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Source Title	Catalogue of the Magnificant Library of the Late Hon. Henry C. Murphy.....
Description	Mr. Murphy was born in Brooklyn in 1810 and departed this mortal coil in 1882. His books, that brought him comfort in life, returned cash to his family two years later. In life, he was a politician who became mayor of Brooklyn and later a congressman twice with a defeat in between. In 1852 he was a serious candidate for president until people remembered he was Irish. He then served as United States Minister to Holland continuously until Abraham Lincoln recalled him. He then went to Albany as a State Senator. As a book collector he was exceptional. His library was complex and complete to the point of obsession but it was the age to obsess and he did so very effectively. It is no longer possible to do what he did. In his time he saw the opportunity and made the most of it. That chance will not come again.
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Total Records in AED	3307

<center>Forum Auctions A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library 15th June 2023

Forum, June 15: Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power of a Common-Wealth, first edition, first issue, 1651. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, June 15: [Burton (Robert)] "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, first edition, Oxford, Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, 1621. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, June 15: Fletcher (Giles). Of the Russe Common Wealth, first edition, Printed by T[homas] D[awson] for Thomas Charde, 1591. £7,000 to £10,000.

<center>Forum Auctions A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library 15th June 2023

Forum, June 15: Shakespeare source book.- Fraunce (Abraham). The Lawiers Logike, exemplifying the praecepts of Logike by the practise of the common Lawe, first edition, 1588. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, June 15: Fireworks.- Babington (John.) Pyrotechnia or, A discourse of artificiall fire-works…, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, Thomas Harper for Ralph Mab, 1635. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, June 15: Gardening.- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)]. The French Gardiner instructing how to cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees and Herbs for the Garden, translated by John Evelyn, third edition, 1675. £3,500 to £4,500.

<center>Forum Auctions A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library 15th June 2023

Forum, June 15: Witchcraft.- F. (H.) A true and exact Relation Of the severall Informations, Examinations, and Confessions of the late Witches…, first edition, 1645. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, June 15: Science.- Boyle (Robert). The Origine of Formes and Qualities (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy), first edition, Oxford, H. Hall for Ric: Davis, 1666. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, June 15: Massinger (Philip). The Unnaturall Combat. A Tragedie, first edition, Printed by E.G. for John Waterson, 1639. £2,000 to £3,000.

<center>Forum Auctions A fourth selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library 15th June 2023

Forum, June 15: Plastic Surgery.- Read (Alexander). Chirurgorum Comes: or the Whole Practice of Chirurgery, first edition, Printed by Edw. Jones, for Christopher Wilkinson, 1687. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, June 15: Hall (Edward). The Union of the two noble and illustre famelies of Lancaster & Yorke…, [by Richard Grafton], 1550. £2,200 to £2,500.

Forum, June 15: Cosmetics.- Jeamson (Thomas). Artificiall Embellishments. Or Arts Best Directions How to Preserve Beauty or Procure it, first edition, Oxford, Printed by William Hall, 1665. £1,000 to £1,500.
<center>Sotheby's The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection 26 May - 12 June

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "Cool Hand Luke" | Paul Newman Academy Award® Nomination Plaque. USD$2500 - $3500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "Hud" | Bound presentation script incorporating photographic stills. USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "The Long, Hot Summer" | Movie Poster. USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: Joseph Heller | "Catch-22," inscribed to Woodward & Newman by author. USD$500 - $800

<center>Sotheby's The Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman Collection 26 May - 12 June

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: George H. W. Bush | Typed Letter Signed, Issuing a "Pardon" to Paul Newman. USD$1500 - $2000

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: William Jefferson Clinton | Inscribed Color Photograph. USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: Ken Kesey | Typed letter to “Paulnewman,” asking for further compensation for "Sometimes a Great Notion". USD$1000 - $1500

Sotheby’s, May 26 – Jun. 12: "They Might Be Giants" | Costume sketches by Edith Head. USD$1000 - $2000
<center>Swann Auction Galleries Focus On Women: At Auction June 1, 2023

Swann June 1: Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, first edition, Boston, 1850. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann June 1: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, London, 1817. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann June 1: Cindy Sherman, Secretary, gelatin silver print, 1978; printed 1993. $6,000 to $8,000.

Swann June 1: Fanny Stevenson, Archive of Photographs & Letters, 1866-1904. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann June 1: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Forerunner, Volumes I-VII; Family Association Set; Four Volumes Signed or Inscribed by the Author, New York, 1909-16. $3,000 to $5,000.

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