Holabird Western Americana Collections: Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 2, 111575, Reno

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 01, 2025 - November 01, 2025
Page Size: 256 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2545

Roasting of Gold & Silver Ores', Kustel, 1880 [201303]

 1880 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 137.50
2546

"Gold: Its Properties, Its Deposits, and Its Extraction" (French) (1880s) [202477]

 1880s USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 312.50
2547

19th Century Water Issues in Western Mining Library [202387]

 19th Century USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
2548

A Golden Era, The New Gold Fields of the United States, James Steele, 1897 [200919]

 1897 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
2549

A Manual of Metallurgy or Practical Treatise on the Chemistry of the Metals, Phillips, 1852 [202547]

 1852 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
2550

A Practical Hand-book for Miners, Metallurgists, and Assayers, 1866, Julius Silversmith [202367]

 1866 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
2551

A Rigid Earth: Geology As Applied to Mining, Stephen Barton, 1888 [202366]

 1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
2552

Antique Mining Stock Magazines, 1907 (4) [204650]

 1907 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
2553

Mining Magazine Trio, 1857 [202352]

 1857 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
2554 WM Foote, 1909

Complete Mineral Catalog by WM Foote, 1909 [200928]

 1909 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 137.50
2555

De Re Metallica (On the Nature of Metals) 1912 Hoover Translation of 1556 Agricola Work [202389]

 1912 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.50
2556

Framed Scientific Newspapers | Homey & Classy (3) [202091]

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2557

From River to Sea, A Tourists' and Miners' Guide, Gleed, 1882 [200921]

 1882 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
2558

John Birkinbine & Thomas Edison Pamphlet on Iron Ore, 1889 [204930]

 1889 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
2559 J. Bernard Mannix, 1913

Mines and Their Story, by J. Bernard Mannix, 1913 [202479]

 1913 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
2560

Mining & Metallurgy of Gold & Silver, J. Arthur Phillips, 1867 [202545]

 1867 USD 240.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
2561

Mining Books [203716]

 USD 130.00 - 200.00 USD 87.50
2562 Charles Janin, Signed

Mining Engineers' Examination & Report Book by Charles Janin, Signed [202542]

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 93.75
2563

Mining/Personal Experience Autobiographies (8) [203715]

 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 106.25
2564

The Chemistry & Metallurgy of Copper, A. Snowden Piggot, 1858 [202381]

 1858 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
2565

"Mineral Resources of the United States", 1889-1891 (2) [202931]

 1889-1891 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 62.50
2566

Burchard Gold & Silver Production 1880, 1881, 1882 [203959]

 1880, 1881, 1882 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
2567

The Copper Handbook Volumes Essential Collection [204960]

 USD 500.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
2568

The Copper Handbook, Reference Volumes 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 [203818]

 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
2569

Mines Register Books Collection (Successor to The Mines Handbook) [204029]

 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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