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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

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: NYC pride parade photos by Hank O’Neal, annotated on verso by Allen Ginsberg, 1970s. Pictured is Marsha P. Johnson. $70,000 to $100,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: David Wojnarowicz, Neon Dancer, postcard signed to Jim Fouratt, 1982. $5,000 to $8,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Personal papers of Candy Darling, New York, circa 1950s-1973. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Walt Whitman, Memoranda of the War, Remembrance Copy, inscribed to Peter Doyle, from “the author with his love,” Camden, 1875-76. $50,000 to $75,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, first edition, signed, London, 1899. $50,000 to $70,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, first edition, presentation copy, New York, 1956. $1,800 to $2,500.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: JEB (Joan E. Biren), Ginger and Catherine, silver print, 1972. $700 to $1,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Su Negrin, Gay Liberation, photograph by Peter Hujar, poster published by Times Change Press, 1970. $400 to $600.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Harvey Milk, Autograph Letter Signed, as acting Mayor of San Francisco, March 7, 1978. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries May 23: Lester Beall, Rural Electrification Administration, 1939. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Gerda Wegener, Two Women in a Window, watercolor, chalk & wash, circa 1920. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Jean Cocteau, original sketchbook, Le Mystère et Antigone, including sketches of his lover Jean Desbordes, 1932. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 20: Djuna Barnes, Ladies Almanack . . . Written & Illustrated by A Lady of Fashion, limited edition, signed & inscribed to her literary executor, 1928. $10,000 to $15,000.
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript, Flanders or northern France, c. 1450. With 12 full-page illuminated miniatures. £10,000 to £15,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Zahrawi, Abu’-Qasim, al- (c. 936-1013). Albucasis chirurgicorum omnium, Strasbourg, 1532. The first comprehensive illustrated treatise on surgery. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Milles, Thomas. The Custumers Alphabet and Primer, 1608. Gilt supralibros of 17th-century English bibliophile Edward Gwynn. £2,000 to £3,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Guillemeau, Jacques. Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women, 1st edition in English, 1612. The second midwifery manual printed in English. £1,500 to £2,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Rabisha, William. The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, 1st edition, 1661. Rare. Five copies in libraries. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Royal binding. An Abridgment of the English Military Discipline, 1678. Contemporary red goatskin gilt by Samuel Mearne for Charles II (1630-1865). £1,500 to £2,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Pallavicino, Ferrante. The Whores Rhetorick, 1st edition in English, 1683. Rare anti-Jesuit satire. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Swift, Jonathan. The Benefit of Farting, 1st London edition, 1722. Teerink 19. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Edwards, George. Natural History of Uncommon Birds [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1743-64. Contemporary tree calf, 362 hand-coloured engraved plates. £8,000 to £12,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Campbell, Patrick. Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America, 1st edition, 1793. Howes C101; Sabin 10264. Uncut in original boards. £5,000 to £8,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Hearne, Samuel. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, 1st edition, 1795. Sabin 31181. Large-paper copy. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Edgeworth, Maria. The Match Girl, A Novel, 1808. £1,000 to £1,500
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Cook, James. A Voyage towards the South Pole, 1st edition, 1777. Presentation copy to James Furneaux. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Mathews, Gregory M. The Birds of Australia, 13 volumes, 1st edition, 1910-27. A fine set, with 600 hand-coloured lithographs. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Shelley, George Ernest. Monograph of the Nectariniidae, 1st edition, 1876-80. With 121 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Keulemans. £2,000 to £3,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Nostradamus, Michel de. The True Prophecies or Prognostications, 1st edition in English, 1672. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Collodi, Carlo. Le Avventure di Pinocchio, 1st edition, 1883. Original cloth. £6,000 to £8,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Kelmscott Press. The Life and Death of Jason, 1895. One of 200 copies on paper. £2,000 to £3,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Ambler, Eric. Uncommon Danger, 1st edition, 1937. With the dust jacket. £1,500 to £2,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow, 1st edition, 1921. Rare in the dust jacket. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Isherwood, Christopher. Goodbye to Berlin, 1st edition, 1939. With the dust jacket, £1,000 to £1,500

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Lewis, C. S. Autograph letter signed to Charles Jasper Sisson (1885-1966), 1937. £1,000 to £1,500

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings, 1956-7. Signed by Tolkien in each volume. £7,000 to £10,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1898. Inscribed by Wells with autograph self-portrait. £3,000 to £5,000
Chiswick Auctions: Rowling (J.K). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1997. £15,000 to £20,000

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Thornton (Samuel). A Large Drought of the North Part of China Shewing…the Harbour of Chusan, copper engraved map, 1711. £600 to £800

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Stuart (Helen). Portrait of a Maori, over-painted gelatin silver print, signed and dated, 1885. £4,000 to £6,000

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Picasso (Pablo). Minotaure vaincu, plate 89 from La Suite Vollard , signed, Paris, 1939. £4,000 to £5,000

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Pissarro (Camille). Vachère au Bord de l'Eau, NUMBER 14 OF 100 PROOFS, etching, 1890. £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Einstein (Albert). Copy of typewritten script of the episode "The Atom" of the TV programme "Your World Tomorrow", signed by Einstein. £2,000 to £3,000
Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. Presentation Copy. Sold for $500,075.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Darwin, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pp, negotiating the 2nd American edition with Appleton. Sold for $21,325.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Hemingway, Ernest. Autograph Letter Signed, 8 pp, Paris, 1924, to his father discussing Bullfighting, Stories, and his new baby. Sold for $25,075.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Shakespeare, William. Corialanus. London, 1623. 1st printing [Extracted from the First Folio]. Sold for $50,075.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. London, 1726. 1st edition, Teerink's A edition, fine, large copy. Sold for $21,325.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Fitzroy, Robert. Autograph Letter Signed to agent Thomas Stilwell, informing him of the progress of H.M.S. Beagle. Sold for $17,575.

<center>Bonhams Property from the Collection of Nicole and William R. Keck II

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Shakespeare, William. Sonnets. 1901. 2 volumes. Printed on vellum and illuminated by Ross Turner, bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Sold for $13,825.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Beardsley, Aubrey. The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur. 1893-94. 2 volumes. Contemporary painted vellum gilt by Chivers. Sold for $5,325.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Assisi, St. Francis. The Canticle of Brother Sun. Illuminated on vellum, for the Grolier Society. Sold for $7,575.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Proust, Marcel. Du coté de chez Swann. 1st edition, 1st issue. Inscribed by Proust. Sold for $8,825.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Rackham, Arthur. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1/500 copies signed by Rackham. Sold for $4,825.

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