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Auction Info

Sale Name
Books and Manuscripts - Online bidstart 5/23
Auction Date
06/02/2017 - 06/02/2017
Year of Sale
2017
Sale Number
#3012T
Total Lots
591
Sold Lots
511
Lots Sold
86.5%
Unsold Lots
80
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
732,063.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
518,960.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
762,075.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
811,960.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
1,189,120.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
61.56%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
792,179.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1201 Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) The North American Indian, Volume III, The Teton Sioux.

1908

 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 33,210.00
1555 Paolo Forlani (fl. circa 1560-1571) Il Disegno del discoperto della nova Franza.

1566

 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 30,750.00
1162 Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, Illuminated Latin Manuscript on Parchment.

c, 1490-1510

 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 24,600.00
1478 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Prints from The Birds of North America , Octavo Edition, Approximately 404 Color Lithographs.

c. 1840-1844

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 22,140.00
1468 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Brown Pelican , Plate CCCCXXI.

1827-1838.

USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 18,450.00
1233 Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens's Copy with his Bookplate.

1846

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 18,450.00
1088 Sherman, Roger (1721-1793) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 August 1778 [and] Return Autograph Letter Signed by Benjamin Trumbull (1735-1820

1904-11-12

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 18,450.00
1571 Ramusio, Giovanni Battista (1485-1557) Delle Navigationi et Viaggi.

1613; 1583; and 1556.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 11,685.00
1315 Luther, Martin (1483-1546) A Treatise, Touching the Libertie of a Christian.

1579

 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 10,455.00
1299 Knorr, Georg Wolfgang (1705-1761) Les Delices des Yeux et de l'Esprit, ou Collection Generale des Differentes Especes de Coquillages q

USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 8,610.00
1585 Joshua Fry (1699-1754) and Peter Jefferson (1708-1757) A Map of the most Inhabited Part of Virginia.

1775

 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 8,610.00
1473 Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Great Auk , Plate CCCXLI.

1827-1838

 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 6,150.00
1274 Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928) The Works , Signed Limited Edition.

1919-1920

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 6,150.00
1154 Bible, New Testament, English, Douay-Rheims,The Nevv Testament.

1582

 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 6,150.00
1365 Purchas, Samuel (1557?-1625) Purchas His Pilgrimes , Part Three Only.

1625

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 5,535.00
1438 Washington, George (1732-1799) The Will of General George Washington.

1800

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,535.00
1537 Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de (1549-1625) Novus Orbis, sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis.

1622

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 5,535.00
1118 Muhammad Mu'min Husaini (fl. circa 1670) Tuhfat al-Mu'minin , Dictionary of Materia Medica.

late 17th century

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 5,535.00
1361 Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Tales.

1845

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,535.00
1160 Book of Hours, Use of Rome, Latin Manuscript on Parchment.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,535.00
1536 Gottfried, Johann Ludwig (1584-1633) Newe Welt und Americanische Historien.

1655

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,228.00
1001 Adams, John (1735-1826) Signed Military Commission, 20 February 1801.

1801

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,228.00
1384 Scamozzi, Vincent (1552-1616) The Mirrour of Architecture: or the Ground-Rules of the Art of Building.

1669

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 5,228.00
1541 Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) Islandia

post-1585.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 5,228.00
1202 Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) The North American Indian, Volume IX, The Salishan Tribes of the Coast.

1913

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 5,228.00
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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