New England Book Auctions: Fine Books and Ephemera List, 58, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Date: January 20, 2026 - January 20, 2026

Page Size: 209 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
27		U. S. Navy. Group of 3 manuscript letters to Dr. Harmon Shore of the Ship North Carolina. 1 and 2 pages.	American	1834-52	Not Available	Unknown
28	Everett, Edward.	Sammelband of over 20 pamphlets.	Vp	vd	Not Available	Unknown
29		29. Account Book. Manuscript accounts for cobbling, leather work and other general farm products. About 100 pages.	Connecticut	1790-1800.	Not Available	Unknown
30		30. England. Collection of about 20 autograph letters to Sir Victor Goodman, MP. Various pages.	England	1950s-60s	Not Available	Unknown
31	Gravesande, William James.	Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy confirmed by Experiments, or an Introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy.	London	1720	Not Available	Unknown
32	Storrs, John W.	The Twentieth Connecticut. A Regimental History.	Ansonia	1866	Not Available	Unknown
33	New York.	Letterpress receipt book for James Wild of Columbiaville.	New York	1813-15	Not Available	Unknown
34		Account Books. Group of 9 volumes.	American	vd	Not Available	Unknown
35		Native American. Anishinabe Enamiad. Illustrated. Volume III, nos. 1-12.	Harbor Springs, MI	1898-99	Not Available	Unknown
36	Lucien-Graux, Doctor.	La Comtesse de Lucay. Mounted facsimile letters. 2 volumes.	Paris	1930	Not Available	Unknown
37		A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. By Yorick.	London:	1807	Not Available	Unknown
38		Art de Prevenir et d'Arreter les Incendies. Par M. Revu et Augmente Par m. Everat.	Paris	1828	Not Available	Unknown
39	Gorey, Edward.	The Haunted Looking Glass. Illustrations by the Author.	New York	1959	Not Available	Unknown
40	Foxe, John.	Acts and Monuments of Matters Most Special and Memorable...and Great Persecutions against the true Martyrs.	London	1641	Not Available	Unknown
41		Chinese Check Board. 14-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches * Illustrated woodblock book (odd volume).	Asia	nd	Not Available	Unknown
42	Kidder, Edward.	E. Kidder's Receipts of Pastry and Cookery, for the Use of his Scholars. 49 (of 52) leaves, including 5 (of 9) plates.	[London	not later than 1733/34]	Not Available	Unknown
43	Thoreau, Henry David.	Cape Cod. Illustrations by Amelia M. Watson. 2 volumes.	Boston and New York	1904	Not Available	Unknown
44	Tebaldi, Renata.	Two Autograph Letters Signed to Beni Montresor. Each 2 pages.	Milan	2-11-80; 23-3-86	Not Available	Unknown
45	[Wollaston, William].	The Religion of Nature Delineated.	London:	1726	Not Available	Unknown
46	Whistler, James McNeill.	The Gentle Art of Making Enemies.	New York	1890	Not Available	Unknown
47	Scott, Sir Walter.	Life of Napoleon Buonaparte. Portrait. 2 volumes.	Exeter, NH	1828	Not Available	Unknown
48	Mather, Cotton.	Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New England.	London	1702 [100/]	Not Available	Unknown
49	Adams, William.	The Modern Voyager and Traveller...Volume III (only). America. Folding hand-colored map, 10 hand-colored plates.	London	1832	Not Available	Unknown
50	Books on Books.	Group of 5 volumes, as listed below.	Vp	vd	Not Available	Unknown
51	Bingham, Joseph.	Operum. Titles in red and black. 2 volumes bound in 1.	Halle:	1751 [80/]	Not Available	Unknown

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
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.