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
74

Group of 15 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
75

Group of 12 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
76

Group of 21 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
77

Group of 25 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
78

Group of 17 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
79

Group of 13 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
80

Group of 12 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
81

Group of 12 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
82

Group of 22 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
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 Unknown
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 Unknown
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 Unknown
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 Unknown
87 Earhart, Amelia

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

New York 1932 Not Available Unknown
88 Earhart, Amelia

Last Flight. Illustrations from photographs.

New York, 1937 Not Available Unknown
89 Edwards, George Wharton

Toledo Cathedral. Partially completed ink sketch on board.

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

Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern.

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

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

New York, 1897 Not Available Unknown
92 Extra-Illustrated

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

Boston 1859 Not Available Unknown
93 Extra-Illustrated

Liechtenstein, Princess Marie.

London 1874 Not Available Unknown
94 Fables

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

Vp vd Not Available Unknown
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 Unknown
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 Unknown
97 Fielding, Henry

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

London 1831 Not Available Unknown
98 Foot, Mirjam M.

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

Vp, (1978-2010) Not Available Unknown
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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    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.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
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    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.
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    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
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