A GROUPING OF EIGHT BOOKSA groupingof eight books: California and Italian furnitureLot includes: A History of California and an Extended History of Los Angeles and Environs. J.M. Guinn (3 volumes). Los Angeles:...
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J.J. AUDUBON, QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICAVOLUME 1 Volume 1 of The Quadrupeds of North America by John James Audubon, and The Rev. John Bachman. Published 1851, V.G. Audubon. The prospectus for this edition described...
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PHILIPP FRANZ VON SIEBOLD'S UKIYO-ECOLLECTIONPhilipp Franz von Siebold's Ukiyo-e Collection, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, Volumes 1, 2 and 3; Muneshige Narazaki, Juzo Suzuki, and Tetsuro Kagesato,...
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TWO FRED DAVIS GUEST BOOKSTwo Fred Davisguest books, Comprising two guest books from the homes of Frederick W. Davis in Cuernavaca and Mexico City, each memorializing Davis's social circle with guests from around...
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IMPORTANT ANTIQUE ATLAS DU VOYAGE DELA PEROUSE The atlas volume (atlas volume only, 2 text volumes missing, lacking, gone) from the important book "Atlas Du Voyage De La Perouse". With engraved portrait at...
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COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND BOOKSCollectionof Leather-Bound Books, comprising "Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt", trans Arthur Machen, Aventuros, 1925 (vols 1-12); John Lingard "A History of England", 2nd Edition,...
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CINNAMON TEALArt Jensen
Hayward, CA,c. 1950
12 in. long
A refined teal with a turned head, raised wings, and a pleasing carved wing and feather design. Jensen was a painter as well as a hunter and a decoy carver....
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DIARY OF LT PAUL SHIRLEY, USN, USS SUSQUEHANNADiary(log) of the steam/sail ship, U.S.S. Susquehanna written by Lt. Paul Shirley, 3/31/1856 - 5/22/1858 (approx. 168 pages total, two volumes). Paul Shirley (1820 - 1876) was...
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HARRIS, PAUL. THE ART OF ASTONISHMENT,VOLUMES 1-3.Harris, Paul and Eric Mead. The Art of Astonishment, Volumes 1-3. [California]: A-1 Multimedia, 1996. Publisher's cloth stamped in gold. Illustrated. Number 173...
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GOLD AMERICAN PRESENTATION CANEDated1895-Gold rolled knob fashioned in a well-proportioned customary basic shape with an integral ring collar richly hand chased and engraved with repeating panels of floral and...
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FIVE BOTTLES ASSORTED SPARKLING WINES,ONE MAGNUMOne Magnum Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Reserve, Champagne, France, 1500 ml, alcohol 12% by volume; Two Bottles Gloria Ferrer Methode Champenoise, California,...
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FIVE BOTTLES JOSEPH PHELPS VINEYARDSINSIGNIA AND WHITE...three bottles Joseph Phelps Vineyards Insignia, Vintage 1992, Napa Valley, California, Red Bordeaux Blend, 750 ml; two bottles Whitehall Lane Winery &...
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FIVE BOTTLES CAYMUS VINEYARDS AND NEWTONCABERNET SAUVI...Four Newton Vineyard Unfiltered, Vintage 1996, Napa Valley, California, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml, alcohol 12.5% by volume; One Caymus Vineyards Cabernet...
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1992 THE CODEX MENDOZA COMPENDIUM, 4VOLUMESNorth America, United States, California, ca. 1992 CE. Written by Frances F. Berdan and Patricia Rieff Anawalt. Published by the University of California Press. A remarkable...
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APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL KRATER, SATYR,MAENAD & EPHEBES...Magna Graecia, South Italy, Apulian, ca. 325 to 300 BCE. A striking pottery bell krater featuring red-figure decoration of a satyr and maenad on one side...
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APULIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOS - NUDE EPHEBE+ FEMALE (DEME...Magna Graecia, Apulian, ca. 4th century BCE. A splendid and quite sizable pottery skyphos boasting red-figure decoration of a nude ephebe and a draped female...
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PUBLISHED EGYPTIAN EFFIGY SOTHIC DOG,EXHIBITED LACMAEgypt, late Ptolemaic to Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st century BCE to 3rd century CE. An exceedingly rare, mold-formed terracotta canine, known as the Sothic...
