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

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Auction Report
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
206 (Thomson, Hugh)

Group of 8 volumes

Vp vd USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 108.00
207

Tobelina Press. The World Turned Upside Down

Northampton, MA 1979 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 96.00
208

Travel. Group of 11 volumes

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 450.00
209

Travel. Group of 13 volumes

Vp vd USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 360.00
210 Walton, Izaak; & Charles Cotton

The Complete Angler

Boston 1891 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 84.00
211 (Warhol, Andy)

2 volumes as listed below

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 72.00
212 (Warhol, Andy)

Christopher Makos

Brooklyn, NY 2006 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 48.00
213 (Warhol, Andy)

Christopher Makos

[China] -2007 USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
214 (Warhol, Andy)

Nat Finkelstein. Andy Warhol: the Factory Years 1964-1967

Edinburgh 1999 USD 125.00 - 150.00 USD 120.00
215 (Whitman, Sarah Wyman)

Group of 15 volumes

Vp vd USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 390.00
216 (Whitman, Sarah Wyman)

Group of 17 volumes

Vp vd USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 270.00
217 (Whitman, Sarah Wyman)

Walker, Susan T. Mrs. Whitman at Home

Boston 2021 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 270.00
218 (Whitman, Sarah Wyman)

(Brimmer, Martin; & Mrs. John Jay Chapman)

[Boston] 1892 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 96.00
219 (Whitman, Sarah Wyman)

(Brimmer, Martin; & Mrs. John Jay Chapman)

[Boston] 1892 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
220 (Whitman, Sarah Wyman)

Group of 16 volumes

Vp vd USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 1,080.00
221 (Whitman, Sarah)

Group of 10 volumes

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 330.00
222 Whittier, John G.

The Pennsylvania Pilgrim

Boston 1872 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 48.00
223 Wiesel, Elie

The Accident

New York 1962 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
224 Wilde, Oscar

Poems

London 1881 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,300.00
225 Wilkinson, Henry

Fine color etching of a fly fisherman

Np nd USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 48.00
226

Women Authors. Group of 10 volumes

Vp vd USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 480.00
227

Women Binders. Group of 10 volumes

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 600.00
  • 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 April
    Sotheby’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.