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New England Book Auctions: Fine Holiday Miscellany of Books and Ephemera Catalogue

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Auction Name	Fine Holiday Miscellany of Books and Ephemera Catalogue	Total Sales (USD)	54,324.00
Auction Date	December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Sale Number	#534	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	0.00
Total Lots	241
Sold Lots	214	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
% of Lots Sold	88.80%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	0.00
Unsold Lots	27	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
96	Woolf, Virginia	A Room of One's Own.	1929	Not Available	USD 5,100.00
51	Seuss, Dr.	The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.	1938	Not Available	USD 2,400.00
95	Woolf, Virginia	The Waves.	1931	Not Available	USD 1,920.00
174		Group of 36 watercolor costume designs from the Atelier A. Comelli.	circa 1900	Not Available	USD 1,800.00
182		Stinson School of Aviation. Collection of over 250 photographs and negatives relating to the school and the family + other related ephemera.	1910s-30s	Not Available	USD 1,560.00
94	Woolf, Virginia	Monday or Tuesday. Woodcuts by Vanessa Bell.	1921	Not Available	USD 1,440.00
88	Woolf, Virginia	To The Lighthouse.	1927	Not Available	USD 1,200.00
56	Heinlein, Robert A	Stranger in a Strange Land.	1961	Not Available	USD 1,080.00
97	Sackville-West, Victoria	Autograph Card Initialed "V. W," to Clive Bell, suggesting a meeting with Leo & Mrs. Meyers.	1929	Not Available	USD 1,020.00
198		Presidential Autographs. Group of 8 volumes, 1) Truman. Mr. Citizen. 1960)	vd	Not Available	USD 900.00
164		Photographs. Album containing over 35 tintypes and 15 cartes-de-visite of various sizes.	19th-century	Not Available	USD 840.00
4	Barrie, J. M	The Little White Bird.	1902	Not Available	USD 780.00
59	Bemelmans, Ludwig	Madeline.	1939	Not Available	USD 720.00
12	V. Sabater	Comitiva Regia en el Casamiento de S.M. el Rey de Espana Don Alfonso 12 con S. A. I. y R. la Archiduquesa Dona Maria Cristina de Austria, en el Trayecto Desde la Real Basilica de Atocha a Palacio el dia 29 de Novbre de 1879	1883	Not Available	USD 660.00
34	Stowe, Harriet Beecher	Uncle Tom's Cabin.	1852	Not Available	USD 660.00
223	Greenaway, Kate	Kate Greenaway's Almanack. 1883-1885 & 1887.	1882-96	Not Available	USD 660.00
54		Die Garderobe der Dame. The Wardrobe of Ladies. Group of 2 hand-colored identical 7-inch double-sided paper dolls, 8 hand-colored double-sided gowns and 8 hand-colored hats.	1850s	Not Available	USD 600.00
71	Sendak, Maurice	Nutshell Library.	1962	Not Available	USD 600.00
251		Group of 40 volumes. Illustrated, including pop-ups and moveables. Includes: A Day in the Zoo. Facsimile. (1980)	vd	Not Available	USD 600.00
16	Glassman, Peter, editor.	OZ: The Hundredth Anniversary. Illustrations and text by Maurice Sendak, Tomie de Paola, Paul O. Zelinsky, Uri Schulevitz, Madeleine L'Engle, Jules Feiffer, Eric Carle, and other illustrators.	2000	Not Available	USD 570.00
92	Woolf, Virginia	Between the Acts.	1941	Not Available	USD 540.00
8	Sabuda, Robert.	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.	2001	Not Available	USD 510.00
111		Atlas of the City of Boston. Boston Proper * ditto. Roxbury.	1928; 1915	Not Available	USD 510.00
30	Vonnegut, Kurt	Bluebeard.	1987	Not Available	USD 480.00
68		Children's: Engravings of 6 images with text on a single sheet.	Late 18th-century	Not Available	USD 480.00

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD

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