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Auction Name Antiquarian Books - bidstart 5/4 Total Sales (USD) 11,241.25
Auction Date May 11, 2022 - May 11, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 13,785.00
Sale Number #11 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 20,340.00
Total Lots 249
Sold Lots 43 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 93,926.00
% of Lots Sold 17.27% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 139,265.00
Unsold Lots 206 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 8.07%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 L. Ron HUBBARD (1911-1986).

Slaves of Sleep.

1948 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,173.50
4 William GOLDING (1911-1993).

Lord of the Flies.

1955 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 747.50
52 Cecil B. DEMILLE (1881-1959, owner). John MARTIN (1789-1854).

Illustrations to the Bible.

1839 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 724.50
21 Walker PERCY (1916-1990).

The Moviegoer.

1961 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 543.95
19 Wyndham LEWIS (1913-1986).

One-Way Song [including:] If so the man you are;  Envoi; The song of the militant romance; Engine fight-talk.

1933 USD 900.00 - 1,400.00 USD 460.00
55 [TOPOGRAPHICAL Watercolors, U.K & EUROPE]. - COPLESTON Family (artists).

[An album containing over 100 mounted original watercolor views of landscape and architecture in Great Britain and Europe, executed by at least three different hand, all members of the Copleston family (?], some of whom lived in Hurstpierpoint in Sussex,

c. 1883-1914 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 437.00
183

WHAT MEIN KAMPF MEANS TO AMERICA By Francis Hackett

1941 USD 450.00 - 550.00 USD 316.25
149

Kumar Sri Ranjitsinhji, The Jubilee Book of Cricket

 1897 USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 289.80
43 César-François Cassini de Thury,

Carte générale de la France. [Larche].

USD 175.00 - 225.00 USD 287.50
193 Purviance, Photographer,

“Purviance’s Photographic Views on the Pennsylvania  Central Rail Road”;

ca. 1858 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 287.50
241 Camera-Kunst: Eine internationale Sammlung von Kunst-Photographien der Neuzeit.

Unter Mitwirkung von Fritz Loescher; herausgegeben von Ernst Juhl.

1903 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 258.75
59

Inherit the wind. TV movie.  Screenplay by Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith.

1999 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 230.00
90 [CHURCH of ENGLAND].

[A bound collection of 18 ‘Forms of Prayer’ for special occasions].

1699-1854. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 230.00
135

Modern Persian rug binder containing over 100 pictures:  1 professional image of a display "currently on view" at furniture showrooms of Harvey Probber, NYC, issued by Merchandise Display News," with a small stereoptic version mounted lower right, full

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 230.00
176

Satirical engraving: Napoleon & his rat army. “Alte Liebe rostet nicht, oder Beschaftigung des grossen Manned auf der kleinen Ratten-Insel Sanct Helena.”

c. 1815/16. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 230.00
197 [Hine, Lewis W.]

Through the Threads. An Interpretation of the Creation of Beautiful Fabrics by The Shelton Looms.

1933 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 230.00
244 Hanson, David.

Checklist of Photomechanical Process and Printing, 1825-1910.

2017 USD 225.00 - 250.00 USD 218.50
69 Charles S. NEWHALL,

 The Leaf-Collector's Hand-Book And Herbarium An Aid In The Preservation And In The Classification Of Specimen Leaves Of The Trees Of Northeastern America.

 1891 USD 125.00 - 150.00 USD 205.85
245 Robert Browning

The Last Ride

1900 USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 201.25
153 [Robert Charles DALLAS (1754-1824, words attrib. to).

Title: Bonja Song, a favorite negro air. For the piano-forte, dedicated to Georgeiana.

c. 1818-1823 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 189.75
17 Res 150 est 250-350 Ex-lot 236 sale 10 Beatrix POTTER.

 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.

1909 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 172.50
39 PAMPHLETS, belonging to Zoë THOMSON (1835-1913).  

A sammelband containing 9 separate publications, with a typed general title “Pamphlets Presented by Their Authors to Zoe Thomson".

 1851-1887. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 172.50
41

According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland. With Notes.

1845 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 172.50
200 [Marsh, J. B. T.].

The Story of the Jubilee Singers; with Their Songs.

1876 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 172.50
61 Gau, René.

 France Réveille Toi! Face Au Chaos!

c. 1949 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 151.80
  • Sotheby’s
    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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    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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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