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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | Roycroft | Little Journeys |
East Aurora | 1904; (1906) | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 84.00 |
| 180 | Rukeyser, Muriel | Breaking Open |
New York | 1973 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 72.00 |
| 181 | (Sacker, Amy) | Group of 9 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 182 | Sartre, Jean-Paul | Group of 10 volumes, as listed below |
Vp | vd | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 183 | Sartre, Jean-Paul | Les Mots |
[Paris] | 1964 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 184 | Scarfe, Gerald | Gerald Scarfe |
(London) | 1982 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 24.00 |
| 185 | (Sendak, Maurice) | D'Aulnoy, Catherine |
New York | 1974 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 108.00 |
| 186 | (Sendak, Maurice) | Eidinoff, Maxwell Leigh and Hyman Ruchlis |
New York | 1947 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 187 | (Sendak, Maurice) | Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
Kingston, NY | 1995 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 189 | Shaw, Charles G. | Nightlife |
New York | 1931 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 190 | Signed American Binding. The Girl's Scrap Book.... |
Philadelphia | (1839; 1840) | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 204.00 | |
| 191 | Smith, Randolph Wellford | The Sober World |
Boston | 1919 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 48.00 |
| 192 | Smith, Vernon B. | Still life oil on pasteboard |
[Massachusetts] | 1920 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 193 | Southern Literature. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below |
Vp | vd | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 510.00 | |
| 194 | Specimens of German Romance |
London | 1827 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 195 | Spenser, Edmund | Epithalamion |
New York | 1895 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 132.00 |
| 196 | Spenser, Edmund | Epithalamion |
New York | 1895 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 198 | Stone & Kimball. Group of 11 volumes |
Vp | vd | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 360.00 | |
| 199 | Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly |
Boston & New York | 1892 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 200 | Stowe, Harriet Beecher | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
London | 1892 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 60.00 |
| 201 | Sumner, James | The Mysterious Marbler |
North Hills, PA | 1976 | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 202 | Thaxter, Celia | An Island Garden |
Boston and New York | 1895 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 203 | Thomson, Hugh | "For Heaven's Sake, What is the Matter?" Original ink drawing for Frances Burney's Evelina |
Np | 1903 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 228.00 |
| 204 | Thomson, Hugh | "While We Were Dancing" |
Np | 1902 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 205 | Thomson, Hugh | "Gay Procession" |
Np | Circa 1900s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | 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.