New England Book Auctions: Fine Bindings, Literature Illustrated, including selections from Austin Abbery Rare Books, 546, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025

Page Size: 222 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		A New Hieroglyphical Bible.	Dallinghoo, near Woodbridge	Early 19th-century	Not Available	Unknown
2	(Abbey, Edwin A.)	Herrick, Robert. Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick	New York	1882	Not Available	Unknown
3		American Women Authors. Group of 15 volumes.	Vp	vd	Not Available	Unknown
4	Andersen, H. C.	The Complete Andersen. Translated by Jean Hersholt.	New York	(1942-49)	Not Available	Unknown
5	Armstrong, Margaret; & J. J. Thornber	Field Book of Western Flowers. Illustrated.	New York and London,	1915	Not Available	Unknown
6	(Armstrong, Margaret)	Group of 18 volumes. Some illustrated.	Vp	vd	Not Available	Unknown
7	(Armstrong, Margaret)	Group of 20 volumes. Some illustrated.	Vp	vd	Not Available	Unknown
8	Arnold, Patience	Original pencil drawing of a seated woman at market.	England, 20th-century	[75/100]	Not Available	Unknown
9		The Art Bible. 660 illustrations. Thick	London	Circa 1900	Not Available	Unknown
10	Art Nouveau Binding	Schepers, Johannes Bernard. Bragi.	Amsterdam	1901	Not Available	Unknown
11	(Asgard Press)	Sewall, Margaret L. Verses. [28] pages. Square	Galesburg, IL	1905	Not Available	Unknown
12	Aubier, Dominique	Guerre a la tristesse. Illustrations from photographs.	(Paris	1955	Not Available	Unknown
13	Austen, Jane	Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.	London	[1894]	Not Available	Unknown
14	Austen, Jane	Sense and Sensibility. Illustrations by Chris Hammond.	London	1899	Not Available	Unknown
15	Austin Abbey Bookcase	Dark veneered wooden bookcase.	American,	Late 20th-century	Not Available	Unknown
16	Austin, Mary	California. The Land of the Sun. Color illustrations by Sutton Palmer. Large	New York,	1914	Not Available	Unknown
17	Barrie, J. M. M.	Quality Street. Tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson. Large	[London]	[1913]	Not Available	Unknown
18	Barrie, James	The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated, including tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson	London	1914	Not Available	Unknown
19	Baumann, Gustave	Frijoles Canyon Pictographs. 24 woodcuts, including a four-page folding plate SIGNED BY BAUMANN.	Sante Fe	1939	Not Available	Unknown
20	(Bearden, Romare)	Walcott, Derek. Poems of the Caribbean. Illustrations by Beardon,	(New York	1982	Not Available	Unknown
21	(Beardsley, Aubrey). Jonson.	Volpone: or The Foxe. Illustrated by Beardsley.	London	1898	Not Available	Unknown
22	(Bernhard, William John) Cabell, James Branch.	The Jewel Merchants. 7 hand-colored plates by Bernhard, including frontispiece SIGNED BY CABELL & BERNHARD.	[New York]	1928	Not Available	Unknown
23	Dickens, Charles.	Barnaby Rudge. Illustrated.	London	1901	Not Available	Unknown
24	Goldsmith, Oliver.	The Deserted Village. Etchings by M. M. Taylor.	Philadelphia	1888	Not Available	Unknown
25	Campan, Madame.	Memoirs of Marie Antoinette. Illustrated.	London	1906	Not Available	Unknown

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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.