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New England Book Auctions: Justin Schiller Reference Collection with Select Children's Books Part I

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Auction Name Justin Schiller Reference Collection with Select Children's Books Part I Total Sales (USD) 61,362.00
Auction Date May 24, 2022 - May 24, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #504a High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 204
Sold Lots 197 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 96.57% 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
165 Sendak, Maurice.

Sendak, Maurice.

1971 Not Available USD 3,000.00
184 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

Typed Letter Signed, to Frank [Eggler].

1928 Not Available USD 3,000.00
23 Baum, L. Frank.

Group of 6 volumes, as listed below.

Circa 1920s-30s. Not Available USD 2,160.00
125

Magic. The Magic Magic Book.

1994 Not Available USD 1,680.00
20 Baum, L. Frank.

The Oz-Man Tales.

1920 Not Available USD 1,560.00
46 Burroughs, Edgar Rice.

The Son of Tarzan.

1917 Not Available USD 1,560.00
138 (Mosher, Thomas Bird).

The Bibelot.

1895-1915. Not Available USD 1,560.00
189 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

The Hungry Tiger of Oz.

1926 Not Available USD 1,320.00
86 [Godwin, William].

Fables Ancient and Modern.

1807 Not Available USD 1,200.00
190 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

Pirates in Oz.

1931 Not Available USD 1,200.00
49 Carroll, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland * Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.

1935 Not Available USD 1,140.00
130 Milne, A. A.

The House at Pooh Corner. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

-1928 Not Available USD 1,140.00
186 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

Typed Letter Signed, to Frank [Eggler].

1925 Not Available USD 1,140.00
181 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

The Lost King of Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill,

Circa 1925 Not Available USD 1,080.00
178 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

Autograph Letter Signed, to Frank [Eggler].

1928 Not Available USD 1,020.00
185 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

Typed Letter Signed, to Frank [Eggler].

1926 Not Available USD 960.00
188 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

The Giant Horse of Oz.

1928 Not Available USD 900.00
78 Field, W. B. Osgood.

Edward Lear on my Shelves.

1933 Not Available USD 840.00
129 Milne, A. A.

The House at Pooh Corner. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

1928 Not Available USD 840.00
144

Oziana.

vd. Not Available USD 780.00
191 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

The Cowardly Lion of Oz.

1923 Not Available USD 780.00
193 Tuer, Andrew M.

History of the Horn-Book.

1896 Not Available USD 780.00
179 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

Kabumpo in Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill,

Circa 1923 Not Available USD 720.00
180 Thompson, Ruth Plumly.

Grampa in Oz. Illustrated by John R. Neill,

1924 Not Available USD 720.00
131

Miniature Books.

Not Available USD 600.00
  • 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
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    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.
  • 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.
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