Leland Little Auctions: Rare and Collectible Book Auction, 82124, Hillsborough, NC

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Auction Report
Auction Date
August 21, 2024 - August 21, 2024
Page Size: 109 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5001 Wayne Thiebaud, illus.; Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin; M. F. K. Fisher, trans.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE, OR, MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY.

San Francisco 1994 Not Available USD 3,000.00
5002 Richard Briggs.

THE NEW ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE

Philadelphia 1792 Not Available USD 780.00
5003 E[liza] Smith.

THE COMPLEAT HOUSEWIFE: ACCOMPLISH'D GENTLEWOMAN'S COMPANION.

London 1753 Not Available USD 960.00
5004 John Gardiner and David Hepburn.

THE AMERICAN GARDENER, CONTAINING AMPLE DIRECTIONS FOR WORKING A KITCHEN GARDEN, EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR

Washington, D.C. 1804 Not Available USD 2,760.00
5005 William Coxe.

A VIEW OF THE CULTIVATION OF FRUIT TREES, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ORCHARDS AND CIDER

Philadelphia 1817 Not Available USD 840.00
5006 Michael Krafft.

THE AMERICAN DISTILLER, OR, THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DISTILLING, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS,

Philadelphia 1804 Not Available USD 6,300.00
5007 To include:<br><br><br><br>Harrison Hall.

HALL'S DISTILLER...ADAPTED TO THE USE OF FARMERS, AS WELL AS DISTILLERS.

Philadelphia 1813 Not Available USD 1,020.00
5008 Sojourner Truth; Frances W. Titus; [Olive Gilbert].

NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH

Boston 1875 Not Available USD 3,000.00
5009 Fenton Johnson.

A LITTLE DREAMING.

Chicago 1913 Not Available USD 420.00
5010 Alain Locke, ed.

THE NEW NEGRO: AN INTERPRETATION.

New York 1925 Not Available USD 1,800.00
5011 Nella Larsen.

PASSING.

New York & London 1929 Not Available USD 8,100.00
5012 Wallace Thurman.

THE BLACKER THE BERRY: A NOVEL OF NEGRO LIFE.

New York 1929 Not Available USD 840.00
5013 Claude McKay.

HARLEM SHADOWS.

New York 1922 Not Available USD 1,020.00
5014 Claude McKay.

BANJO: A STORY WITHOUT A PLOT.

New York and London 1929 Not Available USD 1,320.00
5015 To include:<br><br><br><br>Zora Neale Hurston.

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD.

Philadelphia 1937 Not Available USD 4,440.00
5016 Waters Edward Turpin.

THESE LOW GROUNDS.

New York and London 1937 Not Available USD 780.00
5017 Waters Edward Turpin.

O CANAAN!.

New York 1939 Not Available USD 960.00
5018 Dorothy West.

THE LIVING IS EASY.

Boston 1948 Not Available USD 540.00
5019 William Gardner Smith.

LAST OF THE CONQUERORS.

New York 1948 Not Available USD 270.00
5020 William Gardner Smith.

ANGER AT INNOCENCE.

New York 1950 Not Available USD 240.00
5021 Pauli Murray.

PROUD SHOES: THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY.

New York 1956 Not Available USD 1,140.00
5022 Pauli Murray.

DARK TESTAMENT AND OTHER POEMS.

Norwalk, CT 1970 Not Available USD 900.00
5023 Lorraine Hansberry.

A RAISIN IN THE SUN: A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS.

New York 1959 Not Available USD 360.00
5024 Julian Moreau [pseud.].

THE BLACK COMMANDOS.

Atlanta 1967 Not Available USD 390.00
5025 To include: George W. Williams.

HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA FROM 1619 TO 1880.

New York 1883 Not Available USD 660.00
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    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.
  • 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
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
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