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Auction Name Fine Books and Ephemera Total Sales (USD) 21,072.00
Auction Date June 21, 2022 - June 21, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #List16 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 207
Sold Lots 195 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 94.20% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 12 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
188 Baum, Frank L..

(5) Volumes.

Vd Not Available USD 1,140.00
164 Baum, L Frank.

Glinda Of Oz. First Edition In Dust Jacket. Lacks Plate After Pg. 212.

 1920 Not Available USD 720.00
30 Jewett, Sarah Orne.

(13) Volumes.

Vd Not Available USD 672.00
91 Woodson, Carter G..

The Journal Of Negro History. (2) Volumes.

1916 Not Available USD 570.00
70 Howard University.

1880's Scrapbook News Clippings And Howard University Programs.

 Vd Not Available USD 510.00
38 Rand, Ayn.

Atlas Shrugged. First Printing In Dust Jacket. But Bound Without Pages 633-664.

 1957 Not Available USD 420.00
146 Twain, Mark.

Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. 1888 Edition.

 1888 Not Available USD 420.00
26 Morney, Philip.

The Mysterie Of Iniquitie: That Is to Say, The Historie Of The Papacie. Full Leather.

 1612 Not Available USD 390.00
165 Rackham, Arthur.

English Fairy Tales Retold By Flora Anne Steel. Illustrated By Arthur Rackham.1/500 Signed By Rackham. Covers Detached.

 1918 Not Available USD 390.00
27 Parr, Elnathan.

The Workes Of That Faithfull And Painefull Preacher Mr. Elnathan Parr. Full Leather. Covers Detached.

 1632 Not Available USD 360.00
185

(190+) Real Photo Postcards.

 Vd Not Available USD 330.00
10 Thaxter, Celia.

Signed Poem With Photograph.

 1886 Not Available USD 270.00
11 Larcom, Lucy.

Signed Poetry with Photograph. (1876) in a 12-1/2" X 16" Glass Fronted Frame.

1876 Not Available USD 270.00
18a

Collection of 110 Volumes.

Not Available USD 270.00
125

Postmaster's Log. 1880's Manuscript Postmaster's Log. ,

1880's Not Available USD 270.00
131 Baum, L. Frank.

(11) Volumes In The Wizard Of Oz Series. Some With Color Plates All Later Editions.

 Vd Not Available USD 270.00
135 Gilchrist, Alexander.

Life Of William Blake. (2) Volumes.

1863 Not Available USD 270.00
179

(110) Real Photo Postcard. Mostly Ca. Also Includes Az, Tx., Or, Wa, Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 270.00
12 Jewett, Sarah Orne.

Manuscript Note With Clipped Signature. In a 12-1/2" X 15-3/4" Glass Fronted Frame. With Miss Sarah Orne Jewett Broadside. In A 8" X 10-1/2" Glass Fronted Frame.

 Vd Not Available USD 228.00
51

(50+) Fine Press Booklets.

 Vd Not Available USD 228.00
180

(100+) Postcards. Real Photo. * Novelty. * Holiday. * U. S. states. * View Books. * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 228.00
19 Faulkner, William.

Go Down Moses And Other Stories. First Printing. Dust Jacket Paper Backed. Ink Stamps On Endpaper.

 1942 Not Available USD 192.00
88 Keppel, Captain Henry.

The Expedition to Borneo Of H. M. S. Dido For The Suppression Of Piracy. (2) Volumes.

1846 Not Available USD 192.00
156 Shakespeare.

The Works Of William Shakespeare. (3) Volumes.

1920s Not Available USD 192.00
174

19th Century Manuscript Letters. * Letterhead. * Billheads. * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 192.00
  • 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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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