<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Property from The Eric C. Caren Collection Bidding Closes July 21st

Sotheby’s: Albert Einstein. Typed letter signed “A. Einstein” to Ensign Guy H. Raner Jr. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s: Alfred Swaine Taylor. Early "photogenic drawing" photograph of a fern. $10,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s: The Chicago Seven. Cook County Jail identification cards. $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Fine Books and Manuscripts Including Property from The Eric C. Caren Collection Bidding Closes July 21st

Sotheby’s: Harper Lee. A fine group of letters to Claudia Durst Johnson and other manuscript material. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s: A. R. Gurrey Jr.. The Surf Riders of Hawaii. Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. $30,000 to $50,000.

Sotheby’s: George Herman “Babe” Ruth. The Babe Ruth Story by Babe Ruth as told to Bob Considine. $10,000 to $15,000.
<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: O'Fihely, Maurice Abp. Questiones subtilissme Scoti in metaphysicam Aristotelis, Venice (Octavianus Scoti) 20th November 1497. 8,000 to 12,000 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Pococke (Richard). A Description of the East and some other Countries, 3 vols. in 2, L. (W. Bowyer) 1743. 2,250 to 3,500 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Keogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or A General Irish Herbal Calculated for this Kingdom, giving an account of the Herbs, Scrubs…, Corke (George Harrison) 1735. 1,000 to 1,500 €

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Perry (Charles). A View of the Levant particularly of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt and Greece, L. (T. Woodward) 1743. 800 to 1,200 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Shaw (Thomas). Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant,, Oxford (The Theatre) 1738. 600 to 700 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: [French (Nicholas) Bishop of Ferns] Attributed, Recit Exact et Fidele de la Vente et Partage du Roiaume d'Irlande Fait Sous Charles II…, Milan (Chez Charles Joseph Quinto) 1724. 500 to 700 €

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: [French (V. Rev.Dr. Nicholas, Bp of Ferns.)] The Unkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds, 12mo, n.p. 1676. 500 to 700 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Yeats (W.B.) Plays and Controversies,, N.Y. (The MacMillan Company) 1924, Signed Limited Edn. 500 to 700 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Barrie (J.M.) & Thomson (Hugh) illus. Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts, L. (Hodder and Stoughton) 1901, Limited Edition, signed by the artist. 500 to 700 €

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Molyneaux (William). The Case of Ireland's being bound by Acts of Parliament in England Stated, [London 1719]. 200 to 300 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Johnston's (W. & A.) Map of South Africa, to illustrate the Military Operations 1900. 100 to 150 €

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Recent Auction Reports

Auction House	Sothebys
Auction Name	Photographs from the Ginny Williams Collection
Auction Date	07/14/2020 - 07/14/2020
Sale Number	#N10440
Total Lots	94
Sold Lots	71
Lots Sold	75.53%
Low Estimate Total (USD)	1,263,300.00
High Estimate Total (USD)	1,932,700.00
Actual Total (USD)	2,292,250.00

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Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, first edition, descended from William Alexander, London, 1776. $70,000 to $90,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: George Gershwin, photograph signed & inscribed with autograph musical quotation, An American in Paris, 1928. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England, first edition, NY, 1887. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Bury St. Edmunds Witch Trials, first edition, London, 1682. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Robert Rey, Estampes, complete portfolio of 12 wood engravings, Paris, 1950. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Archive of 47 letters by Enrico Caruso to a lady friend, 1906-20. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Books of Hours in Flemish, Netherlands, 15th century. $8,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Jack Kerouac, Doctor Sax, deluxe limited edition, signed, NY, 1959. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, July 30: Walt Disney, signature on title-page of Ward Greene’s Lady and the Tramp, first edition, first printing. $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Ptolomaeus (Claudius). Cosmographia, first edition, Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475. £150,000 to £200,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Schoener (Johann). Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition,The Honeyman copy in contemporary binding, Nuremberg, J. Montanus and U. Neuber, 1551. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, with fine illuminated title-page, Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496. £20,000 to £30,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Pian (Jean Baptiste de). [Architectural Alphabet], 26 chromolithographs by Leopold Muller after Pian, Vienna, 1842-44. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Rogers (Bruce).- Holy Bible (The)..., one of 200 copies on handmade paper, designed by Bruce Rogers, bound in modern crimson morocco, gilt, Oxford, 1935. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Jenner (Edward). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae…, first edition, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798. £8,000 to £12,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney). A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, second edition, Charles Dilly...& James Phillips, 1784. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first edition, first state, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: [Voight (Hans Henning)], "Alastair". Herod, for 'Salome: Drame en un Acte', original drawing in red & black ink over pencil, [c.1922]. £4,000 to £6,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to A.C. Benson, 1904. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Remarque (Erich Maria). All Quiet on the Western Front, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1929. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Ashendene Press.- More (Sir Thomas). A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke...Utopia, one of 100 copies, bound in black goatskin by J.Franklin Mowery, Ashendene Press, 1906. £3,000 to £4,000.
Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 1. Albertus Magnus, De Natura Locorum, 2nd edn, 1515. £3000 to £4000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 22. George Cooke, Scenery of the East India Islands, 1811-13. £4500 to £5500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 23. J.M. Crozet, Nouveau vouage a la Mer du Sud, 1st edn, 1783. £4000 to £6000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 27. J.P.J.Du Bois, Vies des Gouverneurs Generaux, 1st edn, 1763. £1200 to £1800.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 28. Wm Ellis, Authentic Narrative...Captain Cook, 1st edn, 1782. £2500 to £3500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 31. Thomas Forrest, Voyage to New Guinea, 1st edn, 1779. £1500 to £2000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 32. Forster & Forster, Voyage round the World, 1st edn, 1777-78. £4500 to £5500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 38. Gianetti, Elogy of Captain James Cook, 1st edn, 1785. £2500 to £3500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 46. Otto von Kotzebue, Entdeckungs Reise, 1st edn, 1821. £3500 to £4500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 52. Alejandro Malaspina, Viaje politico-scientifico, 1st edn, 1885. £2000 to £3000.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 60. Sydney Parkinson, Journal of Voyage to the South Seas, large paper, 1773. £4500 to £5500.

Mayfair Book Auctions, July 16: Lot 64. Nathaniel Portlock, A Voyage round the World, 1st edn, 1789. £4000 to £6000.

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