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Auction Name West, Espy, Civil War, Antique, Americana, etc. Total Sales (USD) 8,665.63
Auction Date April 21, 2019 - April 21, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 11,390.00
Sale Number #42119 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 26,300.00
Total Lots 115
Sold Lots 114 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 11,690.00
% of Lots Sold 99.13% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 26,700.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 32.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6083 F. V. Hayden [September 7, 1829 – December 22, 1887]

Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: A Report of Progress of the Exploration in WYoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. In Two Parts. Part II

1883 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 470.00
6105 James P. Espy

The Philosophy of Storms

1841 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 470.00
6058 John Greenleaf Whittier

Legends of New-England

1831 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 293.75
6093

This lot consists of two bound antique magazine compilations

USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 264.38
6002 Alexander Ross

The Fur Hunters of the Far West; A Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains

1855 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 235.00
6030 James Bateman

The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala, by James Bateman, London 1837-1842

c1975 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 235.00
6078 Benjamin Keach

Troposchemalogia: Tropes and Figures; or, a Treatise of the Metaphors, Allegories, and Express Similitudes, &c. Contained in the Bible of the Old and New Testament. To Which is Prefixed, Divers Arguments to Prove the Divine Authority of the Holy Scripture

1682 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 235.00
6086 Antoine Francois Fourcroy

The Philosophy of Chemistry, or Fundamental Truths of Modern Chemical Science, Arranged in a New Order

USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 152.75
6104 Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Le Petit Prince

1943 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 152.75
6061 William Alexander

The History of Women, from the Earliest Antiquity, to the Present Time; Giving Some Account of Almost Every Interesting Particular Concerning that Sex, Among All Nations, Ancient and Modern

1782 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 141.00
6001 John Lindley

Sertum Orchidaceum: A Wreath of the Most Beautiful Orchidaceous Flowers

c1975 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6006 Daniel Curry

New-York: A Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Metropolitan City of America. By a New-Yorker.

1853 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6034

This lot is comprised of five antique volumes featuring theology

USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6063

This lot consists of two decoratively bound compilations of mid-19th century weeklies

USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6076

This lot consists of three volumes of The Yellow Book Quarterly and one entitles The Yellow Book: A Selection.

USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6082 Katherine Prescott Wormeley

The United States Sanitary Commission. A Sketch of Its Purposes and Its Work. Compiled from Documents and Private Papers

1863 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6085 Don Bernardo Couto

Dialogo Sobre la Historia de la Pintura en Mexico

1872 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6019 Board of Supervisors

Report of Special Committee on Volunteering Embracing a Complete Statement of Operations in Filling the Quota of the County of New York Under the Call of the President, Dated July 18, 1864, for 500,000 Men

1864 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 94.00
6038

Six antique travel and exploration volumes

USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 94.00
6091

This lot consists of the literature, poetry and children’s titles

USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 94.00
6096 uncredited

The Wonders of the Universe; or Curiosities of Nature and Art: Including Memoirs and Anecdotes of Wonderful and Eccentric Characters of Every Age and Nation. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. The Whole Collected from the Most Original and Auth

1836 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 94.00
6097 Samuel Bowles

Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific States, with Speaker Colfax

1865 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 94.00
6010 Matthew J. Graham

The Ninth Regiment New York Volunteers (Hawkins' Zouaves) Being a History of the Regiment and Veteran Association from 1860 to 1900

1900 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 82.25
6013 Thomas Campbell

Gertrude of Wyoming; A Pennsylvanian Tale and Other Poems

1809 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 82.25
6014 uncredited Editor: Department of State

Correspondence Relative to the Present Condition of Mexico, Communicated to the House of Representatives by the Department of State

1862 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 82.25
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
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    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
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    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
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    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
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    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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