Common Crow Books: Rare Books & Ephemera, 393976, Pittsburgh

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025
Page Size: 306 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351 Bashford Dean

Catalogue of European Daggers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929

New York 1929 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
352 Bashford Dean

Catalogue of European Court & Hunting Swords at the Metropolitan Museum, 1929

New York 1929 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
353 Earle Liederman

1926-1929 books, ephemera, &c. on weight-lifting, wrestling, exercise

New York 1926-1929 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
354 Mungo Park

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa (1799)

London 1799 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
355 Lessing

Berengarius Turonensis (1770) & Wie die Alten den Tod gebildet (1769), first printings

Braunschweig / Berlin 1770 & 1769 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
356

History of Ecclesiastical Proceedings, 3rd Presbyterian Church Philadelphia & Ezra Stiles Ely, 1814

Philadelphia 1814 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
357

Whitney, Stephenson & Co. Blue Book and Business Guide to Pittsburgh, 1906

Pittsburgh 1906 USD 60.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
358

Chef-D'Oeuvres Dramatiques de Houdard De La Motte & Le Franc de Pompignan, 1791

Paris 1791 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
359 Charles Philpot, Isaac Taylor

Literary History 14th-15th C. Ancient Books in Modern Times 1798/1827

London 1798 & 1827 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
360

Plagiairiana, divers principes emanes du Tresor de la Verite, par S.* N.* prieur de Saint-Yon 1735

Amsterdam 1735 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 22.40
361 (Allentown PA imprint) Caspar Schwenckfeld von Offing (1489-1561)

3 books bound in one 1819-1820

Allentown, PA 1819-1820 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
362 Joseph Hermann

Die Evangelia, und Episteln auf alle Sonn- und Fest-Tage durchs ganze Jahr, 1790

Custrin (Kostrzyn nad Odr ) ca1790 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
363 Walker Manufacturing Co. 1893 Catalog

Cable Machinery, Hydraulic Machinery, Foundry Equipment

Cleveland, OH 1893 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
364 C. H. Owen

The Principles and Practice of Modern Artillery, 1871

London 1871 USD 225.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
365

Bound volume of 1840s pamphlets including Featherstonhaugh's Excursion through the Slave

1840s USD 350.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
366 Theodore A. Dodge

Campaign of Chancellorsville, 1881, signed to Comte de Paris, Civil War historian

Boston 1881 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
367

Vortrag zum pracktischen Cours auf Muldner Hutte (ca. 1865-75) William L. Scaife's copy

1875 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
368

6th Census of the US, folio, 1841.

Washington DC 1841 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
369

Production of War Materiel, Westinghouse Air Brake Company 1940-1945

(Wilmerding?) No date, ca1946 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
370 Pindemonte & Pompei

Volgarizzamenti Dal Latino E Dal Greco, 1781. Latin/Greek translated to Italian

Verona 1781 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
371 Lessing, ed. Hermann Reimarus

3 volumes on Wolfenbuttel controversy on theology, 1784-1787

1784-1787 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
372

Von Grotthuss, ed. Turmer-Jahrbuch 1907

Stuttgart 1907 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
373 Cousin Mary

Pictorial Second Book, or Pleasant Reading for the Young, 1854, illustrated

Philadelphia c1854 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
374 Jacopo Sadoleto (1477-1547)

Epistolae Leonis X. Clementis VII. Pauli III, nomine scriptae, 1759

Jacobi Sadoleti S.R.E. Cardinalis Epistolae Leonis X. Clementis VII. Pauli III. nomine scriptae, accessit Antonii Florebelli de vita ejusdem Sadoleti commentarius et epistolarum liber. Rome 1759 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
375 William Hayley

An Essay on Epic Poetry; in Five Epistles to the Revd. Mr. Mason, with Notes (1782)

London 1782 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.