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
50 (Bradley, Will)

[Russell, George]. The Earth Breath and Other Poems by A. E. Title and cover by Bradley.

New York and London, [1897] Not Available Unknown
51 Breasted, James Henry

A History of Egypt. Illustrated, including folding map. Tall

New York 1905 Not Available Unknown
52 Brunelleschi, Umberto

Lithograph from L'Estampe Moderne. Pochoir print with hand-coloring.

Paris 1927 Not Available Unknown
53 Brunelleschi, Umberto

Lithograph from L'Estampe Moderne. Pochoir print with hand-coloring.

Paris 1927 Not Available Unknown
54 Cable, George W

Old Creole Days. 2 volumes * The Grandissimes. Together 3 volumes. Illustrated. Large

New York 1897; 1899 Not Available Unknown
55 [Carpenter, Edward]

Towards Democracy. [4], 119 pages. Small

London 1883 Not Available Unknown
55a Carroll.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland * Through the Looking Glass. Together 2 volumes. Illustrated by John Tenniel.

London 1927; 1928 Not Available Unknown
56 Catalogue of the Books

and List of Plays in the Private Collection of Alfred J. Cox. Lithograph title page. Over 200 pages completed in ink or pencil. Thick

Chicago, Late 19th-century Not Available Unknown
57 Cave, Henry W

Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry. Illustrations from photographs.

London 1900 Not Available Unknown
58 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Fourth Edition, Corrected. 28 engraved plates after Francis Hayman. 4 volumes.

London 1770 Not Available Unknown
59 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Vida Y Hechos Del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Frontispieces, 32 engraved plates. 2 volumes.

Antwerp 1719 Not Available Unknown
60 The Chap-Book

Group of 16 issues, as listed below. Illustrated.

Chicago 1895-95 Not Available Unknown
61 Churchill, Winston

From London to Ladysmith. Illustrated, including folding maps.

London 1900 Not Available Unknown
62 Conrad, Joseph

Youth and Two Other Stories.

New York 1903 Not Available Unknown
63 Coquille D'Oeif Binding

Genet, Jean. Querelle de Brest.

[Paris], 1947 Not Available Unknown
64 Crane, Walter

Kunst en Samenleving. Naar Walter Crane's Claims of Decorative Art in het Nederlandsch Bewerkt door Jan Veth. Tweede Herziene Druk. Woodcut vignettes by G. W. Dijsselhof.

Amsterdam 1903 Not Available Unknown
65 Crane, Walter

Columbia's Courtship. 12 color chromolithograph plates by Crane.

Boston 1892 Not Available Unknown
66 (Cruikshank, George) [Cowper, William].

The Diverting History of John Gilpin. Six wood-engraved illustrations by Cruikshank. Square

London 1828 Not Available Unknown
67 Dacre, Barbarina

Lady. Dramas, Translations and Occasional Poems. 2 volumes.

London 1821 Not Available Unknown
68 [Dana, Richard Henry.]

Two Years Before the Mast; A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.

New York 1840 Not Available Unknown
69 Bridges, Robert.

Now in Wintry Delights. 32 pages. Thin large

Oxford 1903 Not Available Unknown
70 De Tours, Constant

Voyage d'un Petit Parisien. De Paris a la Mer. Illustrated. Large

Paris, Circa 1900 Not Available Unknown
71

Group of 7 volumes, as listed below. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
72

Group of 20 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
73

Group of 12 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
  • 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.
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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.