Ripley Auctions: Timed Estates Book Collection Blowout - Reference Books, Fiction, Nonfiction & More!, 22626, Indianapolis

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026
Page Size: 195 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
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6 books by Charles Bukowski & 1 biographical book with photographs. , Bukowski Stories - Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. San Francisco 1967. , Love is a Dog from Hell - Poems.

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4 books:, The Honest Rainmaker. The life and times of Col. John R. Stingo, fabulous figure of track and ring. By A.J. Liebling. New York 1953., Fast Company -how six master gamblers constantly defy the odds and always co

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4 vintage books: , How to Read Character with a Discriptive Chart. Handbook of Physiology, Phrenology, Physiognomy. Illustrated. By Samuel R. Wells. New York 1892. , The Croquet Player, by H.G. Wells. New York 1937. , Dr

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The Prince of Thieves, by J.J. Lynx. New York 1964., Hubert's Freaks - the Rare-book Dealer, the Times Square Talker and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus. By Gregory Gibson. USA 2008., The Edward Dahlberg Reader. New York

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5 vintage books: History of Ireland in the 18th Century, Volumes 1-5. By William Edward Lecky. London 1898.

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2 vintage books: God's Pauper, St. Francis Assisi, a novel by Nikos Kazantzakis. London 1962., A certain Young Man of Assisi, by May E. Southworth. San Francisco 1934.

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3 reference books: The Reader's Encyclopedia Second Edition, William Rose Benet. New York 1965. Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, by William & Mary Morris - internationally known authorities on words and lang

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3 reference books: Dictionary of Theories, by Jennifer Bothamley. Andover, MA 1993., A Dictionary of Superstitions, by Iona Opie & Moira Tatem. New York 1989., An Incomplete Education, by Judy Jones & William Wilson. New

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5 reference books: Oxford Dictionary of Allusions, by Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen & Penny Stock. New York 2001., Dictionary of Foreigns, by C.O. Sylvester Mawson, 2nd Edition, revised & updated by Charles Berlitz. Ne

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5 reference books: The Grim Reaper's Book of Days, by Ed Morrow. New York 1992., Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, by Ivor H. Evans. New York 1981., Heart's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists, by James Geary. New

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4 reference books: the Synonym Finder, by J.I. Rodale. New York 1978., Similes Dictionary, by Elyse Sommer & Mike Sommer. Detroit, MI 1998., Reader's Digest Illustrated Reverse Dictionary, Edited by John Ellison Kahn, MA

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5 Dictionaries: Better than Great - a Plentitudinous Compendium of Wallopingly Fresh Superlatives, by Arthur Plotnik. Berkeley, CA 2011. Urban Dictionary, by Aaron Peckham. Kansas City 2025. Mo' Urban Dictionary, by Aaro

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3 Edward Burtynksy Photography Books: Manufactured Landscapes - the Photographs of Edward Burtynsky, by Lori Pauli. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON 2003. Burtynsky - China, with Essays by Marc Mayer, Ted C. Fishma

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3 books of art: A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal, printed by Christopher Plantin, with a short essay by Casey S. Bliss. The Book Club of California: San Francisco 1977. The Diverting History of John Gilpin: sh

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Lot of 14 books on dreams, spirituality & growth.

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Lot of 14 books on spiritual philosophy

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Lot of 10 books on consciousness and philosophy of spirituality, "Psyche and Bible" Kluger, "The Heavenly Sophia and the Being Anthroposphia" Sergei O. Prokofieff, "Strange Fruit" Clark Heinrich, "Iconum Biblicarum" M...

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10 J.R.R. Tolkien books, "The Lord of the Ring Reader's Companion" Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scully x2, "The Children of Hurin" x2, "Brethren and Luthien", "Roverandom", "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun" x2, "The...

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9 books about meditation and the journey inward to know oneself, "Anger" Thich Nrat Hanh, "Living Myth" D. Stephenson Bond, "Masculine and Feminine" Gareth S. Hill, "Gathering the Light" V. Walter Odajnyk, "The Forbid...

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5 books of historical tales and adventures, "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, "The Cunning Little Vixen" Rudolf Tesnohlidek, "The Arabian Nights", "The Black Arrow" Robert Louis Stevenson, "Nutcracker" M...

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Lot of 6 books - 5 classic stories, and one about gardening!, "The Adventurous Gardner" Nancy Wilkes Bubel, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" Doyle / Moser, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" Mark Twain, "The Scarlet ...

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4 books on famous artists, Steichen, Master Drawings, Klee and America, Rembrandt

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6 various books on art, "The Art of Arts" Anita Albus, "Celtic Design; A beginners Manual" Aidan Meehan, Arno Nollen, "A Fable of Modern Art" Thames and Hudson, "Objects on a Table" Guy Davenport,

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10 books - theosophy, psychosynthesis, psychotherapy, philosophy, and Jungian Literary Criticism, "Psychosynthesis" Roberto Assagioli, M.D. , "The Act of Will" Roberto Assagioli, M.D., "Power in the Helping Profession...

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7 Alice Munro books of stories, "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage", "Runaway", "Too Much Happiness", "The View from Castle Rock", "Dear Life", "Friend of my Youth", "The Love of a Good Woman"

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  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
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    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
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    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000