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Source Title	Kenneth Leach Dealer Catalogues
Description	Mr. Leach became a part-time book seller in 1965 and an active, full time book dealer in 1969. He continues to issue one catalogue a year and is semi-retired. Before devoting himself entirely to books he was an investment and business manager. In the book trade he is a specialist in 18th and 19th century literature and Americana with an emphasis on imprints. Most sales are conducted by mail. To receive his catalogues simply contact him by phone at (802) 257-7918 or write to Ken Leach, P.O. Box 78, Brattleboro, Vermont 05301
Scope of Text	We are building an extensive record of Mr. Leach's catalogues. In some years he issued six catalogues and recently one. In time we expect to have most of them in the AED.
Total Records in AED	5502

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Francis Scott Key, Star Spangled Banner, first printing, c. 1814-16. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: William Sydney Porter, a.k.a. “O. Henry,” archive of drawings made to illustrate a lost mining memoir, c. 1883-84. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: [Bay Psalm Book], printed for Hezekiah Usher of Boston, Cambridge, c. 1648-65. $50,000 to $75,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, 1830. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Noticia estraordinario, probable first announcement in Mexico City of the fall of the Alamo, 1836. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Patrick Gass, first edition of earliest first-hand account of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, Pittsburgh, 1807. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Diploma from the Princeton Class of 1783, commencement attended by Washington & Continental Congress. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Sprague Light Cavalry! color-printed broadside, NY, 1863. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: The Lincoln & Johnson Union Campaign Songster, Philadelphia, 1864. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Lucy Parsons, labor organizer, albumen cabinet card, New York, 1886. $800 to $1,200.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Daniel L.F. Swift, journal as third mate on a Pacific Whaling voyage, 1848-1850. $3,000 to $4,0000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Two photos of Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon, silver prints, 1901. $1,500 to $2,500.
Bonhams, Mar. 6: Helvelius. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Francis Aston, Royal Society Secretary, noting his feud with Robert Hooke, 5 pp total, 1685. $70,000 to $100,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Newton, Isaac. Autograph manuscript on God, 4 pp, c.1710, "In the beginning was the Word...."?$100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. First edition, first issue. Untrimmed copy in contemporary boards. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Lincoln, Abraham. Signed photograph, beardless portrait with Civil War provenance. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: IMPEACHMENT. Original engrossed copy of the first Andrew Johnson impeachment resolution vote. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Mucha, Alphonse. 11 original pencil drawings for?Andelicek z Baroku, "Litte Baroque Angel," Prague, 1929. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Einstein, Albert. Annotated Galley Proofs for The Meaning of Relativity. 1921. $25,000 to $35,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Silverstein, Shel. Original maquette for The Giving Tree, 34 original drawings. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Roth, Philip. Typed Manuscript with substantial autograph corrections for an unpublished sequel to The Breast. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Taupin, Bernie. Autograph Manuscript, the original draft of lyrics for Elton John's "Candle in the Wind," 2 pp, 1973. $100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: HARVEY, WILLIAM. De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Padua: 1643. $12,000 to $18,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: CESALPINO, ANDREA. Peripateticarum Quaestionum Libri Quinque. Venice: 1571. $30,000 to $40,000.
ALDE, Feb. 26: Leon TOLSTOÏ. Anna Karenina. Moscou, 1878. First and full edition of the Russian novel, in the author’s language. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Mark TWAIN. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade). New York, 1885. First American edition. Est. 5 000 / 6 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Walt WHITMAN. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York, 1856. Second edition gathering 32 poems. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Karen BLIXEN. Out of Africa. Londres, 1937. First edition in the UK, before Danish translation and American release. Est. 1 500 / 2 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Ernest HEMINGWAY. A Farewell to Arms. New York, 1929. First edition with $2.50 on the dust and A on the copyright page. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Ulysses. Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922. First edition published by Sylvia Beach. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Dubliners. Londres, 1914. First edition. Nice copy in publisher’s cardboard. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Franz KAFKA. 8 novels in German first edition, published in München, Leipzig and Berlin 1916-1931. Est. from 300 / 400 to 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: David Herbert LAWRENCE. Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence, 1928. Privately printed first edition. Est. 4 000 / 5 000 €

John STEINBECK. The Grapes of Wrath. New York, 1939. First edition. Nice copy with $2.75 on the cover. Est. 1 000 / 1 200 €

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