Leland Little Auctions: December Estate Auction, 121725, Hillsborough, NC

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 17, 2025 - December 17, 2025

Page Size: 38 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1009		Three Military History Titles from Easton Press, Signed Collector's Editions	Norwalk, CT	1995, 1997, 2003.	Not Available	Unknown
1010		Easton Press Leather-Bound Library of the Civil War	Norwalk, CT	1996-1998.	Not Available	Unknown
1011		(22) Titles from The Easton Press's The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written	Norwalk, CT	1976-1980.	Not Available	Unknown
1012		Four 19th-Century Religious Books			Not Available	Unknown
1013		Southern Carte de Visite Album with Confederate Generals and Civilians			Not Available	Unknown
1014		Three Highly Collectible Mid-19th-Century Photographs			Not Available	Unknown
1015		Seven 19th-Century Portrait Photographs		19th-Century	Not Available	Unknown
1016		Civil War Statuary by Sculptor August Zeller (PA, 1863-1918) in Photographs			Not Available	Unknown
1019		Hayden's Influential Maps and Panoramas of the Mountain West, Including an Early Map of Yellowstone	Washington	[1883]	Not Available	Unknown
1021		North Carolinian's Photo Album Devoted to 1940s Country Music Stars		1939	Not Available	Unknown
1022	J. Edgar Abernathy	J. Edgar Abernathy's North Carolina Framed Penwork, Blissful Be Thy Life		1892	Not Available	Unknown
1023	Richard W. Rummell (American, 1848-1924),	University of North Carolina			Not Available	Unknown
1037		Two Reference Books on Southern Furniture			Not Available	Unknown
1038	John Bivins, Jr.	Bivins's The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820			Not Available	Unknown
1055		"The Honest Lawyer" Painted Wood Pub Sign		Second half 20th century	Not Available	Unknown
1089	Auguste Edouart (French-American, 1789-1861),	Silhouette of a an Unknown Family		Circa 1830	Not Available	Unknown
1090	Pops Whitesell (American, 1876-1958),	Two Landscapes			Not Available	Unknown
1091	Pops Whitesell (American, 1876-1958),	One-Hundred Years of Service			Not Available	Unknown
1266	After Maurice (Valadon) Utrillo (France, 1883-1955),	Rue de Village			Not Available	Unknown
1370	Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778),	Veduta degli avanzi superiori delle Terme di Diocleziano a S. Maria degli Angeli		circa 1760	Not Available	Unknown
1371	Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778),	Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva		circa 1760	Not Available	Unknown
1372		Three Framed Vintage French Ship Posters			Not Available	Unknown
1373		Two Framed Vintage French Cruise Ship Advertisement Posters			Not Available	Unknown
1374	Henry Fletcher (English, fl. 1710-1750),	Pair of Botanical Engravings from Twelve Months of Flowers		1730	Not Available	Unknown
1375	Maxfield Parrish (American, 1870-1966),	The Dinky Bird / The Lantern Bearers (Two Works)		early 20th century	Not Available	Unknown

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.