New England Book Auctions: Fine Books & Ephemera, 60, South Deerfield
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 17, 2026 - February 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany & The Third Reich. Collection of ephemera, as listed below. |
Germany | 1914-40s | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 2 | Catechismus Romanus Enucleatus. |
Westphalia | 1771 | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 3 | Periodicals. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 144.00 | |
| 4 | Books & Printing. Collection of printed ephemera. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 5 | Stock, Christian. | Homiletisches Real-Lexicon. |
Jena | 1734 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 6 | Elzevier Press. Balzac. | Les Entretiens de Feu Monsieur de Balzac. |
Amsterdam | 1663 | Not Available | USD 96.00 |
| 7 | Poe, Edgar Allan. | Graham's Magazine. Volumes 20-21 bound in 1 volume. |
Philadelphia | 1842 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 8 | Natural History. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 9 | Pop-Ups. Group of 11, as listed below. |
(London) | 1960s | Not Available | USD 720.00 | |
| 10 | Science. Group of 10 pamphlets or volumes. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 11 | French Illustration. Group of 8 Imagerie D'Epinal. |
France | 19th-century | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 12 | Children's. Group of 15 volumes. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 13 | Travel. Group of 10 volumes, as listed below. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 14 | (Rogers, Bruce). | The Banquet of Plato. Translated by Percy Bysshe Shelley. |
Chicago | 1895 | Not Available | USD 84.00 |
| 15 | Cooking. Ancient Cookery. From a Ms. in the Library of the Royal Society, Arundel Collection, n. |
[London | 1790 | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 16 | Hulke, John. | A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Ophthalmoscope. |
London | 1861 | Not Available | USD 72.00 |
| 17 | Greenland Geology. Meddelelser om Gronland. |
Copenhagen | 1950s | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 18 | Children's. Group of 9 volumes. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 19 | Americana. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 168.00 | |
| 20 | Sherlockiana. The Baker Street Journal. |
New York | 1946-2000 | Not Available | USD 84.00 | |
| 21 | (Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan). Tales From Many Sources. |
New York | 1885-86 | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 22 | Americana. Group of 23 newspapers and 2 pamphlets. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 156.00 | |
| 23 | Printing, etc. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 84.00 | |
| 24 | Books on Books. Group of 16 volumes. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 25 | Fine Miscellany. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 360.00 |
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Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Octavo-format manuscript on laid paper, approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio including The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight; The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida; The Tragedy of Coriolanus; [and others]. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000. -
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.