<center>Swann Auction Galleries A Record Breaking Season

Swann: The Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, NY, 1830. Sold Sept. 30 — $112,500.

Swann: Vincent Van Gogh, Homme à la Pipe: Portrait du Docteur Gachet, Evening, etching, 1890. Sold Nov. 2 — $161,000.

Swann: Edward Ruscha, Stains, title page, one of 70, signed, 1969. Sold Nov. 9 — $112,500.

Swann: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, hand colored aquatint, 1828. Sold Dec.9 — $137,000.

Swann: Edmund Dulac, The Snow Queen, watercolor, gouache, pen & ink, 1910. Sold Dec. 16 — $125,000.
<center>Potter & Potter Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts February 26, 2022

Potter & Potter, Feb. 26: ALLEN, Ethan. A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen’s Captivity from the Time of his Being Taken by the British, near Montreal…, Rare second edition, 1779. $40,000 to $60,000.

Potter & Potter, Feb. 26: CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain"). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. $10,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Feb. 26: LANE, Edward William, translator. Tales of a Thousand and One Nights; [or], The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. London, 1838–1841. 32 parts in 33. $7,000 to $9,000.

Potter & Potter, Feb. 26: GRANT, James, Lieut. The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in His Majesty's Vessel The Lady Nelson... London, 1803. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction January 29 & 30, 2022

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Civil War Archive, including Hospital CDVs. $2,400 to $2,800.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: W.B. Gosnell's Civil War Era 34 Star Flag w/ Book on Western Expansion. $1,200 to $1,400.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: 15 Star Parade Flag and Envelope, Framed. $800 to $900.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction January 29 & 30, 2022

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Partial Civil War Album, incl. Confederate Leaders. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: CDV Album incl. Garfield, plus Framed CSA Currency. $800 to $900.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Two Geronimo Cabinet Cards, incl. St. Louis World's Fair Signed. $2,800 to $3,200.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction January 29 & 30, 2022

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol, 1st Ed. 1843. $1,800 to $2,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Archive of Col. John Fite, CSA, POW Johnson's Island, first of two lots, 8 Items. $1,200 to $1,400.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Kentucky Confederate Call to Arms Broadside, 1862. $1,200 to $1,400.

<center>Case Antiques Two-Day Winter Fine Art, Antique, and Jewelry Auction January 29 & 30, 2022

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st Ed. $1,000 to $1,200.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: Autograph Album with Confederate Signatures, incl. Jeff Davis. $800 to $1,000.

Case Antiques, Jan. 29-30: WWI Navy Posters plus Photo of USS John Hood, 3 pcs. $700 to $750.
<CENTER>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper including Contents from the Estate of Paul Gallico January 27, 2022

Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 27: [Fleming] James Bond: Original British poster for Dr No, 1962. £20,000 to £25,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 27: Fleiming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, first issue, Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to ‘Paul [Gallico] from Balzache. 1953’. £18,000 to £22,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 27: Fleming (Ian). iamonds are Forever, first edition, first impression, Presentation copy from the author. £12,000 to £15,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 27: Greene (Graham). A Burnt-Out Case, first edition, inscribed 'For Paul Gallico - arrears for gratitudes to Antibes.........? from Graham Greene', 1961. £1,000 to £1,500.

<CENTER>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper including Contents from the Estate of Paul Gallico January 27, 2022

Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 27: Rowling (J. K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, paperback, 1997. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 27: Tolkien (J.R.R.) [The Lord of the Rings], 3 vol., The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954; The Two Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, first editions, first impressions. £800 to £1,200.

Chiswick Auctions, Jan. 27: Dali (Salvador). The Little Mermaid II, lithograph on Japon, signed and numbered ‘XXIV / XXXXV’ in pencil, 1966. £800 to £1,200.

