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Source Title	George E. Littlefield
Description	George E. Littlefield 67 Cornhill Boston, Mass Dealer in Old, Rare, and Curios Books. American History a Speciality
Scope of Text
Total Records in AED	16134

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript, Flanders or northern France, c. 1450. With 12 full-page illuminated miniatures. £10,000 to £15,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Zahrawi, Abu’-Qasim, al- (c. 936-1013). Albucasis chirurgicorum omnium, Strasbourg, 1532. The first comprehensive illustrated treatise on surgery. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Milles, Thomas. The Custumers Alphabet and Primer, 1608. Gilt supralibros of 17th-century English bibliophile Edward Gwynn. £2,000 to £3,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Guillemeau, Jacques. Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women, 1st edition in English, 1612. The second midwifery manual printed in English. £1,500 to £2,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Rabisha, William. The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, 1st edition, 1661. Rare. Five copies in libraries. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Royal binding. An Abridgment of the English Military Discipline, 1678. Contemporary red goatskin gilt by Samuel Mearne for Charles II (1630-1865). £1,500 to £2,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Pallavicino, Ferrante. The Whores Rhetorick, 1st edition in English, 1683. Rare anti-Jesuit satire. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Swift, Jonathan. The Benefit of Farting, 1st London edition, 1722. Teerink 19. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Edwards, George. Natural History of Uncommon Birds [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1743-64. Contemporary tree calf, 362 hand-coloured engraved plates. £8,000 to £12,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers The Library and Picture Collection of the late Martin Woolf Orskey June 26

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Campbell, Patrick. Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America, 1st edition, 1793. Howes C101; Sabin 10264. Uncut in original boards. £5,000 to £8,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Hearne, Samuel. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, 1st edition, 1795. Sabin 31181. Large-paper copy. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 26: Edgeworth, Maria. The Match Girl, A Novel, 1808. £1,000 to £1,500
<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Cook, James. A Voyage towards the South Pole, 1st edition, 1777. Presentation copy to James Furneaux. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Mathews, Gregory M. The Birds of Australia, 13 volumes, 1st edition, 1910-27. A fine set, with 600 hand-coloured lithographs. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Shelley, George Ernest. Monograph of the Nectariniidae, 1st edition, 1876-80. With 121 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Keulemans. £2,000 to £3,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Nostradamus, Michel de. The True Prophecies or Prognostications, 1st edition in English, 1672. £3,000 to £5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Collodi, Carlo. Le Avventure di Pinocchio, 1st edition, 1883. Original cloth. £6,000 to £8,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Kelmscott Press. The Life and Death of Jason, 1895. One of 200 copies on paper. £2,000 to £3,000

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Ambler, Eric. Uncommon Danger, 1st edition, 1937. With the dust jacket. £1,500 to £2,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Huxley, Aldous. Crome Yellow, 1st edition, 1921. Rare in the dust jacket. £2,000 to £3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Isherwood, Christopher. Goodbye to Berlin, 1st edition, 1939. With the dust jacket, £1,000 to £1,500

<center>Dominic Winter Auctioneers Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Children’s Books & Modern First Editions June 19/20 

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Lewis, C. S. Autograph letter signed to Charles Jasper Sisson (1885-1966), 1937. £1,000 to £1,500

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings, 1956-7. Signed by Tolkien in each volume. £7,000 to £10,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers June 19/20: Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1898. Inscribed by Wells with autograph self-portrait. £3,000 to £5,000
Chiswick Auctions: Rowling (J.K). Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, FIRST EDITION, first issue, 1997. £15,000 to £20,000

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Thornton (Samuel). A Large Drought of the North Part of China Shewing…the Harbour of Chusan, copper engraved map, 1711. £600 to £800

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Stuart (Helen). Portrait of a Maori, over-painted gelatin silver print, signed and dated, 1885. £4,000 to £6,000

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Picasso (Pablo). Minotaure vaincu, plate 89 from La Suite Vollard , signed, Paris, 1939. £4,000 to £5,000

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Pissarro (Camille). Vachère au Bord de l'Eau, NUMBER 14 OF 100 PROOFS, etching, 1890. £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, seeking consignments: Einstein (Albert). Copy of typewritten script of the episode "The Atom" of the TV programme "Your World Tomorrow", signed by Einstein. £2,000 to £3,000
Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. Presentation Copy. Sold for $500,075.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Darwin, Charles. Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pp, negotiating the 2nd American edition with Appleton. Sold for $21,325.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Hemingway, Ernest. Autograph Letter Signed, 8 pp, Paris, 1924, to his father discussing Bullfighting, Stories, and his new baby. Sold for $25,075.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Shakespeare, William. Corialanus. London, 1623. 1st printing [Extracted from the First Folio]. Sold for $50,075.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. London, 1726. 1st edition, Teerink's A edition, fine, large copy. Sold for $21,325.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Fitzroy, Robert. Autograph Letter Signed to agent Thomas Stilwell, informing him of the progress of H.M.S. Beagle. Sold for $17,575.

<center>Bonhams Property from the Collection of Nicole and William R. Keck II

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Shakespeare, William. Sonnets. 1901. 2 volumes. Printed on vellum and illuminated by Ross Turner, bound by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Sold for $13,825.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Beardsley, Aubrey. The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur. 1893-94. 2 volumes. Contemporary painted vellum gilt by Chivers. Sold for $5,325.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Assisi, St. Francis. The Canticle of Brother Sun. Illuminated on vellum, for the Grolier Society. Sold for $7,575.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Proust, Marcel. Du coté de chez Swann. 1st edition, 1st issue. Inscribed by Proust. Sold for $8,825.

Bonhams, Jun 13 results: Rackham, Arthur. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1/500 copies signed by Rackham. Sold for $4,825.
Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini. June 27

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: KENNEDY ONASSIS, JACQUELINE Typed letter signed to Oleg Cassini. $400 to $600

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: [CASSINI-KENNEDY FASHIONS] Important archives related to the development of fashions for Mrs. Kennedy… $4,000 to $6,000

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: [CASSINI-KENNEDY FASHIONS] Detailed ledger of the Kennedy White House years… $500 to $800

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: KELLY, GRACE. Four autograph letters to Oleg Cassini. $5,000 to $8,000

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini. June 27

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: CASSINI, OLEG. Group of Kennedy-era original fashion sketches. $1,000 to $1,500

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: KENNEDY ONASSIS, JACQUELINE. Autograph letter signed to Oleg Cassini. $800 to $1,200

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: CASSINI, OLEG. Fashion sketch titled “Mrs. Kennedy-Palais de Versailles-State Dinner.” $800 to $1,200

Doyle, The Estate of Oleg Cassini: [CASSINI, OLEG - KENNEDY, JACQUELINE.] Group of approximately 130 original fashion designs… $800 to $1,200

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