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Auction Name Online Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 130,173.00
Auction Date July 21, 2022 - July 21, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 83,280.00
Sale Number #1137 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 135,310.00
Total Lots 492
Sold Lots 452 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 90,240.00
% of Lots Sold 91.87% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 146,700.00
Unsold Lots 40 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 88.73%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
54 MILLAR, Ken (“Ross MacDonald”) (1915–1983).

A group of 87 volumes, including: Archer at Large; The Goodbye Look; The Instant Other; Sleeping Beauty; and others;

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,640.00
144 [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. GALLAND, Antoine (1646–1715), translator.

Arabian Nights Entertainments: Consisting of One Thousand and One Stories…

1753–59. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,040.00
56

[MYSTERY]. A group of 119 volumes, including works by: Bruce Buckingham, George Harmon Coxe, William Campbell Gault, Anthony Gilbert, Chester Himes, and others.

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,000.00
235 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835–1910) (“Mark Twain”).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

1885 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
133 [ANGLING]. WALTON, Izaak and Charles Cotton.

The Complete Angler.

1837 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,560.00
273 [EXPLORATION]. STANLEY, Henry Morton (1841–1904)

In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria.

1890 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
223 CAMUS, Albert (1913–1960).

A group of 3 titles, including: The Stranger.

1946 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,440.00
238 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”) (1835–1910).

The Writings of Mark Twain.

1923–1925. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,440.00
137 [HUNTING]. BRYDEN, H.A., editor.

Great and Small Game of Africa.

1899 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,375.00
24

[DETECTIVE & MYSTERY]. A group of 44 titles by Laurence Block, Leslie Charters, James Cain, and Rex Stout, including: CAIN. Galatea.

1953 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,140.00
369 MATHER, Cotton (1663–1728).

Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New–England, from its First Planting in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord 1698.

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 1,125.00
246 CREWS, Harry (1935–2012).

A group of 12 volumes, including: Car.

1972 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,080.00
360

[LITERATURE]. A library of over 120 titles, including: RYDER, Arthur W. Twenty–Two Goblins.

1917 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,080.00
142 [SPORTING]. HOWLETT, Robert.

The School of Recreation; or, the Gentleman’s Tutor…

1710 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,020.00
69 WILLEFORD, Charles (1919–1988).

A group of 50 volumes, including: A Guide for the Undehemorrhoided self-published book with Willeford’s blindstamp on front free endpaper; The Way We Die Now; and others.

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
348

[LITERATURE]. A large library of paperback and hardcover volumes.

1950s–2000s. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 900.00
234 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne ("Mark Twain") (1835–1910).

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

1885 USD 900.00 - 1,100.00 USD 840.00
357

[LITERATURE]. A group of 30 modern titles, many signed, including: VIDAL, Gore. Creation.

1981 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 840.00
15 CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890–1976).

A group of 11 works, including: The Secret of Chimneys (1925); The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926, sixth printing); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1927); …

 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 812.50
23

[DETECTIVE & MYSTERY]. A group of 23 titles by S.S. Van Dine, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane, Ross Macdonald and others, including: VAN DINE. The Garden Murder Case.

1935 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 812.50
314 HEMINGWAY, Ernest.

A group of 5 first editions, including: Men Without Women.

1928 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
324

[HORROR – GHOSTS]. A group of 39 titles regarding ghosts, spiritualism and the supernatural, including: PHELPS, Elizabeth Stuart. Men, Women, and Ghosts.

1869 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 812.50
453

STEADMAN, Ralph. A group of 8 signed titles, including: The Grapes of Ralph.

1992 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
269

[EXPLORATION]. A group of 18 works related to Africa, including: BRYDEN, H. Anderson. Gun and Camera in Southern Africa.

1893 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
252

[DESIGN]. A group of 4 works on design and ornaments, including: PUGIN, A. Welby. Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume.

1868 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 750.00
  • 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
    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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