Christies: The Pierre S. duPont III Collection of Navigation, Voyages, Cartography and Literature of the Sea., 7324,

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 08, 1991 - October 08, 1991

Page Size: 510 items in 6 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
	ENGLISH PILOT	The English Pilot. The Fourth Book. Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Rivers, Bays, Roads . . . and Dangers from the River Amazons to New-found-Land; with all the West-India Navigation, and the Islands therein.	London	1689	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	39,600.00
101		The English Pilot. The Fourth Book. Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Head-Lands, Rivers, Bays, Roads ... and Dangers from the River Amazons to New-found-Land; with all the West-India Navigation, and the Islands therein.	London	1689	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	2,090.00
	EVELYN, JOHN	Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress.	London	1674	USD 700.00 - 900.00	1,430.00
102	EVELYN, JOHN	Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress.	London	1674	USD 700.00 - 900.00	1,650.00
	EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER	Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of The West-Indies [---The Second Volume, Containing The Dangerous Voyage . . . of Captain Bartholomew Sharp . . . written by Mr. Basil Ringro	London	1684--1685	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
103	EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER;	Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the Most remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of The West-Indies [--The Second Volume, Containing The Dangerous Voyage ... of Captain Bartholomew Sharp ...]	London	1684-85, Mr. Basil Ringrose	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	39,600.00
	EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER	Bucaniers of America: Or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of The West-Indies . . . The Second Edition [---The Second Volume, Containing The Dangerous Voyage . . . Captain Bartholomew Sharp . . . writt	London	1684--1685	USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,760.00
104	EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER	Bucaniers of America: Or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of The West-Indies ... The Second Edition [--The Second Volume, Containing The Dangerous Voyage ... Captain Bartholomew Sharp ...]	London	1684-85	USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,430.00
	EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER	The History of the Bucaniers: Being an Impartial Relation Of all the Battels, Sieges, and other most Eminent Assaults committed for several years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies By the Pirates of Jamaica and Tortuga.	London	1684	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	3,080.00
105	EXQUEMELIN, ALEXANDRE OLIVIER	The History of the Bucaniers: Being an Impartial Relation Of all the Battels, Sieges, and other most Eminent Assaults committed for several years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies By the Pirates of Jamaica and Tortuga.	London	1684	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	2,860.00
	FERNANDES DE QUEIROS, PEDRO	Copie de la Requeste presentee au Roy d'Espagne par le capitaine Pierre Ferdinand de Quir, sur la decouverte de la cinquieme Partie du monde, appellee la terre Australle, incogneue, & des grandes richesses & fertilite d'icelle.	Paris	1617	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	25,300.00
106	FERNANDES DE QUEIROS, PEDRO	Copie de la Requeste presentee au Roy d'Espagne par le capitaine Pierre Ferdinand de Quir, sur la decouverte de la cinquieme Partie du monde, appellee la terre Australie, incogneuê, & des grandes richesses & fertilité d'icelle.	Paris	1617	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	1,760.00
	[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. CLARKE, JAMES STANIER and JOHN M'ARTHUR	The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B.	London	1809	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	2,530.00
107	CLARKE, JAMES STANIER and JOHN M'ARTHUR	FORE-EDGE PAINTING., The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B.	London	1809	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	3,080.00
	FORSTER, JOHANN REINHOLD	History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the North. Translated from the German.	London	1786	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,540.00
108	FORSTER, JOHANN REINHOLD	History of the Voyages and Discoveries made in the North. Translated from the German.	London	1786	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	25,300.00
	FOXE [OR FOX], LUKE	North-West Fox, or, Fox from the North-west passage.	London	1635	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	24,200.00
109	FOXE, OR FOX, LUKE	North-West Fox, or, Fox from the North-west passage.	London	1635	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	2,530.00
	FULTON, ROBERT	Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions.	New York	1810	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	16,500.00
110	FULTON, ROBERT	Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions.	New York	1810	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	1,540.00
	GAGE, THOMAS	The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: or, A New Survey of the West-India's, containing a Journall of Three thousand and Three hundred Miles within the Main Land of America.	London	1648	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,420.00
111	GAGE, THOMAS	The English-American his Travail by Sea and Land: or, A New Survey of the West-India's, containing a Journall of Three thousand and Three hundred Miles within the Main Land of America.	London	1648	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	24,200.00
