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Auction Name Fine Books and Ephemera List Total Sales (USD) 21,708.00
Auction Date September 24, 2024 - September 24, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #43 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 225
Sold Lots 218 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 96.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 7 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
158 (Bakst, Leon).

Levinson, Andre. Histoire de Leon Bakst. Mounted color plates (lacking # LXIV). Folio, wrappers, slipcase (soiled); generally clean, lacking 1 plate.

1924 Not Available USD 1,080.00
190 (Cocteau, Jean.). Genet, Jean.

Querelle de Brest. 28 (of 29) lithographs by Cocteau (only). 4to, loose as issued, portfolio; light wear.

1947] Not Available USD 1,020.00
39

Collection of Information on Missiles and Rockets.

vd Not Available USD 510.00
209

Laws of the Republic of Texas. 2 volumes bound in 1. 8vo, later calf-backed boards; lacking the Declaration & Constitution (26 pages) in volume 1, some foxing & soiling, etc. SOLD-AS-IS. (Eberstadt 110: 262; Raines, page 230 (A, B, C, & D).

1838 Not Available USD 420.00
165

Group of 26 volumes. 8vo, gilt-decorated leather, all edges gilt; light wear.

vd Not Available USD 390.00
114 Twain, Mark.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Illustrated. 4to, publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black; shelf-worn, inner joints crudely reglued, etc.

1885 Not Available USD 360.00
47

Atlas of Worcester County Massachusetts.

1870 Not Available USD 330.00
61

Group of 14 Bibles. Edinburgh 1790. * Boston 1818. * Lowell 1827. * New York 1815. * Brattleborough, VT. 1828. * Etc. Most are full leather and X-Library.

vd Not Available USD 330.00
145 Pennant, Thomas.

British Zoology. Profusion of engraved plates (lacking plate LXI, but XIII in duplicate). 4 volumes. 4to, contemporary gilt-ruled diced calf, spines gilt in 6 compartments; lacking 1 plate, 1 cover detached, generally sound otherwise.

1776-1781 Not Available USD 330.00
21

19th Century Ashfield Library Catalog.

vd Not Available USD 300.00
106 [Brooke, Frances].

The History of Emily Montague. By Lady Julia Mandeville. 4 volumes. 12mo, contemporary acid-dyed calf, gilt-lettered spine-labels; spine-ends chipped, some covers detached, large Salem contemporary letterpress lending library bookplates

1784 Not Available USD 270.00
125 Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Essays. 8vo, publisher's cloth; spine chipped with loss, generally sound internally, George W. Briggs and L. B. R. Briggs ink ex-libris. FIRST EDITION. (BAL 5189

-1905 Not Available USD 270.00
186

Group of 14 maps. Most hand-colored; Various sizes; varying wear, some with closed tears, etc.

19th-century Not Available USD 270.00
52 Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt.

The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United states of America 1638-1870. 1st edition. X-library. Front cover detached.

Green. Not Available USD 240.00
103 Mather, Cotton.

Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary sheep, clamshell box provided; lacking spine-labels, volume 1 covers detached, some foxing and browning, etc., ex-libris S. M. Worcester. FIRST AMERICA

1820 Not Available USD 240.00
116 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de..

The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. 4 volumes. 12mo, contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf; joints dried, generally sound, bound without all engraved plates. SOLD-AS-IS.

1731 Not Available USD 240.00
136 Blakston, W. A; & W. Swaysland,.

et. al. The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds. 55 (of 56) color plates. 4to, pictorial cloth; lacking 1 plate, inner joints split, generally clean.

Circa 1880 Not Available USD 228.00
175 Hubbard, William.

A Narrative of the Indian Wars...375 pages + 6 page subscriber list. 8vo, gilt-decorated full red morocco by R. W. Smith, spine gilt in 6 compartments, top-edge gilt; several closed tears.

1803 Not Available USD 228.00
34

American Architecture 11 Titles. The Orders of Architecture by Stratton. (1931). * Allan Greenberg. * Frank Lloyd Wright. * Robert Smith. * Wallace Neff. * Irving Gill. * Etc.

vd Not Available USD 216.00
166 Milton, John.

The History of Britain, That part especially now Called England. Small 4to, contemporary calf; rebacked, covers detached, lacking the portrait.

1671 Not Available USD 216.00
183

Britten, Emma Hardinge. Ghost Land or Researches into the Mysteries of Occultism. 8vo, silver-pictorial cloth; moderate wear.

1897 Not Available USD 216.00
59

Jock Sturgis, Museum fur Moderne Hunst. * David Hamilton 7 Titles. Diary of a Young Girl. Private Collection. Hamilton's Movie. Etc.

vd Not Available USD 192.00
126 Washington, George.

A Message of the President of the United States, to Congress, relative to France and Great Britain. 8vo, contemporary sheep; covers detached, margins of last few leaves corroded with loss. SOLD-AS-IS.

1795 Not Available USD 192.00
92

Collection of 18 Titles in The Franklin Library SIGNED First Edition Series. The Death of Methuselah by Isaac Bashevis Singer. * Little Wilson & Big God by Anthony Burgess. * O-Zone by Paul Theroux. * Blues by John Hersey. * God Knows by Joseph Heller. *

vd Not Available USD 180.00
140 Beach, S. A.

The Apples of New York. Illustrated, including color plates. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth; 1 spine stained, inner joints split.

1905 Not Available USD 180.00
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  • 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.
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    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
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    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.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 54
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
    Gonnelli
    Futurism
    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
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