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<center>Doyle Fine Literature Online Auction June 8 to June 22

Doyle, Fine Literature: CALDWELL, ERSKINE. Tobacco Road, First Edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: ELIOT, GEORGE. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1871-72. First edition in book form. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Fine Literature: BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. Don Juan. London: the Thomas Davison; John Hunt; John and H.L. Hunt, 1819-24. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: [BURNEY, FRANCES]. Evelina, Or, A Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London: T. Lowndes, 1778. First edition. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Doyle Fine Literature Online Auction June 8 to June 22

Doyle, Fine Literature: SHEPARD, ERNEST H. Colored drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet, in an autograph letter signed by Shepard. Dated February 29th, 1932. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: CARROLL, LEWIS (CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON). The Nursery "Alice". London: MacMillan, 1890. Second (first published) edition. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Fine Literature: DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Jr. Two Years Before the Mast. New York, 1840. First edition with an autograph letter signed by Dana laid-in. $2,500 to $3,500.

Doyle, Fine Literature: FINE BINDING-RIVIERE] HAZLITT, WILLIAM. Liber Amoris: or, the New Pygmalion. London: John Hunt, 1823. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
Bonhams, June 17: AN EXTRAORDINARILY FINE COPY OF “GULLIVER’S TRAVELS.” SWIFT, JONATHAN. 1667-1745. London: Benj. Motte, 1726. US$ 80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 17: PALAFOX Y MENDOXA, JUAN DE. 1600-1659. [Virtudes del Indio....] US$ 80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 17: ORIGINAL HARRY HOUDINI TYPED MANUSCRIPT. A Magician Among the Spirits. Autograph corrections by Houdini throughout, c.1923-1926. US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 17: FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE RARE HARDCOVER EDITION ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 17: FIRST APPEARANCE IN AMERICA OF MUSIC FOR "(AMERICA) MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE." LYON, JAMES. 1735–1794. Urania. Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1761. US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Cañon de Chelley, 1904. Oversized orotone, 17 x 22in in original Curtis Studio frame. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). 26 cyanotypes, featuring images of Cheyenne tribes from Volume VI of North American Indian, c.1907, made by Curtis in the field. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). The Vanishing Race, 1904. Oversized orotone, 18 x 24in in original Curtis Studio frame. US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Autograph Logs and Journals from his 1927 Alaska Expedition. US$ 7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 30: A ONE SHEET POSTER OF IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS. World Film Corporation, 1914. US$ 4,000 - 6,000
<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [CIVIL WAR] -- [SHERIDAN, Philip Henry]. Personal headquarters flag of Philip Henry Sheridan used when he led the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. Spring - Summer 1862. $20,000 to $30,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of firefighter Walter Van Erven Dorens. [San Francisco]: n.p., [ca 1854-1856]. $15,000 to $25,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [LINCOLNIANA]. Abraham Lincoln banner possibly made for the 1864 presidential campaign. $10,000 to $15,000.

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Cowan’s, June 25: [REVOLUTIONARY WAR - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. [HOLTEN, Dr. Samuel]. An archive of letters related to Danvers, Massachusetts, physician and statesman Dr. Samuel Holten. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD]. CARBUTT, John, photographer. Exceptional collection of 27 stereoviews from the series, "Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866." Chicago, [1866]. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [ALASKAN GOLD RUSH]. William Steele West and family, extensive archive of photographs, diaries, correspondence, and personal items. [Ca 19th - 20th century]. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [TAYLOR, Zachary]. Quarter plate daguerreotype featuring the 12th President of the United States. N.p.: n.p., [ca 1845]. $8,000 to $10,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WASHINGTON, George]. Signed Society of the Cincinnati document. $5,000 to $7,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President. [Washington], 29 September 1862. 1 page, 4to, old creases. $5,000 to $7,000.

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Cowan’s, June 25: JEFFERSON, Thomas. Autograph letter signed ("Th. Jefferson"), as United States President, to Robert Patterson. Washington DC, 2 July 1805. 1 page, 4to, evenly toned, small tear from seal. $4,000 to $6,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [ALCOTT, Elizabeth Sewall]. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype attributed to Elizabeth Sewall Alcott. N.p., [ca 1856-1857]. $3,000 to $5,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WESTERN AMERICANA]. RUSSELL, Andrew Joseph, photographer. Salt Lake City, From the Top of the Tabernacle. [1869]
<center>Sotheby’s Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts Online Auction 5–15 June

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: Machiavelli. Il Principe, Florence, 1532, later Danish half calf. £70,000 to £90,000.

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: The Sundial of Ahaz, two diagrams on a leaf from Nicholas of Lyra's Literal Commentary, [France, c.1360-80]. £10,000 to £15,000.

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: Homer. The whole works, translated by Chapman, London, [1616?], calf. £10,000 to £15,000.

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: Jonathan Swift. Autograph letter signed, to the Duke of Dorset, in support of his friend Thomas Sheridan, 22 March 1735. £8,000 to £12,000.

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Auction Name: The Personal Property of Marlon Brando
Auction Date: 06/30/2005 - 06/30/2005
Sale Number: #1600
Total Lots: 330
Sold Lots: 0
Lots Sold: 0.00%
Unsold Lots: 330

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Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Pablo Neruda, Canto General, first edition, signed by Neruda, artists Rivera & Siquieros, CDMX, 1950. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: James Joyce, Ulysses, deluxe limited issue, signed, London, 1936. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, 3 bars from Piano Concerto No. 2, 1933. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Thomas Edison, Typed Letter Signed, describing preparing first phonograph for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, 1922. $3,500 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Robert Frost, Collected Poems, author’s presentation copy, signed with Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening inscribed, NY, 1930. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Thomas Mann, Autograph Letter Signed to his children, 3 pages on exiles, 1938. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Alighiero Boetti & Anne-Marie Sauzeau-Boetti, Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world, limited edition, 1977. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Agnes Martin, Paintings & Drawings, complete set of 10 lithographs, 1990. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Abraham Lincoln, Autograph Letter Signed to Whig activist George W. Rives, Springfield, 1849. $10,000 to $15,000.
<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tolomeo, Claudio. Cosmographia. Ulma, Lienhart Holle, 16.07.1482. € 50.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Hondius, Henricus, & Johannes Janssonius. Atlas novus, sive descriptio geographica totius orbis terrarum. Amsterdam, Hondius-Janssonius, 1638. €30.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Castiglione, Baldassarre. Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1528. € 14.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Bayer, Johann. Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. Augusta, Christoph Mang, 1603. € 12.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Astronomy]. [Scriptores Astronomici veteres]. Venezia, Aldo Manuzio, 1499. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Aristophanes. Aristofanous Komoidiai ennea. Aristophanis Comoediae novem. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1498. € 7.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Herodotus. Hirodotou logoi ennea [...] Herodoti libri novem quibus musarum indita sunt nomina. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tory, Geoffroy. L’art & science de la vraye proportion des lettres attiques, ou antiques. Paris, Vincent Gaultherot, 1549. € 5.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Caterina da Siena. Epistole devotissime de sancta Catharina da Siena. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1500. € 4.500+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Chess]. Gianuzio della Manzia, Orazio. Libro nel quale si tratta della maniera di giuocar' a scacchi con alcuni sottilissimi partiti. Torino, Antonio Bianchi, 1597. € 3.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Amsterdam, Compagnie di Amsterdam, 1714. €2.500+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Turkish Empire]. Ramberti, Benedetto. Libri tre delle cose de Turchi. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1539. €1.500+

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