Grays Auctioneers: Objects of Desire, 22258, Cleveland,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 25, 2026 - February 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143 | ANSON, George | A Voyage Round the World |
London | 1776 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 144 | ARNOLD, George and PUTNAM, Allen | The Magician's Own Book and Witchcraft of New England |
Boston | 1856 and 1881 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 145 | BAILEY, Nathan | An Universal Etymological English Dictionary |
London | 1745 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 146 | BASHFORTH, Francis | On the Motion of Projectiles |
London | 1873 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 75.00 |
| 147 | BOWDITCH, Nathanial | Practical Navigator |
New York | 1844 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 148 | Various authors | Telegraph, Telephone, and Electric Lamps |
Chicago | 1863, 1908, and 1911 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 149 | CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN | The History of Wales |
London | 1697 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 |
| 150 | CHAPTAL, M.I.A. | Elements of Chemistry |
London | 1800 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 151 | CHIPPENDALE, Thomas | Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director |
New York | 1938 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 75.00 |
| 152 | CLEVELAND, Horace | Hints to Riflemen |
New York | 1864 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 153 | COLVIN, Sidney and EWING, J.A. | Papers by the late Fleeming Jenkin |
London | 1887 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 154 | COOK, James | A Voyage Towards the South Pole |
London | 1777 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 155 | COOPER, Thomas | Conversations on Chemistry |
Philadelphia | 1818 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 50.00 |
| 156 | COQUILHAT, Casimir-Erasme (SIGNED) | Cours elementaire sur la fabrication des canons en fonte et en bronze, et des projectiles |
Liege | 1855, 1856, and 1858 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 157 | CORNWALLIS, Charles | An Answer to that part of the narrative |
London | 1783 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 158 | CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS | Aide-memoire to the Military Sciences |
London | 1846, 1850, and 1852 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 159 | DE LONG, George | The Voyage of the Jeannette |
Boston | 1884 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 160 | DIDION, Isidore | Traite de balistique |
Paris | 1860 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 161 | DODGE, Richard | Our Wild Indians |
Hartford | 1882 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 162 | DOUGLAS, Howard | A Treatise on Naval Gunnery |
London | 1829 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 87.50 |
| 163 | ELLIS, George | Memoir of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford |
London | 1876 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 164 | ENTICK, John | The General History of the Late War |
London | 1763 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 165 | Great Chicago Theater Disaster books | Great Chicago Theater Disaster books |
No Location | 1904 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 75.00 |
| 166 | FEHLING, Hermann von | Gewerbs-Chemie |
Stuttgart | 1852 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 50.00 |
| 167 | FORSTER, George | A Journey from Bengal to England |
London | 1798 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 137.50 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.