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<center>Forum Auctions Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper 28 January 2021

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Schedel (Hartmann). Liber Chronicarum, first edition, Nuremberg, Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 1493. £30,000 to £50,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Greek Orthodox Church].- Menaion, manuscript in Greek, on paper, in Greek letters, [Eastern Mediterranean], [c. 1400]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: American Revolution.- Loyalist's cow powder horn, engraved with the cypher "GR" for George III surmounted by a crown, an inscription, and on reverse an engraving of the "North River" [Hudson River], 1777. £5,000 to £7,000.

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Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Illuminated prayer book.- Maria Carcer y Trigueros... Santa Misa y Oraciones, illuminated manuscript in Spanish, on paper, [c. 1850]. £5,000 to £7,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Hardy (Thomas). The Mayor of Casterbridge, 2 vol., first edition in book form, original cloth, 1886. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: [Austen (Jane)]. Emma: A Novel, first edition, Printed for John Murray, 1816. £7,000 to £10,000.

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Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Brontë (Charlotte). Jane Eyre. An Autobiography, 3 vol., first edition, Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Cruikshank (George). The Road to the Derby, one of two proof copies, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1882. £600 to £800.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Meunier (Charles, binder).- Gruel (Leon). Manuel Historique et Bibliographique de l'Amateur de Reliures, 2 vol., Paris, 1887.-1905. £3,000 to £4,000.

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Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Burne-Jones (Sir Edward). The Work of Edward Burne-Jones, edited by Philip Burne-Jones, one of 200 copies, [c.1900]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Nazraeli Press.- Six by Six, 36 vol. [a complete set], one of 100 sets, each with signed photograph, Portland, Or., 2010-16. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum Auctions, Jan. 28: Australasia.- Péron (Francois) and Freycinet. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, 5 vol. including Atlas, second edition, Paris, 1824. £6,000 to £8,000.
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20. Mrs S. C. Belnos. The Sundhya or the Daily Prayers of the Brahmins, 1st edition, 1851. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20. Sir Harry Darell. China, India, Cape of Good Hope and Vicinity, 1st edition, 1852. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 20. Scots Magazine, 61 volumes, 1739-1800. With important maps of North America. £1,500 to £2,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, 1st edition, 1953. £10,000 to £15,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Virginia Woolf. Really and Truly, 1915. Autograph confessions book. £4,000 to £6,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Evelyn Waugh. Vile Bodies, 1st edition, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. J. R. R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed on Old English, with corrected typescript. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Lewis Carroll. The Hunting of the Snark, 1st edition, 1876. Presentation copy. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Essex House Press. Poems of William Shakespeare, 1899. One of 450 copies. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Lafcadio Hearn. A Japanese Miscellany, 1st edition, 1901. Presentation copy. £1,000 to £1,500.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, 1st UK edition, 1873. £2,000 to £3,000.

Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Jan 21. Charles Dickens. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, 1844. Original cloth binding. £800 to £1,200.

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Auction Info

Auction Name: Modern Illustrated Books and Original Bindings
Auction Date: 12/15/2020 - 12/15/2020
Sale Number: #121520a
Total Lots: 200
Sold Lots: 159
Lots Sold: 79.50%
Unsold Lots: 41

Total Sales (EUR): 148,947.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 95,520.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR): 122,670.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 251,590.00
High Estimate of All Lots (EUR): 316,690.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 47.03%

Top twenty by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
68	TZARA (Tristan).	Cinéma calendrier du cœur abstrait. Maisons.	s.d. [1920].	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 15,000.00
89	[DUBUFFET (Jean)]. GUILLEVIC (Eugène).	Les Murs.	[1950].	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,250.00
75	ROSNY (Joseph-Henry).	Tabubu. La Femme et l'amour dans l'ancienne Égypte.	1932	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 6,000.00
99	CHAR (René).	Lettera amorosa.	1963	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 5,500.00
71	KIPLING (Rudyard).	La Chasse de Kaa.	1930	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,125.00
97	JOUHANDEAU (Marcel).	Descente aux enfers.	1961	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 5,000.00
81	HUGNET (Georges).	Œillades ciselées en branche.	1939	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 4,875.00
23	MONTHERLANT (Henry de).	Les Bestiaires.	1932	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 3,625.00
57	SAINT-PHALLE (Niki de).	Ensemble 5 pièces autographes.	Années 1990	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,875.00
7	COBURN (Alvin Langdon).	New York.		EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,500.00
72	KIPLING (Rudyard).	La Chasse de Kaa. Lot d'épreuves d'essai et deux matrices en bois debout.	Vers 1929-1930	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,250.00
79	DARAGNÈS (Jean-Gabriel).	Paris 1937.	1937	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,000.00
95	VOLLARD (Ambroise).	Les Réincarnations du père Ubu.	1955	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 2,000.00
59	TINGUELY (Jean).	10 pièces, certaines originales, certaines reproduites, avec des mots autographes.	Années 1980-1990	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
98	JOUFFROY (Alain).	Tire à l'arc.	1962	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,875.00
110	JULIET (Charles).	La Roue des saisons.	1993	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
3	BAUDELAIRE (Charles).	Le Spleen de Paris.	1926	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,875.00
13	GENEVOIX (Maurice).	Le Roman de Renard.	1958	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,875.00
69	CARCO (Francis).	La Légende et la vie d'Utrillo.	1927	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,750.00
76	BOULENGER (Jacques).	Miroir à deux faces.	s.d. [1933]	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,750.00

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Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph F. Kernan, College Football, oil on canvas, The Saturday Evening Post cover, 1932. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Joseph C. Leyendecker, Golfer Lighting a Cigarette, oil on canvas, c.1920. $7,000 to $10,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Howard Chandler Christy, In the Field, charcoal & watercolor, published in Scribner’s, 1902. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: N.C. Wyeth, Standish Reading, pen & ink, for The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1920. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Johnanna Stewart Mapes, A Fairy Book, conté crayon, for St. Nicholas Magazine, 1907. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Arnold Lobel, pen & ink, for The Frog & Toad Coloring Book, 1981. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Antonio Lopez, Today’s Fashions, study for The New York Times, 1981. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Charles Schulz, “I’ll have to go back to the house…I forgot my rubbers…” pen & ink, original 4-panel Peanuts comic, 1960. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jan 28: Constantin Alajalov, Family Tree, watercolor and gouache, cover for The New Yorker, 1938. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
<center>Arader Galleries January Auction January 23, 2021

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Carolina Parrot, Plate 26. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $125,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Fish Hawk or Osprey, Plate 81. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $145,000 to $175,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: AUDUBON, John James. Brown Pelican, Plate 421. London: Robert Havell, 1827-1838. $75,000 to $100,000.

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Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DE BRY, Johann Theodore, attributed to. Pair of Watercolor studies of Tulips. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: FUERTES, Louis Agassiz. Alaskan Brown Bear. Watercolor and gouache on board. $10,000 to $15,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: HILL, Thomas. Big Trees. Oil on canvas. c. 1903. $40,000 to $60,000.

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Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Macropodidae or Family of Kangaroos. London: by the author, August 1st 1841-May 1st 1842. $40,000 to $60,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. London: Richard and John E. Taylor for the Author, [1844]-1850. $15,000 to $20,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: JANSSONIUS, Joannes. Atlantis majoris quinta pars, orbem maritimum seu omnium marium… Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1652. $50,000 to $80,000.

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Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: DONCKER, Hendrik. De Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Waereld, vertoonende alle de Zee-Kusten van het bekende deel des Aerd-Bodems. Amsterdam: Henrick Doncker, [1658-1665]. $80,000 to $120,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: BURR, David. Map of the City and County of New York with the Adjacent Country. Engraved map with original hand color. Ithaca, NY: Stone & Clark, 1839. $9,000 to $12,000.

Arader Galleries, Jan. 23: CURRIER, Nathaniel and IVES, James Merritt. The City of New York. Lithograph with original hand color. New York: Currier & Ives, 1884. $15,000 to $20,000.

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