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Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #61 The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments Heading(Ackermann, Rudolph, publisher)HeadlineHistory of Westminster Abbey 1812 AckermannPublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1812 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #62 Westminster AuthorBesant, WalterHeadlineWalter Besant's Westminster finely boundPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #63 Lives of the Fathers, martyrs and other principal saints compiled from original monuments and authentic records AuthorButler, AlbanHeadlineButler's Lives of the Saints, 1859PublisherJ. DuffyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #66 Crusade in Europe AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower's Crusade in Europe finely boundPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold 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 #68 Israel: The Establishment of a State Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSacher, HarryHeadlineFounding of Israel in fine bindingPublisherGeorge Weidenfeld & NicolsonDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #70 Seven Letters Concerning the Politics of Switzerland, Pending the Outbreak of the Civil War in 1847 AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's letters on the Swiss Civil WarPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #71 The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs AuthorJerrold, BlanchardHeadlineIllustrated Life of George CruikshankPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War AuthorJohnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, editorsHeadlineBattles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 volsPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1887-1888] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #73 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean AuthorLivingstone, DavidHeadlineLivingstone's Missionary Travels in Africa 1857PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #74 Journal d'une Femme de Cinquante Ans 1778-1815. AuthorMarquise de La Tour-du-Pin Gouvernet, Henriette-Lucie DillonHeadlineJournal d'une Femme de Cinquante An 1913PublisherLibrairie ChapelotDate Published1913 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #75 Elements of General History Ancient and Modern AuthorMillot, Claude-François-XavierHeadlineMillot's Elements of General History RevisedPublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #76 The Poetical Works of Robert Browning Heading(Poetry)AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadline6 Volumes of Robert Browning's PoetryPublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1882 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 #78 The Works of Shakspeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe works of Shakespeare w/steel engraved platesPublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c.1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #79 Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: With the trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the Murder of Henry the Great,... AuthorSully, Maximilien de Bethune, Duc deHeadlineMemoirs of the Duke of Sully finely boundPublisherStirling and Slade, et alDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #80 The Imitation of Jesus Christ, Translated from the Latin Original Ascribed to Thomas à Kempis Heading(Thomas à Kempis)AuthorDibdin, Thomas Frognall, translatorHeadlineDibdin's translation of Thomas à KempisPublisherWilliam Pickering and John MajorDate Published1828 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #81 A History of British Birds AuthorYarrell, WilliamHeadlineYarrell's British Birds finely boundPublisherJohn Van BoorstDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #113 Book of Erotica Paintings - II (春宮畫集) Heading(Asian - Erotica)HeadlineBook of Chinese erotic paintings with poetryDate Published[c. 1930's] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold 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 #129 Three volumes on English & American authors Heading(Bibliography)HeadlineBibliography & catalogues of English PoetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #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 #212 The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlinePoetical Works of Mr. John Milton, 1720PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1720 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #215 Philosophical Poems AuthorMore, HenryHeadlineThe collected poetry of Henry More, 1647PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1647 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 Lot #246 The Seasons [bound with] Britannia: A Poem AuthorThomson, [James]HeadlineThe Seasons with Britannia by James Thomson, 1730Date Published1730 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next