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Auction Reports


Auction Name	Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	109,661.00
Auction Date	10/14/2021 - 10/14/2021	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	69,580.00
Sale Number	#2221	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	99,830.00
Total Lots	295
Sold Lots	224	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	96,880.00
% of Lots Sold	75.93%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	139,070.00
Unsold Lots	71	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	78.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
114	Torrens (Sir Arthur Wellesley,	West Indies.- Barbados & Saint Lucia.- Torrens (Sir Arthur Wellesley) An important collection of over 85 travel drawings, military figure studies, and other studies from life, pen and ink, [c. 1840s and later].	c.1840s	GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00	GBP 8,450.00
280	Saxton (Christopher)	Northampton.- Saxton (Christopher) Northamton Bedfordiae, Cantabrigiae, Huntingdoniae et Rutlandiae ..., 1576.	1576	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,250.00
144	Kitchin (Thomas)	World.- Kitchin (Thomas) A General Atlas, describing the whole Universe, 24 map sections, [c. 1773].	c.1773.	GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	GBP 3,000.00
129	Ackermann (Rudolph)	London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) Eight views from the series 'Views of London, aquatints with hand-colouring, c. 1811-1822 (8)	c.1811-1822	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,860.00
58	Gardener (D., compiler)	India.- Gardener (D.) The Original Calcutta Annual Directory and Bengal Register for Anno Domini 1816, Calcutta, [1816].	1816	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,750.00
295	Saxton (Christopher)	Somerset.- Saxton (Christopher) Somersetensem Comitat (agri fertiltate Celebrem) hec ob oculos ponit Tabula, [1579].	1579	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,500.00
77	Baedeker (Karl)	Middle East.- Baedeker (Karl) Palestine and Syria. Handbook for Travellers, Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1876; and others, guides and handbooks for the Middle East (c.90)	1876	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,375.00
259	[Rocque (John) and Richard Parr]	London.- [Rocque (John) and Richard Parr] Central section and parts of Rocque's 'An Exact Survey of the City's of London, Westminster ye Borough of Southwark...', [1746] (13)	1746 (13)	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 2,375.00
203	Allen & Co. (William H.)	India.- Allen & Co. (William H.) Map of India, from the most recent Authorities, 1844.	1844	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,250.00
276	Weller (Edward)	London.- Weller (Edward) London, 8 double-page map sheets only (of 9), [1863]; together with 32 further miscellaneous map sheets of London by Weller and Cassell, [c. 1863].	1863	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 2,125.00
279	Stanford (Edward)	London.- Stanford (Edward) Stanford's New Map of the County of London, On the Scale of Four Inches to One Mile, 1894.	1894	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 2,000.00
105	Wood Taylor (Charles "Carlos" Chatworthy,	South America.- Chile.- Wood (Charles "Carlos" Chatworthy) H.M. Ships "Collingwood" 80 Guns, "Asia" 84, and "Constance", 50 - Taken with the Camera Obscura, in the bay of Valparaiso, watercolour, 1848.	1848	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,950.00
139	SDUK.	Atlases.- SDUK. Complete atlas of modern, classical and celestial maps together with plans of the principal cities of the world..., 2 vol., 1877.	1877	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,875.00
134	Lizars (Daniel)	Atlases.- Lizars (Daniel) Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas, [1842].	1842	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,500.00
275	Illustrated London News (The)	London.- Illustrated London News (The) London from the South Side of the Thames, 1861.	1861	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,500.00
208	Griffiths (Richard) and Thomas Larcom.	Ireland.- Griffiths (Richard) A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners shewing the Principal Physical Features and Geological Structure of the Country, [1839].	1839	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,375.00
274	Tallis (John)	London.- Tallis (John) Tallis's Illustrated Plan of London and its Environs in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, 1851.	1851	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,375.00
287	Stephenson (George & Robert)	Railways.- Stephenson (George & Robert) Plans & Sections of the Chester & Holyhead Railway, 1843; together with a set of 10 contract plans, showing Contract No.3 from Rhyl to Colwyn Bay, [c. 1844] (2)	1843	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,375.00
237	Walker (John)	England & Wales.- Walker (John) Map of the Inland Navigation, Canals, and Rail Roads with the Situations of the various Mineral Productions throughout Great Britain, 1830.	1830	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 1,250.00
263	Horwood (Richard)	London.- Horwood (Richard) Twenty map sheets from 'Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house', [1795] (20)	1795	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 1,125.00
264		London.- Miscellaneous collection of single sheet maps of London, approx. 90 sheets, 19th century (90)	19th century	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,125.00
34	Thomson (John)	China.- Thomson (John) Through China with A Camera, 1899.	1899	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,062.50
72	Kaempfer (Englebert)	Japan.- Kaempfer (Englebert) Historia Imperii Japonici [The History of Japan], translated by J. Scheuchzer, 1 vol. only (of 2), 1727.	1727	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,000.00
132	De L'Isle (Guillaume)	De L'Isle (Guillaume) Atlante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del mondo, nel quale sono esattamente descritti, [c.1740-1750].	c.1740-1750.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,000.00
138	SDUK.	Atlases.- SDUK. Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 2 vol., 1844.	1844	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,000.00

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana Online Now through January 25, 2022

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: Audubon, John James. The "Wild Turkey" manuscript — capturing one of the nation's most iconic symbols of unity. $250,000 to $350,000.

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: (Flag) — Commemorative Thirteen-Star Flag. Pre-Civil War, Thirteen-Star Flag of the United States, from the collection of Charles Kuralt. $15,000 to $25,000.

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. First edition, presentation copy, and a former mystery. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: Audubon, John James. The "Wild Turkey" manuscript — capturing one of the nation's most iconic symbols of unity. $250,000 to $350,000.

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye. A strikingly fresh first edition of Salinger's essential novel. $20,000 to $25,000.

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. “America's second Declaration of Independence” — signed by Whitman. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: [Dylan, Bob]. Some of the earliest known professional portraits. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Now to Jan. 25: Y-Worth [Yarworth], William. Cerevisiarii Comes: Or, the New and True Art of Brewing… A rare and early English work on the art of brewing. $5,000 to $7,000.
Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: RUTH BADER GINSBERG’S PERSONAL COPY OF THE 1957-58 HARVARD LAW REVIEW, HEAVILY ANNOTATED BY HER.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S TEXTBOOK FOR HER “CIVIL PROCEDURE” CLASS AT HARVARD, HEAVILY ANNOTATED BY HER.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S TEXTBOOK FOR COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL CLASS ON JURISPRUDENCE, HEAVILY ANNOTATED BY HER.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: HONORARY DOCTORATE AWARDED TO RUTH BADER GINSBURG BY SMITH COLLEGE, 1994.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: A COPY OF JUSTICE GINSBURG’S ARTICLE, “WOMEN IN THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY,” SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE JUSTICE TO SENATOR NANCY KASSEBAUM.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: A COPY OF SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR’S ARTICLE, “THEY OFTEN ARE HALF-OBSCURE: THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE LEGACY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES,” PRESENTED TO RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: A DELUXE EDITION OF ANTONIN SCALIA’S MAKING YOUR CASE: THE ART OF PERSUADING JUDGES, FROM AN EDITION OF 2000, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: A FIRST EDITION OF SONIA SOTOMAYOR’S MY BELOVED WORLD, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: A FIRST EDITION OF AL GORE’S “THE ASSAULT ON REASON,” SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: BELOVED BY TONI MORRISON, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO RUTH AND MARTIN GINSBURG.

Bonhams, Jan. 19 – 27: A FIRST EDITION OF GLORIA STEINEM’S “MY LIFE ON THE ROAD,” SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO RUTH BADER GINSBURG.

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