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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Bindings. Group of 6 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 28 | Bindings. Group of 5 volumes as listed below |
Vp | vd | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 29 | Byron | Bindings. Byron. Works |
London | 1833 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 30 | Bindings. Group of 7 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 31 | Mac Orlan, P. | (Bofa, Gus). Eloge de Gus Bofa |
[Paris] | 1949 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 32 | Books on Books. Group of 8 volumes as listed below |
Vp | vd | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 156.00 | |
| 33 | Boutet, Henri | Autour d'Elles |
Paris | 1899 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 34 | Bowman, George Leo | Original watercolor for a cover of Whitman's Leaves of Grass |
American | 20thcentury | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 36.00 |
| 35 | Bradley, Will | Archive of over 20 periodicals and several excised leaves |
American | 1890s1910 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 36 | (Brock, C. E.; or H. M) | Group of 8 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 228.00 |
| 37 | Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne | The Novels |
London and New York | 1905 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 38 | Buber, Martin | Die Legende des Baalschem |
Frankfurt | 1908 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 39 | [Budgen, L. M] | Episodes of Insect Life by "Acheta Domestica" |
London | 18491851 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 40 | Bush. 41: A Portrait of My Father |
New York | 2014 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 48.00 | |
| 41 | (Calkins, Earnest Elmo) | Group of 11 volumes, as listed below |
Vp | vd | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 216.00 |
| 42 | Carroll, Lewis | Alice's Adventures Under Ground |
(Surrey) | 1979 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 168.00 |
| 43 | Carter, Mary E. | Millionaire Households |
New York | 1903 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 44 | Champney, Lizzie W. | In The Sky Garden |
Boston | 1877 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 108.00 |
| 45 | Chapbook. The History of the Children in the Wood...to which is added An Interesting Account of the Captive Boy |
New=York | 1825 | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 84.00 | |
| 46 | Chapbooks. Sammelbands of 26 chapbooks bound in 2 volumes |
England | 181030s | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 47 | Children's. Group of 7 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 84.00 | |
| 48 | Children's. Album of 13 hand-colored pencil drawings of children at play |
Np | 19thcentury | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 192.00 | |
| 49 | Clement, Hal | Cycle of Fire |
New York | 1957 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 60.00 |
| 50 | Craig, Edward Gordon | A Production: Being Thirty-two Collotype Plates of Designs Projected or Realised for the Pretenders of Henrik Ibsen and Produced at the Royal Theatre Copenhagen 1926 |
London | 1930 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 132.00 |
| 51 | Crane, Stephen | The Open Boat |
New York | 1898 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 660.00 |
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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.