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Source Title	The Library of H. Bradley Martin, Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana
Description	H. Bradley Martin was a collector of epic proportions. Only a very small part of his collecting interests were directed to the Americana field. Nevertheless, when his 48 lots of Americana came to the auction block on January 31st, 1990 every lot sold and the total realized was a staggering $4,394,775 or an average of $91,557.00 a lot. Included in the sale was George Washington's own copy of the Federalist which brought $1,430,000 that day. A folio broadside of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence brought $1,595,000.
Scope of Text	The auction catalogue includes many images and they are accessible with the individual auction records.
Total Records in AED	48

<center>Sotheby's English Literature and History Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: William Shakespeare. A Midsummer-Night's Dream, 1908. 7,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. Brontës' Novels, 1922. 2,400 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Charles Dickens. Collection of Fiction including Oliver Twist and Sketches by Boz, 1838-1865. 6,250 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Mary Shelley. Frankenstein, 1839. 4,250 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: James Joyce. Ulysses, 1925. 2,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Jane Austen. The Complete Works of Jane Austen, 1901. 5,250 USD
<center>Jeschke Jadi Auctions Berlin Rare Books, Prints, Historical Photography 29 September 2023

Jeschke Jádi, Sep. 29: Jan Theodor de Bry. Anthologia magna sive Florilegium novum. 1626. 9,000 €

Jeschke Jádi, Sep. 29: John Locke. Epistola de tolerantia ad Clarissimum Virum T.A.R.P.T.O.L.A. 1689. 9000 €

Jeschke Jádi, Sep. 29: F. T. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella, Carrà, a.o. Collection of 35 Futurist manifestos. 1909-1933. 7000 €

Jeschke Jádi, Sep. 29: Johann Elert Bode, Rare engraved celestial globe. (1804). 6000 €

Jeschke Jádi, Sep. 29: Sebastian Brant (ed.). Tertia pars huius operis in se continens glosam ordinariam cum expositione lyre litterali et morali. 1498. 5000 €
<center>Christie’s Charlie Watts: Literature and Jazz London and online auction 15–29 September

Christie’s, Explore now: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940). The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. £100,000–150,000

Christie’s, Explore now: Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1902. £70,000–100,000

Christie’s, Explore now: Agatha Christie (1890–1976). The Thirteen Problems. London: for the Crime Club Ltd. by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1932. £40,000–60,000

Christie’s, Explore now: Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961). The Maltese Falcon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. £30,000–50,000
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Ketterer Rare Books, Preview: H. Scherer, Atlas novus exhibens orbem terraqueum, 1702-10. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Preview: L. de Varthema, Die Ritterlich und lobwirdig rayß, 1515. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Preview: G. Heym, Umbra vitae, 1924. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Preview:F. de Wit, Orbis maritimus ofte Zee Atlas, around 1680. Est: € 15,000
<center>Gonnelli: Auction 46 Books Autographs & Manuscripts Oct 3rd-5th 2023

Gonnelli: Tilson - Zanotto, Il vero tema. 2011. Starting price 150 €

Gonnelli: Munari, Storia di un filo. Starting price 400 €

Gonnelli: Debord, Contre le cinéma. 1964. Starting price 150 €

Gonnelli: Futurism books and ephemera

Gonnelli: Travel books

Gonnelli: Medicine books

Gonnelli: Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des perroquets. 1801-1805. Starting price 52.000 €

Gonnelli: Carrera, Il gioco de gli scacchi. 1617. Starting price 3200 €

Gonnelli: Vergilius, Opera. 1515. Starting price 800 €

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