	GALVANO, ANTONIO	The Discoveries of the World from their first originall unto the yeere of our Lord 1555. Briefly written in the Portugall tongue by Antonio Galvano, Gouernour of Ternte, the chiefe Island of the Malucos: Corrected, quoted, and now published in English by	London	1601	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	23,100.00
112	GALVANO, ANTONIO	The Discoveries of the World from their first originall unto the yeere of our Lord 1555. Briefly written in the Portugall tongue by Antonio Galvano, Gouernour of Ternte, the chiefe Island of the Malucos: Corrected, quoted, and now published in English by	London	1601	USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	16,500.00
	GOOS, PIETER	The Lighting Colomne or Sea-Mirrour, Containing The Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation . . . Gathered out of the experience and practice of divers Pilots and Lovers of the famous Art of Navigation.	Amsterdam	1662	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	26,400.00
113	GOOS, PIETER	The Lighting Colomne or Sea-Mirrour, Containing The Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation ... Gathered out of the experience and practice of divers Pilots and Lovers of the famous Art of Navigation.	Amsterdam	1662	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	2,420.00
	GOOS, PIETER	De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Wereld, waer in vertoont werden all de Zee-Kusten van het bekende des Aerd-Bodems.	Amsterdam	1673	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	31,900.00
114	GOOS, PIETER	De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Wereld, waer in vertoont werden all de Zee-Kusten van het bekende des Aerd-Bodems.	Amsterdam	1673	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	23,100.00
	GRANT, JAMES	The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in his Majesty's vessel The Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales.	London	1803	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	6,050.00
115	GRANT, JAMES	The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in his Majesty's vessel The Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales.	London	1803	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	26,400.00
	GUNTER, EDMUND	The Description and Use of the Sector, Cross-Staffe and other Instruments . . . the Second Edition much augmented.	London	1636	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	1,210.00
116	GUNTER, EDMUND	The Description and Use of the Sector, Cross-Staffe and other Instruments ... the Second Edition much augmented.	London	1636	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	31,900.00
	HACKE, <i>Captain</i> WILLIAM, <i>editor</i>	A collection of Original Voyages . . . I. Captain Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe. II. Captain Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien . . . III. Capt. Wood's Voyage thro' the Streights of Magellan. IV. Mr. Roberts's Adventures among the Corsairs of th	London	1699	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,200.00
117	HACKE, Captain WILLIAM	A collection of Original Voyages ... I. Captain Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe. II. Captain Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien ... III. Capt. Wood's Voyage thro' the Streights of Magellan. IV. Mr. Roberts's Adventures among the Corsairs of the Le	London	1699	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	6,050.00
	HACKE, <i>Captain</i> WILLIAM, <i>editor</i>	A Collection of Original Voyages.	London	1699	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	880.00
118	HACKE, Captain WILLIAM	A collection of Original Voyages ... I. Captain Cowley's Voyage Round the Globe. II. Captain Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien ... III. Capt. Wood's Voyage thro' the Streights of Magellan. IV. Mr. Roberts's Adventures among the Corsairs of the Le	London	1699	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	1,210.00
	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation, made by Sea or ouer Land.	London	1589	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	23,100.00
119	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English nation, made by Sea or ouer Land.	London	1589	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	2,200.00
	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principal Navigations . . .	London	1598--1600	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	7,700.00
120	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principal Navigations ...	London	1598-1600	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	880.00
	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principal Navigations . . .	London	1599--1600	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	9,350.00
121	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principal Navigations ...	London	1599-1600	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	23,100.00
	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principal Navigations . . .	London	1599--1600	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	6,600.00
122	HAKLUYT, RICHARD	The Principal Navigations ...	London	1599-1600	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	7,700.00
	HALL, <i>Captain</i> BASIL	Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island . . . and a Vocabulary of the Loo-Choo Language, by H. J. Clifford.	London	1818	USD 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
123	HALL, Captain BASIL; H. J. Clifford	Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island ... and a Vocabulary of the Loo-Choo Language	London	1818	USD 700.00 - 900.00	9,350.00
	HAMILTON, GEORGE	A Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora. Performed under the Direction of Captain Edwards In the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792. With the Discoveries made in the South-Sea; and the many Distresses experienced by the Crew from Shipwreck and	London	1793	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	5,500.00
