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
| 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 | USD 84.00 |
| 2 | Abbey, Edwin Austin | Autograph Letter Signed E. A. Abbey |
Gloucestershire | Sep. 1, 1898 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 132.00 |
| 4 | (Alembic Press) Payhembury Marbled Papers Sampler |
Winchester | 1987 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 204.00 | |
| 5 | Andersen, Hans Christian | Andersen's Fairy Tales [cover title] |
(Springfield, MA) | Circa 1890s | USD 125.00 - 150.00 | USD 48.00 |
| 6 | Andersen, Hans Christian | Group of over 170 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 7 | Anderson, Sherwood | A New Testament |
New York | 1927 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 156.00 |
| 8 | (Armstrong, Margaret) | Group of 13 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 9 | (Armstrong, Margaret) | Group of 10 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 10 | (Armstrong, Margaret) | Group of 15 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 11 | (Armstrong, Margaret) | Group of 14 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 12 | (Armstrong, Margaret) | Group of 13 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 13 | Patmore, Coventry | Art Nouveau Binding. The Angel in the House |
London | 1908 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 14 | Austen, Jane | The Novels |
London | 1898 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 15 | Bailey, Alice Ward | Flower Fancies |
Boston | 1889 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 16 | Berger, Oscar | Massive archive of original art, photographs and related ephemera from the artist's collection |
American | 20thcentury | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 17 | Bibliography. Bibliography of the Fine Books |
New York | 1985 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 18 | Bicycling. A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle |
New York | 1895 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 19 | Irving, Washington | Binding. Old Christmas |
(Madison, NJ) | 1930s? | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 60.00 |
| 20 | Winter, William | Binding. Shakespeare's England |
New York and London | 1894 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,700.00 |
| 21 | Binding. Guest Book |
British Isles | 1920-65 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 22 | Binding. Paroissien Complet... |
Paris | 1830 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 168.00 | |
| 23 | Bindings. Group of 7 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 24 | Bindings. Group of 6 volumes as listed below |
Vp | vd | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 25 | Rogers, Samuel | Bindings. Italy * ditto. Poems |
London | 1830; 1834 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 26 | Bindings. Group of 6 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 390.00 |
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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 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.