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<center>Swann Auction Galleries Printed & Manuscript Americana September 29, 2022

Swann September 29: Extensive archive of papers of Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles. $60,000 to $90,000.

Swann September 29: George Catlin, North American Indian Portfolio, 1844. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann September 29: The Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, Carefully Translated…after the Best Jewish Authorities, Philadelphia, 1853-54. $10,000 to $15,000.

<center>Swann Auction Galleries Printed & Manuscript Americana September 29, 2022

Swann September 29: Wedding book of Eleanor Roosevelt’s bodyguard, Earl Miller, signed by the Roosevelts, 1932. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann September 29: Textile titled The Resignation of Pres’t Washington, Scotland, circa 1800. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann September 29: Gideon Welles, Pass for President Lincoln’s White House funeral, 1865. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann September 29: Confirmation of arms and nobility in favor of the Diez y Mora family, Madrid, 1710. $2,500 to $3,500.
<center>Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps October 13, 2022

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 109. Miguel de Cervantes. The History of Don-Quichote. The first parte. London: William Stansby for Edward Blount, 1620. $60,000 to $90,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 43. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Washington: The White House, Christmastide, 1942. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 113. Charles Darwin. A collection of 26 titles including On the Origin of Species. $10,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 210. Philip Guston. Important correspondence between Philip Guston and Ralph and Martha Hyams. New York, 1967-76. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 26. John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. Signed guest book and original photos from the May 19, 1962 reception. $40,000 to $60,000.

<center>Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps October 13, 2022

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 194. J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1954-1955. $12,000 to $18,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 164. Max Beerbohm. Autograph Manuscript for The Happy Hypocrite, circa 1896. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 158. Mark Twain. The Writings. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1899-1907. The Autograph Edition. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 150. Lady Dilke. French Painters of the XVIIIth Century. London: George Bell, 1899. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 200. Ludwig Bemelmans. Original sketch of Madeline, ink and gouache. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Potter & Potter Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts October 20, 2022</center>

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: JOYCE, James. Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937. PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION PRINTED IN ENGLAND. $50,000 to $60,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [SHACKLETON, Ernest]. –– BROWNING, Robert. Poetical Works of… London: Smith and Elder, 1906. PRESENTED TO SHACKLETON AND THE OFFICERS OF THE NIMROD BY A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. $40,000 to $60,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: AUDUBON, John James. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: George R. Lockwood, [1870]. $30,000 to $40,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: ARISTOTLE. Opera, in Greek, parts one and two only: Organon and Natural Philosophy I. Edited by Aldus and others. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1 November 1495–February 1498. $20,000 to $30,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: COOK, James, Capt. [Collected Voyages]. First and Second Voyages: London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773, 1777; Third Voyage: London: H. Hughes for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. $14,000 to $18,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”). The Writings of… Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1899–1900. $12,000 to $16,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Poems of… Edited by Frederick S. Ellis. Hammersmith: William Morris for the Kelmscott Press, 1893. $12,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wild. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY LONDON. $10,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: CROWLEY, Aleister (1875–1947). The Winged Beetle. London: privately printed, 1910. $10,000 to $15,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: WILDE, Oscar (“C.3.3.”). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, January 1898. $6,000 to $8,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: DRYDEN, John. Fables Ancient and Modern; translated into verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with original poems. London: John Tonson, 1700. $4,000 to $6,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [MAP]. LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van. Delineatio Orarum Maritimarum… London: John Wolfe, 1598. $3,000 to $4,000.

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Maps and Atlases, Natural History and Color Plate Books
Auction Date: 12/17/2020 - 12/17/2020
Sale Number: #2555
Total Lots: 405
Sold Lots: 375
Lots Sold: 92.59%
Unsold Lots: 30

Total Sales (USD): 685,438.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 423,560.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD): 625,340.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD): 447,960.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD): 676,440.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 101.33%

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<center>Gonnelli Auction House Books, Autographs & Manuscripts 11th-12th of October 2022

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Alfieri Vittorio, Vita [...] scritta da esso, 1968. Starting Price: €900,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Collection of 25 albumin photographs depicting Italian, French and Swiss places. Late 19th century.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Brandolini D’Adda Brandolino, Duale. Poesia [...] e incisioni di Sandro Martini, 1976.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Alighieri Dante, La divina commedia di Dante edizione illustrata da 30 fotografie tolte da disegni di Scaramuzza, 1879. Starting Price: €500,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 12th: Cervantes Saavedra Miguel (de), El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corregida por la Real Academia Española, 1780. Starting price: €12.000,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Collodi Carlo, Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, 1883. Starting price: €6.000,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Wilde Oscar, The Picture of Dorian Gray [...] with original images & notes on the text by Jim Dine, 1968. Starting price: €1.500,00

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: The smallest tarot cards in the world. 21st century.
<center>Sotheby’s Antiquarian Books Including a series of views of Milan September 27 to October 4</center>

Sotheby’s, Sep. 27 – Oct. 4: Livius, Historia Romanae decades, Venice, Vindelinus de Spira, 1470, contemporary Morocco. €30,000 to €40,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 27 – Oct. 4: Blaeu, Nieuw Stedeboeck van Italien (Piemont), The Hague, 1724-1725, 8 volumes, marbled calf gilt. €70,000 to €90,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 27 – Oct. 4: Baysio, Rosarium decretorum, Venice, 1481, later vellum. €10,000 to €15,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 27 – Oct. 4: [Niccolò da Poggibonsi], Viaggio da Venetia al santo Sepulchro, Venice, 1529, later half calf. €2,000 to €3,000.

Sotheby’s, Sep. 27 – Oct. 4: Hieronymus, Epistole [Italian], Ferrara, 1497, blue crushed morocco with the Rocco di Torrepadula arms. €12,000 to €15,000.

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