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Morton Subastas: Antiquarian and Contemporary Books

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Auction Name Antiquarian and Contemporary Books Total Sales (MXN) 767,880.00
Auction Date February 23, 2021 - February 23, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 702,000.00
Sale Number #1008 High Estimate of Lots Sold (MXN) 895,000.00
Total Lots 250
Sold Lots 88 Low Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 2,237,500.00
% of Lots Sold 35.20% High Estimate of All Lots (MXN) 2,881,000.00
Unsold Lots 162 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
23 Varios Autores.

Apuntes para la Historia de la Guerra entre México y los Estados Unidos.

1848 MXN 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 MXN 60,000.00
2 Kingsborough, Edward.

Antiquities of Mexico: Comprising Fac-similes of Ancient Mexican Paintings and Hieroglyphics.

1848 MXN 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 MXN 48,000.00
105 Nebrija, Antonio.

Habes in Hoc Volumine Amice Lector Aelii Antonii Nebriss. Rerum a Fernando & Elisabe Hispaniaru[m] Faelicissimis Regibus Gestarum Decades Duas, Nec no[n] Belli Navariensis Libros Duos. Annexa Insuper Archiepi Roderici Chronica, Aliisq[ue] Historijs Anteha

 1545 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 38,400.00
226 Palafox y Mendoza, Juan de.

Historia Real Sagrada. Luz de Príncipes y Súbditos. Injusticias que Intervinieron en la Muerte de Christo Bien Nuestro.

1661 MXN 30,000.00 - 35,000.00 MXN 33,600.00
111

Anales Eclesiásticos y Seglares de la M. N. y M. L. Ciudad de Sevilla.

 1747 MXN 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 MXN 30,000.00
4 Clavigero, Francesco Saverio.

The History of Mexico.

1806 MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 19,200.00
178 Vega Carpio, Lope Félix de.

Colección de Obras Sueltas, Assi en Prosa, como en Verso.

1776 - 1779. MXN 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
202 Ward, Henry George.

México in 1827.

1828 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 18,000.00
69

Guía de la Ciudad de México, Breve Guía Ilustrada.

1906 MXN 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 MXN 15,600.00
133 Junta Directiva del Desagüe y Saneamiento.

Memoria sobre las Obras de Desagüe del Valle y el Saneamiento de la Ciudad de México: Noviembre 1º de 1896.

1896 MXN 16,000.00 - 20,000.00 MXN 14,400.00
21 Stevens, Isaac I.

Campaigns of the Rio Grande and of Mexico. With Notices of the Recent Work of Major Ripley.

1851 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
181 Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm.

Essais de Théodicée sur la Bonté de Dieu, la Liberté de l’Homme et l’Origine du Mal.

1714 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
240 Landesio, Eugenio.

Cimientos del Artista, Dibujante y Pintor.

1866 MXN 12,000.00 - 14,000.00 MXN 12,000.00
73

México y las Colonias Extranjeras en el Centenario de la Independencia.

ca. 1910 MXN 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 MXN 11,400.00
205 Anónimo.

Plano de la Ciudad de México.

1600 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
216 Alvarez de Toledo, Gabriel.

Historia de la Iglesia, y del Mundo, que Contiene los Sucesos desde su Creación hasta el Diluvio.

1713 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 10,800.00
169

Lecturas Clásicas para Niños.

1924 - 1925. MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
198 Ober, Frederick A.

Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans.

1884 MXN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 MXN 10,200.00
18 Reid, Samuel C.

The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or The Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico 1846.

1860 MXN 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
29 Filisola, Vicente.

Memorias para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas. Por el Sr. General de División y actual Presidente del Supremo Tribunal de Guerra y Marina de la República.

1849 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
40 Alvensleben, Maximilian.

With Maximilian in Mexico from the Note - Book of a Mexican Officer.

1867 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
108 Ramos del Manzano, Francisco.

Respuesta de España al Tratado de Francia sobre las Pretensiones de la Reyna Christianissima.

1667 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
137 Salas López, F. E.

La Irrigación. Su Utilidad y Medios de Ejecutarla. Estudio Técnico - Descriptivo de Algunas de las Principales Construcciones para Retener y Distribuir el Agua.

1908 MXN 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
155 El Observador de la República Mexicana.

Periódico Semanario.

1827 MXN 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 MXN 9,600.00
93 Gil y Sáenz, Manuel.

Historia de Tabasco.

1892 MXN 9,000.00 - 11,000.00 MXN 9,000.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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    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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