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Auction Name Literature, Graphics and Ephemera - bidstart 8/13 Total Sales (USD) 54,042.00
Auction Date September 07, 2021 - September 07, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #497 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 192
Sold Lots 175 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 91.15% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 17 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
49 Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles. The Nonesuch Dickens. Edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Walter Dexter, and Thomas Hatton.

1937-38 Not Available USD 5,100.00
33 Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original Ms. Book...Illustrated by the Author.

1886 Not Available USD 3,600.00
132 (Pennyroyal Press)

Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Printed in blue, black and red.

1982 Not Available USD 3,300.00
26 Burton, Virginia Lee

Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House. Illustrated by the Author.

1942 Not Available USD 1,920.00
100 Joyce, James

Dubliners.

1916 Not Available USD 1,680.00
53 Dumas, Alexandre

The Count of Monte-Cristo. 20 plates after Henry Valentin

1846 Not Available USD 1,560.00
118 Moore, Clement

Poems.

1844 Not Available USD 1,560.00
125 Oliver, Mary

American Primitive.

1983 Not Available USD 1,320.00
182 Whitman, Walt

Leaves of Grass. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Schoff, calligraphic title.

1860-61 i.e. 1860 Not Available USD 1,320.00
90 Jewett, Sarah Orne

Group of 10 volumes, as listed below.

vd Not Available USD 1,020.00
41 Cranbrook Press

Booth, George G. The Pleasures of Planting and Other Thoughts. 39 pages.

1902 Not Available USD 720.00
152

Collection of over 1000 cards. Each 3-1/2 x 7 inches; most light wear.

Circa 1890s-1900s Not Available USD 720.00
32 Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 42 illustrations by John Tenniel.

1869 Not Available USD 660.00
99 Joyce, James

Ulysses.

1927 Not Available USD 660.00
158 Thaxter, Celia

Group of 4 volumes, as listed below.

vd Not Available USD 660.00
71 Greene, Graham

Greene, Graham. Brighton Rock.

1938 Not Available USD 570.00
6

The Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. Edited by Antonio Pinelli, et. al. Profusely Illustrated.

2000 Not Available USD 510.00
133 Perkins, Frederic B

Scrope; or, The Lost Library. Printed in double columns.

1874 Not Available USD 510.00
175 Twain, Mark

Life on the Mississippi. Illustrated.

1883 Not Available USD 480.00
180 Wharton, Edith; & Ogden Codman

The Decoration of Houses. Numerous photographic illustrations.

1897 Not Available USD 480.00
20 (Bradley, Will)

Group of 7 volumes, as listed below. Decorations and designs by Bradley.

vd Not Available USD 450.00
55 [El Lissitzky]

Wendingen. Special Number of the English Edition. [Volume 4, number 11]. Illustrated.

1921 Not Available USD 450.00
81 Hemingway, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls.

1940 Not Available USD 450.00
94 Jewett, Sarah Orne

Group of 7 volumes, as listed below.

vd Not Available USD 450.00
34 (Chagall, Marc)

Chaliastre. No. 2. Dedication by Peretz Markish. Edited by Oser Warschawsky. Text in Yiddish. Cover and 4 plates by Chagall.

1924 Not Available USD 420.00
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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.
    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.
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    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.
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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.
    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.
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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.
    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.
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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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    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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    Modern First Editions
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    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
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    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
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    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
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