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New England Book Auctions: First Editions Children's Illustrated Bindings
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| Auction Name | First Editions Children's Illustrated Bindings | Total Sales (USD) | 54,942.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 30, 2026 - June 30, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #553 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 215 | ||
| Sold Lots | 209.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 97.21% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 190 | Thoreau Henry David | The Writings |
1906 | Not Available | USD 3,900.00 |
| 192 | Tolstoy Leo | The Novels and Other Works |
1923 | Not Available | USD 3,900.00 |
| 22 | Bragenell Pierre | Douze Quatrains pour illustrer des Aquarelles |
1923 | Not Available | USD 2,700.00 |
| 145 | Ovid Publius Naso | Amores |
(1932) | Not Available | USD 1,680.00 |
| 88 | Hearn Lafcadio | Japanese Fairy Tales |
circa 1920s | Not Available | USD 1,560.00 |
| 120 | Lovecraft, H. P. | The Outsider and Others |
1939 | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 |
| 89 | Hemingway Ernest | 4 Books, including: Green Hills of Africa |
1935-1952 | Not Available | USD 1,080.00 |
| 33 | Carlyle Thomas | Works |
1897 | Not Available | USD 1,020.00 |
| 60 | Dickens Charles | Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress |
1838 | Not Available | USD 900.00 |
| 10 | Shakespeare William | The Works |
1902-05 | Not Available | USD 780.00 |
| 214 | Yeats William Butler | Early Poems and Stories |
1925 | Not Available | USD 780.00 |
| 58 | Dickens Charles | Christmas Books |
1846; 1845; 1848 | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 76 | Frost Robert | West-Running Brook |
1928 | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 101 | King Stephen | Prime Evil |
(1988) | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 212 | Yeats William Butler | Essays |
1924 | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 3 | Altsheler Joseph A | 34 Books, including: The Son of Saratoga |
1897-1941 | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 199 | Verne Jules | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas |
2012 | Not Available | USD 660.00 |
| 207 | Wolf Gustav | Life in Inanimate Objects |
20th-century | Not Available | USD 600.00 |
| 16 | Dickens Charles | The Works |
1881-82 | Not Available | USD 570.00 |
| 34 | Carroll Lewis | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass |
1938; 1935 | Not Available | USD 570.00 |
| 194 | Tudor Tasha | 11 Autograph notes or cards |
1990s-2001 | Not Available | USD 570.00 |
| 74 | Frost Robert | Complete Poems |
1949 | Not Available | USD 510.00 |
| 118 | Lovecraft, H. P. | Beyond the Wall of Sleep |
1943 | Not Available | USD 510.00 |
| 210 | Roberts Kenneth; Wyeth N C | Trending into Maine |
1938 | Not Available | USD 510.00 |
| 13 | Tallyrand Prince de | Memoirs of the Prince de Tallyrand |
Circa 1900 | Not Available | USD 480.00 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
