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Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Books

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Auction Name Rare and Used Books Total Sales (USD) 19,091.00
Auction Date September 08, 2017 - September 08, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #90817 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 452
Sold Lots 375 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 82.96% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 77 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
320

Auß Bundt, das ist: etliche schöne christliche Lieder wie sie in der Gefängnüß zu Passau in dem Schloß von den Schweitzer-Brüderen, und von anderen rechtgläubigen Christen hin und her gedichtet worden.

18th century Not Available USD 7,100.00
321

Auß Bundt, das ist: etliche schöne christliche Lieder: wie die in der Gefängnuß zu Passau in dem Schloß von den Schweitzer-Brüdern und andern rechtgläubigen Christen hin und her gedichtet worden.

1809 Not Available USD 4,015.00
328

Das gantz Nüw Testament unsers Herrn Jesu Christi: recht grundlich vertütschet.

1825?. Not Available USD 475.00
291 Ruth, John Landis.

The Earth Is the Lord’s: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 39

 2001 Not Available USD 280.00
82

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

1955-59. Not Available USD 275.00
81

Kurzgefaßtes Weiber-Büchlein. Enthält Aristotels und Alberti Magni Hebammen-Kunst, mit den darzu gehörigen Recepten.

1798 Not Available USD 250.00
301

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

1955-59. Not Available USD 250.00
234

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

1955-59. Not Available USD 200.00
334 Schabalie, Johann Philip.

Die wandlende Seele, Das ist: Gespräch der wandlenden Seelen mit Adam, Noah and Simon Cleophas: Verfasset die Geschichten von Erschaffung der Welt an, bis zu und nach der Verwüstung Jerusalems .

1805 Not Available USD 175.00
233

The Holy Bible, Translated from the Latin Vulgat: Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages.

1794 Not Available USD 110.00
327

Die gantze Bibel, das ist alle Bücher allts unnd neüws Testaments / den vis sprünglichen spraachen nach, auffs aller treülichest verteütschet.

1536, 1744 Not Available USD 97.00
292 Burdge, Edsel, Jr., and Samuel L. Horst.

Building on the Gospel Foundation: The Mennonites of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Washington County, Maryland, 1730-1970. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 42

 2004 Not Available USD 85.00
47

Vierstimmiges Psalmbuch, Das ist, Dr. Ambrosii Lobwassers Psalmen Davids. Transponiert durch Johann Ulrich Sulzberger.

1763 Not Available USD 80.00
132 [Graydon, Alexander].

Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania Within the Last Sixty Years with Occasional Remarks upon the General Occurrences, Character and Spirit of That Eventful Period.

1811 Not Available USD 75.00
338

Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch enthaltend geistreiche Lieder und Psalmen, zum allgemeinen Gebrauch des wahren Gottesdienstes.

1857 Not Available USD 65.00
411 Epp, Frank H.

Mennonite Exodus: The Rescue and Resettlement of the Russian Mennonites Since the Communist Revolution.

1962 Not Available USD 65.00
2

4 vols in The Mennonite Experience in America series: 1. MacMaster, Richard K. Land, Piety, Peoplehood: The Establishment of Mennonite Communities in America, 1683-1790.

1985 Not Available USD 60.00
28

Caldwell’s Atlas of Holmes Co., Ohio.

1992 Not Available USD 60.00
185 Janzen, William.

Limits on Liberty: The Experience of Mennonite, Hutterite, and Doukhobor Communities in Canada.

1990 Not Available USD 55.00
332

Gebet-Büchlein, gestellet von einer Christum und sein Wort liebhabenden Seelen; worinnen nebst andern schönen tröstlichen Gebetern, das Leiden Jesu gebetsweise erbaulich betrachtet wird.

1806 Not Available USD 55.00
107

Mennonite Family History.

Not Available USD 50.00
256 Ruth, John L.

Maintaining the Right Fellowship: A Narrative Account of Life in the Oldest Mennonite Community in North America. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 26

 1984 Not Available USD 50.00
289 Ruth, John L.

Maintaining the Right Fellowship: A Narrative Account of the Oldest Mennonite Community in North America. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 26

 1984 Not Available USD 50.00
337

Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch enthaltend geistreiche Lieder und Psalmen, zum allgemeinen Gebrauch des wahren Gottesdienstes.

1841 Not Available USD 50.00
363

Road to Freedom: Mennonites Escape the Land of Suffering.

2000 Not Available USD 50.00
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
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    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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