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New England Book Auctions: Fine Books and Ephemera List

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Auction Name Fine Books and Ephemera List Total Sales (USD) 18,942.00
Auction Date July 16, 2024 - July 16, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #41 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 226
Sold Lots 223 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 98.67% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 3 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
59a

Folio Society Collection of over 130 volumes. Some illustrated. 8vo, cloth, most with slipcase; most light wear.

Vd Not Available USD 900.00
126

Railroad. Connecticut River Railroads and Connections by R.W.Nimke.SIGNED.(10) volumes.

Vd Not Available USD 540.00
142

NY Family History. Group of 41 Diaries all from one Family in NY. 1864-1930's.

Vd Not Available USD 540.00
133 Dickens, Charles.

Oliver Twist. Illustrated, includingcoloredplates.3volumes.8vo,gilt-lettered full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, top-edges gilt, original cloth bound in; volume 1 cover and limitation page detached, generally sound internally. ONE OF 50 NUMBERED COLOURED SE

1886 Not Available USD 450.00
59

Library catalogs, etc.: 19th cent.. Collection of books and ephemera. Some illustrated. Various sizes and formats; varying wear.

Vd Not Available USD 300.00
20

Photography. 100+ B&W 8 x 10 photographs of the MIT Lab.

Vd Not Available USD 270.00
68

Deeds: Maine and Mass. Group of 37 Maine and Massachusetts Deeds.

Vd Not Available USD 270.00
89

Natural History. The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. volume II. With 19 color plates. Covers detached and shaken. 3/4 leather.

1832 Not Available USD 240.00
111

Victorian Gift Annuals. Group of 4 Titles. The Religious Souvenir. (1834). * The Chaplet of Literary Gems. * The Keepsake of Friendship Gift Book. (1854). * The Golden gift by Emily Percival. (1853).

Vd Not Available USD 240.00
81 Mushrooms: McIlvaine.

One Thousand American Fungi. 1/750 copies. SIGNED. With color plates. Ex-Library.

1900 Not Available USD 228.00
116

Art Reference. Group of 8 Titles. Cubism the Leonard A. Lauder Collection. * Matisse Radical Invention 1913-1917. * Paul Klee Dialogue with Nature. * Verve The Ultimate Review of Art and Literature 1937-1960 by Michael Anthonioz. Abrams. (1987). * Anslem

Vd Not Available USD 228.00
153 Bidart, Frank.

Three SIGNED Original Typescripts. The Arc, Elegy, The Book of the Body. 1970's.

Vd Not Available USD 228.00
44

Spenser, Edmund. Poetical Works. Frontispiece. 5 volumes. 8vo, full polished green calf by Bartlett, spine gilt in 6 compartments, gilt turn-ins, top-edges gilt; light wear.

1839 Not Available USD 204.00
55 Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

Uncle Tom's Cabin * A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Together 2 volumes bond in 1. Illustrated. Tall 8vo, publisher's cloth decorated in gilt and blind; 1 signature sprung, scattered foxing.

Circa 1853 Not Available USD 204.00
62 Steinbeck, John.

Of Mice and Men. 1st edition 2nd printing in Dust Jacket.

1937 Not Available USD 204.00
119

American Imprints. Group of 5 Titles. System of the Geography of the World by Nathaniel Dwight. Northampton. (1812). * Family Prayer Book. Hingham. (1829). * Paradise Lost by John Milton. Amherst. (1831). * The Architecture of Birds Boston. (1833). * The

Vd Not Available USD 204.00
32

Americana. Murray. Adventures in the Wilderness * Sears. Forest Runes. Together 2 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth; shelf-wear, generally sound. FIRST EDITIONS.

1869; 1887 Not Available USD 192.00
46

Miscellaneous: illustration, etc.. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Some illustrated. 8vo, 3 cloth with dust jacket; light wear.

Vd Not Available USD 192.00
83

Colleges & Universities: Pamphlets. Group of 39 Pamphlets. Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Etc.

Vd Not Available USD 180.00
172

Fine Printing Ephemera. Collection of over 20 items. Most illustrated. Various sizes and formats; most light wear.

Vd Not Available USD 180.00
40 (Grey, Zane).

Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Some illustrated. 8vo or 32mo, first 3 cloth or leatherette, 2 with slipcase; light wear.

Vd Not Available USD 168.00
53

The Gentlemans Companion: or, a Character of True Nobility, and Gentility. By A Person of Quality [William Ramsay or Ramesey]. 8vo, later calf-backed boards; lacking the frontispiece, some foxing, etc. (Wing R206).

1672 Not Available USD 156.00
67

Limited Editions Club. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated. 4to or 8vo, cloth, slipcase (last broken); moderate wear.

Vd Not Available USD 156.00
112

Civil War. Group of Civil War Ephemera. The Abolition Schemes of Negro Equality Exposed. (1862). * Report of Lieutenant General U. S. Grant 1864-1865. * Report of The quartermaster General. (1862). * Photograph of Entrance to the mine, to mine Fort Hell o

Vd Not Available USD 156.00
12

Tolkien, J R R. Lord of the Rings 3 volume slipcased set. 2nd edition, 3rd & 4th printings. Book Club Edition. Houghton Mifflin. * The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings Ballantine Red box. All 4volumes are 1973 printings. * J. R. R. Tolkien a biography by Carpen

Vd Not Available USD 144.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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