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Source : Britwell Court 1916

Source Title	Americana from the Renowned Britwell Court Library...
Description	In the summer of 1916, the then owner of the Britwell Court Library, Mr. S. R. Christie-Miller, sent a small portion of his material to Messrs Sotheby in London to be catalogued for sale. It was a period of high competition and enthusiasm in the rare book business and both Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach and George D. Smith expressed interest in buying the collection privately. Mr. Smith, then acting on behalf of Henry E. Huntington, bought the entire catalogue contents for what is said to have been 40,000 pounds. Mr. Huntington soon after selected material from this group and sent the balance to auction At Anderson Galleries, in New York, as Sale No. 1269, "Selections and Duplicates, Part III From Mr. H. E. Huntington's Library - Extraordinary Collection of Americana - comprising the principal part of the famous Christie-Miller Collection.
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Total Records in AED	493

Bonhams, June 17: AN EXTRAORDINARILY FINE COPY OF “GULLIVER’S TRAVELS.” SWIFT, JONATHAN. 1667-1745. London: Benj. Motte, 1726. US$ 80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 17: PALAFOX Y MENDOXA, JUAN DE. 1600-1659. [Virtudes del Indio....] US$ 80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 17: ORIGINAL HARRY HOUDINI TYPED MANUSCRIPT. A Magician Among the Spirits. Autograph corrections by Houdini throughout, c.1923-1926. US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 17: FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF THE RARE HARDCOVER EDITION ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 17: FIRST APPEARANCE IN AMERICA OF MUSIC FOR "(AMERICA) MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE." LYON, JAMES. 1735–1794. Urania. Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1761. US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Cañon de Chelley, 1904. Oversized orotone, 17 x 22in in original Curtis Studio frame. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). 26 cyanotypes, featuring images of Cheyenne tribes from Volume VI of North American Indian, c.1907, made by Curtis in the field. US$ 30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). The Vanishing Race, 1904. Oversized orotone, 18 x 24in in original Curtis Studio frame. US$ 20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 30: EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952). Autograph Logs and Journals from his 1927 Alaska Expedition. US$ 7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 30: A ONE SHEET POSTER OF IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS. World Film Corporation, 1914. US$ 4,000 - 6,000
<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [CIVIL WAR] -- [SHERIDAN, Philip Henry]. Personal headquarters flag of Philip Henry Sheridan used when he led the 2nd Michigan Cavalry. Spring - Summer 1862. $20,000 to $30,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of firefighter Walter Van Erven Dorens. [San Francisco]: n.p., [ca 1854-1856]. $15,000 to $25,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [LINCOLNIANA]. Abraham Lincoln banner possibly made for the 1864 presidential campaign. $10,000 to $15,000.

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Cowan’s, June 25: [REVOLUTIONARY WAR - CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. [HOLTEN, Dr. Samuel]. An archive of letters related to Danvers, Massachusetts, physician and statesman Dr. Samuel Holten. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD]. CARBUTT, John, photographer. Exceptional collection of 27 stereoviews from the series, "Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866." Chicago, [1866]. $10,000 to $15,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [ALASKAN GOLD RUSH]. William Steele West and family, extensive archive of photographs, diaries, correspondence, and personal items. [Ca 19th - 20th century]. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: [TAYLOR, Zachary]. Quarter plate daguerreotype featuring the 12th President of the United States. N.p.: n.p., [ca 1845]. $8,000 to $10,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WASHINGTON, George]. Signed Society of the Cincinnati document. $5,000 to $7,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President. [Washington], 29 September 1862. 1 page, 4to, old creases. $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Cowan’s American Historical Ephemera & Photography June 25, 2021

Cowan’s, June 25: JEFFERSON, Thomas. Autograph letter signed ("Th. Jefferson"), as United States President, to Robert Patterson. Washington DC, 2 July 1805. 1 page, 4to, evenly toned, small tear from seal. $4,000 to $6,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [ALCOTT, Elizabeth Sewall]. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype attributed to Elizabeth Sewall Alcott. N.p., [ca 1856-1857]. $3,000 to $5,000.

Cowan’s, June 25: [WESTERN AMERICANA]. RUSSELL, Andrew Joseph, photographer. Salt Lake City, From the Top of the Tabernacle. [1869]
<center>Sotheby’s Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts Online Auction 5–15 June

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: Machiavelli. Il Principe, Florence, 1532, later Danish half calf. £70,000 to £90,000.

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: The Sundial of Ahaz, two diagrams on a leaf from Nicholas of Lyra's Literal Commentary, [France, c.1360-80]. £10,000 to £15,000.

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: Homer. The whole works, translated by Chapman, London, [1616?], calf. £10,000 to £15,000.

Sotheby’s, 5–15 June: Jonathan Swift. Autograph letter signed, to the Duke of Dorset, in support of his friend Thomas Sheridan, 22 March 1735. £8,000 to £12,000.
Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Pablo Neruda, Canto General, first edition, signed by Neruda, artists Rivera & Siquieros, CDMX, 1950. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: James Joyce, Ulysses, deluxe limited issue, signed, London, 1936. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, 3 bars from Piano Concerto No. 2, 1933. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Thomas Edison, Typed Letter Signed, describing preparing first phonograph for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, 1922. $3,500 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Robert Frost, Collected Poems, author’s presentation copy, signed with Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening inscribed, NY, 1930. $8,000 to $12,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Thomas Mann, Autograph Letter Signed to his children, 3 pages on exiles, 1938. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Alighiero Boetti & Anne-Marie Sauzeau-Boetti, Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world, limited edition, 1977. $15,000 to $20,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Agnes Martin, Paintings & Drawings, complete set of 10 lithographs, 1990. Estimate $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Jun 17: Abraham Lincoln, Autograph Letter Signed to Whig activist George W. Rives, Springfield, 1849. $10,000 to $15,000.
<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tolomeo, Claudio. Cosmographia. Ulma, Lienhart Holle, 16.07.1482. € 50.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Hondius, Henricus, & Johannes Janssonius. Atlas novus, sive descriptio geographica totius orbis terrarum. Amsterdam, Hondius-Janssonius, 1638. €30.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Castiglione, Baldassarre. Il libro del cortegiano del conte Baldesar Castiglione. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1528. € 14.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Bayer, Johann. Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata, aereis laminis expressa. Augusta, Christoph Mang, 1603. € 12.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Astronomy]. [Scriptores Astronomici veteres]. Venezia, Aldo Manuzio, 1499. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Aristophanes. Aristofanous Komoidiai ennea. Aristophanis Comoediae novem. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1498. € 7.000+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Herodotus. Hirodotou logoi ennea [...] Herodoti libri novem quibus musarum indita sunt nomina. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1502. € 7.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Tory, Geoffroy. L’art & science de la vraye proportion des lettres attiques, ou antiques. Paris, Vincent Gaultherot, 1549. € 5.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Caterina da Siena. Epistole devotissime de sancta Catharina da Siena. Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1500. € 4.500+

<center>Aste Bolaffi Rare Books and Autographs June 22, 2021

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Chess]. Gianuzio della Manzia, Orazio. Libro nel quale si tratta della maniera di giuocar' a scacchi con alcuni sottilissimi partiti. Torino, Antonio Bianchi, 1597. € 3.000+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. Amsterdam, Compagnie di Amsterdam, 1714. €2.500+

Aste Bolaffi, June 22: [Turkish Empire]. Ramberti, Benedetto. Libri tre delle cose de Turchi. Venice, eredi di Aldo, 1539. €1.500+

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