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Auction Info

Sale Name
Fall Americana & Estate Books
Auction Date
10/26/2013 - 10/26/2013
Year of Sale
2013
Sale Number
#102613
Total Lots
341
Sold Lots
259
Lots Sold
76.0%
Unsold Lots
82
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
42,941.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
44,620.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
89,050.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
74,720.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
143,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
29.92%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
45,661.30

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45D Histoire Militaire De Flander, Depuis l'annee 1690. jusqu'en 1694 by Chevalier De Beaurain [and others] - 2 Volumes

1755

 USD 800.00 - 1,800.00 1,725.00
218 Enpon of Japanese Shunga

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 1,725.00
39 The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights by Florence Claxton

(Circa 1872]

USD 200.00 - 500.00 1,035.00
75E 36 TRACTS AND SERMONS - Bound in 2 Volumes [ASSOCIATION COPIES]

USD 400.00 - 600.00 1,035.00
154 Coptic Ethiopian Manuscript Bible written in Ge'ez

(circa 1800)

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 862.50
132 Face to Face - Twelve Contemporary American Artists Interpret Themselves in a Limited Edition of Original Wood Engravings - LIMITED EDITION, WITH CASE and SLIPCASE - PUBLISHER'S EXAMINATION COPY

1985

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 747.50
76 A Complete View of the Chinese Empire. Exhibited in a Geographical Description of That Country, A Dissertation on its Antiquity, and a Genuine and Copious Account of Earl Macartney's Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China

1798

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 690.00
99 DUTCH MENNONITE TESTAMENT - Dat Nieuwe Testament Ons Heeren Jesu Christi

1562

 USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 632.50
59 Silk Portfolio of 31 Japanese Color Lithographs

USD 100.00 - 250.00 575.00
55F The Printer's Guide, or, an Introduction to The Art of Printing: Including An Essay on Punctuation, and Remarks on Orthography by C. S. Van Winkle [ASSOCIATION COPY]

1827

 USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 575.00
20F Amusement Des Compagnies ou Nouveau Recueil De Chansons Choisis - 10 Volumes [MUSIC / SONGS]

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 546.25
114 THIS - Broadside No. 1, Poem by Charles Olson, Design by Nicola Cernovich - 2 with original brown envelopes. SCARCE

1952

 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 517.50
10A Enoch Pratt Free Library Poetry Broadsides - 49 (of 50) in a folding portfolio

1935

 USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 488.75
108 Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks by Horatio Alger, Jr. FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE

1868

 USD 400.00 - 800.00 488.75
166 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure For June 1747

1748

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 488.75
128 A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, and Afghanistan, and of a Residence at the Court of Dost Mohamed by G. T. Vigne

1840

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 488.75
155 SCARCE. The Workes' of That Faithfull and Painfull Preacher, Mr. Elnathan Parr

1632

 USD 400.00 - 1,000.00 431.25
15 EDWARDS, JONATHAN - The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God: Applied to That Uncommon Operation that has Lately Appeared on the Minds of Many of the People of This Land: With a Particular Consideration of the Extraordinary Circumstances Wi

1741

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 431.25
68 THEOLOGY - 3 Volumes in 2 Books

USD 200.00 - 400.00 402.50
7 AMERICANA - 5 Volumes

USD 100.00 - 200.00 402.50
192 The Life of Cardinal Wolsey by Richard Fiddes

1724

 USD 100.00 - 250.00 373.75
55C FRENCH JOURNALS - Le Fifre and Le Pierrot / bound issues in one volume

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 345.00
55E Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions, During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 by Sir John Ross. Includung the Reports of Commander, Now Captain, James Clark Ross and the Discovery

1835

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 316.25
123 Undine by De La Motte Fouque, ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM, SCARCE IN DUST JACKET

1909

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 316.25
124 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

1908

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 287.50
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  • <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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  • <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.