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Bonhams, June 29: LIFE OF OSLER, PRESENTATION COPY TO NEPHEW NORMAN GWYN. CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939. The Life of Sir William Osler. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1925. $1,500 to $2,500.

Bonhams, June 29: OSLER TO HALSTED MENTIONING CUSHING AND WELCH. Autograph Letter Signed ("Wm Osler") to William Stewart Halsted on medical matters, 2 pp, January 19, 1919. $1,500 to $2,500.

Bonhams, June 29: CUSHING PRESENTATION COPY TO LUCIEN PRICE. CUSHING, HARVEY. Intracranial Tumours. Springfield, 1932. $1,000 to $1,500.

Bonhams, June 29: OSLER ON HIS CHILDHOOD. Autograph Letter Signed ("Wm Osler") to Mabel [Brewster] on returning home to Staplehurst. $800 to $1,200.

Bonhams, June 29: SCULTETUS, JOHANNES. 1595-1645. Cheiroplotheke, seu armamentarium chirurgicum XLIII. Ulm: Balthasar Kühnen, 1655. $3,000 to $4,000.

Bonhams, June 29: VICQ D'AZYR, FELIX. 1748-1794. Traite d'anatomie et de physiologie. Paris: Didot l'aine, 1786. $3,000 to $5,000.

Bonhams, June 29: TAGAULT, JEAN. C.1499-1546. De chirugica institutione libri quinque.... Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1549. $400 to $600.

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Autograph Logs and Journals from his 1927 Alaska Expedition. $7,000 to $ 9,000.

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Cañon de Chelley, 1904. Oversized orotone, 17 x 22in in original Curtis Studio frame. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). 26 cyanotypes, featuring images of Cheyenne tribes from Volume VI of North American Indian, c.1907, made by Curtis in the field. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). The Vanishing Race, 1904. Oversized orotone, 18 x 24in in original Curtis Studio frame. $20,000 to $30,000.
<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [CIVIL WAR] -- [SHERIDAN, Philip Henry]. Personal headquarters flag of Philip Henry Sheridan used when he led the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. Spring - Summer 1862. $20,000 to $30,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of firefighter Walter Van Erven Dorens. [San Francisco]: n.p., [ca 1854-1856]. $15,000 to $25,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [LINCOLNIANA]. Abraham Lincoln banner possibly made for the 1864 presidential campaign. $10,000 to $15,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [REVOLUTIONARY WAR - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. [HOLTEN, Dr. Samuel]. An archive of letters related to Danvers, Massachusetts, physician and statesman Dr. Samuel Holten. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD]. CARBUTT, John, photographer. Exceptional collection of 27 stereoviews from the series, "Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866." Chicago, [1866]. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [ALASKAN GOLD RUSH]. William Steele West and family, extensive archive of photographs, diaries, correspondence, and personal items. [Ca 19th - 20th century]. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [TAYLOR, Zachary]. Quarter plate daguerreotype featuring the 12th President of the United States. N.p.: n.p., [ca 1845]. $8,000 to $10,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WASHINGTON, George]. Signed Society of the Cincinnati document. $5,000 to $7,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President. [Washington], 29 September 1862. 1 page, 4to, old creases. $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: JEFFERSON, Thomas. Autograph letter signed ("Th. Jefferson"), as United States President, to Robert Patterson. Washington DC, 2 July 1805. 1 page, 4to, evenly toned, small tear from seal. $4,000 to $6,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [ALCOTT, Elizabeth Sewall]. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype attributed to Elizabeth Sewall Alcott. N.p., [ca 1856-1857]. $3,000 to $5,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WESTERN AMERICANA]. RUSSELL, Andrew Joseph, photographer. Salt Lake City, From the Top of the Tabernacle. [1869]
<center>Sotheby’s Livres et Manuscrits : de Cervantès à Houellebecq 18 – 25 June

Sotheby’s, 18 – 25 June: Jouve, Paul -- François-Louis Schmied -- Rudyard Kipling. Le Livre de la Jungle, 1919. € 80,000 to € 120,000.

