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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 #21 The Poetical Works Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCampbell, ThomasHeadlineThomas Campbell w/fore-edge painting 1854PublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #22 Aids to Reflection In the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality and Religion Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadlineColeridge w/fore-edge painting 1836PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #23 Poems Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineCowper's Poems w/fore-edge paintings 1810PublisherPrinted for J. Johnson and Co.Date Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #24 The Poetical Works of William Cowper Heading(Fore-edge paintings)AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineWith color fore-edge paintings of scenic viewsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1830-1831 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #27 The Works of Thomas Grey Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorGrey, ThomasHeadlineThomas Grey w/fore-edge paintings 1807PublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and SharpeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #31 Longfellow's Poetical Works Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Works w/fore-edge paintingPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published[c.1880s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #38 Complete Works of Edmund Spenser. The Globe Edition Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorSpenser, EdmundHeadlineSpenser's Works w/fore-edge painting 1879PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #44 Sacred Poems Heading(Fore-Edge Paintings)AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineSacred Poems w/fore-edge painting 1860PublisherClark, Austin & SmithDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #46 Jack Sheppard: A Romance Heading(Bayntun)AuthorAinsworth, William HarrisonHeadlineIllustrated by Cruikshank, bound by BayntunPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #49 The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles Author[Combe, William]HeadlineWith 20 hand-colored aquatint platesPublisherMatthew Iley; Bell and Bradfute; W. TurnbullDate Published[1821] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #50 The Poetical Works of William Cooper AuthorCowper, WilliamHeadlineNicely bound set of William Cowper's poetryPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #51 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicely bound copy of the Pickwick PapersPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Works handsomely bound by AspreyPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1897-1899 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 Works of Charles Dickens, Including Over One Thousand Illustrations, Comprising All the Celebrated Dickens' Plates as Well as Many Rare & Unusual Pictures Never Published Before AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWorks of Charles Dickens Author's Watercolor Edition 1/25PublisherFrederick J. Quinby & CoDate Published1900 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #54 A Collection of Poems by Several Hands. With Notes. Author[Dodsley, Robert, editor]HeadlineDodsley's famous collection of anonymous poemsPublisherJ. DodsleyDate Published[1782] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #55 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle - Author's Edition AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineWorks of Arthur Conan Doyle 1/1000 signedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #56 The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis Heading(Dryden, John, translator)AuthorVirgilHeadlineFirst edition of Dryden's Virgil 1697PublisherJacob TonsonDate Published1697 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #57 Peter Ibbetson AuthorDu Maurier, GeorgeHeadlinePeter Ibbetson, nicely bound by KnickerbockerPublisherHarper's New Monthly MagazineDate Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #58 Poems and Songs AuthorFlatman, ThomasHeadlineFlatman's Poems and Songs 1676PublisherPrinted by S. and B.G. for Benjamin TookDate Published1676 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #59 The Arabian Nights AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineForster's Arabian Nights, nicely bound setPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #60 The Works of Washington Irving AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWorks of Washington Irving Joseph Jefferson EditionPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #61 The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical... AuthorJohnson, Samuel, editorHeadlineWorks of the English Poets, a complete setPublisherPrinted by John Nichols; for J. Buckland et al.Date Published[1790] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #62 The Writings in Prose and Verse AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineThe Prose and Poetry of Kipling in 21 volumesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899-1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #64 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineHandsomely bound copy of Longfellow's poetryPublisherDavid BogueDate Published[1851] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #65 Petits Contes en Prose AuthorMoreau, HégésippeHeadlineMoreau's Petits Contes bound by RaparlierPublisherLibrairie RouquetteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #68 Works of Charles Reade AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineReade's Works, expertly bound by ZaehnsdorfPublisherThe Grolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #70 The New Century (Trade-Mark) Shakespeare: The Cambridge Text from the latest edition of William Aldis Wright... AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineNew Century Shakespeare Works, De Luxe EditionPublisherDana Estes and CompanyDate Published1900-1901 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #71 