New England Book Auctions: Fine Books and Ephemera, 55, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 14, 2025 - October 14, 2025
Page Size: 203 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
161 White, Andrew Dickson

Library of Cornell University.

Ithaca 1894 Not Available USD 36.00
162

Reference. Group of 7 volumes.

Vp vd Not Available USD 84.00
163 Fisher, M. W.

Autograph Album.

Massachusetts 1830s Not Available USD 216.00
164 Huntington, Hannah.

Commonplace Book. About 100 pages of manuscript poetry, prose and music.

Connecticut 1830s Not Available USD 300.00
165

Children's. Group of 11 volumes.

Vp vd Not Available USD 48.00
166

Art & Photography. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below.

Vp vd Not Available USD 36.00
167

Children's. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below.

Vp vd Not Available USD 240.00
168 Gor Yun, Leong

Chinatown Inside Out.

New York 1936 Not Available USD 60.00
169 (Verne, Jules)

(Verne, Jules). Group of 3 volumes, as listed below.

Vp vd Not Available USD 84.00
170

Early Socialism, Marxism and the Paris Commune of 1871.

Germany nd Not Available USD 60.00
171 Bernard & Birdsall. * Runge.

Lucien Freud * One Woman One Weft.

New York or Yarmouth (1996; 2002) Not Available USD 36.00
172

Wm. Caxton shewing the first Specimen of his Printing to King Edward IV & the Royal Family in the Almonry at Westminster, 1477.

London 1877 Not Available Not Sold
173 Coleman, Oliver.

Successful Houses.

New York 1906 Not Available USD 36.00
174 [Defoe, Daniel]

The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon.

London 1705 Not Available USD 570.00
175

Reference. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below.

Vp vd Not Available USD 72.00
177 Audubon, John James

Selected Quadrupeds of North America.

Kent 1987 Not Available USD 48.00
178

Bibliography. Group of 8 volumes.

Vp vd Not Available USD 120.00
179 (Baskin, Leonard)

Dante Alighieri.

New York 1969 Not Available USD 84.00
181

Children's Book Reference. Group of 13 Titles.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 72.00
182 Aldin, Cecil

The Hunt Supper from "The Fallowfield Hunt" Chromolithograph Series.

Aldin 1900 Not Available USD 60.00
183

British Bookplates by Lee. * A Guide to the Study of Bookplates by Warren. * English Bookplates Ancient and Modern by Castle. ...

Vp Vd Not Available USD 36.00
184

Ephemera Reference. Group of 15 Titles.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 132.00
185

Books About Books. Group of 11 Titles.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 96.00
186

Historical Catalogue of Printed Editions of The English Bible 1525-1961 by Herbert.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 36.00
187

Miniature and Near Miniature Children's Books.

Vp Vd Not Available Not Sold
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.