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<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts online November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts online November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts online November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17

<center>Skinner Rare Book Auction November 11-17
Christie’s London, Nov. 27: [Peter I, Tsar]. Simboly i emblemata ukazom i blagopovedenii imperatora Petra Alekseevicha [Symbola et emblemata jussu atque auspiciis Petri Alexeidis]. Amsterdam, 1705. £30,000 to £40,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: Charlemagne, Adolf. Benefice d'Adieu de Madame Naptal. [St Petersburg: 16th February 1873]. £30,000 to £40,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: [Military. Album.] [An album of drawings of weapons and their accessories, drawn from nature by the Second Cadets Corps.] St Petersburg, 1800. £100,000 to £150,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: Pushkin, Alexander. Evgenii Onegin. St Petersburg: Dep. of Public Education, 1825-1832. £100,000 to £150,000

Christie’s London, Nov. 27: Sumarokov, Pavel. Dosugi krymskogo sud’i ili vtoroe puteshestvie v Tavridu. [The Leisure of a Crimean Judge or a Second Tour to Tauris]. St Petersburg: Imperial Press, 1803-5. £50,000 to £80,000
<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper including Books from The Collection of The Garden Ltd November 21, 2019

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Bohr (Niels). On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules, first edition, presentation copy, offprint 1913. £20,000 to £30,000

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Shakespeare's Falstaff.- Henry V & Sir John Fastolf. Indenture agreement appointing Fastolf as Keeper of the Bastille of St Anthony at Paris, manuscript in French, 1421. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: World.- Purchas (Samuel). Purchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Books..., 5 vol., first edition, 7 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf, by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-26. £20,000 to £30,000

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper including Books from The Collection of The Garden Ltd November 21, 2019

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Book of Hours.- Use of Rouen, manuscript on vellum, in Latin and French, illuminated with 14 full-page miniatures by the workshop or follower of the Maitre de l'Echevinage, Rouen, 1480s. £20,000 t0 £30,000

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Giese (Raban, ?scholar and medical doctor). Album Amicorum of drawing on his travels and acquaintances in Europe 1618-21, 134 watercolour illustrations including c. 60 professional miniatures, 1618-39. £30,000 to £40,000

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Jones (David). 14 Autograph Letters signed, 1952-68; and a small quantity of ephemera (sm. qty). £6,000 to £8,000

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper including Books from The Collection of The Garden Ltd November 21, 2019

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Constable (John). Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, signed presentation inscription from Constable, 1833. £6,000 to £8,000

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate, etching and engraving, 1633. £6,000 to £8,000

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Salvin (Francis Henry) and William Brodrick. Falconry in the British Isles, second edition, William Brodrick's copy with 3 original watercolours by him, 1873. £8,000 to £12,000

<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper including Books from The Collection of The Garden Ltd November 21, 2019

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: China.- Helman (Isidore Stanislas Henri). Suite des seize estampes representant les conquetes de l'Empereur de la Chine, 1783-88. £10,000 to £15,000

Forum Auctions, Nov. 21: Pratt (Edward Roger, 1789-1863). Album of 28 watercolours and other works on paper from a journey to ancient sites and monuments in the Mediterranean, [c.1830 and later]. £3,000 to £5,000

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Auction Name: Rare Books and Manuscripts, with Miniature Books
Auction Date: 11/21/2019 - 11/21/2019
Sale Number: #688
Total Lots: 338
Sold Lots: 0
Lots Sold: 0.00%
Unsold Lots: 338

