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<b>Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion<br>Tuesday, January 28th, 2020<br>5:00 p.m. (CST)</b><b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> Darwin, Charles. <i>On the Origin of Species.</i> London, 1859. First Edition. Letter Addressed to Dr. Ogle and Envelope Signed by Charles Darwin. $278,000 to $333,000.<b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> Ortelij, Abrahami. <i>Epitome Theatri Orbis Terrarum.</i> Antuerpiae: Exstat in Officina Plantinian, 1612. Rare Edition. $5,560 to $6,670.<b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> González de Mendoza, Juan. <i>Histoire du Grand Royaume de la Chine, Situé Aux Indes Orientales.</i> [Genève]: 1606. $1,670 to $2,230.<b>Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion<br>Tuesday, January 28th, 2020<br>5:00 p.m. (CST)</b><b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> Chapman, Conrad Wise. <i>Landscape of the Valley of Mexico.</i> Oil on wood. Signed and dated. $26,120 to $30,560.<b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> <i>Thesaurus Exorcismorum...</i> Coloniae, 1608. Collection of Six Works of the Most Important Franciscan Exorcists of the 16th Century. $1,670 to $2,230.<b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> <i>Saggio delle Transazioni Filosofiche della Società Regia.</i> Napoli, 1729-1734. With a Map of California by Eusebio Kino. $1,120 to $1,440.<b>Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion<br>Tuesday, January 28th, 2020<br>5:00 p.m. (CST)</b><b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> Scherer, Heinrich. <i>Delineatio Nova et Vera Partis Australis Novi Mexici, cum Australi Parte Insulae Californiae...</i> Münich, ca. 1700. $850 to $1,120.<b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> Santacilia, Jorge Juan-Ulloa, Antonio de. <i>A Voyage to South America. Describing at Large, the Spanish Cities...</i> London, 1760. $890 to $1,120.<b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> Limborch, Philippi. <i>Historia Inquisitionis Cui Subjungitur Liber Sententiarum Inquisitionis Tholosanae...</i> Amsterdam, 1692. $1,340 to $1,670.<b>Morton Subastas: Auction of Books by Explorers and Travelers, Maps, Landscapes, Science, and Religion<br>Tuesday, January 28th, 2020<br>5:00 p.m. (CST)</b><b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> Castro, C. - Campillo, J. - Cumplido, I. - Lauda, L. - Rodríguez G. <i>Mexico and Its Surroundings.</i> Méx, 1855-56. $5,000 to $5,560.<b>Morton Subastas, Jan. 28:</b> <i>Medical Gazette. Periodical of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico...</i> México, 1864 - 1943. Pieces: 169. $1,340 to $1,560. -
<b>Bonhams:</b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Measure for Measure</i> (extracted from the First Folio). London, 1623. Sold for $52,575.<b>Bonhams:</b> HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL. <i>Fanshawe, A Tale.</i> Boston, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Sold for $47,575.<b>Bonhams:</b> THOREAU, HENRY DAVID. <i>Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.</i> Boston, 1854. FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Sold for $12,575.<b>Bonhams: </b> SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. <i>Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.</i> London, 1685. THE FOURTH FOLIO, Brewster/Bentley issue. Sold for $43,825.<b>Bonhams:</b> STEIG, WILLIAM. Original maquette and 58 finished drawings for <i>The Agony in the Kindergarten,</i> one of Steig's most important books. Sold for $12,575.<b>Bonhams:</b> KING, STEPHEN. <i>Carrie.</i> New York, 1974. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Sold for $1,912.50.<b><center>Bonhams<br>Consignments invited (2020)</b><b>Bonhams:</b> APPLE MACINTOSH PROTOTYPE. 1983. The earliest known Macintosh with "Twiggy" drive, one of only two known working machines. Sold for $150,075.<b>Bonhams:</b> LOVELACE, AUGUSTA ADA. Sketch of the Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London, 1843. FIRST EDITION, JOURNAL ISSUE, MOST IMPORTANT PAPER IN EARLY DIGITAL COMPUTING. Sold for $15,075.<b>Bonhams:</b> APPLE-1 COMPUTER. Signed by Steve Wozniak, used in development of Apple II. Sold for $175,075.<b>Bonhams:</b> DARWIN, CHARLES. 1809-1882. <i>On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection.</i> London, 1859. FIRST EDITION. Sold for $131,325.<b>Bonhams:</b> BOOLE, GEORGE. <i>An Investigation of the Laws of Thought.</i> London, 1854. Sold for $12,575.<b>Bonhams:</b> SHANNON, CLAUDE and WARREN WEAVER. <i>The Mathematical Theory of Communication.</i> Urbana, 1949. Sold for $27,575. -
