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
74

Group of 15 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 270.00
75

Group of 12 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 390.00
76

Group of 21 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 1,800.00
77

Group of 25 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 480.00
78

Group of 17 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 192.00
79

Group of 13 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 330.00
80

Group of 12 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 228.00
81

Group of 12 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 360.00
82

Group of 22 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 420.00
83 Dobson, Austin

Poems on Several Occasions. Etched portrait of William Strang SIGNED BY DOBSON in volume I, India proof illustrations. 2 volumes.

London 1895 Not Available USD 120.00
84 Dobson, Austin

Proverbs in Porcelain * The Story of Rosina and other verses. Together 2 volumes. Illustrated by Bernard Partridge or Hugh Thomson respectively.

London 1893; 1895 Not Available USD 36.00
85 Du Chaillu, Paul B

The Land of the Midnight Sun. Illustrated, including folding map in rear pocket of volume 1. 2 volumes.

New York 1882 Not Available USD 192.00
86 Dunbar, Paul Laurence

Candle-Lightin' Time. Illustrated with photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations by Margaret Armstrong.

New York 1901 Not Available USD 390.00
87 Earhart, Amelia

The Fun of It. Illustrated, LP from Earhart's 22 May 1932 broadcast in rear pocket.

New York 1932 Not Available USD 1,020.00
88 Earhart, Amelia

Last Flight. Illustrations from photographs.

New York, 1937 Not Available USD 72.00
89 Edwards, George Wharton

Toledo Cathedral. Partially completed ink sketch on board.

Np 1925 Not Available Not Sold
90 Eliot, T. S.

Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern.

New York 1954 Not Available USD 330.00
91 Ellwanger, George H.S.

Meditations on Gout with a Consideration of its Cure through the Use of Wine.

New York, 1897 Not Available USD 36.00
92 Extra-Illustrated

[Holmes, Oliver Wendell]. The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table.

Boston 1859 Not Available USD 120.00
93 Extra-Illustrated

Liechtenstein, Princess Marie.

London 1874 Not Available USD 480.00
94 Fables

Group of 3 volumes, as listed below.. Some illustrated, including second by Thomas Bewick.

Vp vd Not Available USD 192.00
95 Fashion

Collection of 49 pochoir plates from "Gazette du Bon Ton," including illustrations by Barbier, Brissaud, H. Robert Dammy, Lepape, Charles Martin, Pierre Mourgue; and others.

Paris 1910-20s Not Available USD 450.00
96 (Fell, H. Granville)

The Book of Job. Frontispiece, decorative title, 23 full page illustrations, including 3 double-page, and numerous decorated pages by Fell.

London and New York 1896 Not Available USD 270.00
97 Fielding, Henry

The History of Tom Jones. Illustrations by George Cruikshank. 2 volumes. Small

London 1831 Not Available USD 96.00
98 Foot, Mirjam M.

The Henry Davis Gift. A Collection of Bookbindings. Illustrated. 3 volumes.

Vp, (1978-2010) Not Available USD 390.00
  • 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