Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps, 9151, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Page Size: 279 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
25		The Property of a New England Family. [COLOR PLATE]. Two copies of Third Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection, Annexed Thereto	Albany	1850	USD 80.00 - 120.00	USD 102.00
26	[Apperley (Charles J.)], "Nimrod"]	[COLOR PLATES]. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq...	London	1851	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
27	GOOD, PETER P.	A Materia Medica Animalia, Containing the Scientific Analysis, Natural History, and Chemical and Medical Properties and Uses of the Substances That are the Products of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, or Insects	Cambridge, Massachusetts	[1853]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 192.00
28	LEECH, JOHN	Pictures of Life and Character From the Collection of Mr. Punch	London	1862-69	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
29	[HAZLITT, CAREW WILLIAM]	[HUMOR]. Five titles on humor, jesting, and amusement	London	1871	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 192.00
30	PASTEUR, LOUIS	Etudes sur la biere, ses maladies... avec une theorie nouvelle de la fermentation	Paris	1876	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 192.00
31	MANSON, R. TAYLOR	Zig-Zag Ramblings of a Naturalist	Darlington	1894	USD 50.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
32	ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY	Little Women	Boston	1868-69	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 5,120.00
33	ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY	Little Men	Boston	1871	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
34	BOND, MICHAEL	[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE]. A Bear Called Paddington	Boston	[1960]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 704.00
35	CARRYL, CHARLES	[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE]. Two presentation copies and two photographs of author Charles Carryl	Boston	1886	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 288.00
36	DAVIES, VALENTINE	Miracle on 34th Street	New York	[1947]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 960.00
37	DeSEVIGNE, DANIEL	Prince Dan The Phony King		[Late 20th century]	USD 60.00 - 90.00	USD 38.00
38	HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL	Tanglewood Tales, for Girls and Boys; being a Second Wonder-Book	Boston	1853	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 192.00
39	NEWELL, PETER	[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE]. The Hole Book	New York	1908	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
40	OPTIC, OLIVER [pseud. Wiliam Taylor Adams]	[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE]. The Boat Club	Boston	1855	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
41	RACKHAM, ARTHUR	Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales	London	1917	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 320.00
42	SANDBURG, CARL	Rootabaga Stories	New York	[1922]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 160.00
43	SENDAK, MAURICE	Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life	[New York]	[1967]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
44	THOMPSON, KAY	Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grownups	New York	1955	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 608.00
45	THOMPSON, KAY and KNIGHT, HILARY	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Eloise at Christmastime	New York	[1958]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 128.00
46	TWAIN, MARK [SAMUEL CLEMENS]	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Toronto	1876	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 256.00
47	TWAIN, MARK and BENTON, THOMAS HART	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer [and:] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	New York	1939 & 1942	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 416.00
48		[CHILDREN'S LITERATURE]. The quality remains of a Children's Literature Collection		19th-early 20th century	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 832.00
49		GAMES. [Chaffee and Selchow] The Game of Moose Hunt	New York	1898	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 256.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.