124	HAMILTON, GEORGE	A Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora.	Berwick, London	1793	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	6,600.00
	HAMILTON, GEORGE	A Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora.	London	1793	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	2,860.00
125	HAMILTON, GEORGE	A Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora.	London	1793	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	5,500.00
	HARRIS, JOHN	Navigantium atque Itinerantium Biblotheca: or a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels.	London	1705	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,320.00
126	HARRIS, JOHN	Navigantium atque Itinerantium Biblotheca: or a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels.	London	1705	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	2,860.00
	HARRISON, <i>Captain</i> DAVID	The Melancholy Narrative of the Distressful Voyage and Miraculous Deliverance of Captain David Harrison, of the Sloop, Peggy, of New-York, on his Voyage from Fyal, one of the Western Islands, to New-York, Who Having lost all his Sails in a long Series of	London	1766	USD 600.00 - 800.00	1,320.00
127	HARRISON, Captain DAVID	The Melancholy Narrative of the Distressful Voyage and Miraculous Deliverance of Captain David Harrison, of the Sloop, Peggy, of New-York, on his Voyage from Fyal, one of the Western Islands, to New-York, Who Having lost all his Sails in a long Series of	London	1766	USD 600.00 - 800.00	1,320.00
	HAWKINS, <i>Sir</i> RICHARD	The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins Knight, in his Voyage into the South Sea. Anno Domini 1593.	London	1622	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	9,350.00
128	HAWKINS, Sir RICHARD	The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins Knight, in his Voyage into the South Sea. Anno Domini 1593.	London	1622	USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00	1,320.00
	HAWKINS, Sir RICHARD	The Observations.	London	1622	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	7,150.00
129	HAWKINS, Sir RICHARD	The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins Knight, in his Voyage into the South Sea. Anno Domini 1593.	London	1622	USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	9,350.00
	HENNEPIN, LOUIS	A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico; with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals.	London	1698	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
130	HENNEPIN, LOUIS	A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico; with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals.	London	1698	USD 51,500.00 - 2,000.00	7,150.00
	H[ICKERINGILL], E[DMUND]	Jamaica Viewed: with All the Ports, Harbours, and their several Soundings, Towns, and Settlements thereunto belonging. Together, With the nature of it's Climate, fruitfulnesse of the Soile, and it's suitablenesse to English Complexions . . . By E. H.	London	1661	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	6,380.00
131	HICKERINGILL, EDMUND; E. H.	Jamaica Viewed: with All the Ports, Harbours, and their several Soundings, Towns, and Settlements thereunto belonging. Together, With the nature of it's Climate, fruitfulnesse of the Soile, and it's suitablenesse to English Complexions ...	London	1661	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	2,860.00
	HILL, THOMAS	The Arte of Gardening, wherunto is added much necessarie matter, with a number of Secrets: 2nd the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearb . . . 1608.	London		USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	3,850.00
132	HILL, THOMAS; CAMDEN, WILLIAM; EVELYN, JOHN; TIMBERLAKE, HENRY; LITHGOW, WILLIAM	The Arte of Gardening, wherunto is added much necessarie matter, with a number of Secrets: and the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearb ..., Annales. The True and Royall History of the famous Empresse Elizabeth Queene of England [i.e., parts 1-3] ..., N		1608, 1625, 1674, 1616, 1682	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	6,380.00
	HOSTE, PAUL	L'Art des armees navales ou Traite des evolutions navales [---Theorie de la construction des vaisseaux].	Lyon	1697	USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	2,420.00
133	HOSTE, PAUL	L'Art des armées navales ou Traité des évolutions navales [--Théorie de la construction des vaisseaux].	Lyon	1697	USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	3,850.00
	HUNTER, JOHN	An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip's Voyage.	London	1793	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	1,980.00
134	HUNTER, JOHN	An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip's Voyage.	London	1793	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	2,420.00
	JAMES, THOMAS	The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas Iames, in his intended Discouery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea.	London	1633	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	16,500.00
135	JAMES, THOMAS	The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas lames, in his intended Discouery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea.	London	1633	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	1,980.00
	JAMES, THOMAS	The Strange and Dangerous Voyage.	London	1633	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	15,400.00
136	JAMES, THOMAS	The Strange and Dangerous Voyage of Captaine Thomas lames, in his intended Discouery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea.	London	1633	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	16,500.00
	JEFFERYS, THOMAS	A Description of the Spanish Islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies, compiled from authentic Memoirs, revised by Gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish Settlements.	London	1762	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	2,860.00