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(35) REFERENCE BOOKS: AMERICANA, METALS,WEAPONS(lot of 35) Collection of reference books on Americana, silver, metal, and various weapons, comprising: (1) "Old English Plate," Wilfred Joseph Cripps, Spring Books,...
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6 BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE, PALM BEACH& CALIFORNIA Six hardback volumes on Palm Beach, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara architecture, including a volume on Maurice Fatio and published by Rizzoli and others. largest...
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THE AMERICAS AND MEXICO (11 Works in11 Volumes)
A group of works about The Americas and Mexico, comprising: OBER, Frederick. Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. MAYER,...
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SET OF CALIFORNIA LEATHER-BOUND BOOKSfromthe series "California", edited by John Russell McCarthy, Powell Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1928 - 1929; De Luxe Edition, numbered 351 of 387 impressions, comprising...
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R.C. GORMAN, NUDES AND FOODS, VOLUMEII POSTER, 1989 + NUDES AND FOODS IV COOKBOOKR.C. Gorman, (Diné [Navajo], 1931 - 2005) Nudes and Foods, Volume II Poster, 1989 + Nudes and Foods IV Cookbook, offset lithograph...
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18TH AND 19TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUNDBOOKS, VARIOUS SUBJECTS BOOKS, VARIOUS SUBJECTS, [Miscellany] 11 volumes, 10 titles, including: Jose Nunez Arenas. Catecismo De Geometria Practica... London: Ackermann. [n.d.]....
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19TH CENTURY VOLUMES ON THE AMERICANWEST, CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA, WITH OTHERS WEST, CALIFORNIA AND ALASKA, WITH OTHERS, [The West] 7 titles: Edward E. Dunbar. Romance of the Age; Or Discovery of Gold in California....
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THE SETTLER'S GUIDE IN THE UNITED STATES...THOMAS SPENCE, 1862, WITH OTHER VOLUMES ON THE HISTORY AND EXPLORATION OF THE WEST THOMAS SPENCE, 1862, WITH OTHER VOLUMES ON THE HISTORY AND EXPLORATION OF THE WEST, [The...
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TEN BOOKS ON MUSICIANS AND GUITARS INSTRUMENTSSelection of ten hardcover and softcover books on musicians and musical instruments comprising, Julien's Auctions, "Property From The Collection Of Ringo Starr And Barbara...
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19th century porcelain figure of Britanniaatop a clock face with seated lion, man, and woman, with Allison Moore Staffordshire label to base; good condition; H 13 1/2" x W 8 3/4" x D 3 3/4" (approx.), together with...
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Rapin de Troyas, History of EnglandBritish, mid 18th century, translated from the French with notes by Nicolas Tindal, five books (volume 4 bound in two parts), London, printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1743...
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Twenty-Three Books on Lionel and ModelTrains and Railroads, including Great Book of Trains by B. Hollingsworth and A. Cook, Encyclopedia of Model Railroads, Short Line Doodlebug: Galloping Geese and Other Rail...
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Zane Grey Books for Young Readers Lotof 3. Grey Zane. The Young Lionhunter. New York: Harper 1911 (October). 8vo pictorial cream cloth dustjacket 278pp. Generic bookplate with Zane Grey written in space left...
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BOOKS: Barker Clive - Books of BloodLA California Scream/ Press [1980's] four volumes (only) from the limited black ''leather'' edition with silver and red lettering in slipcases signed on each tp by author...
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25 leather-bound books: three half-leatherEmerson's Works, Boston, 1856; three half-leather with marbled boards, Stoddard's Lectures, 1903; eight quarter leather French History, French, 19th century; two half-leather...
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Miguel Venegas' History of Californiafirst English edition of A Natural and Civil History of California: Containing an Accurate Description of that Country…, printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher,...
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3 vols. Ambrose Bierce: Bierce, Ambrose.Black Beetles in Amber. San Francisco: Western Authors Pub. Co., 1892. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered green cloth; corners slightly bumped, lower corners slightly rubbed....
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5 VOLUMES PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA BOOKS:''Picturesque California The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope'' edited by John Muir volumes 1 2 3 6 and 10 published 1888. Folio size illustrated with etchings photogravures...
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Eleven scientists and inventors on tensigned items: "Thos. A. Edison" (Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931, American inventory) in brown ink on verso of post card, 3-1/2 x 5-3/8 in., light creases and stains...
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