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<b><center>Everard Auctions<br>The Anglophile and the Professor<br>October 19, 2023</b>

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Chaucer, Geoffery THE WORKS (Thomas Petit, c. 1550). $5,000 to $8,000.

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Queen Elizabeth II & Queen Mother Letter to James Barrie. $3,000 to $5,000.

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Pepys, Samuel, MEMOIRS, 1825, 2 Vols. $700 to $1,000.

<b><center>Everard Auctions<br>The Anglophile and the Professor<br>October 19, 2023</b>

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> King George V & Prince Albert, Signed Cabinet Card. $1,000 to $1,500.

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Johnson, Ben, THE WORKS, 1692. $700 to $1,000.

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805) Signed Letter. $1,500 to $2,000.

<b><center>Everard Auctions<br>The Anglophile and the Professor<br>October 19, 2023</b>

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Rare Original Volkswagen Test Drive Manuscript, 1937. $2,000 to $3,000.

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Cervantes, Miguel de DON QUIXOTE, 1652. $1,500 to $2,500.

<b>Everard Auctions, Oct. 19:</b> Commines, Philippe de, HISTORIE OF COMMINES, 1596. $800 to $1,200.
<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> ANNOTATED TYPESCRIPT OF JOHN STEINBECK'S FIRST BOOK, <i>CUP OF GOLD.</i> $80,000 - $120,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> STEINBECK'S FIRST NOVEL INSCRIBED TO HIS PARENTS. $15,000 - $25,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> RARE GALLEY PROOF OF <i>TORTILLA FLAT.</i> $2,000 - $3,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> <i>TORTILLA FLAT</i> INSCRIBED TO STEINBECK'S LITTLE SISTER, MARY. $15,000 - $25,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> ED RICKETTS' PRESENTATION COPY OF <i>SAINT KATY THE VIRGIN.</i> $2,000 - $3,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> A FRAGMENT OF THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF <i>OF MICE AND MEN,</i> EATEN BY THE DOG. $2,000 - $3,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> STEINBECK'S ORIGINAL LETTER FOR "THE FIRST WATCH." $2,000 - $3,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> NUMBER ONE OF ONLY 10 COPIES OF THE GRAPES OF WRATH SPECIALLY BOUND FOR STEINBECK. $15,000 - $25,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> STEINBECK ON THE WRITING PROCESS. $4,000 - $6,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> STEINBECK'S RUSSIAN JOURNAL. $30,000 - $50,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> A GRIEVING STEINBECK ON THE DEATH OF MARY. $3,000 - $5,000

<b>Bonhams, Oct. 25:</b> MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN STEINBECK AND HIS SISTER MARY AND FAMILY. $250,000 - $350,000
<b><center>Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair<br>Oct. 14th & 15th, 2023<br>Sat. 10AM-6PM<br>Sun. 11AM-4PM

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Auction Name	Fine Books and Ephemera List
Auction Date	10/10/2023 - 10/10/2023
Lots Sold	97.17%
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<b><center>Swann Auction Galleries:<br>Early Printed Books<br>October 12</b>

<b>Swann, Oct. 12:</b> Thomas Hobbes, <i>Leviathan,</i> London, 1651. $10,000 to $15,000.

<b>Swann, Oct. 12:</b> Thomas Moffett, <i>Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum,</i> first edition, London, 1634. $2,000 to $3,000.

<b>Swann, Oct. 12:</b> Shakespeare, <i>Tragedie of Coriolanus</i> [and] <i>Titus Andronicus,</i> extracted from the First Folio, London, 1623. $50,000 to $70,000.

<b><center>Swann Auction Galleries:<br>Early Printed Books<br>October 12</b>

<b>Swann, Oct. 12:</b> Edmund Spenser, <i>The Faerie Queene,</i> first editions of both parts, London, 1590-96. $10,000 to $15,000.

