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Rare Book Hub: 22 Auctions Archived, another 31 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 16 February 2019 22 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 denominated i9n euros, 3 in British pounds, and 18 in US dollars. Turnover...

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Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 9 February 2019, 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 5 denominated in euros, 4 in British pounds, and 23 in US dollars. Turnover...

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Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 21 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 2 February 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros, 5 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 20 in US...

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Rare Book Hub: 26 Auctions Archived, 29 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 26 January 26 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, 1 in Mexican pesos, and 18 in US...

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Rare Book Hub: 32 Auctions Archived, another 36 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 19 January 32 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 3 denominated in euros, 3 in British pounds, and 26 in US dollars. Turnover was...

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Rare Book Hub: 13 Auctions Archived, another 21 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 12 January 2019 13 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 3 denominated in euros, 1 in British pounds, and 9 in US dollars. ...

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2019: We are off to the races

For the week ended Saturday 5 January 6 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; one in Swedish krona, and 5 in US dollars. The sell-through rate was as rare as a...

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All is well that ends well

For the week ended Saturday 29 December 21 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 6 denominated euros, 1 in British pounds, and 14 in US dollars. Turnover was...

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Rare Book Hub: 53 Auctions Archived, another 26 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 22 December 2018 53 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 denominated in Australian dollars, 1 in Swiss francs, 20 in euros, 7 in British...

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Rare Book Hub: 18 Auctions Archived, another 12 Upcoming this Week

For the week ended Saturday 15 December 2018 18 auctions were archived to the Rare Book Hub Transaction Database; 1 denominated in Swiss francs, 1 in euros, 5 in British pounds, 1 in Hong Kong...

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Bonhams, Mar 12: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. First edition, first issue, SIGNED in block letters by Whitman. 1855. $200,000 to $300,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Isaac Newton's copy of John Greave's Pyramidographia, London, 1646. $50,000 to $70,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Colonel John Mosby. Robert E. Lee's autograph letter to Samuel Cooper reporting on Mosby's exploits, with Cooper's autograph note ordering his appointment to Major.

Bonhams, Mar 12: Gyula Halasz Brassai. Large archive of autograph and typed letters, over 260, to his family including his wife Gilberte, 1947-1978. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Mar 12: Archive of drawings and letters from Harper Lee to Charles Carruth, including an inscribed first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird. $20,000 to $30,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: VESALIUS, ANDREAS. 1514-1564. De humani corporis fabrica libri septem. Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543. $300,000 to $500,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: HARVEY, WILLIAM. 1578-1657. De motu cordis & sanguinis in animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Leiden: Joannis Maire, 1639. $25,000 to $35,000

Bonhams, Mar 11: BERENGARIO DA CARPI, GIACOMO. 1460-1530. Isagogae breves perlucide ac uberrimae in Anatomiam humani corporis. Bologna: Benedictus Hectoris, 15 July 1523. $15,000 to $25,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America… London, 1769. $10,000 to $15,000

Bonhams NY, Mar 11: BENIVIENI, ANTONIO. 1443-1502. De abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis.Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1507. $8,000 to $12,000
Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, El Ingenioso Hildalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha . . . Nueva Edición, first Ibarra edition, Madrid, 1780. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Illuminated Prayer Book in Latin and French, France, 1530-40s. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Illuminated Book of Hours in Latin, France, mid-15th century. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Die Ernsthaffte Christenpflicht, earliest known edition of the first complete Mennonite prayer book, 1708. $300 to $500.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Georg Agricola, De ortu & causis subterraneorum Lib V., first edition, Basel, 1546. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Frederick Ruysch, Icon durae matris in concava [convexa] superficie visae, with 2 mezzotints by Jan Ladmiral, first edition, Amsterdam, 1737. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Eine Neue Art von Strahlen, Würzburg, 1895. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Pietro Carrera, Il Gioco de gli Scacchi, first edition, Militello, 1617. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: William Lithgow, The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Adventures [etc.], London, 1632. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Michel de Nostradamus, The True Prophecies or Prognostications, first complete edition in English, London, 1672. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Pseudo-Methodius, De revelatione facta . . . beato Methodio, Basel, 1504. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries, Mar 7: Hrabanus Maurus, De laudibus sancte crucis opus, Pforzheim, 1503. $1,000 to $2,000.
Chiswick Auctions: Autographs & Memorabilia. February 28, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: Autograph album featuring signatures by prominent actors, politicians, musicians and authors, including Rudolph Valentino. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: An extremely rare working radio script for Crazy People No 29, the first series of The Goon Show. £600 to £800

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: Manuscript prayer book, in German. 8vo, 1755 £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 28: Italian Manuscript on Geometry, with diagrams, 18th century. £500 to £700

Chiswick Auctions: Ornithology, Zoology & Voyages. February 27, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Thorburn (Archibald). Sparrowhawk, original watercolour & gouache, signed & dated lower right, 1917. £1,500 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Burton (Sir Richard Francis). Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, 1855-56. £1,000 to £1,500

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: [Mount (Richard) & Page (Thomas)]. The English Pilot. Describing the Sea-Coasts… 31 engraved maps, W. & J. Mount, T. Page, 1756 £4000 to £6000

Chiswick Auctions: Ornithology, Zoology & Voyages. February 27, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: D’apres De Mannevillette (Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Denis). Le Neptune Oriental. Paris & Brest, [1775 – 1781]. £10,000 to £15,000

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Loring (Josiah). Terrestrial Globe Containing all the Late Discoveries and Geographical Improvements. Boston, Gilman Joslin, 1846, £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Feb 27: Shelley (G. E., Capt.). A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-birds, FIRST EDITION, by the Author, 1876-80. £4,000 to £6,000
Bonhams: Treasures from the Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper, Part VII (Online). March 6-14, 2019

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Albert Einstein A remarkable letter on God in English, one of his most eloquent and quoted, 1 p, July 2, 1945. $100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Benjamin Lincoln's commission as Major General in the Continental Army, February 19th, 1777. $60,000 to $90,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Broadside. A Poem Upon the Bloody Engagement That Was Fought on Bunker's-Hill. 1775. $15,000 to $25,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Early, full printing of the Star-Spangled Banner in The Yankee, October 7, 1814. $8,000 to $12,000.

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Paul Revere. Engraving, “The Boston Massacre Perpetrated on March 5, 1770," in Massachusett's Calendar 1772. $8,000 to $12,000.

Bonhams: Treasures from the Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper, Part VII (Online). March 6-14, 2019

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Earliest known newspaper coverage of Babe Ruth, "a St Mary's schoolboy," Baltimore, April 4, 1914. $6,000 to $9,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Franklin, Benjamin. The Independent Whig. First Magazine Published in America, Philadelphia: Keimer, 1723-4. $15,000 to $20,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Smith, Joseph. The Book of Mormon. Palmyra: Printed by E.B. Grandin for the Author, 1830. First printing. $40,000 to $60,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Last Words of Joseph Smith. Autograph Letter Signed from a Mormon disciple, conveying a contemporary account of the Prophet's final words, Nauvoo, July 27, 1844. $10,000 to $15,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: John Brown's Body. Autograph Letter Signed from the daughter of John Brown attempting to arrange the return of her father's body, North Elba, Essex Co, NY, November 29, 1859. $4,000 to $6,000

Bonhams, Mar 6-14: Powell Expedition. Autograph diary of Rhodes C. Allen kept during the Powell Expedition of 1868, June 29, 1868 - November 16, 1868. $20,000 to $40,000