Total Sales (USD): 0.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 241,920.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 379,800.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: -0.09%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
114		Two pseudonymous sporting books, finely bound	Various dates	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
115	Fischel, Oskar and Max von Boehn	Modes & Manners of the Nineteenth Century as Represented in the Pictures and Engravings of the Time	1909	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
116	Frazer, J.G.	The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion	1922-27	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
117		Archive of photographs, letters, ephemera, and related items by, of, or about Judy Garland	Various dates	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
118	Garland, Judy	Typescript draft with ink manuscripts corrections and emendations of an autobiographical article written for Ladies Home Journal	c.1967	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
119	Garth, Balthasar	M. Balthasari Garthii Theol. Lexicon LatinograecumKekalligraphemenon, Linguae Graecae Tyronibus facilimum, utilissimum, & certissimum... Nunc Primum M. Helvico Garthio...	1602	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
120	Castañiza, Juan de	Insinuationum divinae pietatis libri quinque, in quibus vita, & acta Sanctae Gertrudis Monialis Ordinis Sancti Benedicti continentur. Accessere nunc denuo exercita ab eàdem Virgine composita...	1599	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
121	Gibbon, Edward	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire	1813	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
122	Gibbon, Edward	The Works of Edward Gibbon - Edition Lausanne	1907	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
123	Goldman, Emma	Living My Life	1931	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
124	Gordon, Andreas	Philosophia Utilis Et Jucunda, In Usum Studiosæ Juventutis Concinnata... Tomus II: Complectens Elementa Mathematum Quæ Ad Physicæ Integritatem Spectant... [bound with] ...Tomus III: Physica Exhibens...	1745	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
125	Grant, Kenneth	The Magical Revival	1991	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
126	Grant, Ulysses S.	Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant	1885-6	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
127	Tory, Geofroy	Champ Fleury	1927	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
128	Grose, Francis	The Antiquities of Ireland	1791-95	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
129	Haggard, H. Rider	Allan Quartermain. Being an Account of his Further Adventures and Discoveries...	1887	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
130	Hahn, Otto, & Fritz Strassmann	Three offprints of seminal papers on nuclear fission by Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann	1939; 1942; 1944	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
131	Hale, Matthew	The History of the Common Law of England [bound with] The Analysis of the Law...	1716	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
132	Harrington, Alan	The Immortalist: An Approach to the Engineering of Man's Divinity	1969	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
133	Waterhouse, John Thomas	Hawaiian elite merchant hints of coming revolt against the monarchy â€“ rare printed â€œopen letterâ€? to a few fellow economic grandees	1886	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown

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<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Fust-Schöffer-Bibel from Gutenberg-Press, 1462. Est: € 1,000,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: J. W. Weinmann, Phytanthoza-Iconographia, 1735-45. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: O. Kokoschka, Die träumenden Knaben, 1917. Est: € 10,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Z. Lilius, Orbis breviarium, 1493. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Gazette du Bon Ton, 1912-22. Est: € 14,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: M. Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, 1961. Est: € 100,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: C. Ptolemaeus, Geographie, 1513. Est: € 100,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: E. L. Kirchner, Umbra vitae, 1924. Est: € 6,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: J. Miró, Midi le trèfle blanc, 1968. Est: € 2,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: Clemens V., Constitutiones, 1471. Est: € 14,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: C. Gesner, Tierbuch, Vogelbuch, Fischbuch, 1563-81. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, November 25: J. Itten, Utopia, 1921. Est: € 2,000
Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Macbeth: A Tragedy. London, 1673. FIRST SEPARATE AND FIRST QUARTO EDITION. THE CHARLTON HESTON COPY. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. In Our Time. Paris, 1924. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. Fanshawe, A Tale. Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. Walden; Or, Life in the Woods. Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for The Agony in the Kindergarten, one of Steig's most important books. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: VERNE, JULES. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. New York & London, 1872. FIRST EDITION, RARE AMERICAN ISSUE, with Scribner & Welford cancel title. $5,000 to $8,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 5: KING, STEPHEN. Carrie. New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. $1,200 to $1,800.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: PLATO. Timaeus [AND] Critias [from Ficini's 1484 Opera]. A LANDMARK OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. $15,000 to $20,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 4: DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection. London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. $80,000 to $120,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Dr. Seuss, pen, ink & watercolor, calendar illustration, Thomas D. Murphy Company, 1937. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Georges Lepape, Sur la Terrasse, gouache & pencil, cover for Vogue, 1930. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Charles Dana Gibson, The Coming Game, Yale vs. Vassar, pen & ink, for Life magazine, 1895. $2,000 to $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: H.A. Rey, color pencil, charcoal, watercolor & gouache, for Rafi et les 9 singes, 1939. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Ernest H. Shepard, pen & ink, for Kenneth Grahame’s Bertie’s Escapade, 1949. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Charles Schulz, The Biggest Star Measured So Far, ink & wash, original Peanuts cartoon, published 1961. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Saul Steinberg, 12 Biographies, A to B, pen & ink with collage, final illustration in his book The Labyrinth, 1960. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Jo Mielziner, A Streetcar Named Desire, watercolor, graphite & gouache, first color study for the award-winning 1947 production. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Charles Addams, Nevermore, watercolor & ink, for The New Yorker, 1973. $12,000 to $18,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: James Montgomery Flagg, I Should Worry, watercolor, gouache & graphite, cover for Judge magazine, 1914. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Edward Gorey, Swan Lake, Hunters/Siegfried, Van Rothbart, watercolor, pen & ink, costume designs, 1975. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Dec 10: Ludwig Bemelmans, Sketch for Madeline, gouache & ink. $6,000 to $9,000.
<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper, to include Travel, Sciences, Sport & Illustrated Art November 20, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: [Herberstein, Sigismund von, & al.] Rerum Moscoviticarum…, 4 plates, illustrations, folio, Andreas Wevhelius, Frankfurt, 1600. £1,500 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Bowen (Emmanuel) & Owen (John). Britannia Depicta…, fourth edition, engraved title and 273 maps, 4to, Thomas Bowles, 1753. £700 to £900

