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
51

3 books of plays and fairy tales, Plays by Henrik Ibsen, "Faust" Goethe, "Classic Fairy Tales" Maria Tatar

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5 photography books, Luis Bunuel by Taschen, James Fee, Foto, Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945, "Polaroids" by Petra Giloy-Hirtz and Julian Schnabel x2,

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9 books on different types of psychotherapy, plus one on printing, "Improvisational Therapy" Bradford P. Keeney, "The Emprint Method" Leslie Cameron-Bandler, David Gordon, Michael Lebeau, "Mind-Body Therapy" Ernest L....

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9 books on hypnosis and mental health therapies, "Mind-Body Communication in Hypnosis" by Milton H. Erickson, "Life Reframing in Hypnosis" Milton H. Erickson, "My Voice Will Go With You" Milton H. Erickson, "Unity and...

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8 books of fiction and fantasy, "Endymion Spring" Matthew Skelton, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" Brian Selznick, "Heartstone" C.J. Sansom, "Out of Oz" Gregory Maguire, "Eragon" Christopher Paolini, "Advent" James Tre...

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5 Art books, M.C. Escher, Norma Basset Hall, Donald Evans, The Arts and Crafts House, The Colonial Andes

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57

Lot of 8 various art books, Gilbert Williams "Illuminations" and "The Hidden World", Howard Finster, Marko Spalatin, Paul Gauguin, "Second Sight: Printmaking in Chicago 1935-1995", Odd Nerdrum, Michael Parkes,

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58

3 books by Jose Saramago and 4 by W.G. Sebald "The Tale of the Unknown Island", "Death with Interruptions", "The Stone Raft" by Saramago "The Rings of Saturn", "Campo Santo", "After Nature", "Austerlitz"

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59

4 books about Laurie Anderson, artist and musician,

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60

10 books of fiction, "A Child Again" Robert Coover, "Drive, He Said" Jeremy Larne, "Collected Stories" Djuna Barnes, "Skippy Dies" Paul Murray, "The Toughest Indian in the World" Sherman Alexie, "i, robot" Isaac Asimo...

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Lot of 8 art books, "Japan Awakens" Barry Till, "Islamic Textiles" Patricia L. Baker, "Enduring Spirit" Phil Borges, "Great Treasures of the Kremlin" David Douglas Duncan, "And I Shall Dwell Among Them" Foldberg, x2 c...

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Lot of 10 Fiction Books; "Remembering Laughter" Wallace Stegner (First Edition); "Of Mice and Men" John Steinbeck; "The Plutocrat" Booth Tarkington (First Edition); "Franny and Zooey" J.D. Salinger; "To Kill a Mocking...

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Lot of 10 Books; "The Music School: Short Stories" John Updike (First Edition); "Museums & Women and Other Stories" John Updike (First Edition); "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" Karen Russell (First Editio...

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Lot of 10 books; "The Eyre Affair" Jasper Fforde (First American Edition); "The City of Ember" Jeanne DuPrau (First Edition); "Ghostwritten" David Mitchell (First Edition); "The Master of Petersburg" J.M. Coetzee (Fir...

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Lot of 11 books on spirituality, including authors Dane Rudhyar, Yirmeyahu Bindman, Moshe Idel, and more

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66

Lot of 10 books; "A Complicated Kindness" Miriam Toews; "Delicate Edible Birds" Lauren Groff; "Snow Falling on Cedars" David Guterson; "English Creek" Ivan Doig (Signed Copy); "Pilcrow" Adam Mars-Jones; "The Accidenta...

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Lot of 10 books; "East, West" Salman Rushdie; "The Persistence of Memory" Gordon McAlpine;, "Oranges are Not the Only Fruit" Jeanette Winterson; "Homo Zapiens" Victor Pelevin; "The Passion" Jeanette Winterson; "In the...

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Lot of 10 books; "The Miniaturist" Jessie Burton; "Went South" Marianne Wiggins; "Some Came Running" James Jones; "Nights at the Circus" Angela Carter; "The Fever" Wallace Shawn; "Sombrero Fallout" Richard Brautigan; ...

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Lot of 10 books; "Honey for the Bears" Anthony Burgess; "Concrete" Thomas Bernhard; "Willard and His Bowling Trophies" Richard Brautigan; "City Life" Donald Barthelme; "Collected Poems" Wendell Berry; "A World Lost" W...

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70

Lot of 18 books; includes works by Ian McEwan, China Mieville, Cormac McCarthy, and more

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71

Lot of 19 books: includes works by Gertrude Stein, Colin Meloy, Brian Selznick, and more

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72

Lot of 20 books; including works by Yann Martel, Rafi Zabor, Roberto Bolano, and more

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73

Lot of 20 books; includes works by Tobias Wolff, Wendell Berry, Karen Russell, and more

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Lot of 20 books; includes works by J.D. Salinger (First Edition), Knut Hamsun, Louis Zukofsky (First Printing), and more

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Lot of 13 books on psychology; includes works by Verena Kast, Murray Stein, and others

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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable 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.
    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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (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 50Watson (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 53Afghanistan.- 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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (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 100Ceylon.- 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 123D'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 139Gandhi (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 AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (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 195Madras.- 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 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    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
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    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
    Online: India
    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
  • 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
    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