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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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 USD 300.00
2 (Abbey, Edwin A.)

Herrick, Robert. Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick

New York 1882 Not Available USD 144.00
3

American Women Authors. Group of 15 volumes.

Vp vd Not Available USD 510.00
4 Andersen, H. C.

The Complete Andersen. Translated by Jean Hersholt.

New York (1942-49) Not Available USD 144.00
5 Armstrong, Margaret; & J. J. Thornber

Field Book of Western Flowers. Illustrated.

New York and London, 1915 Not Available USD 144.00
6 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 18 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 480.00
7 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 20 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 780.00
8 Arnold, Patience

Original pencil drawing of a seated woman at market.

England, 20th-century [75/100] Not Available USD 48.00
9

The Art Bible. 660 illustrations. Thick

London Circa 1900 Not Available USD 204.00
10 Art Nouveau Binding

Schepers, Johannes Bernard. Bragi.

Amsterdam 1901 Not Available USD 72.00
11 (Asgard Press)

Sewall, Margaret L. Verses. [28] pages. Square

Galesburg, IL 1905 Not Available Not Sold
12 Aubier, Dominique

Guerre a la tristesse. Illustrations from photographs.

(Paris 1955 Not Available USD 36.00
13 Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

London [1894] Not Available USD 3,000.00
14 Austen, Jane

Sense and Sensibility. Illustrations by Chris Hammond.

London 1899 Not Available USD 660.00
15 Austin Abbey Bookcase

Dark veneered wooden bookcase.

American, Late 20th-century Not Available USD 144.00
16 Austin, Mary

California. The Land of the Sun. Color illustrations by Sutton Palmer. Large

New York, 1914 Not Available USD 240.00
17 Barrie, J. M. M.

Quality Street. Tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson. Large

[London] [1913] Not Available USD 180.00
18 Barrie, James

The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated, including tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson

London 1914 Not Available USD 108.00
19 Baumann, Gustave

Frijoles Canyon Pictographs. 24 woodcuts, including a four-page folding plate SIGNED BY BAUMANN.

Sante Fe 1939 Not Available USD 1,140.00
20 (Bearden, Romare)

Walcott, Derek. Poems of the Caribbean. Illustrations by Beardon,

(New York 1982 Not Available USD 390.00
21 (Beardsley, Aubrey). Jonson.

Volpone: or The Foxe. Illustrated by Beardsley.

London 1898 Not Available USD 180.00
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 USD 216.00
23 Dickens, Charles.

Barnaby Rudge. Illustrated.

London 1901 Not Available USD 1,020.00
24 Goldsmith, Oliver.

The Deserted Village. Etchings by M. M. Taylor.

Philadelphia 1888 Not Available USD 480.00
25 Campan, Madame.

Memoirs of Marie Antoinette. Illustrated.

London 1906 Not Available USD 1,020.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 282 - Griffes (Charles). Autograph Manuscript Score for Overture to Hänsel und Gretel, c. 1910. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000