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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Eight volumes published by the Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineEight works from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954-1994 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #2 California as an Island Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorLeighly, JohnHeadlineWith 25 map plates of CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1972 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #3 Graveyard by the Sea Heading(Centaur Press)AuthorValery, PaulHeadlineValery's Graveyard by the SeaPublisherThe Centaur PressDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #4 Nine titles from the Colt Press Heading(Colt Press)HeadlineNine Colt Press titlesPublisherColt PressDate Published1938-1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #5 Nine San Francisco Fine Press Titles Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineNine San Francisco Fine Press TitlesDate Published1939-2008 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #6 Thirteen volumes from various Fine Presses Heading(Fine Press)HeadlineThirteen works from various fine pressesPublisherVarious publishers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #7 The Book of Signs which contains all manner of symbols used from the earliest times to the middle ages by primitive peoples and Early Christians Heading(First Edition Club)AuthorKoch, RudolfHeadlineExcellent survey of symbols and their usesPublisherThe First Edition ClubDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley Heading(Grabhorn Press)Author[Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThe Shirley Letters from Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #9 Eight volumes from the Grabhorn Press Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineEight works printed by the Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Grabhorn PressDate Published1927-1954 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #10 Eight volumes printed by the Grabhorn Press Heading(Grabhorn Press)HeadlineEight volumes printed by the Grabhorn PressPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1934-1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #11 The Southern Mines of California: Early Development of the Sonora Mining Region Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorHolmes, Roberta EvelynHeadlineSouthern Mines of California by Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #12 Books of the California Gold Rush: A Centennial Selection Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineWheat's Bibliography of the California Gold RushPublisherThe Colt PressDate Published1949 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #13 George Yount: The Kindly Host of Caymus Rancho Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorWood, Ellen LamontHeadlineGeorge Yount: The Kindly Host of Caymus RanchoPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1941 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #14 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930 Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Grannis CowanHeadlineBest edition of seminal California bibliographyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #15 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930 & Index Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Granniss CowanHeadlineVols I-IV of Cowans' California bibliographyPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #16 Five works printed by John Henry Nash Heading(Nash, John Henry)HeadlineFive works printed by John Henry NashPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #17 Nine volumes printed by John Henry Nash Heading(Nash, John Henry)HeadlineNine volumes printed by John Henry NashPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #18 A Catalogue of Books Printed by John Henry Nash Heading(Nash, John Henry)AuthorO'Day, NellHeadlineO'Day's catalogue of John Henry NashPublisher[John Henry Nash]Date Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #19 Five Fine press poetry broadsides Heading(Poetry Broadsides)Headline5 Fine press poetry broadsidesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #67 The Works of William H. Prescott AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Blake's Drawings for Poems of Thomas GrayPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #139 The Eighteenth Century: Its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes. France, 1700-1789 AuthorLacroix, PaulHeadlineIllustrated history of 18th century culturePublisherScribner, Welford, & ArmstrongDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #140 Album des Pavillons, Guidons, Flammes de toutes les pussances maritimes AuthorLe Gras, M.A.HeadlineWith 65 chromolithographs of national flagsPublisherAuguste BryDate Published1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #158 Six Woodcuts signed by Vincent Perez - page proofs from the Yolla Bolly edition of Joaquin Miller's True Bear Stories AuthorPerez, Vincent, illustratorHeadlineSix woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherThe Yolla Bolly PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #168 Three woodcuts from the Bohemian Club Grove play Maximillian! AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineThree woodcuts signed by Vincent PerezPublisherArion Press for the Bohemian ClubDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #184 Ninety-nine photographs of Robben Island, South Africa, 1918-24 Heading(South Africa – Robben Island)HeadlineEarly photos of Robben IslandDate Published1918-1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #222 Deutsches Kriegs - ABC AuthorStahl, EmilHeadlineGermany's WWI enemies in illustrated ABC formPublisherHolbeinDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #252 The Baronage of England, or An Historical Account of the Lives and most Memorable Actions of Our English Nobility AuthorDugdale, WilliamHeadlineDugdale's Baronage with 5 genealogical chartsPublisherAbel Roper, John Martin, and Henry HerringmanDate Published1675-1676 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #256 El viagero universal, o noticia del mundo antiguo y nuevo... Tomo XXVI AuthorEstala, PedroHeadlineWith hand-colored plates of indigenous garbPublisherImprenta de VillapandoDate Published1799 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #260 Cookery Recipes compiled by St. Mary's Guild Heading(Food & Drink)HeadlineScarce recipe book from the St. Mary's GuildPublisherSt. Mary's GuildDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #291 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, mixed 1st & early editionsPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1781-1788 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #300 An Essay on History; In Three Epistles To Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes. AuthorHayley, WilliamHeadlineHayley's Essay on History 1780PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1780 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #301 A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm; In a Letter to The King Author[Jenkinson], Charles, Earl of LiverpoolHeadlineScarce treatise on English CoinsPublisherAt the University Press, for Cadell and DaviesDate Published1805 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #304 The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of various Countries. AuthorKeightley, ThomasHeadlineKeightley's Fairy Mythology, 1833PublisherWhittaker, Treacher, and Co.Date Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #305 The Architectural Instructor, Containing a History of Architecture from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time... AuthorLafever, MinardHeadlineWith over 100 lithograph plates of architecturePublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #320 Lettres de Napoléon à Joséphine, pendant la première campagne d'Italie, le Consulat et l'E̓mpire; et lettres de Joséphine à Napoléon et à sa fille Heading(Napoleon)HeadlineNapoleon - Josephine correspondencePublisherFirmin Didot frèresDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #325 Discours De Réception De M. Louis Pasteur. Réponse De M. Ernest Renan Heading(Pasteur, Louis)HeadlineLouis Pasteur's reception speech 1882PublisherCalmann LevyDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #338 The Border Antiquities of England and Scottland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions. AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Border Antiquities of England and ScotlandPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown et al.; Constable and Co.Date Published1814; 1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #344 The Silverado Squatters AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFirst American Edition of Silverado SquattersPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #345 Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated AuthorStuart, James and Revett, NicholasHeadlineJames Stuart Measuring & Delineating GreecePublisherPriestley and WealeDate Published1825-1830 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #352 Through the Air: A Narrative of Forty Years' Experience as an Aëronaut. AuthorWise, JohnHeadlineForty illustrated years of American BallooningPublisherTo-Day Printing and Publishing Company; F. Dewing & Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next