Auction Reports
New England Book Auctions
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Fine Bindings Literaure Illustrated, Including Selections from Austin Abey Rare Books
- Auction Date
- 02/24/2026 - 02/24/2026
- Sale Number
- #548
- Total Lots
- 222
- Sold Lots
- 216.0
- Lots Sold
- 97.30%
- Unsold Lots
- 6
- Total Sales (USD)
- 75,804.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 36,540.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 54,010.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 38,245.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 56,480.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 134.21%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Winter, William | Binding. Shakespeare's England |
1894 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,700.00 |
| 224 | Wilde, Oscar | Poems |
1881 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 3,300.00 |
| 13 | Patmore, Coventry | Art Nouveau Binding. The Angel in the House |
1908 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 99 | Guild of Women Binders. The Book of Common Prayer |
Circa 1900 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,160.00 | |
| 178 | Roycroft | Curtis, George William |
1892 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 73 | Eliot, George | Group of 9 volumes, as listed below |
vd | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 16 | Berger, Oscar | Massive archive of original art, photographs and related ephemera from the artist's collection |
20thcentury | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 102 | Haberly, Loyd | The Keeper of the Doves A Tale of Notley Abbey |
1932 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 220 | (Whitman, Sarah Wyman) | Group of 16 volumes |
vd | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 14 | Austen, Jane | The Novels |
1898 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
| 37 | Bronte, Charlotte, Emily & Anne | The Novels |
1905 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 1,020.00 |
| 60 | Decorative Bindings. Group of 16 volumes |
vd | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 900.00 | |
| 145 | Manuscript. [Milton]. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity |
nd | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 900.00 | |
| 43 | Carter, Mary E. | Millionaire Households |
1903 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 6 | Andersen, Hans Christian | Group of over 170 volumes |
vd | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 189 | Shaw, Charles G. | Nightlife |
1931 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 78 | [Ferguson, Samuel] | Extra-Illustrated. Father Tom and the Pope; or A Night at the Vatican |
1861 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 66 | Decorative Bindings. Group of 18 volumes |
vd | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 | |
| 25 | Rogers, Samuel | Bindings. Italy * ditto. Poems |
1830; 1834 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 51 | Crane, Stephen | The Open Boat |
1898 | USD 75.00 - 100.00 | USD 660.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.