<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [Paine, Thomas]. Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America… Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776. $200,000 to $250,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. Autograph letter signed, to Joshua Reed Giddings, 21 May 1860. $80,000 to $120,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Oakley, Annie. <i>A Brief Sketch of Her Career and Notes on Shooting.</i> [N.p.]: ca. 1913, Signed. $2,000 to $3,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Washington, George. One autograph letter signed & 3 letters signed to General Alexander McDougall, September 1777. $70,000 to $100,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> Mather, Cotton. <i>The Wonders of the Invisible World. Being an account of the tryals of several witches...</i> London: 1693. $30,000 to $40,000.<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> James, Benjamin.<i><br>A Treatise on the Management of the Teeth.</i> Boston, 1814. $2,000 to $3,000. -
Rare Book Monthly
Book Catalogue Reviews - June - 2008 Issue
A Variety from Waverly Books
List 155 from Waverly Books.
By Michael Stilman
Waverly Books has issued their List 155 of books from various fields. This list includes 161 items, and among the subjects covered are art, film, literature, sports, music, mystery, photography, children's books, and more. Many of the items are not so much "books" but things such as film scripts. In terms of date, these pieces are overwhelmingly 20th century. These are some of the items you will find in this latest collection from Waverly.
Item 87 is a fictional piece about prison life by a real-life warden, Lewis Lawes. Lawes served as warden of New York's Sing Sing prison for 21 years, and midway through this period, wrote 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, published in 1932. It was made into a movie of the same name starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis later that year. Tracy is an influential gangster who at first fights the system, but reforms his behavior under the watchful eye of the warden. He is eventually allowed a one-day furlough when his woman, Davis, is injured in an automobile accident. This leads to an unfortunate set of events where Tracy is falsely accused of a killing. While the work is fictional, it did serve as a vehicle for Lawes' reformist ideas for prison, a seemingly forgotten view these days that prisons should attempt to change the behavior of their inmates. This book was again made into a film in 1940, though this time the name was reformed to "Castle on the Hudson." Priced at $275.
One sure sign that immortality does not last forever is when your children don't know who Bob Hope was. Is this possible? Was anyone more of an American icon in the mid-20th century? Item 103 is the first edition, self-published (in Hollywood) book by Hope: They Got Me Covered. This book was published in 1941 and is signed by Hope with the following comment: "Honestly! It's Nothing But The Truth." $450.
Here is something for Chicago Cubs fans. Perhaps it will make up for the lack of World Series victories you have seen in the last century. Item 18 is The Chicago Cubs, by Warren Brown. It was published in 1946, and would celebrate that the Cubbies had made it to the Series the previous season, before losing to the Tigers in seven games. However, the Cubs have not even made it back to the Series since. $200.
From the diamond to the rectangle, we go to basketball and one of the most dominant players any sport has seen: Wilt Chamberlain. He still is one of the first names to be mentioned as the greatest offensive player of all time, among his records being the unimaginable one of scoring 100 points in a game. Item 24 is an inscribed second printing of Chamberlain's biography, A View From Above. However, this biography became famous not for its account of Chamberlain's basketball skills but for his claim to have slept with 20,000 women. The claim raised shock and more than a bit of disbelief, as it would have required Chamberlain to have slept with an average of more than one different woman everyday since the time he was 15. It seems likely that Chamberlain lost count somewhere along the way, but if his claim was exaggerated, his reputation was such that he likely came closer to that number than just about anyone else. Chamberlain died in 1999 at the age of only 63, perhaps worn out from his escapades, but the seven-footer remains a legend both on and off the court. $125.
