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

Auction Details

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
126	J. Ernst Herger	Die Systeme der magnetischen Curven, Isogonen und Isodynamen (1844)	Leipzig	1844	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
127		Memorias Historicas del rei D. Alonso el Sabio (1777); Alfonso the Wise (1221-1284)	Madrid	1777	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
128	Johnson	Battles & Leaders of the Civil War, 4v, 1887-88, deluxe attractive half leather	New York	c.1887-1888	USD 500.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
129	Isaac Leeser	The Jews and the Mosaic Law (1833), first edition, his first book	Philadelphia	1833 or 1834	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
130	Carlos Mesia de la Cerda	El Gorro de Mi Abuelo, Cuentos Fantasticos (1865) inscribed by author	Madrid	1865	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
131	Mark Doty	Fire to Fire, Poems. Sutton Hoo Press, 2004. Edition of 160 signed	Winona and Stockton	2004	USD 400.00 - 800.00	USD 224.00
132	Robert Ganzo, Jacques Villon	Oeuvre Poetique (1957), 8 etchings by Jacques Villon, signed limited	Paris	1957	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 268.80
133	Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Rowlandson	The Vicar of Wakefield (1817) 24 colored aquatints	London	1817	USD 450.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
134		Victor Hammer's Engravings and Woodcuts, 1979, one of 50 copies, hand-bound by Carolyn Hammer	Lexington	1979	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
135	Victor Hugo, Lynd Ward	Les Miserables (LEC 1938), the printer's own copy (Peter Bielenson)	New York	1938	USD 400.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
136		Group of 5 very long specs, blueprints, plans,1880s public works projects in Belgium	Belgium	1880s	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
137		Memoirs of Count Grammont, 1811, extra-illustrated, original painting by George Perfect Harding	London	1811	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
138	Randall Cotgrave	(1611) A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues	London	1611	USD 800.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
139	Ernest Hemingway	A Death in the Afternoon, 1932 1st ed. in dust jacket	New York	1932	USD 750.00 - 1,500.00	USD 392.00
140	Sinclair Lewis	Main Street, 1920 1st ed. in dust jacket & slipcase	New York	1920	USD 800.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
141		Emile Zola, pref. Exposition des Oeuvres de Edouard Manet, 1884 catalogue	Paris	1884	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
142		Hermann Muller, et al. Drosophila Information Service Bulletins 1936-1951, rare genetics material!		1936-1951	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
143	Niderndorff	Generalis Geographia Cosmica, Mathematica, Naturalis, Politica...1739, maps &	Wirceburg [Wurzburg]i	1739	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 268.80
144	Marcel Pagnol	Catulle, Drame en 4 Actes, 1922, inscribed to famous actor Eugene Silvain	Marseille	1922	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
145	Class of 1887, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)	Folio photo album, 85 photos, Troy NY	Troy, NY	1887	USD 600.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
146	Alexandre Saverien	Histoire Des Philosophes Modernes (etc.) 1761-62, 22 crayon portraits		1761-62	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
147	Jonathan Swift	Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift (1739) & The Life and Character of Dr. Swift	London	1733-1739	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
148	John M. Synge	Deirdre of the Sorrows. NY 1910, one of 10 surviving copies. W. B. Yeats preface	New York	1910	USD 1,200.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
149	Zompini	Le arti che vanno per via nella citta Venezia (1785) incomplete - Tradesmen, hawkers,	Venezia	1785	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
150	(African-American sheet music) James A. Bland	In the Morning by the Bright Light, 1879, illustrated	Boston	C1879	USD 200.00 - 400.00	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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