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Auction archive: Lot number 201

Eleven titles from the Book Club of California

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$204
Auction archive: Lot number 201

Eleven titles from the Book Club of California

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
US$204
Beschreibung:

Title: Eleven titles from the Book Club of California Author: Place: San Francisco Publisher: Book Club of California Date: Various dates Description: An assortment of fine press titles from the Book Club of California. Includes: Buchan, John and Van Antwerp, William C. Sir Walter Scott 1832-1932. Leather-backed paper-covered boards. Sunning to leather, mostly at spine. One of 300 copies. 1932. Dreyfuss, John, editor. Four Lectures By T.J.Cobden -Sanderson. Cloth-backed decorative boards, paper spine label. One of 450 copies. 1974. Dreyfus, John. A Typographical Masterpiece: An Account of Eric Gill's Collaboration With Robert Gibbings in Producing the Golden Cockerel Press Edition of 'the Four Gospels' in 1931. Tan cloth, gilt design and spine. One of 450 copies. 1990. Duncan, H., et al. BR: A Panel Discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary Held at Purdue University. Brown cloth with gilt design and spine. One of 650 copies. 1981. Everson, William. On Printing. Red cloth with paper spine label. One of 400 copies. 1992. Garnett, Peter. Philosophical Writings on the Ideal Book. Illustrated from photographs.(8vo) blue cloth, paper spine label. Light wear; near fine. One of 450 copies. 1994. Hart, James D. The Private Press Ventures of Samuel Lloyd Osbourne and R.L.S., with Facsimiles of Their Publications. Decorative cloth, gilt spine. Assortment of pamphlets in envelope at rear. One of 500 copies. 1966. Lewis, Oscar. The First Seventy-Five Years: The Story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987. Decorative boards, gilt spine. One of 1200 copies printed by the Arion Press. 1987. Ransom, Will. Kelmscott Doves and Ashendene: The Private Press Credos with an Introduction By Will Ransom. Cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. One of 300 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. 1952. Sterling, George. Thirty-Five Sonnets. Cloth-backed paper covered boards, paper spine label. No. 116 of 300 copies. 1917. Stoddard, Charles Warren Charles Warren Stoddard's Diary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 With A Letter From Father Damien to His Brother in 1873. (12mo) cloth-backed marbled boards, spine label. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1933. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to bindings; occasional bit of offsetting or toning; all volumes very good or better, most near fine. Item number: 277006

Auction archive: Lot number 201
Auction:
Datum:
3 Nov 2016
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Eleven titles from the Book Club of California Author: Place: San Francisco Publisher: Book Club of California Date: Various dates Description: An assortment of fine press titles from the Book Club of California. Includes: Buchan, John and Van Antwerp, William C. Sir Walter Scott 1832-1932. Leather-backed paper-covered boards. Sunning to leather, mostly at spine. One of 300 copies. 1932. Dreyfuss, John, editor. Four Lectures By T.J.Cobden -Sanderson. Cloth-backed decorative boards, paper spine label. One of 450 copies. 1974. Dreyfus, John. A Typographical Masterpiece: An Account of Eric Gill's Collaboration With Robert Gibbings in Producing the Golden Cockerel Press Edition of 'the Four Gospels' in 1931. Tan cloth, gilt design and spine. One of 450 copies. 1990. Duncan, H., et al. BR: A Panel Discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary Held at Purdue University. Brown cloth with gilt design and spine. One of 650 copies. 1981. Everson, William. On Printing. Red cloth with paper spine label. One of 400 copies. 1992. Garnett, Peter. Philosophical Writings on the Ideal Book. Illustrated from photographs.(8vo) blue cloth, paper spine label. Light wear; near fine. One of 450 copies. 1994. Hart, James D. The Private Press Ventures of Samuel Lloyd Osbourne and R.L.S., with Facsimiles of Their Publications. Decorative cloth, gilt spine. Assortment of pamphlets in envelope at rear. One of 500 copies. 1966. Lewis, Oscar. The First Seventy-Five Years: The Story of the Book Club of California, 1912-1987. Decorative boards, gilt spine. One of 1200 copies printed by the Arion Press. 1987. Ransom, Will. Kelmscott Doves and Ashendene: The Private Press Credos with an Introduction By Will Ransom. Cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. One of 300 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. 1952. Sterling, George. Thirty-Five Sonnets. Cloth-backed paper covered boards, paper spine label. No. 116 of 300 copies. 1917. Stoddard, Charles Warren Charles Warren Stoddard's Diary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 With A Letter From Father Damien to His Brother in 1873. (12mo) cloth-backed marbled boards, spine label. One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. 1933. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to bindings; occasional bit of offsetting or toning; all volumes very good or better, most near fine. Item number: 277006

Auction archive: Lot number 201
Auction:
Datum:
3 Nov 2016
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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