Sold2017Blue Trout and Black Truffles 1953 First EditionBlue Trout and Black Truffles by Joseph Wechsberg. 1953 first edition with dust jacket. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. Book excellent, dust jacket very good to excellent. Provenance: Estate of Russell JohSee Sold Price
Sold2017Group of 18 Food BooksGroup of 18 Food Books. Including: Herbs for the Mediaeval Household, Blue Trout and Black Truffles and Wee Paws in the Kitchen. Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Ravenna Rare Books. We gladly cSee Sold Price
Sold2018Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the GlitteringGresham, William Lindsay. Monster Midway: An Uninhibited Look at the Glittering World of the Carny. Rinehart & Co., 1953. First edition. Black cloth, unclipped colorful dust-jacket. 8vo. Jacket rubbedSee Sold Price
Sold2021GRESHAM, William Lindsay. Monster Midway. NewGRESHAM, William Lindsay. Monster Midway. New York/Toronto: Rinehart & Company, 1953. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s black cloth, dust-jacket designed by Sue Foster. 8vo. Clean, unmarked copy. JackeSee Sold Price
Sold2019Ray Bradbury "The Golden Apples of the Sun" SignedRay Bradbury (American, 1920-2012), "The Golden Apples of the Sun." Published by Doubleday & Co., Garden City, 1953. First Edition, signed with blue ink inside front cover twice with inscription and dSee Sold Price
Sold2021Handbuch der Erfindungen 8 volume set 1790s by BufchHandbuch der Erfindungen ("Handbook of Inventions"), rare complete 8 volume set 1790-1798, by G.C.B. Busch. First edition contemporary collection. Beautiful blue, black, and gray marble on beiSee Sold Price
Sold2023William S. Burroughs, "Naked Lunch" First Edition1st American ed., first printing stated, published by Grove Press, 1959, with dust jacket (small tears and losses to corners), 8vo in black cloth and boards with blue-black top stain, dust jacket withSee Sold Price
Sold2022Fleming, Ian Casino RoyaleFleming, Ian Casino Royale London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. First edition, 8vo, library rebind with green cloth spine over black cloth boards, bookplate of the St. John and Red Cross Hospital Library, sevSee Sold Price
Sold2024Rare 1953 Isamu Noguchi Exhibition CatalogNoguchi, Isamu, introduction by Shuzo Takiguchi, et al., Noguchi, 1953, first edition, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Tokyo, hardcover, blue cloth, 11.5 x 10.25 inches, text in English and Japanese, illustratedSee Sold Price
Sold2024The Laughing Matter by William Saroyan SIGNEDThe Laughing Matter by William Saroyan. Signed. 1953 first edition with unclipped dust jacket. 254 pp. Black covers. Measures 8.5 in. x 5.75 in. x 1 in. Provenance: Washington State Estate Collection.See Sold Price
Sold2018(2) HEREND BLACK & BLUE FISHNET SAND DOLLARS(2) Herend hand painted black and blue fishnet sand dollars. One first edition. 15594. 3"See Sold Price
Sold2022Howard Thurston Illusion Show BooksMagical Publications, Pasadena, 1992. Clothbound. Limited/Numbered First Edition. First Edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this is #396. Blue and black cloth binding in cloth slipcase, gold lettSee Sold Price
Sold2021HENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) AND BEZALEL SCHATZHENRY MILLER (American 1891-1980) AND BEZALEL SCHATZ (Palestinian 1912-1978) A GROUP OF SIX BLACK, BLUE, AND WHITE PAPER PRINTS, SIGNED, FROM "Into the Night Life," FIRST EDITION, UNBOUND, BERKELEY, CSee Sold Price
Sold2022Herend "First Edition" Porcelain Tete a Tete20th century, in the "Chinese Bouquet Black and Blue" pattern, comprising: teapot with rose finial, two tea cups, two gilt metal and enameled teaspoons, two saucers, creamer, open sugar and serving trSee Sold Price
Sold2022FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Soldiers' Pay. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. FIRST EDITION OFFAULKNER, William (1897-1962). Soldiers' Pay. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926.   8vo. Half-title; title-page printed in red and black. Original blue cloth, lettered in yellow, top edge stained ySee Sold Price
Sold2017Booth Tarkington: Claire Ambler. 1928 First EditionClaire Ambler by Booth Tarkington. Stated First Edition. 1928 Doubleday-Doran NY. 253 pages. Bright crisp-blue cloth boards with yellow panels and black titles. Blue-and-yellow endpapers with illustrSee Sold Price
Sold2016Jarrett, Guy. Magic and Stage Craft Technical. [NewJarrett, Guy. Magic and Stage Craft Technical. [New York]: Author, 1936. First edition. Blue cloth stamped in black. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. Ex-Egyptian Hall Museum (David Price). Endpapers lighSee Sold Price
Sold2022Miller's The Crucible, InscribedHeading: Author: Miller, Arthur Title: The Crucible Place Published: New York Publisher:The Viking Press Date Published: [1953] Description: (8vo) original blue cloth. FirsSee Sold Price
Sold2023LOT OF SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS (3 VOLS)Includes: Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (New York: New American Library, 1968); First edition. 8vo. Hardcover, with quarter black paper over blue paper boards, and spine lettered in silver aSee Sold Price
Sold2015Rothstein, Carolyn (Mrs. Arnold). Now I’ll Tell. NewRothstein, Carolyn (Mrs. Arnold). Now I’ll Tell. New York: Vanguard, 1934. First Edition. Blue cloth stamped in black, with printed color dust-jacket. Top edge blue. 8vo. Jacket price-clipped, withSee Sold Price
Sold2016William Faulkner, PylonWilliam Faulkner, Pylon Copyright date 1935, first edition, first printing. Blue cloth over boards with gold lettering on a black background. Blue tint to the top page edges, no tears, bent pages. PreSee Sold Price
Sold2015The Pleasures of Angling by George Dawsonwith Rod and Reel for Salmon and Trout, 1876, first edition, 264 pages, black and white plates and frontispiece. Light chipping and small tear to head of spine, else Very Good.See Sold Price
Sold2021The Story of GalileoFirst edition. Publishers decorative blue cloth with black title. Gilt title and vignette to spine. Prize bookplace on inside. Colour portrait frontispiece. Chapter first letter vignette. A very scarcSee Sold Price
Sold2023Blake - General at Sea [Signed copy]First edition. Presentation copy Signed by author. Signed handwritten letter from author to Alderman W. Hyde inside. Publishers blue cloth with black title. Black title to spine. Untrimmed page-blocksSee Sold Price
3 days LeftCarnegie's Auction GalleryRobert Louis Stevenson 'The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables' 1887 1st Ed$400
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22 hrs LeftForum AuctionsChristie (Agatha) A Pocket Full of Rye, first edition, 1953; and 39 others, Christie (40)£400
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