<b>Swann, Oct. 12:</b> Valentine Greatrakes, <i>A Brief Account of Mr. Valentine Greatraks, and Divers of the Strange Cures by him lately Performed,</i> London, 1666. $1,500 to $2,500.

<b>Swann, Oct. 12:</b> John Webster, <i>The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft,</i> first edition, London, 1677.
<b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library<br>Magnificent Books and Bindings<br>11 October 2023</b>

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. $300,000 to $400,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Leonardo da Vinci, Trattato della pittura, manuscript on paper, [Rome, ca. 1638–1641], a very fine pre-publication manuscript. $250,000 to $300,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Paradis, Ung petit traicte de Alkimie, [Paris, before 1540], contemporary morocco by the Pecking Crow binder for Anne de Montmorency. $300,000 to $350,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Capocaccia, Giovanni Battista, A wax relief portrait of Pius V, in a red morocco book-form box by the Vatican bindery, Rome, 1566–1568. $250,000 to $300,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Serlio, Il terzo libro; Regole generali, Venice, 1540, both printed on blue paper and bound together by the Cupid's Bow Binder. $400,000 to $500,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 11:</b> Tiraboschi, Carmina, manuscript on vellum, [Padua, c. 1471], the earliest surviving plaquette binding. $280,000 to $350,000.

<b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library<br>The Aldine Collection A–C<br>12 October 2023</b>

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Anthologia graeca, Venice, Aldus, 1503, printed on vellum, Masterman Sykes-Syston Park copy. $150,000 to $200,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Castiglione, Il libro del cortegiano, Venice, Aldus, 1528, contemporary Italian morocco gilt, Accolti-Landau copy. $200,000 to $300,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Castiglione, Il libro del cortegiano, Venice, Aldus, 1545, contemporary morocco for Thomas Mahieu, Chatsworth copy. $200,000 to $300,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Cicero, Epistolae familiares, Venice, Aldus, 1502, printed on vellum, illuminated, Renouard-Vernon-Uzielli copy. $200,000 to $300,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Venice, Aldus, 1499, Gomar Estienne binding for Jean Grolier, Spencer copy. $400,000 to $600,000.

<b>Sotheby’s, Oct. 12:</b> Crinito, Libri de poetis Latinis, Florence, Giunta, 1505, Cupid's Bow Binder for Grolier, Paris d'Illins-Wodhull copy. $250,000 to $300,000.
<center><b>Potter & Potter Auctions<br>Nobu Shirase and the Japanese Antarctic Expedition: the Collection of Chet Ross<br>October 12, 2023</b>

<b>Potter & Potter, Oct. 12:</b> [BYRD]. VEER, Willard Van der and Joseph T. RUCKER, cinematographers. The 35mm motion picture Akeley camera that filmed the Academy Award-winning documentary “With Byrd at the South Pole”. $30,000 to $50,000.

<b>Potter & Potter, Oct. 12:</b> [SHIRASE, Nobu, his copy]. RYUKEI, Yano. <i>Young Politicians of Thebes: Illustrious Tales of Statesmanship.</i> Tokyo(?), 1881-84. $15,000 to $20,000.

<b>Potter & Potter, Oct. 12:</b> SHACKLETON, Ernest H. <i>The Antarctic Book.</i> Winter Quarters 1907-1909 [dummy copy of the supplement to: <i>The Heart of the Antarctic</i>]. London, 1909. $10,000 to $15,000.

<b>Potter & Potter, Oct. 12:</b> [USS BEAR]. The original auxiliary deck wheel from the famed USS Bear, 1874-1933. “PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS SHIP IN THE HISTORY OF THE COAST GUARD” (USCG). $10,000 to $15,000.

<b>Potter & Potter, Oct. 12:</b> HENSON, Matthew. <i>A Negro Explorer at the North Pole.</i> With a forward by Robert Peary. Introduction by Booker T. Washington. New York, [1912]. $3,000 to $4,000.

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