New England Book Auctions: Fine Bindings Literaure Illustrated, Including Selections from Austin Abey Rare Books, 548, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 24, 2026 - February 24, 2026
Page Size: 222 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Abbey, Edwin Austin

Photograph portrait cabinet card of Abbey

Philadelphia Circa 1900 USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
2 Abbey, Edwin Austin

Autograph Letter Signed E. A. Abbey

Gloucestershire Sep. 1, 1898 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
4

(Alembic Press) Payhembury Marbled Papers Sampler

Winchester 1987 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
5 Andersen, Hans Christian

Andersen's Fairy Tales [cover title]

(Springfield, MA) Circa 1890s USD 125.00 - 150.00 Unknown
6 Andersen, Hans Christian

Group of over 170 volumes

Vp vd USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
7 Anderson, Sherwood

A New Testament

New York 1927 USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
8 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 13 volumes

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
9 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 10 volumes

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
10 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 15 volumes

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
11 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 14 volumes

Vp vd USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
12 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 13 volumes

Vp vd USD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
13 Patmore, Coventry

Art Nouveau Binding. The Angel in the House

London 1908 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
14 Austen, Jane

The Novels

London 1898 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
15 Bailey, Alice Ward

Flower Fancies

Boston 1889 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
16 Berger, Oscar

Massive archive of original art, photographs and related ephemera from the artist's collection

American 20thcentury USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
17

Bibliography. Bibliography of the Fine Books

New York 1985 USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
18

Bicycling. A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle

New York 1895 USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
19 Irving, Washington

Binding. Old Christmas

(Madison, NJ) 1930s? USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
20 Winter, William

Binding. Shakespeare's England

New York and London 1894 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
21

Binding. Guest Book

British Isles 1920-65 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
22

Binding. Paroissien Complet...

Paris 1830 USD 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
23

Bindings. Group of 7 volumes

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 Unknown
24

Bindings. Group of 6 volumes as listed below

Vp vd USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
25 Rogers, Samuel

Bindings. Italy * ditto. Poems

London 1830; 1834 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
26

Bindings. Group of 6 volumes

Vp vd USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
  • 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
    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