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Auction Name Fine Books and Manuscripts - Timed - Bidstart 4/4 Total Sales (USD) 37,626.00
Auction Date April 15, 2019 - April 15, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 38,875.00
Sale Number #41519 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 60,000.00
Total Lots 120
Sold Lots 91 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 49,175.00
% of Lots Sold 75.83% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 77,300.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.68%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

MID-15TH CENTURY CATALONIAN (?) BREVIARY, IN LATIN, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON PARCHMENT

ca. 1450 - 1475 USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,500.00
38 Carter, Richard.

VALUABLE VEGETABLE MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS, FOR THE CURE OF ALL NERVOUS AND PUTRID DISORDERS.

1815 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,920.00
69 Lambert, William.

A Collection of Precedents, Consisting of Proceedings and Decisions on Questions of Order and Appeals, in the House of Representatives;

1811 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,680.00
36 Harvey, Gideon.

A Theoretical and Chiefly Practical Treatise of Fevors

1674 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,440.00
107 Catlin, George.

CATLIN'S NOTES OF EIGHT YEARS' TRAVELS AND RESIDENCE IN EUROPE, WITH HIS NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN COLLECTION.

1848 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,440.00
23

ARMY REGISTER 1845-1850. NAVY REGISTER 1850.

1845-1850 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,200.00
12

RECEIPT FOR 9 BLANKETS FOR ARMY... OF... GENERAL WASHINGTON. JUNE 24, 1777.

1777 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,080.00
3

SPEECHES AND OTHER PASSAGES IN PARLIAMENT FEBRUARY 5, 1625 TO JUNE 14, 1626 - CALLIGRAPHIC HAND IN INK.

1625-1626 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,020.00
112 Hafen, Leroy R. and Ann W. (Editors).

THE FAR WEST AND THE ROCKIES 1820-1875:

1954-1961. USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,020.00
85

EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE OF OVER 50 ITEMS OF EPHEMERA, POSTCARDS, PHOTOS, WAR DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS, PASSPORT, AND MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ANNA WEIMAR OF APPLETON WISCONSIN DETAILING HER SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I AS A STENOGRAPHER WORKING WITH THE RED CROSS IN A MILITAR

1918-1919 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 960.00
89 Hefner, Hugh M.

THAT TODDLIN' TOWN: A ROWDY BURLESQUE OF CHICAGO MANNERS AND MORALS.

1951 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 900.00
65 Ellis, Asa.

THE COUNTRY DYER'S ASSISTANT.

1798 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 840.00
17

JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME GREETING:

1815 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
70 Stuart, Charles B.

The Naval and Mail Steamers of the United States. Illustrated with Thirty-Six Fine Engravings.

1853 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
114 (Harrington, Charles E. - text) Collier, John (photographer).

SUMMERING IN COLORADO.

1874 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 780.00
109 Newcomb, Franc J., Reichard, Gladys A.

SANDPAINTINGS OF THE NAVAJO SHOOTING CHANT.

1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 540.00
11 French-American, late 18th century.

A hand-colored lithograph after Coudert titled Washington et Rochambeau / Donnat les Derniers Orders pour l'Attaque d'York Town

late 18th century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 510.00
100

MAP OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK SHOWING THE LOCALITY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1856 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 510.00
118

3 VOLUMES "THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE," BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY BOARDS AND LEATHER - 8 1/2 BY 5 INCHES -- 1789-1792.

1789-1792. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 510.00
2

MANUSCRIPT LEAF TORAH - YEMAN cc 1500: EXODUS 34:23 - 36:25, FRAMED UNDER GLASS.

cc 1500 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 480.00
18

ORIGINAL 1818 LAND GRANT DOCUMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE AND COMMISSIONER JOSIAH MEIGS.

1818 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 480.00
5

Biblia, das ist: die gantze Heilige Schrifft daß Alten und Neuen Testaments :

1755 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 450.00
8

New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury.

1770 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 450.00
61 Fielding, Henry.

THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING, ESQ. EDITED WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY BY LESLIE STEPHEN. IN TEN VOLUMES.

1882 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 450.00
71 Vanderbilt, William K.

West Made East with the Loss of a Day: A Chronicle of the First Circumnavigation of the Globe Under the United States Naval Reserve Yacht Pennant. July 7, 1931 to March 4, 1932

1933 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 450.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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    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
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