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
201 Davis, W. Glen; Henry Bursztynowicz

8 funny photos of artworks (Pittsburgh, 1977)

Pittsburgh 1977 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
202 Silvestre, C. & Arthur Young

Observations sur l'Etat de l'Agriculture en France, 1793

(Paris 1793 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 22.40
203 National Tube Works, McKeesport PA

18 8x10 photos from 1956 of the blast furnace & factor

McKeesport 1956 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
204 Pullman Company

1939 Welcome to the New York World's Fair and the Pullman Exhibit

Chicago 1939 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
205

(Overbrook Press). Dedication of the Madeleine Borg Room, October 9, 1956, one of 215 copies

Stamford CT 1956 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
206 (Overbrook Press). James Harvey Rogers 1886-1939

In Memoriam. 1940, one of 450 copies

Stamford 1940 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
207

Jonathan Swift, Lawrence Sterne, et al. The Protestant Preacher, 2 vols. 1780

London 1780 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
208 Herndon

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 2 vols. in one, 1853-1854

Washington DC 1853-1854 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
209

(Overbrook Press). The Pied Printer's Primrose Path, a typographical nonsense book, 1940. One of 250

Stamford CT 1940 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
210

4 Overbrook Press limited editions, 1936-1951

Stamford, CT 1936-1951 USD 60.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
211 (George Savile, Lord Halifax

Lady's New Year's Gift, Advice to Daughter, 1934 Overbrook

Stamford 1934 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
212 Pierce Egan

The Life of Samuel Denmore Hayward [Burglar], 1822, color frontis by Isaac Cruikshank

London 1822 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
213 (Moore, Thomas) Thomas Little

The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little (1804)

Dublin 1804 USD 125.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
214

The Works of the Right Honourable Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon. Glasgow: Foulis, 1753

Glasgow 1753 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
215 Thomas Hearne

Ductor Historicus: or, A Short System of Universal History, Vol. I (1705)

London 1705 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
216 Adolphe D'Houdetot

Le Tir Au Pistolet (1844), on pistols & shooting

Paris 1844 USD 120.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
217 A. C. Andros

Pen and Pencil Sketches of a Holiday Scamper in Spain, 1860. 6 colored plates.

London 1860 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
218 Henderson & Ledoux

The Surviving Works of Sharaku, 1939

New York 1939 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
219

A Book of Prayers & Poems (1991) 15 Lithographs by Cornell students, one of 18 signed by all

Ithaca, NY 1991 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
220 Bostwick

1848 book on Venereal Diseases, [and] of the Genito-Urinary Organs, 1848, 27 color plates

New York 1848 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
221

Edith and Milly's Housekeeping (Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books), ca. 1867, color plates

London ca.1867 USD 75.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
222

The Birthday Party (Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books), ca. 1867, 6 color plates

London ca.1867 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
223

Lily Sweet-Briar's Birthday (Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books), ca. 1867, 6 color plates

London ca.1867 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
224 Michael Smith

The Big Relay Race, 1981 (photo book by performance/video/installation artist)

Chicago 1981 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 56.00
225 Cochrane

A Pedestrian Journey Through Russia And Siberian Tartary, 2 vols. 1829. With folding map.

Edinburgh 1829 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 168.00
  • 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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