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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 58,030.00
Auction Date July 31, 2022 - July 31, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 58,468.00
Sale Number #73122 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 119,193.00
Total Lots 104
Sold Lots 104 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 58,468.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 119,193.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.69%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
88 Main author: BAUM, L. Frank<br><br>

Title: The Land of Oz

 1904 USD 950.00 - 1,999.00 USD 13,750.00
11 DEFOE, Daniel

The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe

 1784 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 4,200.00
78 various

Strand Magazine

 1894-1900 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,950.00
87 REMINGTON, Frederick

Done in the Open : Drawings by Frederic Remington

 1904 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,550.00
37 DICKENS, Charles

Little Dorrit.

 1857 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 2,350.00
62 TWAIN, Mark

The Prince and the Pauper, A tale for young people of all ages

 1882 USD 950.00 - 1,999.00 USD 2,000.00
103 BARUCH, Dorothy

Pinocchio

 ©1940 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 1,275.00
85 COOKE, John Esten

Life of Thomas J. Jackson

 ©1899 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 980.00
98 CARTER, Howard

Tut=Ench=Amun : ein ägyptisches Königsgrab : Entdeckt von Carl of Carnarvon* und Howard Carter

 1927 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 930.00
104 FLEMING, Ian

The Man with the Golden Gun

 1965 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 870.00
1 OVID, P Naso

P. Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV. : Denuò collatis probatissimae fidei exemplaribus quàm accuratissimè, variis lectionibus ad marginem appositis, emendati

 1565 USD 950.00 - 1,999.00 USD 750.00
101 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

To Have and Have Not

 1937 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 740.00
13 ROBERTSON, William

An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India : and the progress of trade with that country prior to the discovery of the passage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.



 1791 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 710.00
92 WELLS, H.G.

The World Set Free

 1914 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 710.00
16 DALYELL, John G

A Tract chiefly relative to Monastic Antiquities : with some account of a recent search for the Remarks of the Scotish Kings interred in the Abbey of Dunfermline

 1809 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 700.00
10 BUFFIER, Claude

Geographie universelle : exposeÌe dans les differentes meÌthodes qui peuvent abreÌger leÌtude & faciliter lusage de cette science. Avec le secours des vers artificiels.

 1774 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 640.00
75 MILTON, John.

Milton's Paradise lost

ca. 1890 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 610.00
100 THOMPSON, Ruth Plumly

The Wishing Horse of Oz

 1935 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 570.00
55 RICHARDSON, James

Wonders of the Yellowstone

 1874 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 560.00
63 CANNON, George Q

The life of Nephi : the son of Lehi, who emigrated from Jerusalem, in Judea, to the land which is now known as South America, about six centuries before the coming of our Savior

 1883 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 530.00
69 SMITH, Joseph

The Book of Mormon an account written by the hand of Mormon upon plates taken from the plates of Nephi.

 1888 USD 950.00 - 1,999.00 USD 520.00
29 MILTON, John

The poetical works of John Milton with life.

 ca. 1845 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 490.00
31 IRVING, Washington

Illustrations of Rip Van Winkle; designed and etched by Felix O.C. Darley

 1848 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 455.00
30 HEADLEY, Joel T.

Napoleon and his marshals

 1847 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 450.00
94 BOCCACCIO, Giovanni

The Decameron

 ca. 1920]. USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 420.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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