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Auction Date
July 16, 2024 - July 16, 2024
Page Size: 235 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
143

Scientific Pamphlets

1849-1863. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 76.20
144 [Biography] Boswell, James.

3 Vols. Boswell's Johnson. First American Edition.

Boston 1807 USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 76.20
145 [Biography] Boswell, James.

The Life of Samuel Johnson.

London 1791 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 825.50
146 [Biography/Americana] The works of Dr.

Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Philadelphia 1808-1818. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 571.50
147 [Biography] Sikandar Begam; E.L.

A pilgrimage to Mecca by the Nawab Sikandar Begum

Calcutta 1906 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 762.00
148 Maridanian, Aurora; Gates, H. L. (interpreter).

Ravished Armenia. The Story of Aurora Mardiganian

New York 1918 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,270.00
149 Huey P. Long.

My First Days in the White House.

Harrisburg, Pa: 1935 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 76.20
150 [Biography] Wright, Frank Lloyd.

An Autobiography.

LNew York 1932 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 412.75
151 [Art] Jasper Johns and Richard S. Field.

The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993

New York 1994 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 177.80
152 [Illustrated] Poe, Edgar Allan; Dulac, Edmund (illustrator).

The Bells and Other Poems

Hodder & StLondon, [1912]. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 381.00
153 [Literature] Poe, Edgar Allan; Clarke, Harry, illustrator.

Tales of Mystery & Imagination.

New York, c.1923. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 539.75
154 [Literature] Twain, Mark (S. Clemens).

Innocents Abroad, or the New Pilgrims' Progress.

Hartford 1869 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
155 [Literature] Twain, Mark (S. Clemens).

Roughing It.

Hartford, CT 1872 USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 76.20
156 [Literature] Twain, Mark.

Sketches New and Old.

Hartford & Chicago 1875 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 412.75
157 [Literature] Twain, Mark.

The Prince and the Pauper.

Boston 1882 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
158 [Literature] Twain, Mark.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

New York: 1885 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,270.00
159 [Literature] Twain, Mark (S. Clemons).

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

New York 1889 USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 139.70
160 [Literature] Twain, Mark.

The Million Pound Bank Note

New York, 1893 USD 140.00 - 250.00 USD 101.60
161 [Literature] Twain, Mark.

Following the Equator.

Hartford 1897 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 139.70
162 [Literature] Twain, Mark.

Following the Equator.

Hartford 189 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 317.50
163 [Literature] Twain, Mark.

The Tragedy of Pudd?nhead Wilson.

Hartford 1894 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 165.10
164

The Mark Twain Calendar for 1922.

Geor New York 1921 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
165 [Literature] Gillis, William R.

Memories of Mark Twain and Steve Gillis.

Sonora, California 1924 USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 203.20
166 [Literature/Limited Editions Club] Twain, Mark; Thomas Hart Benton, illustrator.

Thomas Benton Signed Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Cambridge 1939 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 228.60
167 [Literature] 3 pamphlets related to Mark Twain.

3 vols. Mark Twain pamphlets

Waltham Mass n.d., c1918. USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 50.80
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    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
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    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
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