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Source Title	The Pierre S. duPont III Collection of Navigation, Voyages, Cartography and Literature of the Sea
Description	This collection of 255 lots, many of which contain multiple volumes, is a very important sale in the travel and voyages category. Many of these items have not come to auction since. At the time (1991), the prices were considered to be high, but many have in time come to look like a bargain. DuPont was a descendant of the famed DuPont family which founded the chemical company that bears their name. Pierre III was not a particularly public individual though his son went on to be a Delaware Governor and one-time presidential candidate. However, Pierre III did achieve great recognition for his spectacular collection of books in the field of voyages and navigation.
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Total Records in AED	255

Bonhams, Nov. 3: STEVE JOBS REVEALS HIS SPIRITUAL SIDE. Autograph Letter to Tim Brown, 1974. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: DIDEROT, DENIS. 1713-1784; & JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. 1717-1783, EDITORS. Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: Albert Einstein: Philosopher-Scientist. Evanston, Illinois: Library of Living Philosophers, 1949. $4,000 to $6,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE, 1982. Earliest known to appear at auction. $30,000 to $40,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: TRINITY PROJECT: STAFFORD L. WARREN. $50,000 to $70,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: JIMMY HARE PHOTOGRAPH OF WRIGHT FLYER SIGNED BY BOTH WRIGHT BROTHERS, 1908. $8,000 to $12,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: HAGELIN CX-52 CIPHER MACHINE, Type D, Switzerland, Crypto AG, 1950s, no 33454. $5,000 to $7,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: FEYNMAN WORKING ON QUARK THEORY. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: STEVE JOBS SETS THE STAGE FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING. Signed document, 1982. $40,000 to $60,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: MEMORYMOOG PLUS, THE CLASSIC ANALOG POLYSYNTH OF THE 1980S. $7,000 to $9,000.

Bonhams, Nov. 3: WRIGHT BROTHERS: DAYTON 1909, The Nation State and City Welcome the World's Greatest Aviators. $12,000 to $18,000.
<center>Sotheby’s The Ricky Jay Collection October 27 & 28, 2021

Sotheby’s, Oct. 27-28: "Remarkable Persons". A remarkable collection of remarkable characters. $100,000 to $150,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 27-28: Scot, Reginald. A serious debunking witchcraft and demonology. $50,000 to $70,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 27-28: (Buchinger, Matthias). Buchinger's own family tree. $20,000 to $30,000.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 27-28: Bibrowski, Stephan. Most likely reading A Midsummer Night's Dream. $2,500 to $3,500.

Sotheby’s, Oct. 27-28: Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller). Kellar loses his head. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana November 9-10, 2021

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: HOOKE, Robert (1635-1702). Micrographia: Or Some Psychological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. London: for James Allestry, 1667. $12,000 to $18,000.

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: [THE FEDERALIST PAPERS]. -- [HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON and John JAY. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution… $40,000 to $60,000.

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: FUCHS, Leonhart (1501-1566). Histoire des Plantes de M. Leonhart Fuschsius, avec les noms Grecs, Latins & Fraçoys. Paris: Arnold Byrkman, 1549. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana November 9-10, 2021

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: AUDEBERT, Jean Baptiste (1759-1800). Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Paris: Desray, An XIII [1799-1800]. $10,000 to $15,000.

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: [UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journals of the Congress...Volume I (Sept. 5, 1774-Jan. 1, 1776) through Volume XIII (November 1787-November 1788). $25,000 to $35,000.

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: [UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. The Journals of the Proceedings of Congress. Held at Philadelphia, from January to May, 1776. $15,000 to $25,000.

<center>Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana November 9-10, 2021

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: [TEXAS]. Map of Bexar County, Texas. San Antonio and Austin: Samuel Maverick & John H. Traynham, 1889. $1,500 to $2,500.

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882). Imperial albumen Photograph. Scenes in the Indian Country [Fort Laramie]. $5,000 to $7,000.

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: WILLIAMS, H. Noel. Madame Recamier and her Friends. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. $1,000 to $1,500.

<center>Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana November 9-10, 2021

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. The Holy Bible. Containing All the Books of the Old and New Testaments. North Hatfield, MA and New York City: Pennyroyal Caxton Press, 1999. $8,000 to $12,000.

Hindman, Nov. 9-10: [PRINTS]. MOSER, Barry. Alice in Her Sister’s Reverie. [1982]. 433 x 552 mm. Signed and captioned by Moser in pencil, designated artist’s proof (“ap”). $1,000 to $1,500.

16 Hindman, Nov. 9-10: [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. A group of 4 wood-engraved plates for the Pennyroyal Press edition The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. [West Hatfield, MA: Pennyroyal Press, 1985]. $600 to $800.
Swann Auction Galleries Oct 28: Pancho Villa, passport for a news correspondent covering the Mexican revolution, signed, 1914. $1,000 to $2,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 28: Nirvana’s Nevermind, CD insert signed & inscribed days after release by Cobain, inscribed by Novoselic, 1991. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 28: Robert Indiana, The Book of Love, complete portfolio, artist’s proof set, 1997. $100,000 to $125,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 28: Marcel Vertés, Colette, Chéri, two volumes, deluxe edition, signed by the artist, Paris, 1929. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 28: Virginia Woolf, Orlando, first trade edition, first impression, London, 1928. $1,200 to $1,800.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 28: Mark Twain, receipt for payment of the Mark Twain Public Library Tax, 1908. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 28: Gustav Klimt, Das Werk von Gustav Klimt, portfolio, collotype plates, 1918. $15,000 to $20,000.
<center>The 19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop Catalogue 190: Magnificent Books & Photographs Free on request

19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop: William Shakespeare. The Second Folio (1632).

19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop: Abraham Lincoln. Autograph note on Black troops in the Union Army (1865).

19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop: Neil Armstrong. The largest known U.S. flag flown to the Moon on Apollo 11 (1969).

19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop: William Henry Fox Talbot. The Pencil of Nature (1844-1846) the first photo illustrated book.

19th Century Rare Book & Photograph Shop: Albert Einstein. Letter on relativity and the speed of light (1951).

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