Sotheby’s, 18 – 25 June: Cervantès Saavedra, Miguel de. El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, 1607. € 30,000 to € 50,000.

Sotheby’s, 18 – 25 June: Buren, Daniel - Aimé Césaire. Cahier d'un retour au pays natal. Solstice, 2004. 1/140 ex. Avec 1/20 suites d'œuvres originales. € 4,000 to € 6,000.

Sotheby’s, 18 – 25 June: [Musique] - Gioacchino Traversa. Six sonates à violon seul. [Vers 1770]. € 3,000 to € 5,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Jun 24: C.F. Payne, Micawber, Imitating Norman Rockwell’s “Triple self-portrait,” mixed media, 2002. $800 to $1,200.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 24: Brian Froud, media illustration published in The Land of Froud, 1977. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 24: Haddon Sundblom, All a Girl Needs, oil on canvas, published in The Ladies’ Home Journal, 1942. $8,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 24: Adrianne Lobel, My One and Only, 26 scenic concept collages for the Broadway musical, 1983. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 24: Charles Schulz, original four-panel pen and ink Peanuts comic strip, 1971. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 24:Jack Davis, mixed media cartoon for Playboy, 1959. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 24: Charles Addams, mixed media cartoon for The New Yorker, 1937. $6,000 to $9,000.

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AUCTION LIST

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tolomeo, Claudio. Cosmographia. Ulma, Lienhart Holle, 16.07.1482. € 50.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Hondius, Henricus, & Johannes Janssonius. Atlas novus, sive descriptio geographica totius orbis terrarum. Amsterdam, Hondius-Janssonius, 1638. €30.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Castiglione, Baldassarre. Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1528. € 14.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Bayer, Johann. Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. Augusta, Christoph Mang, 1603. € 12.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Astronomy]. [Scriptores Astronomici veteres]. Venezia, Aldo Manuzio, 1499. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Aristophanes. Aristofanous Komoidiai ennea. Aristophanis Comoediae novem. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1498. € 7.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Herodotus. Hirodotou logoi ennea [...] Herodoti libri novem quibus musarum indita sunt nomina. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tory, Geoffroy. L’art & science de la vraye proportion des lettres attiques, ou antiques. Paris, Vincent Gaultherot, 1549. € 5.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Caterina da Siena. Epistole devotissime de sancta Catharina da Siena. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1500. € 4.500+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Chess]. Gianuzio della Manzia, Orazio. Libro nel quale si tratta della maniera di giuocar' a scacchi con alcuni sottilissimi partiti. Torino, Antonio Bianchi, 1597. € 3.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Amsterdam, Compagnie di Amsterdam, 1714. €2.500+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Turkish Empire]. Ramberti, Benedetto. Libri tre delle cose de Turchi. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1539. €1.500+
<center>Doyle Fine Literature Online Auction June 8 to June 22

Doyle, Fine Literature: CALDWELL, ERSKINE. Tobacco Road, First Edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: ELIOT, GEORGE. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-72. First edition in book form. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Fine Literature: BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. Don Juan. London: the Thomas Davison; John Hunt; John and H.L. Hunt, 1819-24. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: [BURNEY, FRANCES]. Evelina, Or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London: T. Lowndes, 1778. First edition. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Doyle Fine Literature Online Auction June 8 to June 22

Doyle, Fine Literature: SHEPARD, ERNEST H. Colored drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, in an autograph letter signed by Shepard. Dated February 29th, 1932. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: CARROLL, LEWIS (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON). The Nursery "Alice". London: MacMillan, 1890. Second (first published) edition. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. New York, 1840. First edition with an autograph letter signed by Dana laid-in. $2,500 to $3,500.

Doyle, Fine Literature: FINE BINDING-RIVIERE] HAZLITT, WILLIAM. Liber Amoris: or, the New Pygmalion. London: John Hunt, 1823. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.