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Auction Name Books-on-Books, Limited Editions, 17th Century, etc. Total Sales (USD) 6,709.25
Auction Date February 03, 2019 - February 03, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,470.00
Sale Number #20319 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 21,300.00
Total Lots 92
Sold Lots 92 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 9,470.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 21,300.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 31.50%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6062 Arnold Wood

A Bibliography of "The Complete Angler" of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. Being a Chronologically Arranged List of the Several Editions and Reprints, from the First Edition MDCLIII Until the Year MCM

 1900 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 381.88
6085 Joseph Ames

Typographical Antiquities; Or the History of Printing in England Scotland and Ireland: Containing Memoirs of Our Ancient Printers, and a Register of the Books Printed by Them. Begun by the Late Joseph Ames, F. R. & A. SS. Considerably Augmented by Wil

 1810 USD 200.00 - 350.00 USD 235.00
6001 John Addington Symonds

Renaissance in Italy

 1898-1901 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 205.63
6065 D. Ludovici de Gand

Parallelum Olivae nec non Olivarii Serenissimi, Celsissimi, Potentissimique Angliae, Scotiae, Hyberniaeque Dei Gratia Protectoris, etc.

 1656 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 205.63
6063 Marc Antoine Muret

Orationum M. Antonii Muretii C.

 1681 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 176.25
6002 M. L. Parrish

Victorian Lady Novelists: George Eliot, Mrs. Gaskell, The Bronte Sisters; First Editions in the Library at Dormy House, Pine Valley, New Jersey, Described, with Notes

 1933 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 152.75
6023 William Shakespeare

The Works of William Shakespeare

1881 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 152.75
6073 William Blake

Songs of Innocence

 1954 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 152.75
6067 George Vertue

A Catalogue of Engravers, Who Have Been Born, or Resided in England; Digested by Mr. Horace Walpole from the MSS. of Mr. George Vertue; To Which is Added an Account of the Life and Works of the Latter

 1782 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 141.00
6086 Uncredited<b>Editor: George N. Colby

Atlas of the State of Maine, Including Statistics and Descriptions of Its History, Educational System, Geology, Rail Roads, Natural Resources, Summer Resorts and Manufacturing Interests, Compiled and Drawn from Official Plans and Actual Surveys

 1884 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 141.00
6019

2V Aron Freimann UNION CATALOG OF HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 129.25
6025

5V US Reference HISTORY OF MAPS OF NORTH AMERICA USA

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 129.25
6059 Camille Enlart

L'Art Gothique en France: L'Architecture et la Decoration

 1913-1925 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 129.25
6070

6V HISTORY OF HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS Jewish Illuminated

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 129.25
6082 Leon H. Vincent<b>Editor: William Harris Arnold

A Record of Books & Letters, Collected by William Harris Arnold, with an Essay on The Collector's Point of View by Leon H. Vincent

 1901 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 129.25
6069 Gregorio Leti

Il Nipotismo di Roma: or, the History of the Popes Nephews From the time of Sixtus the IV. to the Death of the last Pope Alexander the VII.

 1669 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 117.50
6033

8V Science Reference HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6039 <b>Editor: George A. Smith

The Illustrated History of Rome [From the Founding of the city by Romulus, 753 B.C. , to the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks, 1456 A.D.]

 1884 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 105.75
6049 William Murrell

A History of American Graphic Humor

 1933/1938 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6055 uncredited<b>Editor: David C. Jolly

Maps of America in Periodicals Before 1800

 1989 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6064

6V Asian Studies & Reference HISTORY OF ASIAN BOOKS &

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6076 Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Conduct of Life

 1904 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 105.75
6015 Sidney Lee

Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies

 1902 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 94.00
6028 Uncredited

All Around the World: An Illustrated Record of Voyages, Travels and Adventures in All Parts of the Globe

 c1880 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 94.00
6089

6V AMERICAN BOOKS-ON-BOOKS & LITERARY HISTORY

 USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 94.00
  • 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
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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