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Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books, Maps & Atlases: Birmingham-Southern College Collection

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Auction Name Books, Maps & Atlases: Birmingham-Southern College Collection Total Sales (USD) 294,273.00
Auction Date July 31, 2024 - July 31, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 198,360.00
Sale Number #73124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 324,875.00
Total Lots 501
Sold Lots 501 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 198,360.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 324,875.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.58%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
22

[1624, 1625-1632, with All Four Maps] The Generall Historie of Virginia, New=England, and the Summer Isles: with the names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from their first beginning.

c1624 USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 21,420.00
44 Thomas L McKenney and James Hall.

History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Embellished with One Hundred and Fifteen of One Hundred and Twenty Portraits In Three Volumes.

1842, 1844 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 18,900.00
13

AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- The American Military Pocket Atlas.

1776 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,560.00
127 Leeser, Issac

Discourses on the Jewish Religion in 10 volumes.

1836, 1867 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 6,930.00
2

A DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF CAROLANA, BY THE SPANIARDS CALL'D FLORIDA, AND BY THE FRENCH LOUISIANE. ALSO OF THE GREAT AND FAMOUS RIVER MESCHACEBE OR MISSIPPI.

1741 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,985.00
19 William Roberts & Thomas Jefferys,

[6 folding maps and 1 folding plate] An Account of the First Discovery and Natural History of Florida.

1763 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,670.00
21 CHARLEVOIX (P. F. X. DE).

Historie et Description Generale de la Nouvelle France, avec le Journal Historique d'un Voyage fait par odre du Roi dans l'Amerique Septentrionnale in Three Volumes.

1744 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,670.00
15 ELLICOTT, Andrew (1754-1820).

The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States During Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, and 1799, and part of the Year 1800:

1803 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,355.00
38

The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land, to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth.

1598-1600. USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 5,040.00
3

Ulysses.

1922 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,725.00
489 A.M. Prude.

Soliloquy of Birmingham Bob of Rainbow Glen

1906 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 4,095.00
497 John Marshall.

The Life of George Washington.

1804 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 3,528.00
14 ELLICOTT, Andrew (1754-1820).

The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States During Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, and 1799, and part of the Year 1800:

1803 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,276.00
48 MAXIMILIAN, Alexander Phillip of Wied?Neuweid, Prince (1782?1867).

Travels in the Interior of North America. Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites.

1906 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 3,276.00
5 WILLIAMS, JOHN LEE

The Territory of Florida: or, Sketches of the topography, civil and natural history of the country, the climate and the Indian tribes.

1837 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,150.00
27 MARTYR, Peter [Pietro Martire d'Anghiera] (1457-1526).

De rebus Oceanicis & Orbe nouo decades tres... Eiusdem praeterea legationis Babylonicae liber tres.

1533 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,150.00
30

The Case of the Cherokee Nation against the State of Georgia; Argued and Determined at the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term 1831.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,150.00
25 [MITCHELL, John (d.1768).]

The Contest in America Between Great Britain and France, with its Consequences and Importance ... By an Impartial Hand.

1757 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,024.00
65 Darwin (Charles)

Darwin's Descent of Man First Edition, 1st Issue.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,024.00
55 Alexander Falconbridge,

An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa

1788 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,898.00
82 Dante Alighieri, Henry Boyd Translation, T. Cadell.

Divina Commedia 3 Vols,

1802 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,772.00
85

Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union; and the Ordinance of Secession.

1860 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,772.00
4

[All Four Maps] Travels on an Inland Voyage: Through the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee and Through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New-Orleans.

1810 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,520.00
8 Amos Andrew Parker.

Trip to the West and Texas.

1836 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,520.00
140

Geneva Bible.

1599 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,520.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
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