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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

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Ptolomaeus (Claudius). Cosmographia, first edition, Vicenza, Hermann Liechtenstein, 13 September 1475. £150,000 to £200,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Schoener (Johann). Opera mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition,The Honeyman copy in contemporary binding, Nuremberg, J. Montanus and U. Neuber, 1551. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Lucian of Samosata. Dialogoi, editio princeps, with fine illuminated title-page, Florence, Lorenzo de Alopa, 1496. £20,000 to £30,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Pian (Jean Baptiste de). [Architectural Alphabet], 26 chromolithographs by Leopold Muller after Pian, Vienna, 1842-44. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Rogers (Bruce).- Holy Bible (The)..., one of 200 copies on handmade paper, designed by Bruce Rogers, bound in modern crimson morocco, gilt, Oxford, 1935. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Jenner (Edward). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae…, first edition, Printed for the Author, by Sampson Low, 1798. £8,000 to £12,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney). A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, second edition, Charles Dilly...& James Phillips, 1784. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: [Clemens (Samuel Langhorne)] "Mark Twain". Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first edition, first state, New York, Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: [Voight (Hans Henning)], "Alastair". Herod, for 'Salome: Drame en un Acte', original drawing in red & black ink over pencil, [c.1922]. £4,000 to £6,000.

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper July 16, 2020

Forum Auctions, July 16: James (M.R.) Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to A.C. Benson, 1904. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Remarque (Erich Maria). All Quiet on the Western Front, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1929. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum Auctions, July 16: Ashendene Press.- More (Sir Thomas). A Fruteful and Pleasaunt Worke...Utopia, one of 100 copies, bound in black goatskin by J.Franklin Mowery, Ashendene Press, 1906. £3,000 to £4,000.
<center>Sotheby’s The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript Online Auction 8-15 July

Sotheby’s: Elizabeth I. Early letter signed, to Edward North, First Baron North 1560. £12,000 to £18,000.

Sotheby’s: Catherine II. Empress of Russia Letter signed to Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [Potemkin] 1784. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s: Nelson. Autograph letter signed, to Captains of Egyptian Club, 3 August 1798. £12,000 to £18,000,

<center>Sotheby’s The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript Online Auction 8-15 July

Sotheby’s: Charles Darwin. Photograph signed, c.1871 by Oscar Gustave Rejlander. £6,000 to £8,000.

Sotheby’s: T.E. Lawrence. Autograph letter signed, to Major Littleton, 14 October 1918. £10,000 to £15,000.

Sotheby’s: Napoleon. Letter signed, ordering General Desaix to sail to Malta, prior to the Egyptian Expedition, 1798. £2,000 to £3,000.
<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: O'Fihely, Maurice Abp. Questiones subtilissme Scoti in metaphysicam Aristotelis, Venice (Octavianus Scoti) 20th November 1497. 8,000 to 12,000 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Pococke (Richard). A Description of the East and some other Countries, 3 vols. in 2, L. (W. Bowyer) 1743. 2,250 to 3,500 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Keogh (John). Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica, or A General Irish Herbal Calculated for this Kingdom, giving an account of the Herbs, Scrubs…, Corke (George Harrison) 1735. 1,000 to 1,500 €

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Perry (Charles). A View of the Levant particularly of Constantinople, Syria, Egypt and Greece, L. (T. Woodward) 1743. 800 to 1,200 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Shaw (Thomas). Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant,, Oxford (The Theatre) 1738. 600 to 700 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: [French (Nicholas) Bishop of Ferns] Attributed, Recit Exact et Fidele de la Vente et Partage du Roiaume d'Irlande Fait Sous Charles II…, Milan (Chez Charles Joseph Quinto) 1724. 500 to 700 €

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: [French (V. Rev.Dr. Nicholas, Bp of Ferns.)] The Unkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds, 12mo, n.p. 1676. 500 to 700 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Yeats (W.B.) Plays and Controversies,, N.Y. (The MacMillan Company) 1924, Signed Limited Edn. 500 to 700 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Barrie (J.M.) & Thomson (Hugh) illus. Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts, L. (Hodder and Stoughton) 1901, Limited Edition, signed by the artist. 500 to 700 €

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors’ Sale July 7 – 15, 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Molyneaux (William). The Case of Ireland's being bound by Acts of Parliament in England Stated, [London 1719]. 200 to 300 €

Fonsie Mealy, Jul. 7 – 15: Johnston's (W. & A.) Map of South Africa, to illustrate the Military Operations 1900. 100 to 150 €
Swann Auction Galleries July 16: N.C. Wyeth, The Black Arrow, oil on canvas, for the book by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1916. $150,000 to $250,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Laurent de Brunhoff, mixed media color study for Babar’s World Tour, 2005. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Hilary Knight, Eloise with Valentine, watercolor, ink & pencil, 2015. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Howard Pyle, It was a Comrade from His Own Regiment, oil on canvas, for Harper’s Monthly Magazine, 1909. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Coby Whitmore, ‘Poor baby! You want me so much,’ she said, acrylic, for The Saturday Evening Post, 1968. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Al Hirschfeld, Charley’s Aunt, pen & ink, for the Broadway revival, The New York Times, 1940. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Erté, Décor de Laideronnette, gouache set design for third movement of Mother Goose, 1949. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Vince McIndoe, Villainous Last Supper, DC Comics, oil on canvas, 2016. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries July 16: Arthur Getz, Rooftop Party, casein tempera, cover illustration for The New Yorker, 1970. $2,000 to $3,000.
<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts Online Auction 7-14 July

Sotheby’s: Isaac Newton. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. £280,000 to £350,000.

Sotheby’s: Johann Sebastian Bach. Two early editions: Fantaisie pour le Clavecin. £1,000 to £1,500.

Sotheby’s: Mozart. Early edition, in parts, of the Concerto in A for piano and orchestra. £2,000 to £3,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts Online Auction 7-14 July

Sotheby’s: Beethoven. First edition, second issue of the Ninth Symphony op.125. £1,000 to £1,500.

Sotheby’s: Cervantes. Don Quixote, Barcelona, 1617. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s: Johann Sebastian Bach. Three first and early editions of music for organ. £1,200 to £1,500.

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