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadline34 Finely Bound Works of Stevenson, 1/1035PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co. et alDate Published1895-1898 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #72 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Vailima Edition AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineExcellently bound set of Stevenson's WorksPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; William Heinemann and othersDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #73 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Works, bound by Harcourt BinderyPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #76 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Walt WhitmanPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #77 The Works of Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Works, bound by BrentanosPublisherLamb Publishing Co.Date Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #89 The Christian Armour AuthorBell, Eliza CraufurdHeadlineBell's poetry illustrated in chromolithographyPublisherCharles Scribner & Co.Date Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #93 Wild Flowers; or, Pastoral and Local Poetry AuthorBloomfield, RobertHeadlineBloomfield's poetry with 8 illustrationsPublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe et al.Date Published1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #101 Two Ladies' Annual Keepsakes Heading(Chromolithographs)HeadlineTwo annual keepsakes with chromolithographsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #103 The Artist a Monthly Lady's Book Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #121 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Heading(Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper)Headline1876 Frank Leslie's Illustrated NewspaperPublisherFrank LeslieDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #133 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 72 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold 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 #162 Moving to the Landing AuthorPerez, VincentHeadlineVincent Perez woodcut Artist's Proof 1989Date Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #171 Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward FitzGerald Heading(Pogány, Willy, illustrator)AuthorKhayyám, OmarHeadlineRubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, illus. by Willy PogányPublisherThomas Y. Crowell Company View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #174 Keep These Off the U.S.A. Buy More Liberty Bonds Heading(Posters - Propaganda)AuthorNorton, JohnHeadlineClassic John Norton WWI propaganda posterPublisherStrobridge Litho Co.Date Published[c.1917] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #189 The True Church AuthorTilton, TheodoreHeadlineWith eight chromolithograph platesPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #191 Hamilton's old English black oil the greatest healing liniment of the age! Prepared from the original formula and known to have been used upwards of two hundred years... Heading(Wood type advertising broadside)HeadlineWood type advertisement for horse linimentPublisherUnion Card Co., printersDate Published[1880?] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #194 Leonora Heading(Beauclerc, Diana)AuthorBürgher, Gottfried AugustusHeadlineLeonora, illustrated by Diana BeauclercPublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. HardingDate Published1796 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #227 Little Men AuthorAlcott, Louisa MayHeadlineSecond book in Alcott's Little Women trilogyPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #249 Shakspeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on His Genius and Writing… AuthorDrake, NathanHeadlineEarly 19th c. Shakspeare scholarshipPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #250 WITHDRAWN - Fashionable Biography; or, Specimens of Public Characters: By a Connoisseur. Author[Du Bois, Edward, editor]HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Anonymous work of English social satirePublisherPrinted for S.A. and H. OddyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #275 Herman Strater & Sons Catalogue of Bar Sundries Heading(Food and Drink)HeadlineHerman Strater & Sons, Bar Sundries, 1899PublisherHerman Strater & SonsDate Published[1899] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold 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 #302 Cakes and Ale AuthorJerrold, Douglas WilliamHeadlineTwo volumes of Victorian humor, 1842PublisherHow and ParsonsDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #314 Oscar F. Hodge Presents Neil O’Brien: Great American Super-Minstrels Heading(Minstrel Shows)HeadlineMinstrel Show poster, Hodge presents O'BrienPublisherThe Strobridge Litho. CoDate Publishedc. 1912-22 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #319 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me Heading(Music)AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cab CallowayPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #330 Choix des Poésies de Pétrarque AuthorPetrarca, FrancescoHeadlinePetrarch's poetry in Italian and FrenchPublisherChez ValadeDate Published[1774] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #333 The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius AuthorPreston, William, translatorHeadlineThe Argonautics of Apollonius RhodiusPublisherPrinted by Graisberry and Campbell, for the AuthorDate Published1803 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #344 The Silverado Squatters AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineFirst American Edition of Silverado SquattersPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #348 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineNicely bound copy of Punch, Brothers, Punch!PublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #353 Collection of World War I sheet music Heading(World War I Sheet Music)HeadlineSongs of World War IDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next