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Auction Name Fine Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (USD) 833,502.00
Auction Date February 11, 2018 - February 11, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 507,400.00
Sale Number #24808 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 750,300.00
Total Lots 269
Sold Lots 196 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 699,200.00
% of Lots Sold 72.86% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,039,500.00
Unsold Lots 73 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 80.18%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
86

Enigma I machine.

USD 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 93,750.00
193 ROBERTS, DAVID. 1796-1864.

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts R.A. with historical descriptions by the Revd. George Croly LL.D

1842-43-46-49. USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 41,250.00
201 BRADBURY, RAY. 1920-2012.

Extensive collection of primary titles, most of which are signed and inscribed.

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 27,500.00
102 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1755-1804; JAMES MADISON. 1751-1836; JOHN JAY. 1745-1829.

The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787

1788 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
270 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Autograph Manuscript, 1 p, 194 x 159 mm,

1890? USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
36 BIBLE IN ENGLISH: 1582 DOUAI-RHEIMS.

The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English....

1582 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 22,500.00
97 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events...

after 1833. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 20,000.00
260 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.

The Grapes of Wrath

1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 20,000.00
266 THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. 1817-1862.

Autograph Manuscript, from an early draft of A Week on the Concord and Merrimack, his first book, 2 pp, 257 x 199 mm,

1847?, USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,000.00
1 MANUSCRIPT: POOR CLARES.

Italian Manuscript on vellum, the Rule of St. Clare of Assisi and statutes of the province of Milan,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,875.00
23 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT.

Illuminated manuscript on vellum in Latin and Italian, the Statutes of the Confraternity of Santa Maria Rotunda, 23 (of 24) leaves, 230 x 160 mm,

after 1520, USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,875.00
113 LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809; & WILLIAM CLARK. 1770-1838.

Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed ... in the years 1804, 1805, and 1806

1814 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
261 STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.

Typed Document Signed ("John Steinbeck"), countersigned ("Harold K. Guinzberg"), 1 p, legal folio,

1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,875.00
186 MOTHER TERESA, SAINT. 1910-1997.

47 Typed Notes Signed ("M Teresa MC")

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,625.00
220 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. 1803-1882.

Photograph Signed ("R. Waldo Emerson"), Albumen print portrait, 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches on 14 x 11 inch mount, bust portrait, Southworth & Hawes, 1857, signed by Emerson at the lower margin.

1857 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,000.00
8 BONIFATIUS VIII, Pope. 1235-1303.

Liber sextus Decretalium. Bound with: CLEMENS V ... Constitutiones.

1483 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,375.00
153 COOK, JAMES, CAPTAIN. 1728-1779.

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

1784 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,750.00
162 HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST. 1663-1724.

Homannischer Atlas von Hundert Landkarten darinnen die Erdkugel mit allen ihren Theilen geographisch vorgestellet und nach dem Unterschied der Reiche und Staaten deutlich illuminiret worden.

1747 the maps dated 1728-1762. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,750.00
125 PALOU, FRANCISCO. 1722?-1789?

Relacion historica de al vida y apostolicas tareas del venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra y de las Misiones que fundo en la California Septentrional, y nuevos establecimientos de Monterey.

1787 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,125.00
128 MEXICAN IMPRINT IN ENGLISH.

Nos los Inquisidores Apostolicos contra la Heretica Pravedad, y Apostasia en esta Ciudad, y Arzobispado de Mexico... A Short Abridgment fo sic Christian Doctrine.

1787 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,125.00
242 MAHLER, GUSTAV. 1860-1911.

Biographie von Ludwig van Beethoven.

1840 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,125.00
166 KIP, JOHANNES. 1652/53-1722.

Prospect of Westminster; Prospect of the city of London.

c. 1720. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,250.00
70 VITAL-CHAUSSEGROS, THEOPHILUS-MARIA. B.1769

Bound manuscript in semi-phonetic French, titled "Les vraies oracles des Sibylles ou le pl?zant jeu du Dodechedron de Fortune, non moins r?cr?atif qe subtil ? einj?nie? par Jean de Meum, ? reuouvell? et chanj? de sa premi?re ?dicion 1577. Augmant? par moi

after 1835, USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,875.00
94 CURTIS, EDWARD SHERIFF. 1868-1952.

The North American Indian, Being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States, the Dominion of Canada, and Alaska.

1916 USD 5,500.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,875.00
112 LAFAYETTE, GILBERT DE MOTIER, MARQUIS DE. 1757-1834.

Autograph Letter Signed ("de Lafayette"), 2 pp recto and verso,

1778 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 6,875.00
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
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  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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