Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts - online bidding 11/27, N11500, New York

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Auction Date
December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Page Size: 94 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1001 Adams, John

Autograph letter signed ("Your friend, John Adams"), to John Trumbull

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 24,000.00
1002

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusettes-Bay, Rhode-Island and Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia.

New London 1784 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,000.00
1003 Bacqueville de la Potherie, Claude Charles Leroy

Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale.

Paris 1722 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
1004 Banneker, Benjamin

Bannaker's Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, and North-Carolina Almanack and Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord 1796; being Bissextile, or Leap-Year

Baltimore 1795 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 54,000.00
1005 Bates, Katharine Lee

Autograph transcript signed ("Katherine Lee Bates") of America the Beautiful, after 1911

after 1911 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,600.00
1006 Birch, William

The Country Seats of the United States of North America, with some Scenes connected with them.

Springland, near Bristol, Pennsylvania 1809 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
1007 Blome, Richard

The present state of His Majesties isles and territories in America

London 1687 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
1008 Brenton, Jahleel and William Ellery

Manuscript map of the "Waldo Patent," principally depicting the land between the Muscongus River and Penobscot Bay

(Newport, Rhode Island 1767) USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
1009

The Baldwin Massacre, with 2 related pamphlets:

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,200.00
1010 Curtis, Edward

The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska.

Cambridge, Mass. 1926 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,040.00
1011 Dobbs, Arthur

An Account of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-west Part of America.

London 1744 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
1012 Edward, David Barnett and Edmund Francis Lee

The History of Texas; or, The Emigrant's, Farmer's, and Politician's Guide to the Character, Climate, Soil, and Productions of that Country.

Cincinnati 1836 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
1013 Hamilton, Alexander

Observations on Certain Documents Contained in No. V & VI of "The History Of The United States For The Year 1796,"

Philadelphia 1800 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
1014 Hancock, John, & Samuel Adams

Three eighteenth-century Massachusetts appointments:

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1015 Hayden, Ferdinand V., and Andrew Joseph Russell

Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery,

New York 1870 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
1016 Jefferson, Thomas

Notes on the State of Virginia ... Illustrated with a Map, including the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

London 1787 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 14,400.00
1017 Jefferson, Thomas

Autograph (polygraph) letter signed ("Th. Jefferson") to his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, dates 6 September 1814

1814 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 10,200.00
1018 Jefferson, Thomas

Autograph note signed ("Th. Jefferson") in the text, related to two of Jefferson's favorite subjects, agriculture and books

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
1019 (Louisiana Laws)

Acts Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans, Begun and Held at the Principal, in the City of New-Orleans... And

New Orleans 1805 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,600.00
1020 Mitchell, John and Georges Louis Le Rouge

Amerique septentrionale avec les Routes, Distances en miles, Villages et Etablissements Francois et Anglois. Par le Docteur Mitchel Traduit de l'Anglois ... Corigee en 1776 par M. Hawkins...

Paris 1777 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
1021 Moll, Herman

A New and Correct Map of the Whole World, Shewing ye Situation of Its Principal Parts...

London 1719, but circa 1730 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
1022 [Norman, John]

Chart of the Coast of America from Cape Hateras sic to Cape Roman from the actual surveys of Dl. Dunbibin Esq.

Boston 1794 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
1023 [Norman, John]

A Chart of South Carolina and Georgia.

Boston 1794 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,400.00
1024 Rhode, Johann Christoph

Theatrum Belli in America Septentrionali II.

Berlin, ca. 1755 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
1025 Rocque, John

A General Map of North America

London ca. 1763 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,000.00
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    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.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
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    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD
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