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Auction Info

Sale Name
The Medical and Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye - Online, bistart 3/12
Auction Date
03/21/2019 - 03/21/2019
Year of Sale
2019
Sale Number
#25419
Total Lots
340
Sold Lots
222
Lots Sold
65.3%
Unsold Lots
118
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
277,537.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
108,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
160,150.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
155,550.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
231,550.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
119.86%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
291,590.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
608 Dandy, Walter E. 1886-1946. A large group of approximately 121 reprints, with 3 biographical publications

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 25,075.00
590 Silliman, Benjamin. 1779-1864. Autograph Letter Signed, to Charles T. Jackson

1847

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 11,325.00
589 MORTON, WILLIAM T.G. 1819-1868. ON THE LOSS OF THE TEETH AND THE MODERN WAY OF RESTORING THEM, AS PRACTISED BY W. T. G. MORTON AND FRANCIS WHITMAN.

1847

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 9,450.00
579 Esdaile, James. Record of Cases Treated in the Mesmeric Hospital, From November 1846 to May 1847: With Reports of the Official Visitors. [Bound With:] Record of Cases Treated in the Mesmeric Hospital From June to December 1847.

1847

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 8,825.00
544A [Schweitzer, Albert. 1875-1965.] Group of items related to Dr. Albert Schweitzer,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 6,950.00
592 WARREN, JOHN C. 1778-1856. EFFECTS OF CHLOROFORM AND STRONG CHLORIC ETHER.

1849

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 6,950.00
743 TAUSSIG, HELEN BROOKE. 1898-1986. Archive of 47 articles, comprising 34 offprints, 6 complete journal issues, 6 journal extracts, and 1 pamphlet

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 6,075.00
468 GENGA, BERNARDINO [after]. 1620-1690. 50 Pencil and ink drawings with watercolor wash and manuscript commentary.

n.d.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 5,325.00
630 Crile, George. 1864-1943. A GROUP OF STEREOGRAPHS AND A MONOGRAPH ON TRANSFUSION, COMPRISING: 1) George Crile, HEMORRHAGE AND TRANSFUSION: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH.

1909

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 4,825.00
612 [OSLER, WILLIAM. 1849-1919]. CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939. The Life of Sir William Osler.

1925

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 4,825.00
599 [CUSHING, HARVEY. 1869-1939]. Barker, Arthur E. 1850-1916. ALS to Harvey Cushing

1903

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 4,825.00
613 OSLER, WILLIAM. 1849-1919. Bibliotheca Osleriana: A Catalogue of Books Illustrating The History Of Medicine And Science Collected, Arranged, and Annotated By Sir William Osler, Bt.

1929

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 4,450.00
582 Barton, Edward Hall. 1796-1859. Autograph Letter Signed, to John Paul Cockey

1847

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 4,075.00
533 Ramon y Cajal, Santiago. 1852-1934. ALS in Spanish, to Howes Norris Jr.

n.d.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 4,075.00
487 Hunter, William. 1718-1783. ADS, being an admission ticket to his anatomical lectures, October 1749.

1749

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 4,075.00
463 Flexner, Abraham. 1866-1959. FIVE PUBLICATIONS ON MEDICAL EDUCATION, COMPRISING: 1) MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

1910

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 4,075.00
454 Drake, Daniel. 1785-1852. COLLEGE BENEFICIARIES AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT IN DRAKE'S HAND.

1834

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 4,075.00
732 MACKENZIE, JAMES. 1853-1925. The Study of the Pulse: Arterial, Venous, and Hepatic and of the Movements of the Heart.

1902

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 4,075.00
467 Garrison, Fielding H. 1870-1935; and Leslie T. Morton. 1907-2004. A COMPLETE SET OF 7 EDITIONS OF WHAT CAME TO BE CALLED "GARRISON MORTON."

USD 400.00 - 500.00 3,570.00
545 [SERVETUS, MICHAEL. C.1510-1553]. [HODGES, BENJAMIN.] An Impartial History of Michael Servetus, burnt alive at Geneva for Heresie.

1724

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 3,570.00
601 [OSLER, WILLIAM. 1849-1919.] CUSHING, HARVEY. A group of items related to the 1919 Osler Festschrift,

1869-1939.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,805.00
522 MORTON, WILLIAM T.G. 1819-1868. TO SURGEONS AND PHYSICIANS.

1846

 USD 600.00 - 800.00 2,805.00
669 SAYRE, LEWIS A. 1820-1900. SPINAL DISEASE AND SPINAL CURVATURE, THEIR TREATMENT, SUSPENSION AND THE USE OF THE PLASTER OF PARIS BANDAGE.

1877

 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,550.00
701 CUTLER, ELLIOTT. 1888-1947. Five publications on cardiac surgery, comprising: 1. THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF MITRAL STENOSIS: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL STUDIES.

1924

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 2,422.00
593 WARREN, JOHN C. 1778-1856. ETHERIZATION; WITH SURGICAL REMARKS.

1848

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 2,295.00
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    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.
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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.