Leland Little Auctions: Collectible Books, Maps, & Documents, 232155, Hillsborough, NC

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Page Size: 97 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6001 Ansel Adams.

IMAGES 1923-1974.

Boston [1974]. Not Available USD 450.00
6002 A[dolph] Gorling, B[runo] Meyer, and A[lfred] Woltmann.

ART TREASURES OF GERMANY. A COLLECTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PICTURES OF THE GALLERIES...WITH PORTRAITS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MASTERS...

Boston n.d. [1873?]. Not Available USD 180.00
6003 David Hockney and Hans Werner Holzwarth, eds.

David Hockney --- A Bigger Book.

Koln, Germany 2016 Not Available USD 2,040.00
6004 Man Ray.

ALPHABET FOR ADULTS.

Beverly Hills 1948 Not Available USD 1,440.00
6005 J[ohn] J[ames] Chalon.

TWENTY FOUR SUBJECTS EXHIBITING THE COSTUME OF PARIS, THE INCIDENTS TAKEN FROM NATURE. DESIGNED AND DRAWN ON STONE BY J.J. CHALON.

London 1822 Not Available USD 660.00
6006 Hans Holbein; D[avid] Deuchar.

THE DANCES OF DEATH, THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE: WHEREIN THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF THAT TYRANT IS EXHIBITED.

London 1803 Not Available USD 150.00
6007 John James Audubon; Marshall B. Davidson.

THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA.

New York 1966 Not Available USD 450.00
6008 Alexander Wilson; Charles Lucian Bonaparte; Sir William Jardine, Bart.

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES.

London; Edinburgh, 1832 Not Available USD 600.00
6009 Charles F. Millspaugh.

AMERICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS; AN ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN PLANTS USED AS HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES: THEIR HISTORY, PREPARATION, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.

New York and Philadelphia [ca. 1887]. Not Available USD 1,800.00
6010 Ram Dass.

FROM BINDU TO OJAS.

[New Mexico] 1970 Not Available USD 660.00
6011 George P. Upton.

THE STANDARD OPERAS, THE STANDARD ORATORIOS, THE STANDARD CANTATAS, THE STANDARD SYMPHONIES.

Chicago Not Available USD 360.00
6012 [Terence].

PUBLII TERENTII AFRI COMOEDIAE.

Birmingham 1772 Not Available USD 150.00
6013 S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge.

CHRISTABEL: KUBLA KHAN, A VISION; THE PAINS OF SLEEP.

London 1816 Not Available USD 1,440.00
6014 Ezra Pound.

RIPOSTES OF EZRA POUND WHERETO ARE APPENDED THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF T. E. HULME WITH PREFATORY NOTE.

London 1912 Not Available USD 2,520.00
6015 Ezra Pound.

INSTIGATIONS OF EZRA POUND TOGETHER WITH AN ESSAY ON THE CHINESE WRITTEN CHARACTER BY ERNEST FENOLLOSA.

New York 1920 Not Available USD 1,320.00
6016 Ezra Pound.

MAKE IT NEW.

New Haven, CT 1935 Not Available USD 240.00
6017 Robert Frost.

A WITNESS TREE.

New York [1942]. Not Available USD 330.00
6018 Robert Frost; John O'Hara Cosgrave II, illus.

COME IN AND OTHER POEMS.

New York [1945]. Not Available USD 570.00
6019 Charles Perrault; Andrew Lang, ed.

PERRAULT'S POPULAR TALES.

Oxford 1888 Not Available USD 570.00
6020 A. A. Milne; Ernest H. Shepard, illus.

WINNIE-THE-POOH.

London [1926]. Not Available USD 1,080.00
6021 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]; John Tenniel, illus.

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE.

Boston; New York 1872 Not Available USD 900.00
6022 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]; John Tenniel, illus.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS.

New York 1885 Not Available USD 450.00
6023 Kay Thompson; Hilary Knight, illus.

ELOISE IN MOSCOW.

New York 1959 Not Available USD 1,200.00
6024 Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell, trans.; Maurice Sendak, illus.

THE JUNIPER TREE AND OTHER TALES FROM GRIMM.

New York 1974 Not Available USD 720.00
6025 Jane Austen; Hugh Thomson, illus.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

London 1894 Not Available USD 7,500.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.