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New England Book Auctions: Photography, Fine Books, Prints - Online 6/27

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Auction Name Photography, Fine Books, Prints - Online 6/27 Total Sales (USD) 50,070.00
Auction Date July 30, 2024 - July 30, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #530 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 231
Sold Lots 192 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 83.12% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 39 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
60 Darwin, Charles

Autograph Letter Signed, to "Dear Sir," I am much obliged to you for so kindly pointing out to me the misprint in my book on the "Fertilisation of Orchids."

1877 Not Available USD 4,500.00
200

Signed Presentation New Years cards with photograph of portraits King Bhumibol the Great, Queen Sirikit and family, for the years 1968-72.

vd Not Available USD 3,000.00
3 Adams, John Quincy

Adams, John Quincy. Autograph Letter Signed,

1829 Not Available USD 2,700.00
199

Signed Presentation Photograph Portrait of Queen Sirikit of Thailand.

1967 Not Available USD 1,920.00
2 Adams, John Quincy

Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette.

1835 Not Available USD 1,440.00
136 NASA

Archive of 13 volumes plus related ephemera, compiled by Flight Director Donald R. Puddy, including the Space Shuttle Systems Handbook OV 101, Rev A.

1977-85 Not Available USD 1,440.00
120 [Liberotti, Giovanni]

Liberotti impronte.

1820s-30s Not Available USD 1,320.00
100

Original photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson and King Kalakaua of Hawaii.

19th-century Not Available USD 960.00
209

The Typophiles. Massive archive of 100s of books, specimens, broadsides, booklets, cards, keepsakes, and other related pieces of ephemera.

vd Not Available USD 900.00
34 Carter, Clarence Holbrook

Original watercolor on paper of a winter scene.

1951 Not Available USD 840.00
24 Bradley, Will H

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. F. H. Day, discussing his "stuff" at a poster show.

1895 Not Available USD 780.00
25 Bradley, Will H

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. White, discussing the production of posters.

1890s Not Available USD 780.00
116 Le Clerc, Jean

Reflections Upon what the World Commonly call Good-luck and Ill-luck, With regard to Lotteries.

1699 Not Available USD 720.00
186 Saunders, Trelawney

An Atlas of Twelve Maps of India.

1889 Not Available USD 660.00
227 Yoshitoshi

Nomi no Sukune wrestling with Taima no Kehaya.

1885 Not Available USD 660.00
228 Yoshitoshi

Kinoshita T?kichir? (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) standing in a stream with an enemy's head.

1886 Not Available USD 660.00
20

Large collection of over 500 billheads, business letters and receipts.

Mostly 19th - early 20th century Not Available USD 600.00
104 Hirschfeld, Al

Groucho: a Life in Revue [Frank Ferrante.] Fine etching.

nd Not Available USD 600.00
82

German Typography. Massive archive of over 150 brochures, type specimens, booklets, etc.

vd Not Available USD 570.00
142 The Outsider

Edited by Jon and Louise Webb.

1961-69 Not Available USD 540.00
27

Renowned Robin Hood: Or, his Archery truly related, in his Exploits before Queen Catherine.

Circa 1740s-60s Not Available USD 510.00
39 Child, Julia

Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

1997 Not Available USD 450.00
80

German Typography. Group of 28 booklets, broadsides, brochures, etc.

vd Not Available USD 450.00
225 Yoshitoshi

Danj? Matsunaga Hisahide preparing to commit suicide.

1883 Not Available USD 450.00
16 Baskin, Leonard

Dynastes Hercules.

1958 Not Available USD 420.00
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    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Locke's Important Treatise Some Thoughts Concerning Education.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: The Richly Illustrated First French Edition of Voyages de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Scarce First Issue of An Account of the Province of Carolina in America, Finely Bound and With Celebrated John Speed Map.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Humphrey's An Historical Account, Complete with Scarce Folding Maps.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: First Edition of Chamberlain's Scarce Civil War Memoir The Passing of the Armies.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: A Rare Photograph of David Bruce Brown and #48 Fiat.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: George Cruikshank (England, 1792-1878), Archive of Sketches, Notes, and Letters.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Extremely Scarce Copy of Die Samländische Ode (The Samland Ode), Signed by Max Pechstein.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Andy Warhol's The Thirteen Most Wanted Men Exhibition Catalogue.
    Leland Little, Jan. 22: Edward Ruscha (American, b. 1937), Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
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