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Auction Name Antique & Vintage Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 24,756.63
Auction Date October 27, 2020 - October 27, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #225046 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 245
Sold Lots 242 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 98.78% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 3 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
119 Author Unknown.

"Injunctions by Queen Elizabeth I 1559"

Not Available USD 2,328.75
34

"Animadversions of Warre, or, A Militarie Magazine of the truest rules, and ablest instructions, for the managing of Warre composed of the Most Refined Discipline, and Choice Experiments that these late Netherlandish and Swedish Wares have Produced” by

1639 Not Available USD 1,035.00
1 translated By the Sieur De Ryer Lord of the Malezair

"Koran commonly called the Alcoran of Mahomet”

1806 Not Available USD 862.50
80 John Robison

"Proofs of Conspiracy Against All the Religions and Governments of Europe, Carried on in the Secret Meetings of Free Masons, Illuminati and Reading Societies"

Not Available USD 839.50
6 Samuel Johnson.

"A Dictionary of the English Language in which The Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers, to which are prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar"

1755 Not Available USD 667.00
5

"The Rules of Civility; or, Certain Ways of Deportment Observed Amongst all Persons of Quality upon Several Occasions. Newly Revised and Enlarged.

1778 London Not Available USD 632.50
292a Theodore Roosevelt

"The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Elkhorn Edition"

1906 Not Available USD 563.50
133a

Death in the Dark Continent

Not Available USD 552.00
123 Ulyssis Aldro

"Historiam Naturalem in Patriaolim Profitentis, de Animalibus Insectis Libri Septem"

1618 Not Available USD 540.50
47 Francis Bacon.

"Sylva Sylvarum or A Natural Historie in ten centuries written by the Right Honourable Francis LO Verulam Viscount St. Alban –

1651 Not Available USD 517.50
116 Michael de Molinos

"The Spiritual Guide: Which Disentangles the Soul and Brings it by the Inward Way to the Getting of Perfect Contemplation and the Rich Creature of Internal Peace"

1688, 1685 Not Available USD 471.50
180 Warren H. Buxton (Autographed)

Book: The P.38 Pistol Volume One, Volume Two and Volume Three

1999 Not Available USD 448.50
54

"The Doctrine of Baptisms, Reduced to Ancient and Modern Corrruptions And Integrity, According to the Word of Truth; the Substance of Faith, and the Nature of Christ’s Kingdom. By William Dell Minister of the Gospel, and Master of Gonvil and Caius Colle

1759 Not Available USD 437.00
7 Fortunio Liceti

1652 Ancient Lamps and Rituals of Fire "De Lucernis Antiquorum Reconditis Libb Sex”

1652 Not Available USD 414.00
27

The New and Complete Book of Martyrs; or, an Universal History of Martyrdom. Being Fox's Book of Martyrs, Revised and Corrected, with Additions and Great Improvements.

Not Available USD 414.00
100

"The Works of The Famous English Poet, Mr. Edmond Spenser with The Faery Queen, The Shepherds Calendar, and The History of Ireland, Whereunto is added, An Account of his Life, with other new Additions never before in Print. Licensed, October 24th 1678 by

1679 Not Available USD 414.00
26

The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison Esq. Volume I, First Edition dated 1721. This first edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, containing his influential periodical publications, Volume I contains poems on several occasions, 'Ro

1721 Not Available USD 402.50
62 Samuel Johnson.

"A Dictionary of the English Language in which The Words are deduced from their Originals, and Illustrated in their Different Significations by Examples from the best Writers, to which are prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar"

1755 Not Available USD 379.50
39

"The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: newly translated out of the original Greek and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. By his Majesty’s special command and appointed to be read in Churches.”

1738 Not Available USD 356.50
31

"The Works of St. Thomas Brown, Kt. Doctor of Physic, late of Norwich Containing Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors. Religio Medici: With Annotations and Observations upon it, Hydrioaphia; or, Urn-Burial: Together with the Garden of Cyrus. Also c

1686 Not Available USD 345.00
50

"The History of the Reformation of Religion Within the Realm of Scotland Containing the Manner, and by what persons, the Light of Christ’s Gospel has been manifested unto this Realm after that horrible and Universal Defection from the Truth which has com

1760 Not Available USD 345.00
61 T. R. Hubback

"To Far Western Alaska for Big Game"

1929 Not Available USD 345.00
63 William Gouge

"The Whole Armour of God: or A Christians Spiritual Furniture, to keepe him Safe from the Assaults of Satan"

1619 Not Available USD 299.00
23 Anonymous Author

"An Exact and Most Impartial Accompt of the Indictment, Arraignment, Trial and Judgment (According to Law) of Twenty Nine Regicides, the Murtherers of his Late Sacred Majesty of Most Glorious Memory, begun at Hicks-Hall on Tuesday the 9th of October 1660

Not Available USD 287.50
58 John Smith, late fellow of Queen College of Cambridge.

"Select Discourses Treating 1. Of the True Way or Method of Attaining to Divine Knowledge. 2. Of Superstition. 3. Of Atheism. 4. Of the Immortality of the Soul. 5. Of the Existence and Nature of God. 6. Of Prophecy. 7. Of the Difference between the Legal

1673 Not Available USD 264.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    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.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    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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