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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 June 6: John Carte, The Frontispiece of the Cosmographical Clock, hand-colored broadside, London, circa 1699. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: John Fisk Allen & William Sharp, Victoria Regia, Boston, 1854. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: George Catlin, North American Indian Portfolio, London, 1844. $30,000 to $50,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Abraham Ortelius, Islandia, Antwerp, 1598. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Plancius Petrus, map of Southern Africa, Amsterdam, 1592-94. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Pieter Verbiest, Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica, Antwerp, 1636. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Emil B. Fischer, Map of Southwestern Colorado, lithograph, 1893. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: A.P. Folie, Plan of the Town of Baltimore, Philadelphia, 1792. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Lewis Evans, A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, proof copy, annotated, signed & dated by Evans, Philadelphia, 1755. $30,000 to $50,000.

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

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Jacob Robyn, after Arent Roggeveen, The First Part of the Burning Fen, with English text, Amsterdam, circa 1680. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Large bird’s-eye view of New York City, hand-painted photo, circa 1933. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries June 6: Arundel Society, group of approx. 185 chromolithographed Renaissance paintings, late-19th century. $6,000 to $9,000.
<center>Chiswick Auctions

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Rumphius (Georgius Everhardus). D’Ambionsche Rariteitkamer, FIRST EDITION, 61 handcoloured engraved plates, 1705. £10,000 to £15,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Collodi (Carlo) Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 61 illustrations by Enrico Mazzanti, 1883. £8,000 to £12,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: De Bry (T, J T & J I). [Great Voyages, part IV] Americae sive Insignis & Admiranda Historia de Reperta primum Occidentali India, FIRST EDITION, 23 engraved plates, 1594. £4,000 to £6,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Wine & Beer.-Kellermaysterey. Gründtlicher bericht wie man alle wein Teütscher und Welscher landen vor allen zufallen bewaren..., 16 leaves of manuscript notes, 1548. £2,000 to £3,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 29: Table Globe'- Doppelmayr (J G) & Puschner (J G, engraver). An 8-inch German terrestrial table Globe, diameter c.200 mm, height c.300 mm, 1730. £6,000 to £8,000

<center>Chiswick AuctionsChiswick Auctions, May 30: An album with 107 original watercolours featuring landscapes and views of various places in England, Scotland and Ireland, late 1840s. £600 to £800

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Hemingway (Ernest). Black and white, landscape photograph of man on horseback, signed and inscribed by Hemingway. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Unrecorded autograph letter by Charles William Stewart to his father the Marquess of Londonerry, describing the ceremony of the presentation to Consul Bonaparte in January 1803. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Davis (William Heath). Seventy-five Years in California, Author's Section of the Argonaut Edition, no. 142 [of 250 copies] signed by the editor and publisher on limitation leaf. £1,500 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, May 30: Prussian Royal Family. Six signed photographs of members of Prussian Royal Family, in a contemporary folding triptych, ebonised wood display case. £1,500 to £2,000
Christie’s London June 5: Le Neptune François, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines. Levées et Gravées par ordre exprès du Roy... Paris: Hubert Jaillot, 1693 [but Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1693-1700].

Christie’s London June 5: BLAEU, Willem Janszoon. Le Flambeau de la Navigation monstrant la description & delineation de toutes les Costes & Havres… Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1620.

Christie’s London June 5: [WALDSEEMÜLLER, Martin.] Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem. [Strasbourg: 1513].

Christie’s London June 5: KEULEN, Johannes van. De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen, 1688.

Christie’s London June 5: DONCKER, Hendrick. De Zee-Atlas of Water-Waerelt. Amsterdam: Hendrick Doncker, 1666.

Christie’s London June 5: GARNIER, Francis and Ernest DOUDART DE LAGRÉE. Voyage d'exploration en Indo-Chine effectué pendant les années 1866, 1867 et 1868 par une Commission Française. Paris: Hachette, 1873 [-1875].
Bonhams, Jun 13: Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. Presentation Copy. Very Fine. $200,000 to $300,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Darwin, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pp, negotiating the 2nd American edition with Appleton $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Hemingway, Ernest. Autograph Letter Signed, 8 pp, Paris, 1924, to his father discussing Bullfighting, Stories, and his new baby. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Shakespeare, William. Corialanus. London, 1623. 1st printing [Extracted from the First Folio]. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. London, 1726. 1st edition, Teerink's A edition, fine, large copy. $15,000 to $25,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Neill, John R. Pen-and-ink drawing from Oz, "He raised his gun, took aim and fired," $6,000 to $8,000

<center>Bonhams Fine Books and Manuscripts June 13 - New York

Bonhams, Jun 13: Shakespeare, William. Sonnets. 1901. 2 volumes. Printed on vellum and illuminated by Ross Turner, bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. $8,000 to $12,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Thompson, Kay. Eloise at Christmastime. New York: Random House, [1958]. First edition. In custom binding by Asprey. $3,000 to $5,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Beardsley, Aubrey. The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur. 1893-94. 2 volumes. Contemporary painted vellum gilt by Chivers. $2,000 to $3,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Assisi, St. Francis. The Canticle of Brother Sun. Illuminated on vellum, for the Grolier Society. $7,000 to $9,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Taylor, Deems. Walt Disney’s Fantasia. New York: 1940. In custom binding by Asprey. $3,000 to $5,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Proust, Marcel. Du coté de chez Swann. 1st edition, 1st issue. Inscribed by Proust. $5,000 to $7,000

Bonhams, Jun 13: Rackham, Arthur. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1/500 copies signed by Rackham. $1,500 to $2,500
<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Breviarium Romanum, before 1478. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: C. Ptolemaeus, Geographie, 1513. Est: € 140,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, 1961. Est: € 130,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: F. Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, 1499. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: J. H. van Linschoten, Itinerarium, 1644. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. Chagall, Cirque, 1967. Est: € 120,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: G. L. L. Buffon, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, 1765-83. Est: € 30,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: € 30,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: P. J. Redouté, Les liliacées, 1802-16. Est: € 120,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: M. E. Bloch, Naturgeschichte der Fische, 1782-95. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: H. A. Châtelain, Atlas historique, 1718-20. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27: Bauhausbücher, complete series, 1925-30. Est: € 28,000

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