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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
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Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde. -
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Books - bidstart 2/8
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Antiquarian Books - bidstart 2/8 | Total Sales (USD) | 16,863.60 |
| Auction Date | February 15, 2023 - February 15, 2023 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 18,230.00 |
| Sale Number | #14 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 26,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 252 | ||
| Sold Lots | 70 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 87,865.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 27.78% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 125,080.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 182 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 13.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | JAPAN MAP |
1650 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,150.00 | |
| 12 | EL LISSITZKY & H. ARP. | Die Kunstismen... Isms of Art. |
1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 977.50 |
| 36 | [John SMITH]. | Compleat Fisher ... Sixth Edition … Price 9d. |
1730?. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 966.00 |
| 219 | RARE MEXICAN GENEALOGY Fine Color plates; Leather: Historia Genealógica de Las Familias Más Antiguas |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 876.30 | ||
| 196 | ANGLER'S VADE MECUM |
1700 | USD 800.00 - 900.00 | USD 805.00 | |
| 187 | CATLIN | CATLIN'S LETTERS & NOTES |
USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 690.00 | |
| 118 | H.L. MENCKEN. | Prejudices. |
1919-27. | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 591.10 |
| 34 | John STEINBECK. | The Grapes of Wrath. |
April 1939. | USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 575.00 |
| 53 | Captain DELANO's copy | Polar, Arctic and the origin of the Resolute desk in the White House, 1857. |
1857 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 575.00 |
| 96 | Daniel N. STANTON (“carpetbagger” [?], railroad & tramway investor, etc.) | Four 4 large scrapbooks |
USD 220.00 - 280.00 | USD 543.95 | |
| 84 | J M JONES. | [Natural History of Bermuda. |
1864 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 517.50 |
| 100 | Flannery O'CONNOR. | Wise Blood. |
1952 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 517.50 |
| 102 | Virginia WOOLF. | To the Lighthouse. |
July 1927. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 509.45 |
| 119 | H.L. MENCKEN. | [Selection of works]. |
1905-30. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 457.70 |
| 121 | H.L. MENCKEN. | [Works, by or on Mencken] |
1909-1930. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 393.30 |
| 87 | [T. DWIGHT] | Journal of a Tour in Italy. |
1824 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 322.00 |
| 210 | [Zulu / Dutch African] Rare Illustrated Dutch Book —Peter Hansen Zulukafferhovdin |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 289.80 | ||
| 60 | Mary PATRICK. | A Bosphorus Adventure. Istanbul. |
Ca.:1934. | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | USD 287.50 |
| 131 | Americana: history of South Carolina, by Wallace, 3 volumes. Scarce set. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 241.50 | ||
| 74 | Books Arts — Early printing: collection of 17th Century Imprints , Dutch Paper |
17th Century | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 230.00 | |
| 217 | [James POWELL & Sons, aka WHITEFRIARS Glass] | [Risen Christ: a full-size design. |
c. 1900-20 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 230.00 |
| 221 | [GOT GREEN?] Decorative Leather Bindings & Cloth Sets 3 shelves of Classics—Dickens, Thackeray, Lamb |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 230.00 | ||
| 213 | De Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1841, two volumes, full leather |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 217.35 | ||
| 37 | R. BROOKES. | General Dispensatory. |
1753 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 207.00 |
| 126 | [ASiA; TRAVEL] 1845 Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara 2 vols. |
USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 205.85 |
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
