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Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde. -
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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000.
Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - July - 2004 Issue
Literary Firsts and More from<br>James S. Jaffe Rare Books
Item 173 is one of 90 numbered copies of the first edition of No Thanks by E.E. Cummings (or should we say e. e. cummings?). This was published in 1935 and bears Cummings signature. $1,500.
Item 321 is The Novels and Tales of Henry James. This is a 26-volume set published by Scribner's from 1907-1918, also known as the New York Edition. This was not merely a high quality reprint of James’ works, but includes his revisions to the works plus 18 new prefaces to his writings. The set includes the last two volumes, which were published posthumously and are rarely found with the others. This is essentially a very fine set and includes many of the unrecorded glassine dust jackets. $20,000.
Four first editions of Alan Lerner plays are offered. Item 391 is Paint Your Wagon (1952), $225; item 392 is On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1966) $175; item 393 is My Fair Lady (1956, with Frederick Lowe), $225; and item 394 is Camelot (1961, with Frederick Lowe), $350.
Items 343 and 344 are a couple of handwritten items from Jack Kerouac. Item 343 is a 1964 note to Ted Wilentz of the Eighth Street Bookshop in New York regarding Gregory Corso. Writes Kerouac, "Dear Ted, If you see Gregory Corso, which I doubt, tell him he owes me $10. Thanks again, Jack". The original envelope is included. $3,500. Item 344 is an undated postcard from Kerouac in France to Allen Ginsberg. The postcard is stamped "postage due". No wonder Kerouac needed the money from Corso. $2,500.
Item 533 is a first edition of Remington's Frontier Sketches, by Frederick Remington, published in 1898. Remington was a writer, but primarily artist, and he is most famous for his portrayals of a dying culture, the Old West, in the last two decades of the 19th century. $2,250.
James S. Jaffe Rare Books may be found on the internet at www.literaryfirsts.com, or reached by telephone at 610-649-4221.