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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>Hindman Auctions Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection March 19, 2021

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Pastures of Heaven. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. $10,000 to $15,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940). Tender is the Night. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. $6,000 to $8,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection March 19, 2021

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: GOLDING, William (1911-1993). Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. $4,000 to $6,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: SALINGER, J. D. (1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. $4,000 to $6,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Torrents of Spring. New York: Scribner's, 1926. $3,000 to $4,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection March 19, 2021

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. $3,000 to $4,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: WELLS, H.G. The Time Machine, an Invention. New York: Henry Holt, 1895. $3,000 to $4,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: DAHL, Roald (1916-1990). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Hindman Auctions Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection March 19, 2021

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986). Dune. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $2,000 to $3,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: KESEY, Ken (1935-2001). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. New York: The Viking Press, 1962. $2,000 to $3,000.

Hindman Auctions, Mar. 19: VONNEGUT, Kurt, Jr. (1922-2007). Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade. New York: Seymour Lawrence Delacorte Press, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf

<center>California Virtual Book Fair March 4-6, 2021 www.abaa.org/vbf
Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother (horizontal), silver print, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Group of 32 WWII-era identification badges for manufacturing & military-related companies, 1940-50s. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, albumen print, 1869. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Arnold Genthe, Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, silver print, circa 1908. $1,000 to $1,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Edward Curtis, Oasis in the Badlands, toned platinum print, 1905. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Francis Frith, three volumes, approximately 140 photographs, 1860-70s. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Eugène Atget, 20 Photographs, gold-toned silver prints by Berenice Abbott, 1898-1927. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: Neil Leifer, Muhammad Ali, chromogenic print, 1965. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 11: A group of approximately 50 Photomatic selfies of the same man taken over a period of time, 1940s. Estimate $1,500 to $2,500.

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