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National Book Auctions: Books and Ephemera – 16th Century, Firsts, Space, Lankes, etc.

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Auction Name Books and Ephemera – 16th Century, Firsts, Space, Lankes, etc. Total Sales (USD) 24,293.13
Auction Date March 17, 2018 - March 17, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 25,180.00
Sale Number #31718 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 65,600.00
Total Lots 301
Sold Lots 301 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 25,180.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 65,600.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 37.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1103 Agostino Nifo

Il Cortigiano del Sessa

 1560 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 763.75
1174 Uncredited

The Trial of German Major War Criminals, Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremberg Germany

 1946-1951 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 558.13
1271 Johannes Basilius Herold

Originum ac Germanicarum Antiquitatum Libri, Leges uidelicet, Salicae, Allemannorum, Saxonum, Angliiorum, Thuringorum, Burgundionum, Francorum, Ripuariae, Boioariorum, Vuestphalorum, Vuerinorum, Frisionum, Langobardorum, Theutonum

 c. 1557 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 528.75
1105 Henry Chadwick

Chadwick's American Cricket Manual. Containing the Revised Laws of the Game, with an Explanatory Appendix to each rule, Instructions in Bowling, Batting, and Fielding.

 c. 1872 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 499.38
1289 Charles Darwin

Selected Works of Charles Darwin

 1893 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 470.00
1015 Woody Guthrie

American Folksongs

 1947 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 411.25
1002 Conte Baldessar Castigione

Il Libro Del Cortegiano

 1556 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 323.13
1014 Charles Dickens

Master Humphrey's Clock

1840-1841 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 323.13
1277 R.A. Brock

Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated, Special Virginia Edition

1884 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 323.13
1075 Mark Twain

Roughing It

 1872 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 293.75
1095

3V & 1Pc More Nonsense EDWARD LEAR TITLES & PRINT Vintage & Antique Color Ornithological Plate Absurd Poetry Illustrated John Lehman Rhymes Lyrics Collectible

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 293.75
1132 Adam Smith

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

 1793 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 293.75
1163 Annie Leibovitz

Photographs Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990

 1991 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 293.75
1180 Jose de Acosta

Iosephi Acostae e Societate Iesu de Christo Revelato

 1595 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 293.75
1200 Uncredited

Fire Edition. Edwards' Chicago Directory. Containing the Names of all Persons in Business in the City whose Location Could be Ascertained up to Dec. 12, 1871. Also, A Business Directory Embracing a Classified list of Trades, Professions and Pursuits, Alph

 1871 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 264.38
1299

29V Dodge Ford VINTAGE & ANTIQUE AUTOMOTIVE GUIDES & BROCHURES 1925-1950 Pamphlets American Car Industry Chevrolet Oldsmobile Parts Manuals

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 264.38
1001 Uncredited

U. S. Infantry Tactics, for the Instruction, Exercise, and Manoeuvres of the United States Infantry, Including Infantry of the Line, Light Infantry, and Riflemen

 1861 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 235.00
1003 Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

 1952 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 235.00
1234 Dieter Roth

Noch mehr Scheisse Eine Nachlese/De Book of Porn & Ed Being Footnotes of "Sweethearts" and Oder Pings

 1968 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 235.00
1077

Ernst & Korn ARCHITECTON SKIZZENBOCH c1860 Lithograph Plates German Architectural Sketchbook Berlin Anst Borftell Arnim Schultz Countryside Farmhouses

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 205.63
1096

38V Captive Nations VINTAGE UKRAINIAN PUBLICATIONS Literature & Poetry Periodicals Theology News USSR Soviet Control Independent English & Spanish Educations Politics Eastern European Conflict

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 205.63
1120

54V Liberation Path VINTAGE UKRAINIAN HISTORY Periodicals News Politics Government Soviet Control Independent Ukraine Vilna Ukraine Serial Publications

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 205.63
1133 J.J. Lankes

Virginia Woodcuts

 1930 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 205.63
1295 W.B. Yeats

A Book of Images Drawn by W.T. Horton and Introduced by W.B. Yeats

 1898 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 205.63
1098

18V Ernest Hemingway ANTIQUE KEN MAGAZINE 1938 Illustrations Advertisements Spanish American War International Relations Politics Controversial Publication Photography

 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 176.25
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • 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.
  • 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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    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.
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