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Auction Name Fine Books and Manuscripts - Online - Bidstart 6/25 Total Sales (USD) 364,201.50
Auction Date July 08, 2020 - July 08, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 240,900.00
Sale Number #26075 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 366,700.00
Total Lots 141
Sold Lots 86 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 417,300.00
% of Lots Sold 60.99% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 627,600.00
Unsold Lots 55 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 58.03%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
81 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.

Macbeth: A Tragedy. Acted at the Dukes-Theatre.

 1673 USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 USD 75,075.00
37 ROBERTS, DAVID. 1796-1864.

Egypt and Nubia from Drawings Made on the Spot ... with Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon.

 1846-9 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 25,075.00
103 BOSQUI, EDWARD. 1832-1917.

Memoirs.

1904 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 21,325.00
21 BRUNUS ARETINUS, LEONARDUS. 1369-1444.

De bello Italico adversus Gothos gesto.

1471 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,075.00
34 HILL, JOHN. 1716-1775.

Compleat Body of Gardening.

 1757 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,075.00
106 CALIFORNIA MISSIONS: 1787. CHARLES III OF SPAIN. 1716-1788.

El Rey. Por quanto por Don Fray Antonio de los Reyes, Obispo de Sonora, y Don Felipe de Neve . . . se me ha representado . . . lo ocurrido acerca de la ereccion de la Custodia de San Gabriel, y arreglo de las Misiones de Californias....

1787 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 15,075.00
120 MUYBRIDGE, EADWEARD. 1830-1904.

Panorama of San Francisco, from California-St. Hill.

1877 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 15,075.00
5

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH THREE IMPRESSIVE INITIALS FROM A BIBLE.

 c. 1300. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,075.00
128 VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878.

Presentation Keepsake Book, signed ("Edward Vischer") twice, San Francisco, Christmas, 1875, to Mrs. William Hayes Hilton,

 1875 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,825.00
61

VINGTIEME SIECLE. A complete set of the second series of Vingtieme Siecle (XXe Siecle), together with all fourteen special numbers,

1951-1985 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,200.00
133 HAYEK, FRIEDRICH AUGUST. 1899-1992.

Autograph Manuscript, "Discipline of Civilisation," 3 pp, ink on lined paper, 250 x 180 mm,

1978? USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,575.00
27 MARLIANUS, JOANNES BARTHOLOMAEUS. 1490-1560?.

Miscellanea theologica. Illuminated Latin manuscript on vellum,

15th century USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,075.00
72 DICTIONARIES.

PHILLIPS, EDWARD. 1630-1696. The New World of English Words: or, a General Dictionary....

 1658 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,825.00
102 ADAMS, HANNAH. 1755-1831. ADAMS, THOMAS "BOOK". 1725-1812.

Daubuz, Charles. A Perpetual Commentary On The Revelation Of St. John.

 1720 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,825.00
90 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.

Works. [The Vale Shakespeare].

 1900-1903 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,450.00
11

MINIATURE OF THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN.

 c. 1450. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,825.00
99 WOOLF, VIRGINIA. 1882-1941.

To The Lighthouse.

1927 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,825.00
101 WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM. 1770-1850.

Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems.

 1800 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,825.00
138

NIXON'S IMPEACHMENT & WATERGATE. Group of materials relating to the impeachment and pardon of Richard Nixon.

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,825.00
82 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1654-1616.

The?Tempest, or the Enchanted?Island. A comedy as it is now acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre. Adapted by Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) and John Dryden (1631-1700).

 1676 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,570.00
87 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. 1564-1616.

The Tempest. Or the Enchanted Island, a Comedy.

 1690 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,570.00
64 BYRON, GEORGE GORDON NOEL, LORD. 1788-1824.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Byron") to Lady Holland, "I am very conscious 'of being indebted to you,' and always shall be," 2 pp, bifolium, 8vo, December 29th, 1815

 1815 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,187.50
104 BROWN, JAMES S. 1828-c.1900.

California Gold. An Authentic History of the First Find, with the Names of Those Interested in the Discovery.

1894 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,187.50
110 EMPEROR NORTON. c.1818-1880.

Photograph signed ("Norton I"), albumen print carte-de-visite, 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches on 4 3/16 x 2 1/2 inch mount, full-length portrait of Norton by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, c.1864

 c.1864 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,187.50
67 CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. 1343-1400.

The Workes of our Ancient and lerned English Poet....

 1602 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,805.00
  • 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.
  • 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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