New England Book Auctions: A Fine Fall Miscellany
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | A Fine Fall Miscellany | Total Sales (USD) | 37,008.00 |
| Auction Date | October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #543 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 213 | ||
| Sold Lots | 179.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.04% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166 | Third Congress of the United States at the First Session...An Act to Establish the Post-Office and Post-Roads. |
1794-95 | Not Available | USD 2,700.00 | |
| 33 | California. Group of 9 volumes of the Laws of California, as listed below. |
vd | Not Available | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 13 | Flight. A Journal Devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport. |
1909-1913 | Not Available | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 209 | Webster, Noah. | An American Dictionary of the English Language. |
1828 | Not Available | USD 1,200.00 |
| 117 | Johnson, Samuel. | A Dictionary of the English Language...Third Edition. |
1765 | Not Available | USD 1,020.00 |
| 178 | Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]. | The Cat in the Hat. |
1957 | Not Available | USD 960.00 |
| 119 | Herzl, Theodor. | The Jewish State. An Attempt at a Modern Solution of the Jewish Question. |
1904 | Not Available | USD 900.00 |
| 1 | A Balloon View of London. |
1851 | Not Available | USD 840.00 | |
| 27 | Boer War. |
1900 | Not Available | USD 780.00 | |
| 141 | Maxwell, James Clerk. | A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. |
1881 | Not Available | USD 780.00 |
| 14 | Babbage, Charles. | The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment. |
1837 | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 41 | Cary, John. | Survey of the High Roads from London. |
1790 | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 140 | John Varley, O.W.S. | Original watercolor on paper. |
1839 | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 15 | Babbage, Charles. | The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. A Fragment. |
1838 | Not Available | USD 540.00 |
| 49 | Fenelon, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe. | Little Tales. Group of 4 volumes. |
Circa1870s | Not Available | USD 540.00 |
| 12 | Architecture. |
Circa1894 | Not Available | USD 510.00 | |
| 171 | Robinson, W. Heath. | Tommelise. |
Circa1900 | Not Available | USD 510.00 |
| 17 | Baudelaire, Charles. | Pieces Condamnees. |
1933 | Not Available | USD 480.00 |
| 169 | Prison Log. Name log for several prisons in New York, including Sing Sing, Comstock, Auburn and Clinton. |
1890s-1910s | Not Available | USD 480.00 | |
| 180 | Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Geisel]. | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 4to, original color pictorial boards, dust jacket (hand-soiled, front scratched); moderate wear |
1957 | Not Available | USD 480.00 |
| 146 | Mitchell, S. Augustus. | Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or United States of America. |
1846 | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 68 | (Drian). | Contes de Perrault. |
1922 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 114 | James, Henry. | A London Life The Patagonia The Liar Mrs. Temperly. |
1889 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 145 | Miro, Joan. | Cartones 1959-1965. |
1965 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 210 | (Wheeler, Monroe). | (Wheeler, Monroe). Group of 3 booklets, as listed below. |
vd | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
