Common Crow Books: Rare Books & Ephemera, 393976, Pittsburgh

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025
Page Size: 306 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351 Bashford Dean

Catalogue of European Daggers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929

New York 1929 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
352 Bashford Dean

Catalogue of European Court & Hunting Swords at the Metropolitan Museum, 1929

New York 1929 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
353 Earle Liederman

1926-1929 books, ephemera, &c. on weight-lifting, wrestling, exercise

New York 1926-1929 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
354 Mungo Park

Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa (1799)

London 1799 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
355 Lessing

Berengarius Turonensis (1770) & Wie die Alten den Tod gebildet (1769), first printings

Braunschweig / Berlin 1770 & 1769 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
356

History of Ecclesiastical Proceedings, 3rd Presbyterian Church Philadelphia & Ezra Stiles Ely, 1814

Philadelphia 1814 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
357

Whitney, Stephenson & Co. Blue Book and Business Guide to Pittsburgh, 1906

Pittsburgh 1906 USD 60.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
358

Chef-D'Oeuvres Dramatiques de Houdard De La Motte & Le Franc de Pompignan, 1791

Paris 1791 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
359 Charles Philpot, Isaac Taylor

Literary History 14th-15th C. Ancient Books in Modern Times 1798/1827

London 1798 & 1827 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
360

Plagiairiana, divers principes emanes du Tresor de la Verite, par S.* N.* prieur de Saint-Yon 1735

Amsterdam 1735 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 22.40
361 (Allentown PA imprint) Caspar Schwenckfeld von Offing (1489-1561)

3 books bound in one 1819-1820

Allentown, PA 1819-1820 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
362 Joseph Hermann

Die Evangelia, und Episteln auf alle Sonn- und Fest-Tage durchs ganze Jahr, 1790

Custrin (Kostrzyn nad Odr ) ca1790 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
363 Walker Manufacturing Co. 1893 Catalog

Cable Machinery, Hydraulic Machinery, Foundry Equipment

Cleveland, OH 1893 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
364 C. H. Owen

The Principles and Practice of Modern Artillery, 1871

London 1871 USD 225.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
365

Bound volume of 1840s pamphlets including Featherstonhaugh's Excursion through the Slave

1840s USD 350.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
366 Theodore A. Dodge

Campaign of Chancellorsville, 1881, signed to Comte de Paris, Civil War historian

Boston 1881 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
367

Vortrag zum pracktischen Cours auf Muldner Hutte (ca. 1865-75) William L. Scaife's copy

1875 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
368

6th Census of the US, folio, 1841.

Washington DC 1841 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
369

Production of War Materiel, Westinghouse Air Brake Company 1940-1945

(Wilmerding?) No date, ca1946 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
370 Pindemonte & Pompei

Volgarizzamenti Dal Latino E Dal Greco, 1781. Latin/Greek translated to Italian

Verona 1781 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
371 Lessing, ed. Hermann Reimarus

3 volumes on Wolfenbuttel controversy on theology, 1784-1787

1784-1787 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
372

Von Grotthuss, ed. Turmer-Jahrbuch 1907

Stuttgart 1907 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
373 Cousin Mary

Pictorial Second Book, or Pleasant Reading for the Young, 1854, illustrated

Philadelphia c1854 USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
374 Jacopo Sadoleto (1477-1547)

Epistolae Leonis X. Clementis VII. Pauli III, nomine scriptae, 1759

Jacobi Sadoleti S.R.E. Cardinalis Epistolae Leonis X. Clementis VII. Pauli III. nomine scriptae, accessit Antonii Florebelli de vita ejusdem Sadoleti commentarius et epistolarum liber. Rome 1759 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
375 William Hayley

An Essay on Epic Poetry; in Five Epistles to the Revd. Mr. Mason, with Notes (1782)

London 1782 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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