137	JEFFERYS, THOMAS	A Description of the Spanish Islands and settlements on the coast of the West Indies, compiled from authentic Memoirs, revised by Gentlemen who have resided many years in the Spanish Settlements.	London	1762	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	15,400.00
	JENKINS, JAMES, <i>publisher</i>	The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793--1817.	London	[1816--1817]	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	4,400.00
138	JENKINS, JAMES	The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817.	London	1816-17	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,860.00
	JOSSELYN, JOHN	An Account of Two Voyages to New-England.	London	1674	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	4,180.00
139	JOSSELYN, JOHN	An Account of Two Voyages to New-England.	London	1674	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	4,400.00
	KEITH. <i>Sir</i> WILLIAM	The History of the British Plantations in America . . . Part I [all published]. Containing the History of Virginia; with Remarks on the Trade and Commerce of that Colony.	London	1738	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	1,870.00
140	KEITH, Sir WILLIAM	The History of the British Plantations in America ... Part I [all published]. Containing the History of Virginia; with Remarks on the Trade and Commerce of that Colony.	London	1738	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	4,180.00
	KEITH, <i>Sir</i> WILLIAM	The History of the British Plantations in America.	London	1738	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,540.00
141	KEITH, Sir WILLIAM	The History of the British Plantations in America.	London	1738	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,870.00
	KINGSLEY, CHARLES	various			USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,760.00
142	KINGSLEY, CHARLES; RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK; SCOTT, Sir WALTER	Westward Ho!, The Golden Hope. A Romance of the Deep, The Pirate	Cambridge, London, Edinburgh	1855, 1887, 1822	USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,540.00
	KIPLING, RUDYARD	various	London		USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,100.00
143	KIPLING, RUDYARD	The Seven Seas	New York, Garden City's	1896, 1897, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1916, 1931	USD 500.00 - 700.00	1,760.00
	LAHONTAN, LOUIS ARMAND, <i>Baron de.</i>	New Voyages to North America, Containing An Account of the several Nations of that Vast Continent . . . A Geographical Description of Canada . . . A Dictionary of the Algonkine Language.	London	1703	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	2,750.00
144	LAHONTAN, LOUIS ARMAND, Baron de.	New Voyages to North America, Containing An Account of the several Nations of that Vast Continent... A Geographical Description of Canada ... A Dictionary of the Algonkine Language.	London	1703	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	1,100.00
	LAY, WILLIAM and CYRUS M. HUSSEY	A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824. And the Journal of a Residence of Two Years on the Mulgrave Islands.	New London [Conn.]	1828	USD 400.00 - 600.00	1,100.00
145	LAY, WILLIAM and CYRUS M. HUSSEY	A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824. And the Journal of a Residence of Two Years on the Mulgrave Islands.	New London [Conn.]	1828	USD 400.00 - 600.00	2,750.00
	LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE	various.	London		USD 600.00 - 800.00	1,100.00
146	LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE; WILLIAMS, WILLIAM A.	The Adventures of Robert Chevalier, Called De Beauchene. Captain of a Privateer in New-France, The Journal of Llewellin Penrose, a Seaman		1745, 1813	USD 600.00 - 800.00	1,100.00
	LIGON, RICHARD	A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. Illustrated with a Mapp of the Island, as also the Principall Trees and Plants there . . . Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar.	London	1657	USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	2,750.00
147	LIGON, RICHARD	A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. Illustrated with a Mapp of the Island, as also the Principall Trees and Plants there ... Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar.	London	1657	USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00	1,100.00
	LIGON, RICHARD	A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados. Illustrated with a Map of the Island . . . Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar.	London	1673	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	1,760.00
148	LIGON, RICHARD	A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados. Illustrated with a Map of the Island ... Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar.	London	1673	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	2,750.00
	LINSCHOTEN, JAN HUYGEN VAN	Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert . . . naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien.	Amsterdam	1596--1595--1596]	USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	16,500.00
149	LINSCHOTEN, JAN HUYGEN VAN	Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert ... naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien.	Amsterdam	1596-95-96	USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00	1,760.00
	LINSCHOTEN, JAN HUYGEN VAN	. . . John Huighen Van Linschoten. His Discours of Voyages into ye easte & Weste Indies. Devided into Foure Bookes.	London	[1598]	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	26,400.00
150	LINSCHOTEN, JAN HUYGEN VAN	John Huighen Van Linschoten. His Discours of Voyages into ye easte & Weste Indies. Devided into Foure Bookes.	London	1598	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	16,500.00

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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.
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