<i>In The News:</i> Goodbye to Card Catalogues, $1 Million Comic Book Sale, Abe's Top 10
- by Michael Stillman
The first issue of X-Men brought in over $100,000 at auction.
10. Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway, a first edition, first printing from 1935. $3,750.
9. XCVI. Sermons by The Right Honorable, and Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrewes, Late Lord Bishop of Winchester, by Richard Badger, a second edition published in 1632. Andrewes was an Anglican bishop, a favorite of King James, who was instrumental in preparing the King James translation of the Bible. $4,000 (or $42 per sermon).
8. The first volume of Paraphrases of Erasmus vpon the newe testament (a 1551 second edition) by Desiderius Erasmus. This book was ordered to be placed in all churches in England during the reign of Edward VI (the minor son heir to Henry VIII), but all copies were ordered destroyed by his successor, the Catholic Queen Mary I. $4,187.
7. Historia De Las Indias by Bartolomé de las Casas. De las Casas, the first man to be named a priest in the New World, became a strong opponent of the abuse of the native population of America by the Spanish as well as the importation of slaves. $4,321.
6. Harry Clarke's original drawing used for the dust jacket of The Fairy Tales of Perrault. $4,500.
5. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright and Yukio Futagawa, 12 volumes on Wight's work. $4,500.
4. Zane Grey's copy of his The Bonefish Brigade, privately published in 1922. $5,000.
3. A signed second edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. $6,500.
2. A 1560 first volume of Pierre de Ronsard's Oeuvres, bound with an incomplete copy of the second volume and preliminary matter for the third. $7,435.
1. The Scots Musical Museum by James Johnson. This is a 4-volume 1792 compilation of Scots music, with musical and editorial contributions by Robert Burns. $8,500.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's Fine Books, Manuscripts & More Available for Immediate Purchase
Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
Sotheby’s: William Golding. Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
Sotheby's Fine Books, Manuscripts & More Available for Immediate Purchase
Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
Sotheby’s: John Milton. Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD
