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Auction Name: BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DR. JOHN TANGE
Auction Date: 03/23/2009 - 03/24/2009
Sale Number: #39
Total Lots: 799
Sold Lots: 772
Lots Sold: 96.62%
Unsold Lots: 27

Total Sales (AUD): 515,528.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD): 276,510.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD): 426,010.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD): 282,800.00
High Estimate of All Lots (AUD): 436,780.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 118.03%

Top twenty by sale price

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Bonhams, Mar. 6: Helvelius. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Francis Aston, Royal Society Secretary, noting his feud with Robert Hooke, 5 pp total, 1685. $70,000 to $100,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Newton, Isaac. Autograph manuscript on God, 4 pp, c.1710, "In the beginning was the Word...."?$100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. First edition, first issue. Untrimmed copy in contemporary boards. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Lincoln, Abraham. Signed photograph, beardless portrait with Civil War provenance. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: IMPEACHMENT. Original engrossed copy of the first Andrew Johnson impeachment resolution vote. $120,000 to $180,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Mucha, Alphonse. 11 original pencil drawings for?Andelicek z Baroku, "Litte Baroque Angel," Prague, 1929. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Einstein, Albert. Annotated Galley Proofs for The Meaning of Relativity. 1921. $25,000 to $35,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Silverstein, Shel. Original maquette for The Giving Tree, 34 original drawings. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Roth, Philip. Typed Manuscript with substantial autograph corrections for an unpublished sequel to The Breast. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: Taupin, Bernie. Autograph Manuscript, the original draft of lyrics for Elton John's "Candle in the Wind," 2 pp, 1973. $100,000 to $150,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: HARVEY, WILLIAM. De Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus Anatomica Exercitatio. Padua: 1643. $12,000 to $18,000.

Bonhams, Mar. 6: CESALPINO, ANDREA. Peripateticarum Quaestionum Libri Quinque. Venice: 1571. $30,000 to $40,000.
ALDE, Feb. 26: Leon TOLSTOÏ. Anna Karenina. Moscou, 1878. First and full edition of the Russian novel, in the author’s language. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Mark TWAIN. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's comrade). New York, 1885. First American edition. Est. 5 000 / 6 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Walt WHITMAN. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York, 1856. Second edition gathering 32 poems. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Karen BLIXEN. Out of Africa. Londres, 1937. First edition in the UK, before Danish translation and American release. Est. 1 500 / 2 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Ernest HEMINGWAY. A Farewell to Arms. New York, 1929. First edition with $2.50 on the dust and A on the copyright page. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Ulysses. Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922. First edition published by Sylvia Beach. Est. 3 000 / 4 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: James JOYCE. Dubliners. Londres, 1914. First edition. Nice copy in publisher’s cardboard. Est. 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: Franz KAFKA. 8 novels in German first edition, published in München, Leipzig and Berlin 1916-1931. Est. from 300 / 400 to 2 000 / 3 000 €

ALDE, Feb. 26: David Herbert LAWRENCE. Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence, 1928. Privately printed first edition. Est. 4 000 / 5 000 €

John STEINBECK. The Grapes of Wrath. New York, 1939. First edition. Nice copy with $2.75 on the cover. Est. 1 000 / 1 200 €
<center>University Archives Autographs, Books & Relics Including Kerouac Estate & Hemingway February 26, 2020

University Archives, Feb. 26: Ernest Hemingway's Typewriter Used to Write "A Moveable Feast", Impeccable Provenance From His Biographer A. E. Hotchner. $50,000 to $100,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: Samuel Colt, "The Gun that Won the West": 3 Signed Patent Items for "Revolving Cylinder Guns". $40,000 to $50,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: Jack Kerouac's Own Typewriter From His Estate Used to Write His Very Last Book. $18,000 to $20,000.

<center>University Archives Autographs, Books & Relics Including Kerouac Estate & Hemingway February 26, 2020

University Archives, Feb. 26: Rare Force Engraving of the Declaration of Independence Printed in 1848. $15,000 to $18,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: Superb Tchaikovsky ALS to Napravnik, 4pp on "Mazeppa". $12,000 to $15,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: Wounded Knee Massacre Same Day Eyewitness Account by Participant, "the 7th needn't be ashamed of today's record". $10,000 to $12,000.

<center>University Archives Autographs, Books & Relics Including Kerouac Estate & Hemingway February 26, 2020

University Archives, Feb. 26: F. Scott Fitzgerald Signed Gordon Bryant Portrait -- Finest Known. $8,000 to $9,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: Neil Armstrong ALS on NASA Letterhead Regarding His X-15 Flights. $7,000 to $8,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: M. Gandhi Letter: "the life span of human beings is preordained..." -- Fantastic Spiritual Content. $7,000 to $8,000.

<center>University Archives Autographs, Books & Relics Including Kerouac Estate & Hemingway February 26, 2020

University Archives, Feb. 26: "Damn the torpedoes!" Riveting 24pp ALS of Admiral Farragut's Steward Describing the "Battle of Mobile Bay”. $6,000 to $7,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: Abraham Lincoln Signed Order to Suspend Execution. $5,000 to $6,000.

University Archives, Feb. 26: Napoleon DS Featuring Imperial Eagle and Enormous Great Seal Appointing Norman Politician Baron of the Empire. $4,000 to $5,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Francis Scott Key, Star Spangled Banner, first printing, c. 1814-16. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: William Sydney Porter, a.k.a. “O. Henry,” archive of drawings made to illustrate a lost mining memoir, c. 1883-84. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: [Bay Psalm Book], printed for Hezekiah Usher of Boston, Cambridge, c. 1648-65. $50,000 to $75,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Book of Mormon, first edition, Palmyra, 1830. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Noticia estraordinario, probable first announcement in Mexico City of the fall of the Alamo, 1836. $40,000 to $60,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Patrick Gass, first edition of earliest first-hand account of the Lewis and Clarke expedition, Pittsburgh, 1807. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Diploma from the Princeton Class of 1783, commencement attended by Washington & Continental Congress. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Sprague Light Cavalry! color-printed broadside, NY, 1863. $5,000 to $7,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: The Lincoln & Johnson Union Campaign Songster, Philadelphia, 1864. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Lucy Parsons, labor organizer, albumen cabinet card, New York, 1886. $800 to $1,200.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Daniel L.F. Swift, journal as third mate on a Pacific Whaling voyage, 1848-1850. $3,000 to $4,0000.

Swann Auction Galleries Mar 10: Two photos of Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon, silver prints, 1901. $1,500 to $2,500.
Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Nebel, Carl. The War Between the United States and Mexico. New York, 1851. $270,000 - $300,000 MXN / USD $15,000 - $16,666

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Nebel, Carl. The War Between the United States and Mexico. New York, 1851. $270,000 - $300,000 MXN / USD $15,000 - $16,666

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Bolaños, Joaquín. La Portentosa Vida de la Muerte... (“The Portentous Life of Death”) México, 1792. $50,000 - $60,000 MXN / USD $2,777 - $3,333

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Tratado de Paz… entre la República Mexicana y los Estados Unidos. (“Treaty of Peace… Between the Mexican Republic and the United States”) 1848. $80,000 - $90,000 MXN / USD $4,444 - $5,000

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Fabregat, Josep Joaquín. Vista de la Plaza de México… (“View of the Square of Mexico”) México, 1797. $60,000 - $100,000 MXN / USD $3,333 - $5,555

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel. Invitación al Coronel Narciso de la Canal… (“Invitation to Coronel Narciso de la Canal…”) 1810. $170,000 - $200,000 MXN / USD $9,444 - $11,111

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Gálvez, Joseph de. Real Cédula de Erección de la Compañía de Filipinas. (“Royal Notice of the Creation of the Company of the Philippines”) 1785. $40,000 - $60,000 MXN / USD $2,222 - $3,333

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Colección de Constituciones de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (“Collection of Constitutions of the United Mexican States”) México, 1828. $50,000 - $60,000 MXN / USD $2,777 - $3,333

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Ruelas, Julio. Poemario Manuscrito Ilustrado, Dedicado a Lorencita Braniff (“Collection of Illustrated Poem Manuscripts, Dedicated to Lorencita Braniff”). 1903. $60,000 - $70,000 MXN / USD $3,333 - $3,888

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Espinosa de los Monteros, Juan J. Aviso de la Junta Soberana al Público (“Notice of the Sovereign Meeting to the Public”) 1821. $60,000 - $80,000 MXN / USD $3,333 - $4,444

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos... (“Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States”) México, 1824. $140,000 - $150,000 MXN / USD $7,777 - $8,333

Morton Subastas, Feb 25: Alcaraz, Ramón. Apuntes para la Historia de la Guerra entre México y los EU (“Notes on the History of the War between Mexico and the United States”). 1848. $40,000 - $50,000 MXN / USD $2,222 - $2,777

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