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Auction Name Rare Books, Maps and Prints - bistart 1/7 Total Sales (USD) 32,768.00
Auction Date January 14, 2021 - January 14, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 42,695.00
Sale Number #5 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,085.00
Total Lots 261
Sold Lots 124 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 91,680.00
% of Lots Sold 47.51% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 135,845.00
Unsold Lots 137 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 24.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
214 Thomas D'Arcy MORRIS

[India & South Africa] An original manuscript journal: life in Bombay, Poona, [etc.] during the latter days of E. I. Company rule

 1827-1835 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,000.00
48 Margaret, Alice & Mary LINDSAY

Original illustrated manuscript 'Dark Baron Rolf. or a romance of the Middle Ages...'

 1866 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,646.00
34 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Co.

[Latina Power Station, Italy]. A photograph album titled "Nuclear Power Station .... Photographic Record [of] Construction"

 [1958-1963] USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 1,500.00
67 Jane AUSTEN .

The Novels of Jane Austen [Winchester Edition.]

 1911-1912 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,155.00
12 Joseph FOX

The Natural History of the Human Teeth.

 1803 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 840.00
198 C. J. MAYNARD,

Conchology: oddities, rarities, private press and inscribed

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 630.00
182 Franz Hermann TROSCHEL

[GERMAN ] Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begru?ndung einer natu?rlichen Classification

 1856-1893 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 588.00
98 H.G. WELLS, Sir Alexander KORDA & William Cameron MENZIES

'Things To Come': a unique assemblage, put together by artist Norman H. Partridge, recording the film and the filming

 [c.1936-1960] USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 525.00
177 GERMAN AUTHORS; W. KOBELT; R. BERGH, et al.

(PALEONTOLOGY; CONCHOLOGY) Scholar's Shelf of 19th Century German Scientific Publications

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
183

[SCHOLAR'S SHELF] Large lot of 20th Century European Conchology & Related Books, Monographs, etc.

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 447.00
206

Large lot of Natural History & Conchology books and monographs

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 447.00
29 [Lorenzo Niles FOWLER ].

[Printing block: The Illustrated Phrenological Almanac 1854].

 [1853] USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 435.00
211 Charles EVANS .

Grand Panorama of London from the Thames. Extending [from the] New Houses of Parliament to Greenwich Hospital

 1849 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 420.00
247 DON SENICK; US MARINE CORPS PHOTOGRAPHERS

(PHOTO LOT) LARGE WWII DOCUMENTARY PHOTO LOT RECORDING THE BATTLE OF TARAWA, WITH CAPTIONS TO THE VERSO

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
104 Paul MORAND, Jean OBERLÉ

(Pochoir, FINE BINDING). Lewis et Ire?ne. Gravures a l'eau-forte de Jean Oberle?.

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 400.00
186 H. G. BRONN; H. SIMROTH, et al.

Their-Reichs Classification 1862-1955

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 400.00
192 Jesse Wedgewood MIGHELS; Richard L. JOHNSON; C. B. ADAMS

[AMERICANA] MIGHELS' CATALOGUE OF THE SHELLS OF MAINE; Description of twentyfour species of the Shells of New England

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 400.00
254 MUNSELL Co.

[DESIGN; ART] MUNSELL BOOK OF COLOR Cabinet Edition 2 binders 1958

 1958 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 378.00
23 Sir Ernest SHACKLETON & W. MCLEAN.

“Troopin’, Troopin’, Troopin’ to the Sea” “O.H.M.S.” An Illustrated Record of the voyage of the S.S. “Tintagel Castle”

 1900 USD 280.00 - 350.00 USD 376.00
213 William BLAKE;

Jerusalem. A Facsimile Of the Illuminated Book. Limited. Trianon, 1951

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 368.00
204 M. Ch. VELAIN

(ASSOCIATION COPY; ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION) Remarques au sujet de la faune des îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam (océan Indien)

 1878 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 348.00
219 Annie Wolcott CROOK

[Ants and other bugs] Collection of 12 original watercolor designs, possibly for postcards, 3 with related letters

 Various USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 331.00
13 After Jean-Antoine HOUDON .

Life-size cast of the head of George Washingon, aged 53, after or inspired by Houdin’s terra cotta bust of 1785.

 [?1948] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 315.00
45 Emma ROBERTS .

Portrait of Lady Jane Gray, liquid gold and body-color on vellum, with integral lettering ‘Ye Lady Jane / Graye [sic.]...'

 [c.1830-1860] USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 315.00
180 Adolf SCHMIDT; H. STREBEL; W. KOBELT

[SCHOLAR'S SHELF] Group of 19th and 20th Century European Conchology Books including Kobelt's Geographische with maps

 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 315.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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