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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

<center>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Library of a Midwestern Collector November 5, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London John Murray, 1859. FIRST EDITION. THE VERY FINE MELLON-GARDEN COPY. $120,000 to $180,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: ECKERT, J. P, H. H. GOLDSTINE, and J. G. BRAINERD. Description of the ENIAC and comments on electronic digital computing machines. N.p., 1945. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY GOLDSTINE. $5,000 to $7,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: EUCLID. Elementa geometriae. Translated from the Arabic by Adelard of Bath. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 25 May 1482. FIRST EDITION. $60,000 to $80,000

<center>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Library of a Midwestern Collector November 5, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: [HAMILTON, Alexander, James MADISON and John JAY]. The Federalist: A Collection of Essays… New York: John and Andrew M'Lean, 1788. FIRST EDITION. $60,000 to $80,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: GALILEI, Galileo. Dialogo...Dove ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano. Florence, 1632. FIRST EDITION. $30,000 to $40,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY JOYCE. $120,000 to $180,000

<center>Leslie Hindman Auctioneers Library of a Midwestern Collector November 5, 2019

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: KEYNES, John Maynard. The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936. FIRST EDITION. $5,000 to $7,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: NEWTON, Isaac, Sir. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London: Joseph Streater for the Royal Society, 1687. FIRST EDITION. $150,000 to $250,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, 1997. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ROWLING. $80,000 to $120,000

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Nov. 5: SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION. $70,000 to $90,000
Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, first edition, first issue, London, 1704. $15,000 to $25,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Johannes Jacobus Canis, De modo studendi in utroque iure, first edition, Padua, 1476. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Pope Clemens V, Constitutiones, Nuremberg, 1482. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Nicolaus Panormitanus de Tudeschis, Lectura super V libris Decretalium, Basel, 1480-81. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Electricity, complete set, first editions, London, 1832-56. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: William Gilbert, Tractatus sive physiologia nova de magnete, Sedini, 1628. $3,000 to $5,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: John Bulwer, Philocophus, first edition of the first book in English on the deaf, London, 1648. $1,000 to $2,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: James Cook, complete set, 9 volumes, London, 1773-84. $10,000 to $15,000.

Swann Auction Galleries Oct 24: Nicolaus Bertrand, Opus de Tholosano[rum] Gestis ab Urbe Condita, with the earliest known view of the city of Toulouse, 1515. $2,000 to $3,000.
<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Ernest Hemingway. The Spanish Earth. First Edition. Cleveland, 1938. $1,500 to $2,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Toni Morrison. The Bluest Eye. First Edition. New York, 1970. $2,000 to $3,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Charles Etienne Briseux. L’Art de Batir des Maisons de Campagn. Paris, 1743. $6,000 to $8,000.

<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Sadajiro Yamanaka. To-so Seikwa: Select Relics of the T’ang and the Sung Dynasties from the Collections in Europe and America. Osaka, 1928. $1,000 to $1,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Charles Dickens. Bleak House. First Edition. 20 parts bound in 19 issues. London, 1852-3. $1,000 to $2,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Frederic Thrasher. Chicago’s Gangland Prepared by Frederic M. Thrasher 1923-26. Chicago, 1926. $1,000 to $2,000.

<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Father Abraham’s Almanack, For the Year of Our Lord 1776; Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees.... Philadelphia: Printed and sold by John Dunlap, [1775]. $2,000 to $3,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Francesco Lana Terzi. Magisterium naturae, et artis. Opus physico-mathematicum. Brescia, 1684/1692. $4,000 to $6,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Eglomise Silhouette Profile Portrait of George Washington on Glass. American, ca. 1790s/1800s. 15" x 13" $5,000 to $7,000.

<center>Potter & Potter Auctions: Books, Manuscripts & Fine Art October 18, 2019

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: William James. The Principles of Psychology. New York, 1890. Two volumes, First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Roland Clark (1874–1957). Roland Clark’s Etchings. New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. $3,500 to $4,500.

Potter & Potter Auctions, Oct. 18: Mexican-American War Recruiting Broadside. Akron, Ohio: ca. 1846/48. $1,000 to $2,000.
Bonhams, Oct. 23: SMITH, CHRISTOPHER WEBB. 1793-1871. Indian Ornithology. [Patna, India]: 1828. $50,000 to $80,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DUPRÉ, LOUIS. 1789-1837. Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, vues et costumes grecs et ottomans. Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1825. $60,000 to $90,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed ("J Adams"), [to Dr. Perkins?] while recovering from his small pox inoculation, [late-April, 1764]. $30,000 to $50,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: AUSTEN, JANE. Autograph Letter Signed ("J. Austen"), to her sister Cassandra, 4 pp, "Thursday – after dinner," [September 16, 1813,] Henrietta St. $80,000 to $120,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York & Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon & J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DODWELL, EDWARD. 1767-1832. Views in Greece. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1821. $20,000 to $30,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: JAMES, JESSE. Autograph Letter Signed ("Jesse W. James"), to Mr. Flood demanding Flood retract spurious accusations, 3 pp, June 5, 1875. $200,000 to $300,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: DE CORDOBA, JACOB. Map of the State of Texas. New York, 1866. $15,000 to $20,000

Bonhams, Oct. 23: ARNOLD, BENEDICT. Autograph bookseller's receipt for Dr. John Dickinson, Signed ("B. Arnold"), February 1767. $3,000 to $5,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 4 Typed Letters Signed ("A Einstein") to Cleveland E. Dodge offering early reports on the meetings of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. Typed Letter Signed ("Dwight D. Eisenhower") to General Henri Giraud written from a secret bunker in Gibraltar on the eve of Operation Torch, November 4 [but 6], 1942. $10,000 to $15,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: Early Broadside Printing of the GADSDEN PURCHASE, Puebla, August 16, 1854. $2,000 to $3,000.

Bonhams, Oct. 23: ALLEN, ETHAN. Autograph Letter Signed to Crevecouer during the Constitutional Debates in Congress, 2 pp, August 29, 1787. $30,000 to $50,000.

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