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Sale Name
Rare Books - Internet bidstart 5/29
Auction Date
06/05/2014 - 06/05/2014
Year of Sale
2014
Sale Number
#201423
Total Lots
414
Sold Lots
349
Lots Sold
84.3%
Unsold Lots
65
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
19,819.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
Inf%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
20,021.30

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
90072 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments [bound with:] The Whole Book of Psalms and The Book of Common Prayer.

1682

 USD - 468.75
90193 Stanley Clisby Arthur, editor. Old Families of Louisiana.

1931

 USD - 437.50
90151 H. Rider Haggard. She.

USD - 406.25
90176 Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat Comes Back.

1958

 USD - 406.25
90175 J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

1998

 USD - 406.25
90242 Letters from His Excellency George Washington to Sir John Sinclair on Agricultural, and Other Interesting Topics.

1800

 USD - 375.00
90048 Albert Camus. The Plague.

1948

 USD - 350.00
90077 William Bourne. The House That Jeff Built.

1868

 USD - 300.00
90185 Isaiah Thomas Isaiah Thomas's Almanack for 1799.

1799

 USD - 300.00
90006 Includes Ivy Lee, Josephine Johnson, Sara Jewett, Meredith Nicholson, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, Kate Seaborn, Grace Richmond, Amelie Rives and Mary Hallock Foote. Group Lot of Autograph and Typed Letters Signed.

USD - 275.00
90047 [Lord Byron]. The Works of Lord Byron.

1832

 USD - 212.50
90099 [Sir Walter Scott]. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.

1869

 USD - 212.50
90059 William Gaddis. The Recognitions.

1955

 USD - 200.00
90104 Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

1852

 USD - 200.00
90386 Burt Silverman. Sketch of Helen Ross.

USD - 200.00
90138 Agatha Christie. The Hound of Death.

1933

 USD - 200.00
90322 Hunter S. Thompson. Open Letter San Francisco October 25, 1960.

1996

 USD - 195.00
90342 [Incunabula Leaf]. Leaf from a 15th Century Bible.

1489

 USD - 175.00
90231 James Gordon. A History of Ireland.

1806

 USD - 175.00
90002 Includes Celia Thaxter, Bayard Taylor, George Sylvester Viereck, Phyllis McGaley, Henry Tuckerman, Charles Hanson Towne, Edmund Clarence Stedman, John Gould Fletcher and Edna Dean Proctor. Group Lot of Autograph and Typed Letters Signed.

USD - 162.50
90071 The Old Testament in Greek.

USD - 162.50
90146 [Frank Frazetta, illustrator]. Betty Ballantine, editor. Three Books of Frank Frazetta Drawings.

1975-1978.

USD - 162.50
90248 Theodor Mommsen. Translated by William Dickson. The History of Rome.

1874

 USD - 162.50
90184 Ursula K. Le Guin. Bruce Ariss. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Farthest Shore. [together with:] Full Circle. [and:] Jungle Girl.

USD - 150.00
90204 Anne Bony, editor. Les années 40.

1985

 USD - 150.00
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    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.
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    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.
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