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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 19,888.00
Auction Date December 01, 2024 - December 01, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 55,776.00
Sale Number #120124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,200.00
Total Lots 104
Sold Lots 99 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 58,773.00
% of Lots Sold 95.19% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 120,400.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
30 JOSEPHUS, Flavius

The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior : To which are added, three dissertations, concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, Gods command to Abraham, etc. : With an index to the wh

1777-78. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 570.00
103 ROOSEVELT, Theodore; ROOSEVELT, Kermit (Illus.)

Through the Brazilian Wilderness. With Illustrations from Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and Other Members of the Expedition.

1914 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
97 TOLSTOY, Leo

The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoi?.

1902 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 465.00
65 HITCHCOCK, Ethan

Remarks upon alchemy and the alchemists

1857 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 460.00
44 DICKENS, Charles

Master Humphreys Clock. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Complete in 3 volumes.

1840-41 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 430.00
64 UNITED STATES

The Constitution of the United States of America, with an alphabetical analysis

1854 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 420.00
76 McDONALD, W.

Spiritualism identical with ancient sorcery, New Testament demonology, and modern witchcraft

1866 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 405.00
83 CARROLL, Lewis

The hunting of the snark: an agony in eight fits

1876 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 405.00
38 MILLS, Charles

The History of the Crusades, for the Recovery and possession of the Holy Land

1821 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 395.00
60 SHAKESPEARE, William

The dramatic works of William Shakspeare with life, glossary, and poems.

ca. 1852. USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 370.00
98 REMINGTON, Frederick

Done in the Open : Drawings by Frederic Remington

1903 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 350.00
91 COOK, Clarence

Art and artists of our time

1888 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 345.00
15 SOLI?S, Antonio de, y Ribadeneyra

Histoire de la conque?te du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne

1691 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 325.00
1 DREXEL, Jeremias

De aeternitate considerationes coram ser.mo vtriusque Bavariae duce. S.R.I. archidapifero

1631 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 320.00
11 JUSTIN, Marcus Junianus

The history of Justin, taken out of the four and fortieth books of Trogus Pompeius: containing the affairs of all ages and countrys, both in peace and war, from the beginning of the world until the time of the Roman emperors.

1682 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 315.00
79 TWAIN, Mark

The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrims progress: being some account of the steamship Quaker Citys pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land, with descriptions of the countries, nations, incidents, and adventures as they appeared to the author: wi

1869 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 315.00
48 DICKENS, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illus. by Phiz.

1844 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 305.00
106 KING, Martin Luther Jr.

Strength to Love

1963 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 305.00
33 IKEDA, Tori

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Tsuzoku Sangokushi?????(????????)

ca. 1800. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 290.00
27 MACGOWAN, John

Infernal conference : or, Dialogues of devils

1772 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 280.00
22 WADDING, Lucas

Annales minorum seu Trium ordinum A.S. Francisco institutorum... tomus xix

1745 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 275.00
74 BRYANT, Charles

A history of the great massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota : including the personal narratives of many who escaped

1864 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 275.00
101 UNGER, Frederick William

Roosevelts African Trip: The Story of His Life, the Voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the Route through the Heart of Africa. Including the Big Game and Other Ferocious Animals, Strange Peoples and Countries Found in the Course of his Travels. Lavishly

(c)1909 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 275.00
104 Various authors

East of the sun and west of the moon

ca. 1930. USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 275.00
20 OZANAM, Jacques

Recreations Mathematiques Et Physiques : Qui Contiennent Plusieurs Problemes dArithmetique, de Ge?ometrie, de Musique, dOptique, de Gnomonique, de Cosmographie, de Me?canique, de Pyrotechnie, et de Physique... Tome second

1736 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 270.00
  • SwannPrinted & Manuscript African AmericanaMarch 20, 2025 SwannPrinted & Manuscript African AmericanaMarch 20, 2025
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    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
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    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.
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    Printed & Manuscript African Americana
    March 20, 2025
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.
    Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
  • Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000
    Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
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