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Geographical Game.- Jefferys (Thomas). The Royal Geographical Pastime or the Tour of Europe, FIRST EDITION, engraving of Europe, map c. 507 x 665 mm, Thomas Jefferys, 1768. £600 to £800

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper, to include Travel, Sciences, Sport & Illustrated Art November 20, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Germany.- Homann (Johann Baptist). Atlas Novus Terrarum Orbis Imperia... Atlas von Deutschland, engraved half title, 87 maps only, folio, Erben, Nuremberg, 1753. £8,000 to £10,000

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Iceland [Løvenørns (Poul)]. Beskrivelse over den Iislandske…, 10 engraved maps and plates, vignettes, 4to, Copenhagen, F. W. Thiele, 1788. £600 to £800

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Lewis (John Frederick). Illustrations of Constantinople…, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and 26 views folio, T. McLean, D.& P. Colnaghi & John F. Lewis, [1838]. £2,000 to £3,000

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper, to include Travel, Sciences, Sport & Illustrated Art November 20, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Lilford (Lord, Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron). Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., second edition, [one of 450 sets], 421 plates, large 8vo, 1891-97. £1,800 to £2,200

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Londres [panorama], engraving, 350 x 520mm, chez Baltazar Moncornet, Paris, c.1666-68. £800 to £1,200

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Van Keulen (Joannes). Niewe Pas Caarte Strekkende van Pta Cataon tot Pta Lamtaon…, copper engraved map, hand coloured, 510 x 585mm, Amsterdam, [1753]. £1,200 to £1,500

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper, to include Travel, Sciences, Sport & Illustrated Art November 20, 2019

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von). Prologue dans le ciel, Traduction de Gerard de Nerval…, 11 double sheets with calligraphic handwriting, 33 fine gouaches, Philippe Gonin, [Paris, c. 1932]. £400 to £600

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Murphy (Jill, author and illustrator) ARR. Peace at Last & The Large Family: All in One Piece, 10 pieces of original artwork from the two books, 1980 & 1987 (12). £1,800 to £2,000

Chiswick Auctions, Nov. 20: Rembrandt (Harmensz. van Rijn). Christ at Emmaus: the larger plate, etching and drypoint, 212 x 161mm, sheet 225 x 170mm, 1654. £1,000 to £1,500

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