Canada Book Auctions Limited: Fine Books and Ephemera Auction, 322212, Toronto

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 28, 2024 - March 28, 2024

Page Size: 193 items in 8 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26		CHILDREN/ILLUS. A lot of 3 volumes sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 37.50
27	Figuier, Louis.	LES MERVEILLES DE L'INDUSTRIE, OU DESCRIPTION DES PRINCIPALES INDUSTRIES MODERNES. 4 vols.	Paris	1873	CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 112.50
28		MAGIC. A lot of 2 posters sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 93.75
29		ITALY. 64 PHOTOGRAPHS.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 137.50
30		POSTCARDS & ENVELOPES. A lot of approximately 150+ pieces sold together.		Late 19th to early 20th century	CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 212.50
31		LANTERN SLIDES. A lot of approximately 37 slides from the Columbian Expedition in Chicago, 1893-4.		1893-4	CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 281.25
32	George F. Clifton (New York); Joseph Hawkes (New York City); W.I. Starr (Connecticut); and others.	LANTERN SLIDES. A lot of approximately 94 slides of Western Canada.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 237.50
33	G. Hastings (Whitley Bay); Millikin & Lawley (London); others.	TRAVELS, ROYAL TOUR, ETC. A lot of approximately 39 lantern slides sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 43.75
34		NORWAY. A lot of approximately 65 lantern slides sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 31.25
35		LANTERN SLIDES. A lot of 17 slides, likely depicting the Incas and North American Indigenous people, boxed.	(Toronto).		CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 81.25
36		DAVISON, E.J. A lot of 12 lantern slides sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 43.75
37		LANTERN SLIDES. A lot of approximately 306 slides of Canadian views, including box of 12 slides of Coronation of George VI.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 343.75
38		MISCELLANEOUS EPHEMERA. A lot of approximately 100 pieces sold together.		Mostly 19th century.	CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 212.50
39		FRANKLIN LIBRARY: SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. A lot of 2 volumes published by the Franklin Library (Pennsylvania) sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 62.50
40		MINING. A lot of approximately 8 pieces sold together.		Early 20th century	CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 237.50
41		SCIENCE/MEDICINE. Lot of 2 American works in 4 volumes sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 56.25
42		AMERICANA PAMPHLETS. A lot of approximately 16 pieces sold together.		Mid to late19th century	CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 56.25
43		[SAILING / SHIPS] A lot of 3 Halton & Truscott Smith (London) Limited Editions: Bowen, Frank C. THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL. INDIAMEN, PACKETS AND CLIPPER SHIPS.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 406.25
44		POLITICS. A lot of 2 signed volumes sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 212.50
45		CIGARETTE CARDS. A lot of approx. 300 cigarette cards, including 2 albums, most loose.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 225.00
46		PHOTOGRAPHY. A lot of 4 volumes sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 225.00
47		PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL NOTES + METAL PINS RELATING TO WORLD CONGRESS OF PEACE FORCES.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 75.00
48		AUTOMOTIVE AND ENGINEERING MAGAZINES. A lot of 37 volumes sold together.			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 68.75
49		WATCHES / CLOCKS. BERGEON & CIE. Ancienne Maison Faure fondee en 1791. LE LOCLE (Suisse) [trade catalogue].			CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 31.25
50	Wehr, Julian.	MOTHER GOOSE: A UNIQUE VERSION WITH ANIMATED ILLUSTRATIONS.		1942	CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00	CAD 43.75

Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

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Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes

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