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

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Auction Report
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.

N/A Not Available USD 125.00
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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

N/A Not Available USD 18.75
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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

N/A Not Available USD 87.50
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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

N/A Not Available USD 12.50
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5 vintage books: History of Ireland in the 18th Century, Volumes 1-5. By William Edward Lecky. London 1898.

N/A Not Available USD 281.25
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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.

N/A Not Available USD 37.50
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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

N/A Not Available Not Sold
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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

N/A Not Available USD 37.50
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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

N/A Not Available USD 12.50
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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

N/A Not Available USD 31.25
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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

N/A Not Available Not Sold
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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

N/A Not Available USD 12.50
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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

N/A Not Available USD 62.50
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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

N/A Not Available USD 18.75
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Lot of 14 books on dreams, spirituality & growth.

N/A Not Available USD 250.00
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Lot of 14 books on spiritual philosophy

N/A Not Available USD 468.75
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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...

N/A Not Available USD 175.00
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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...

N/A Not Available USD 225.00
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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...

N/A Not Available USD 312.50
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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...

N/A Not Available USD 75.00
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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 ...

N/A Not Available USD 18.75
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4 books on famous artists, Steichen, Master Drawings, Klee and America, Rembrandt

N/A Not Available USD 25.00
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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,

N/A Not Available USD 31.25
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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...

N/A Not Available USD 200.00
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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"

N/A Not Available USD 12.50
  • 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 April
    Sotheby’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.