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Auction Name Antiquarian Books Total Sales (USD) 77,232.00
Auction Date December 02, 2021 - December 02, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 70,600.00
Sale Number #749 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 112,000.00
Total Lots 245
Sold Lots 163 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 113,900.00
% of Lots Sold 66.53% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 181,200.00
Unsold Lots 82 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 42.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
138

Collection of approximately 72 plays, all but one or two from the 18th century

 18th century USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,600.00
114 Bonaparte, Napoleon

Letter by Napoléon Bonaparte, Général en Chef de L'Armée d'Italie, to Général de Division Baraguey d'Hilliers

 1797 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,040.00
130 Bailey, Alice A.

Thirty-eight cloth-bound volumes by Alice A. Bailey

 Various dates USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,920.00
22

Complete set of William Pickering's printing of the historical Book of Common Prayer, as issued by the different English monarchs

 1844 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,800.00
125 Barrow, Isaac

Lectiones opticæ & geometricæ: in quibus phænomen?n opticorum genuinæ rationes investigantur, ac exponuntur: et generalia curvarum linearum symptomata declarantur

 1674 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,800.00
132 Mead, G.R.S., editor

Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis, Being a Translation of the Extant Sermons and Fragments of the Trismegistic Literature, with Prolegomena, Commentaries, and Notes

 1906 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,800.00
153 Shakespeare, William

The Tragedy of Cymbeline

 [1632] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,800.00
211

Le Bon Genre: A Selection of 100 Plates of the Famous "Gazette du Bon Genre"...from the years 1920, 1921, 1922

 [c. 1922] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,800.00
111 Morris, Richard, editor

The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

 1883 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,440.00
129 Bailey, Alice A.

The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect. A Paraphrase of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with commentary

 1927 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,440.00
12

[The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old and New Testament]; Barker's Geneva Bible

 1602 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,320.00
198 Malory, Thomas

The Birth Life and Acts of King Arthur of his Noble Knights of the Round Table their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte DArthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of the World of them All.

 [1893-1894] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,320.00
154 Smith, Alexander H.

Mushrooms in Their Natural Habitats

 1949 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,200.00
190 Evans, C.S.

The Sleeping Beauty

 [1920] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,200.00
128 Bailey, Alice A.

Letters on Occult Meditation Received and edited by Alice A. Bailey

 1922 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,140.00
158 Tagore, Rabindra Nath

Gitanjali (Song Offerings)

 1912 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,140.00
173 Barrie, J. M.

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

 1906 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,020.00
189 Evans, C.S.

Cinderella

 [1919] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,020.00
210

Spring and Summer 1919 - fabric swatch sample book and seasonal fashion guide for gentlemen

 1919 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 900.00
213

Lot of seven Tojiro Hasegawa imprints

 c. 1891-1906 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 900.00
24 Shanghai Mercury

The Boxer Rising: a History of the Boxer Trouble in China

 August, 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
32 Carmichael, Alexander

Carmina Gadelica

 [1983] USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 780.00
144 Richelieu, Armand Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de

The Political Will and Testament of the Great Minister of State Cardinal Duke de Richelieu; from whence Lewis XIV the Present French King has Taken his Measures and Maxims of Government

 1695 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
161 Thoreau, Henry David

Walden; Or, Life in the Woods

 1866 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
16

Six Leaves from circa 1613 King James Bible

 [ca. 1613] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
  • 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
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