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Auction Name Fine Books and Ephemera - bidstart 9/7 Total Sales (USD) 17,022.00
Auction Date September 14, 2021 - September 14, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #7 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 175
Sold Lots 168 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 96.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97 L'Engle, Madeleine.

A Wrinkle In Time By Madeleine L'Engle. (2) SBS Paperback First Printings. One Is Signed.

 1970 Not Available USD 1,140.00
86

Ephemera. Receipts And Bill Heads. Most Are 19th Century.

 Vd Not Available USD 510.00
17 Rogers, Bruce.

(6) Volumes Designed By Bruce Rogers. Ponkapog Papers By Aldrich. (1903). * Ethan Frome By Wharton. (1922). * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 480.00
64 Ramsay, David.

The History Of The American Revolution By David Ramsay. (2) Volumes. First Edition.

 1789 Not Available USD 450.00
84

Album of over 20 letters (most typed), notes or photographs from various persons of note. Most 1 page. Various sizes; most light wear. Variously signed or with facsimile signatures.

 vd Not Available USD 420.00
23 Way & Williams.

(11) Volumes Published By Way & Williams. The Story Of Ab By Waterloo. (1891). * Song Favors By Dalmon. (1895). * The Colour Of Life By Meynell. (1896). * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 390.00
8

(5) Nazi Cigarette Card Albums. (1930's)

 Vd Not Available USD 360.00
95 L'Engle, Madeleine.

A Wrinkle In Time By Madeleine L'Engle. First Printing Second State With Newberry Medal On Dust Jacket And Front Board Of Book.

 1962 Not Available USD 360.00
175 Children's.

(6) Volumes Of My Book House. In A Wooden "My Book House". * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 330.00
38

New Hampshire Ephemera. Manuscript Letters. * Fair Programs. * Menus. * Pamphlets. * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 270.00
144

(6) Children's Volumes. Kiddie Rhymes By Hayes. * Let Them Live By Lathrop. Signed. (1951). * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 270.00
149

World's Columbian Exposition Art And Architecture. (3) Volumes. Full Leather.

 1893 Not Available USD 270.00
5 Merrymount Press.

(17) Volumes Of Merrymount Press.

Vd Not Available USD 240.00
1

Group of almost 200 cabinet cards. Most 4-1/4 x 6-1/2 inches; most moderate wear.

 Not Available USD 228.00
90 Lovell, Robert.

A Complete Herbal By Robert Lovell. One Leaf In Facsimile. Several Torn With Loss. Full Leather.

 1659 Not Available USD 228.00
96 L'Engle, Madeleine.

Camilla By Madeleine L'Engle. First Printing. 3/4 Leather.

 1965 Not Available USD 216.00
118

(7) Limited Editions. The Prince Who did Not Exist By Warren. (1900). * The Fall Of The House Of Usher By Poe. (1931). * The Psalter. (1927). * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 216.00
37

45's, Rock, Popular, Jazz & Country. (100+) Records.

 Vd Not Available USD 204.00
81 Sayers, Dorthey L..

The Unpleasantness At The Bellona Club By Dorothy L. Sayers. First Edition Spine Detached.

 1928 Not Available USD 204.00
48

Massachusetts Ephemera. Pamphlets. * Business Cards. * Stock. * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 192.00
85

Watts. Divine Songs Attempted in Easy Language for the use of Children * Jones. Memoirs of the Life and Experience. 12mo or 8vo respectively, contemporary wallpaper covers; some soiling, margin stains or tears, etc., etc.

1802; 1807 Not Available USD 192.00
11

Mounted 19th And Early 20th Century Large Format Photographs.

 Vd Not Available USD 168.00
13

Granville Archive Of Photos, with some negatives & Letter Concerning The "Zeta" Aircraft In 1946. * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 168.00
51

Travel Maps. * Brochures. * Railroad. * Etc.

 Vd Not Available USD 168.00
67

(40+) Menus.

 Vd Not Available USD 168.00
  • 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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