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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000