August Wilhelm von, translatorHeadline1st Latin translation of the Bhagavad GitaPublisherPrinted by E. WeberDate Published1823 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #135 The Works of that Eminent Servant of Christ, Mr. John Bunyan AuthorBunyan, JohnHeadlineNapoleon as harbinger of the New JerusalemPublisherW. JohnstonDate Published1767-68 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #138 Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes AuthorCalder, AlexanderHeadlineCalder's Three Young Rats in jacketPublisherCurt ValentinDate Published1944 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #145 A Conrad Memorial Library: The Collection of George T. Keating Heading(Conrad, Joseph)AuthorKeating, George T.HeadlineBeautifully bound A Conrad Memorial LibraryPublisherDoubledayDate Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #146 The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineFirst edition of Cooper's MohicansPublisherH.C. Carey & I. LeaDate Published1826 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #148 The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of Those Which Were Formerly Printed: and Those Which He Design'd for the Press. Now Published Out of the Authors Original Copies. AuthorCowley, AbrahamHeadlineWorks of Mr Abraham Cowley 1668PublisherPrinted by J.M. for Henry HerringmanDate Published1668 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #150 The First Editions of the Writings of Charles Dickens and Their Values: A Bibliography Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorEckel, John C.HeadlineEckel bibliography of Dickens, 1932 enlarged editionPublisherMaurice InmanDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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$812.50StatusSold Lot #155 The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas...Now First Collected Together, and Corrected from the Originals AuthorDryden, JohnHeadlineFirst folio of Dryden's plays, 1701PublisherPrinted for Jacob Tonson, Thomas Bennet, Richard WellingtonDate Published1701 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #156 Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with Original Poems by Mr. Dryden AuthorDryden, [John]HeadlineJohn Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern, 1700PublisherPrinted for Jacob TonsonDate Published1700 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #178 Satires of Circumstance: Lyrics and Reveries with Miscellaneous Pieces AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineSatires of Circumstance, Harold Monro's copyPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #181 Clarimonde. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn from the French of Theophile Gautier Heading(Hearn, Lafcadio, translator)AuthorGautier, TheophileHeadlineClarimonde translated by Lafcadio Hearn, 1899PublisherBrentano'sDate Published[1899] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #189 Transatlantic Sketches AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineTransatlantic Sketches of Henry James, 1st EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #191 The Picture of Dorian Gray Heading(Keen, Henry, illustrator)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineFirst illustrated edition in rare dustjacketPublisherJohn Lane and Dodd MeadDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #192 The Picture of Dorian Gray Heading(Keen, Henry, illustrator)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineIn rare jacket and slipcasePublisherJohn Lane and Dodd MeadDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #230 Tales from Shakespeare Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorLamb, Charles & MaryHeadlineLarge paper edition signed by Arthur RackhamPublisherJ.M. Dent / E.P. DuttonDate Published1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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$150StatusSold Lot #244 The Rhetoric, Poetic, and Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor Heading(Taylor, Thomas, translator)AuthorAristotleHeadlineThomas Taylor's Aristotle first edition 1/50PublisherPrinted for the translator by Robert WilksDate Published1811 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next