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New England Book Auctions: Fine Books and Ephemera List

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Auction Name Fine Books and Ephemera List Total Sales (USD) 22,698.00
Auction Date December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #56 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 219
Sold Lots 212.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 96.80% 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
16

Exploration. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.

1855-60 Not Available USD 600.00
119

Gay & Feminist Posters. Group of 22 protest or commemorative posters. Between 22 x 17 and 17 x 11 inches; mostly moderate wear.

vd Not Available USD 540.00
144 Carroll, Lewis.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Sixteenth Thousand. Illustrations by John Tenniel.

1869 Not Available USD 540.00
78

Botanical. Strong. The American Flora, or History of Plants and Wild Flowers. Illustrated with color plates.. 4 volumes.

1851 Not Available USD 510.00
203 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.

Frankenstein Or the Modern Prometheus. Illustrated.

1897 Not Available USD 510.00
90

Occult. Spirit Slate Writing and Phenomena by William E. Robinson. 1st Edition.

1898 Not Available USD 420.00
156 Evelyn, John.

Sylva; Pomona, to which are appended Aphorisms Concerning Cider and Kalendarium Hortense.

1664 Not Available USD 420.00
44

Early Printing. Roman Missale. Latin text in red and black. Woodcut illustrations, musical notations.

Circa 1500 Not Available USD 390.00
70 De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. Fourth Edition. 2 volumes. Tall

1845 Not Available USD 390.00
87

Aviation. Over 180 Issues of Flight, Official Organ of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom. 1900's.

vd Not Available USD 390.00
34 Commodore M. C. Perry.

Narrative of The Expedition of an American Squadron to The China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy. Volume 2 only.

1856 Not Available USD 330.00
102 Burritt, Elijah H..

Atlas Designed to Illustrate The Geography of the Heavens.

1835 Not Available USD 330.00
147 Carroll, Lewis.

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Illustrations by John Tenniel.

1872 Not Available USD 330.00
184 Hamilton, Alexander.

The Works...comprising His Most Important Official Reports; an Improved Edition of the Federalist...Volumes I & III only.

1810 Not Available USD 330.00
188

Male Erotica. Group of 25 volumes. Photographs of the male nude.

1990s Not Available USD 300.00
29

Bookbinding. Cast Iron Book Press.

vd Not Available USD 270.00
66 Eastman, Mary H.

The American Aboriginal Portfolio. Engraved plates by S. Eastman (some with library stamp).

1853 Not Available USD 270.00
124

Dance of Death. Holbein, Hans. The Dance of Death. 2 portraits, 31 engraved plates by Hollar.

1814 Not Available USD 270.00
127 Twain, Mark.

Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated.

vd Not Available USD 270.00
8 James, Henry.

Collection of 26 volumes. Most

vd Not Available USD 240.00
41

Psychic or Paranormal. Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. First illustrated.

vd Not Available USD 240.00
71

Bindings. Novels. Edition Magnifique. Illustrations in 2 states. 31 (of 32) volumes.

Circa 1900 Not Available USD 240.00
168 Hill, John.

The Useful Family Herbal. New Edition. Full Leather.

1789 Not Available USD 240.00
56

Costumes. National Types and Costumes. 15 mounted albumen photographs.

1880s Not Available USD 228.00
92 Fabian, Stephen E.

The Tower of the Elephant. A Classic Fantasy Adventure Folio. The First Plate is SIGNED by Fabian. 1/1000. With 8 Plates and C.O.A.

1977 Not Available USD 228.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000