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Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps

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Auction Name Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps Total Sales (USD) 667,159.00
Auction Date October 13, 2022 - October 13, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 343,240.00
Sale Number #22bp02 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 533,950.00
Total Lots 226
Sold Lots 205 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 456,740.00
% of Lots Sold 90.71% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 701,350.00
Unsold Lots 21 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 95.13%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
16 DE SAINT HILAIRE, FELIX (French Spy) and OTHERS.

Archive of letters to Secretary at War James McHenry.

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 69,300.00
164 BEERBOHM, MAX

Autograph Manuscript for The Happy Hypocrite.

 Circa 1896 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 53,550.00
26 KENNEDY, JOHN F., as President; MARILYN MONROE; and many others.

The signed guest book and original photographs from the May 19th, 1962 reception held following President Kennedy's 45th Birthday Celebration at Madison Square Garden.

 1961-97, USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 31,500.00
194 TOLKIEN, J. R[OLAND]. R.[EUEL]

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

 1954-1954-1955. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 25,200.00
43 ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO

Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.

 1942 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 21,420.00
158 TWAIN, MARK [CLEMENS, SAMUEL]

The Writings.

 1899-1907. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 20,160.00
219 ROUAULT, GEORGES

Cirque de l'etoile filante. Eaux-fortes originales et dessins gravés sur bois de Georges Rouault.

 1938 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 20,160.00
146 DICKENS, CHARLES

The Works of Charles Dickens.

 1881-82. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,640.00
120 LOUIS VII, (the Younger), King of France 1137-1180

Charter signed with the royal sign-manual, dated Senlis 1177.

 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 12,600.00
116 [FREUD, SIGMUND] HALBERSTADT, MAX.

Photographic portrait of Sigmund Freud, signed in ink on the mount by the sitter ("Sigm. Freud") and dated 1925.

 1921 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,970.00
66 STAUNTON, GEORGE THOMAS.

An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China ... Taken chiefly from the Papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney.

 1797 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,710.00
96

An exceptionally interesting album of cartes des visites of diplomats stationed in Japan in the early 1860s, interspersed with CDV images of Japanese life.

 1862-1866. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 10,080.00
156 BOURIENNE, LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE.

The Life of Napoleon; HAZLITT, WILLIAM. Memoirs of Napoleon; MADAME JUNOT, Duchesse De D'abrantes. Memoirs.

 circa 1900. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,450.00
225 WYETH, ANDREW

A fine archive of correspondence items to Chadds Ford neighbors Helen and George Sipala, many with small drawings.

 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 9,450.00
4 CARROLL, CHARLES; CHASE, SAMUEL; PACA, WILLAM and OTHERS from MARYLAND

Document signed transmitting resolutions of the Town of Boston and urging Virginia to embargo exports and imports from Great Britain.

 25 May 1774. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,190.00
8

A 1950s autograph album with signatures collected by New York Times Education Editor Benjamin Fine for his daughter, including Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Jackie Robinson and many others.

 1950s USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,190.00
150 DILKE, [EMILIA FRANCIS], Lady.

French Painters of the XVIIIth Century.

 1899 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,190.00
123A

Extracted miniature from a French Romaunt or Chronicle.

 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,560.00
147 DICKENS, CHARLES

Autograph letter signed to Samuel Laman Blanchard, dated Fourth January 1844 from [1] Devonshire Terrace.

 1844 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,560.00
175 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

El Viejo y el Mar (The Old Man and the Sea).

 [1957]. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,560.00
179 JOYCE, JAMES

Finnegans Wake.

 1939 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,560.00
148 DICKENS, CHARLES

A Christmas carol, in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas. With illustrations by John Leech.

 1843 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,930.00
184 KIPLING, RUDYARD

The Jungle Book.

 1894 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 6,930.00
21 HEPBURN, KATHARINE

Fine archive of letters and materials sent to her Song of Love piano tutor, piano prodigy Laura Dubman.

 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,300.00
159 TWAIN, MARK [CLEMENS, SAMUEL]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).

 1876; 1885. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,300.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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