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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 25,996.00
Auction Date March 09, 2025 - March 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 61,371.00
Sale Number #359870 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 125,600.00
Total Lots 104
Sold Lots 102 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 62,420.00
% of Lots Sold 98.08% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 127,800.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 20.34%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
64 DOYLE, A. Conan; PAGET, Sidney (Illus.)

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

1894 USD 1,950.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,225.00
91 POE, Edgar Allan

Tales of mystery and imagination; illustrated by Harry Clarke.

1935 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 970.00
51 CARROLL, Lewis

Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel.

1872 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 620.00
78 Main author: L Frank Baum,

Title: The Emerald City of Oz

1910 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 550.00
69 STOWE, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Toms Cabin : A tale of life among the lowly

1897 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
70 WILLIAMSON, Mrs. Mary L.

Life of Gen. Thos. J. Jackson "Stonewall" for the young, (fourth reader grade) in easy words. Illustrated.

1899 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
88 MILNE, A.A.

Now We Are Six

1927 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 495.00
81 TWAIN, Mark

TWAIN, Mark [works]

1917-1927. USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 475.00
40 DICKENS, Charles

Bleak House

1853 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 460.00
37 DICKENS, Charles

The haunted man and the ghosts bargain : a fancy for Christmas-time

1848 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 455.00
33 NORVINS, Jacques Marquet de Montbreton,

Histoire de Napoleon

1837 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 435.00
60 SHERMAN, William Tecumseh

Personal memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, written by himself

1891 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 410.00
30 United States Department of War

Abstract of Infantry Tactics; Including Exercises and Manoeuvres of Light-Infantry and Riflemen; for the Use of the Militia of the United States.

1830 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 405.00
55 TWAIN, Mark

The Prince and the Pauper, A tale for young people of all ages

1882 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 405.00
96 WOOLF, Virginia

The Death of the Moth

1942 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 405.00
76 ROOSEVELT, Theodore

[The Works of Theodore Roosevelt]

1905-1908 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 400.00
101 FLEMING, Ian

The Man with the Golden Gun

1965 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 390.00
52 TWAIN, Mark

Roughing It

1872 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 385.00
24 MOLIERE

Oeuvres de Moliere

1750 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 370.00
45 RAYMOND, Henry

The life and public services of Abraham Lincoln : Together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages, letters, and proclamations, and the closing scenes connected with his life and death ; To which are added anecdotes and personal

1865 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 370.00
43 THIERS, Adolphe

Atlas de lhistoire du Consulat et de lEmpire

1859 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 360.00
86 PAINE, Thomas

The Life and Works of Thomas Paine

[1925]. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 355.00
23 AESOP

Fabulae Aesopi selectae: or, select fables of Aesop.

1750 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 350.00
68 TWAIN, Mark

Following the equator, a journey around the world.

1897 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 340.00
31 HUGO, Victor

Le roi samuse, drame.

1832 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 335.00
  • Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 962. Baird. United States Exploring Expedition. Philadelphia 1858.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 772. Edith Holland Norton. Brazilian Flowers. Coombe Croft 1893.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 49. Petrarca. Das Gluecksbuch, Augsburg 1536.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 1496. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 8. Augustinus. De moribus ecclesie. Cologne 1480.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 17. Heures a lusaige de Noyon. Paris 1504.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 13. Schedel. Buch der Chronicken. Nürnberg 1493.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 957. Donovan. Insects of China. London 1798.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 123. A holy martyr. Tuscany, Florence, mid-14th century.
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 155
    Saturday April 26, 2025
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 438. Dante. La Divine Comédie. Paris 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 602. Firdausi. Histoire de Minoutchehr. Paris 1919
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 26: Lot 994. Westwood. Oriental Entomology. London 1848.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    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
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale
    April 30th & May 1st
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Taylor (Geo.) & Skinner (A.) Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777. Lond. & Dublin 1778. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Messingham (Thos.) Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum seu Vitae et Acta Sanctorum Hibernia, Paris 1624. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, L. (Faber & Faber) 1987, First Edn., Signed and dated. €225 to €350.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Valencey (Lt. Col. Chas.) Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, Vols. I-IV, 4 vols. Dublin 1786. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Powerscourt (Viscount). A Description and History of Powerscourt, Lond. 1903. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Moryson (Fynes). An Itinerary ... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travel Through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohermerland, Sweitzerland…, Lond. (John Beale) 1617. €700 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: After Buffon, Birds of Europe, c. 1820. Approx. 120 fine hd. cold. plts., mor. backed boards. €125 to €250.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Dunlevy (Andrew). An Teagasg Criosduidhe De Reir Ceasda agus Freagartha... The Catechism or Christian Doctrine by Way of Question and Answer, Paris (James Guerin) 1742. €400 to €700.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: The Georgian Society Records of Eighteen-Century Domestic Architecture in Dublin, 5 vols. Complete, Dublin 1909-1913. €500 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Scale (Bernard). An Hibernian Atlas or General Description of the Kingdom of Ireland, L. (Robert Sayer & John Bennet) 1776. €625 to €850.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: [Johnson (Rev. Samuel)]. Julian the Apostate Being a Short Account of his Life, together with a Comparison of Popery and Paganism,L. (Langley Curtis) 1682. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Nichlson (Wm.) Illustrator. An Almanac of Twelve Sports, Lond. 1898. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) trans. The Light of the Leaves, 2 vols., Mexico (Imprenta de los Tropicos/Bunholt) 1999. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1955. €1,500 to €2,000.
    Fonsie Mealy’s, Apr 30-May 1: Heaney (Seamus) & Egan (Felim) artist. Squarings, Twelve Poems, D. (Hieroglyph Editions Ltd.) 1991. €1,750 to €2,250.
  • Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN'S EXTREMELY RARE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. "Scene af: Røverne i Vissenberg i Fyen." in Harpen, 1822.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST THREE FAIRY TALE PAMPHLETS, WITH ALL INDICES AND TITLE PAGES. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: THE FIRST FAIRY TALES WITH A SIGNED CARTE DE VISITE OF ANDERSEN AS FRONTIS. Eventyr, fortalte for Børn. 1835-1837.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: KARL LAGERFELD. Original pastel and ink drawing in gold, red and black for Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes (1992), "La cassette de l'Empereur."
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY OF THE SIXTH PAMPHLET FOR PETER KOCH. Eventyr, Fortalte For Børn, Second Series, Third Pamphlet. 1841. Publisher's wrappers, complete with all pre- and post-matter.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN RARE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED IN ENGLISH from "The Ugly Duckling," c.1860s.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: HEINRICH LEFLER, ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR FOR ANDERSEN'S SNOW QUEEN, "Die Schneekönigin," 1910.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: FIRST EDITION OF ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES IN ENGLISH. Wonderful Stories for Children. London, 1846.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: ANDERSEN ON MEETING CHARLES DICKENS. Autograph Letter Signed ("H.C. Andersen") in English to William Jerdan, July 20, 1847.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR EDGAR COLLIN. Nye Eventyr og Historier. Anden Raekke. 1861.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, DECORATED WITH FANTASTICAL CUT-OUTS, for the children of Jonna Stampe (née Drewsen), his godchildren.
    Bonhams, Apr. 21-29: PRESENTATION COPY FOR GEORG BRANDES. Dryaden. Et Eventyr fra Udstillingstiden i Paris 1867. 1868.
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