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Auction Name Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts including Americana Total Sales (USD) 3,478,750.00
Auction Date June 12, 2019 - June 12, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 2,285,400.00
Sale Number #17037 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 3,337,300.00
Total Lots 232
Sold Lots 155 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 3,069,900.00
% of Lots Sold 66.81% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 4,506,700.00
Unsold Lots 77 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 77.19%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
25 CRICK, Francis H.C. (1916-2004) and WATSON, James D. (b.1928).

Galley proof signed ("Francis Crick" and "James D. Watson") with two annotations. "Molecular structure of nucleic acids: A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid." Nature 171 (1953): 737-738. One galley page, 570 x 153mm (repaired at fold, old pin holes

 USD 180,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD 350,000.00
209 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) – French.

An 18k gold key-wound quarter repeating open-face pocket watch with metal guilloche dial Roman hour markers and spade hands.

 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 250,000.00
182 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893) – MAXIMILIAN ZU WIED-NEUWIED, Prince Alexander (1782-1867).

Voyage dans l’intérieur de l’Amérique du Nord executé pendant les années 1832, 1833, et 1834.

 1840-1843. USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 187,500.00
108 FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790).

Letter signed ("B. Franklin") to Henry Home, Lord Kames ("My Dear Lord"), London 11 April 1767. Seven pages, 325 x 203mm, with the date additionally in Franklin's hand (fold separations neatly repaired, lightly toned in spots).

 1767 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 106,250.00
16 BLOCH, Marcus Elieser (1723-1799).

Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere des poissons.

 1785-97. USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 100,000.00
126 WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799).

Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington") as President to Major General Daniel Morgan (1736-1802), Carlisle, [Pennsylvania] 8 October 1794.

 1794 USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD 100,000.00
37 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Paul Epstein, Princeton, n.d., but before November 1945.

 1945 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 93,750.00
112 JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826).

Autograph letter to John Page, Philadelphia, 30 July 1776.

 1776 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 85,000.00
38 EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955).

Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein") to Paul Epstein, Princeton, 8 November 1945.

 1945 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 81,250.00
144 LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865).

Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, to Major General John Charles Frémont, Washington, 21 December 1861.

 1861 USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD 81,250.00
132 ADAMS, John (1735-1826)

Autograph letter signed ("J. Adams") to Benjamin Rush, Quincy, 23 June 1807.

 1807 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 75,000.00
163 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910).

Autograph letter signed twice ("Samuel L. Clemens" and "S.L.C."), including an autograph post-script signed from Livy L. Clemens ("Livy L. Clemens"), to Dr John Brown, Quarry Farm, near Elmira, New York, 4 September 1874.

 1874 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 75,000.00
192

REVOLUTIONARY WAR – The Uniform of the Several Regiments of Foot in his Majesty’s Service

 1771 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 75,000.00
157 LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870).

Manuscript document signed ("R E Lee, Genl."), as Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, comprising his GENERAL ORDER NO. 9, the body of the text in the cursive hand of an unidentified Aide-de-Camp, "Headquarters, Army of Northern. Virginia." [near A

 1865 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 60,000.00
83 HODGES, William (1744-1797).

Select Views in India.

 1786-87. USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 USD 52,500.00
137 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849).

Autograph letter signed ("Edgar A. Poe") to Nicholas Biddle, Philadelphia, 6 January 1841.

 1841 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 52,500.00
211 SALINGER, Jerome D. (1919-2010).

An archive of 14 typed and 1 autograph letters signed ("J," "Jerry," and "JDS") to Robin Biffle, most from Windsor, Vermont, 1975-81.

 1975-81. USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 50,000.00
110 FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790).

Autograph letter signed ("B. Franklin") to Henry Home, Lord Kames, London, 21 February 1769.

 1769 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 43,750.00
200 FITZGERALD, F. Scott (1896-1940).

The Great Gatsby

 1925 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 43,750.00
103

Benjamin Franklin to Lord Kames, 1760 - 1775.

 1760 - 1775. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 40,000.00
98 CORTÉS, Hernán (1485-1547), and GUZM"N, Nuño de (c. 1485-1558).

Letter signed ("Fernando Cortes" with double rubric) to García de Llerena in Santiesteban del Puerto, Tenochtitlán, 12 June 1527.

 1527 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
179 REAGAN, Ronald (1911-2004).

Autograph letter signed ("Dad") to Patricia Davis, [n.p.] 25 November 1990.

 1990 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
185 COOK, James (1728-1779).

Document signed ("Jas Cook") as Master of the H.M.S. Pembroke, [Quebec] 15 June 1759.

 1759 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 37,500.00
8 LASSO DE LA VEGA, Gabriel (1558-1615).

Primera parte de Cortes valeroso, y Mexicana.

 1588 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 35,000.00
20 KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630).

Nova stereometria doliorum vinariorum.

 1615 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 32,500.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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