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

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Auction Name Books, Maps & Atlases: Birmingham-Southern College Collection - Session II Total Sales (USD) 180,362.70
Auction Date August 01, 2024 - August 01, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 80,455.00
Sale Number #80124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 135,325.00
Total Lots 483
Sold Lots 483 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 80,455.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 135,325.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 133.28%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
510 [SENEX, John].

A New General Atlas, Containing a Geographical and Historical Account of All the Empires, Kingdoms and other Dominions of the World.

1721 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 18,900.00
526

A Map of Louisiana and Mexico, Western America, including part of Canada, showing many settlements, populations, tribes and roads, title in English and French, lower left, engraved map with original hand-colouring in outline, dissected and linen-backed, M

1820 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 13,860.00
513 Guillaume de l'Isle.

Atlas Nouveau, contenant Toutes les Parties du Monde . . . Par Guillaume de l'Isle.

1733 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,970.00
515 Kitchen [Kitchin], Thomas.

A General Atlas, Describing The Whole Universe.

1780 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,340.00
514 BOWEN, Emanuel

A Complete Atlas, or a Distinct View of the Known World.

1752 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,710.00
505 Drawn by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co.

Map of the Late Surveys in the Northern District of the Alabama Territory. Drawn by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. Sc. Phillips's List of Maps of America, p. 92, where the date is given as

[181-]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 9,450.00
504 Drawn by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co.

Map of the Late Surveys in the Southern District of the Alabama Territory. Drawn by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 6,930.00
516 CAREY, HENRY CHARLES; and ISAAC LEA.

A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas.

1823 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,930.00
543

Collection Antique Textile Fragments & Swatches

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,095.00
1301 Bell, Currer, Ellis, and Acton (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte)

Poems.

1848 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 3,528.00
530 Stepehn Elkins

1891-1895 Civil War Atlas 175 Plates (Disbound)

1891-1895. USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,024.00
517 Colton, Joseph Hutchins.

Colton's New Topographical Map of the Eastern Portion of the State of North Carolina with Part of Virginia & South Carolina.

1863 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,142.00
520 Colton's

[NORTH CAROLINA] Colton's New Topographical Map of the Eastern Portion of the State of North Carolina with Part of Virginia & South Carolina.

1863 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,890.00
1397

DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882). 1. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication.

1882 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,890.00
502

[Tennessee] Map of the Tennessee government, formerly part of North Carolina

Circa 1795. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,512.00
524 Colton's

1856 Complete 2 Vols. Colton's Atlas of the World.

1856 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,512.00
501

Southern Section of the United States Including Florida and C.

dated 1816. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,386.00
1399

[Alabama] Original Manuscript. The Life and Times of A.C. Ramsey (post Civil War).

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,386.00
1221 NILES, HEZEKIAH, editor

The Weekly Register.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,134.00
511

Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre.

1780's USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 945.00
512

Map of the Public Land States and Territories Constructed from the Public Surveys and other Official Sources in the General Land Office.

1865 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 819.00
837

Confederate Military History.

1899 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 819.00
1274

A short Sermon: Also Hymns in the Muskokee or Creek Language

1835 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 819.00
506

C.1846-47 Unites States, Mexico Ornamental Map.

C.1846-47 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 756.00
525 MURCHISON, Roderick Impey.

The Silurian System, founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester and Stafford.

1839 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 756.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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