Turner Auctions & Appraisals: Libraries, Art, and Ephemera, 41226, South San Francisco

Auction Details

Auction Date
April 12, 2026 - April 12, 2026
Page Size: 188 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
161 Artist: Maurice Dennis (1870-1943).

Portrait of a puppy lying down.

N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
162 Sibylle Von Olfers (1881-1916).

A grouping of layout artwork/prints for the children's picture book, Prinzesseschen im Walde,

Esslingen, Germany 1909 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
163

A scrapbook album with approx. 175 pages of Victorian chromos/die-cuts, numerous advertising/business cards,

N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
164

A group of six circa 1880s Valentine cards:

circa 1880s USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
165

Group of four circa 1880s to 1920s heart Valentines:

circa 1880s to 1920s USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
166

A group of four vintage Valentine cards, scenic and cat, circa 1880s:

circa 1880s USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
167

A pop-up Valentine with color illustration of floral gazebo/windmill with a young couple,

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
168

Two 1880s oversized Valentines: 1.) Valentine with smiling young girl wearing a red hat on center of heart shape open floral wreath.

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
169

Group of seven vintage Valentines cards: 1.) Valentine card with color illustration of girl in rocking chair with white kitten

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
170

A pop-up Valentine card with color illustration of flowers in shape of a carriage, young boy with small dog…

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
171

Two vintage oversized Valentine cards: 1.) A color illustration of a basket with red roses;

N/A USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
172

A pop-up Valentine with color illustration of flowers in shape of a sailboat, young couple with umbrella on front, two doves on right and left.

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
174

A set of six wooden Victorian blocks

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
175 ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY.

Set of seven uniformly bound titles, various dates.

Boston N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
176 FINLEY, MARTHA.

Sets of Elsie Dinsmore titles,

New York N/A USD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
177

1.) ALPHABET STORY OF FAMOUS CITIES, Told in Rhymes and Jingles.

Philadelphia and Chicago 1905 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
178

Group of seven children's books, 16mo pictorial/decorative cloth boards;

N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
179

PETER TEETER STORIES, Adapted from the Famous German "Struwwelpeter."

Chicago 1904 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
180

1.-2.) BALDWIN, JAMES. The Story of Roland (1930). And, The Story of Siegfried (1931). Charles Scribner's Sons,

N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
181

1.) SITWELL, SACHEVERELL. The Romantic Ballet, from Contemporary Prints.

London 1948 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
182

1.) GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES.

New York 1890 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
183 SPYRI, JOHANNA.

Three volumes: 1.) Heidi: A Little Swiss Girl's City and Mountain Life.

Boston, New York, Chicago, London 1896 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
184

1.) JACK AND THE BEANSTOCK AND OTHER STORIES.

Philadelphia n.d. USD 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
185 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM.

Five vintage miniature volumes of plays (3 5/16")

London [n.d.], USD 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
186 SAINT-EXUPERY, ANOINE DE.

The Little Prince.

New York Copyright 1943; USD 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
  • 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.