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Auction Name Rare Books, Manuscripts and Ephemera Total Sales (USD) 163,350.00
Auction Date November 18, 2017 - November 18, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 98,990.00
Sale Number #1017 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 151,500.00
Total Lots 242
Sold Lots 211 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 112,040.00
% of Lots Sold 87.19% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 171,120.00
Unsold Lots 31 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 95.46%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
15

[Coverdale, Diglot New Testament]. THE NEWE TESTAMENT BOTH IN LATINE AND ENGLYSHE.

 1538 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 18,750.00
10

NOVUM TESTAMENTUM OMNE, MULTO QUAM ANTEHAC DILIGENTIUS AB [ERASMUS ROTERDAMO] RECOGNITU[M]….

 1519 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
32 Wollstonecraft, Mary.

A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN: WITH STRICTURES ON POLITICAL AND MORAL SUBJECTS.

 1792 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,312.50
8 Edison, Thomas A.

Signed sepia cabinet photo.

 1892 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 4,687.50
27

THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTEYNING THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE NEW….

 1613 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,062.50
191 Ducheto, Claudio.

Constantinopoli.

 1570 but later 17th century. USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 4,062.50
2

BIBLE, in English, Bishops' version [The Holy Byble, Conteyning the Olde Testament and the Newe.

 1574 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,750.00
6

The complete books of the major and minor prophets of the Bible, from Isaiah through Malachi. Extracted from "The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New…. "

 1611 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,750.00
11 Faulkner, William.

THE SOUND AND THE FURY.

 1929 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 3,750.00
18 Chaucer, Geoffrey; Speght, Thomas.

THE WORKES OF OUR ANTIENT AND LEARNED ENGLISH POET, GEFFREY CHAUCER, NEWLY PRINTED.

 1598 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
192

Nouvelle Description Du Royaulme De France.

 1586 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 3,750.00
31

THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW: NEWY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES....

 1613 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,437.50
156

[Manuscript on heavy laid paper] Antiphonale de Sanctis per Totum Annum.

1730 USD 700.00 - 1,100.00 USD 2,812.50
39 Faulkner, William.

ABSALOM, ABSALOM!

 1936 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
9

Manuscript prayer book on vellum,

circa 1350 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,125.00
13 Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939.)

Typed Letter Signed ("WB Yeats"), 1 1/8 p. recto and verso, 4to.

 1935 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
30

Manuscript fragment from Hebrew Bible.

 circa mid 16th century. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
159 Foxe, John.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, CONTAYNING THE ACTES AND MONUMENTS OF THINGES PASSED IN EVERY KINGES TIME… ESPECIALLY IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND….

 1576 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,000.00
34 Ravel, Maurice (French composer, 1875-1937).

Autograph Quotation Signed.

 1928 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
150

THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW: NEWY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES....

1628 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,875.00
105 Garden, Alexander.

ANECDOTES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE TALENTS AND VIRTUES OF THE HEROES AND PATRIOTS…. Second Series.

1828 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,500.00
47 Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967).

Two Autograph Manuscripts Signed, including: Autograph Manuscript Signed ("Siegfried Sassoon"),

 n.d., USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,375.00
165

THE ALCORAN OF MAHOMET, TRANSLATED OUT OF ARABICK INTO FRENCH… AND NEWLY ENGLISED.

 1688 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
41 Hemingway, Ernest.

Typed Letter Signed ("Ernest Hemingway") with long autograph postscript, 1 p, 4to.

 1934 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
46 Keller, Helen (1880-1968.)

Typed Letter Signed, 1 p., 4to,

 1936 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,250.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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