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
75	FRANZEN, JONATHAN	Four Jonathan Franzen First Editions, two signed	New York	1992	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
76	GREEN, HENRY	Group of six books, including Back	London	1946	USD 50.00 - 80.00	USD 320.00
77	JONES, JAMES	From Here to Eternity [and:] The Thin Red Line. Comprising: From Here to Eternity	New York	1951	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 416.00
78	KIPLING, RUDYARD	Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks	London	1897	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 544.00
79	KOTZWINKLE, WILLIAM	Elephant Bangs Train	New York	[1971]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
80	LAWRENCE, D. H.	A small collection of D. H. Lawrence, approximately 20 volumes	N.p. (but likely New York)	circa 1928	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
81	MACDONALD, JOHN D. [pseud. of KENNETH MILLAR]	The Moving Target	New York	1949	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 256.00
82	MASEFIELD, JOHN	Salt-Water Ballads	London	1902	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 64.00
83	Peter Matthiessen and Cormac McCarthy, editor	[WESTERN LITERATURE] Fine first	New York	1954	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 192.00
84	McMURTRY, LARRY	The Last Picture Show	New York	1966	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 256.00
85	PYNCHON, THOMAS	A nice first edition of Pynchon's debut novel, V	Philadelphia and New York	1963	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 480.00
86	PYNCHON, THOMAS	Gravity's Rainbow	New York	1973	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 192.00
87	RAND, AYN	Atlas Shrugged	New York	[1957]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,408.00
88	VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon	New York	1969	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,024.00
89	VONNEGUT, KURT	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Kilgore Trout in Cohoes	NY	1975	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,216.00
90	VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Self-Portrait			USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 896.00
91	VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Trout's Birdcage			USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 704.00
92	VONNEGUT, KURT, JR.	The Estate of LeGrand Mellon. Eleven Kurt Vonnegut first editions	New York	1963	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 896.00
93	WOOLF, VIRGINIA	Collection of Chester Page. Autograph postcard to Clive Bell		1930	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 704.00
94	WOOLF, VIRGINIA	Collection of Chester Page. Autograph letter signed	London	1931-12-01	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,792.00
95		[LITERATURE]. An eleven-volume miscellany of 20th-century literature	London	1935	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 704.00
96		[CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE]. A large miscellany of 20th and 21st century literature			USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97		[NEW YORK CITY - COLONIAL IMPRINT]. Funeral Sermon on Michael Morin, Master and Verger of the Church of Beausejour, in Champagne	[New York?]	1770	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 480.00
98		[AMERICAN MANUFACTURING]. A mid-19th century manuscript of recipes for a New York City Varnish and Oils manufacturer	New York	Circa 1855-66	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,152.00
99	ALGER, HORATIO	Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks	Boston	[1868]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	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.