Auction Reports

New England Book Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Books & Ephemera
Auction Date
02/17/2026 - 02/17/2026
Sale Number
#60
Total Lots
214
Sold Lots
213.0
Lots Sold
99.53%
Unsold Lots
1
Total Sales (USD)
24,228.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
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
9

Pop-Ups. Group of 11, as listed below.

1960s Not Available USD 720.00
30

Cartography. Group of 11 engraved maps, mostly from Tindal's Continuation of Rapins History.

18th-century Not Available USD 660.00
72 Dante Alighieri.

The Divine Comedy. Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

1867 Not Available USD 570.00
88

Bindings. Group of 12 18th & 19th Century American Imprints.

vd Not Available USD 540.00
191

Occult. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam.

1880 Not Available USD 510.00
193 Jasper, Theodore.

Studer's Popular Ornithology. The Birds of North America: Drawn and Colored From Life by Theodore Jasper.

1878 Not Available USD 450.00
164

Middle-East. Group of 5 Titles.

vd Not Available USD 420.00
180

Travel. Group of 15 volumes.

vd Not Available USD 390.00
64

Colton's Octavo Atlas of the World.

1865 Not Available USD 390.00
186

A Gazetteer of the World or Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge.

1856 Not Available USD 390.00
25

Fine Miscellany. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below.

vd Not Available USD 360.00
200 Colonel John Laurens.

The Army Correspondence of colonel John Laurens in The Years 1777-8.

1867 Not Available USD 360.00
7 Poe, Edgar Allan.

Graham's Magazine. Volumes 20-21 bound in 1 volume.

1842 Not Available USD 330.00
26 Prescott, William C.

Report...on the Uncle Same Sr. and Gold Canon Silver Mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada.

1866 Not Available USD 330.00
97

Railroad. The Santa Fe Trail 29 Issues.

1892 Not Available USD 330.00
124

Bible. The Holy Bible.

1796 Not Available USD 300.00
106

British Essayists...New Edition.

1880 Not Available USD 300.00
8

Natural History. Group of 4 volumes, as listed below.

vd Not Available USD 270.00
15

Cooking. Ancient Cookery. From a Ms. in the Library of the Royal Society, Arundel Collection, n.

1790 Not Available USD 270.00
28

Grandville. Un Autre Monde.

1844 Not Available USD 270.00

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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000