Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts - online bidding 11/27, N11500, New York

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Auction Date
December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Page Size: 94 items in 4 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1051 (Dickens, Charles) --- Habolt K. Brown ("Phiz")

A pair of original pencil and watercolor drawings, ca. 1848

ca. 1848 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
1052 (Dickens, Charles) --- Joseph Clayton ("Kyd") Clarke

A Series of 649 Original Character-Studies illustrating the Works of Charles Dickens.

London 1885-1889 USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,200.00
1053 Eliot, George

The Mill on the Floss.

Edinburgh and London 1860 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,680.00
1054 Eliot, T. S.

Prufrock and Other Observations.

London 1917 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,400.00
1055 Gaskell, Elizabeth

The Moorland Cottage. By the author of Mary Barton.

London 1850 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 960.00
1056 Hardy, Thomas

The Return of the Native.

London 1878 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,800.00
1057 Hardy, Thomas

A collection of letters written to James Murray, the lexicographer

1906-1913 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,000.00
1059 Kerouac, Jack

On the Road.

New York 1957 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,120.00
1060 Reade, Charles

The Cloister and the Hearth.

London 1861 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,560.00
1061 Reid, Thomas Mayne

No Quarter!

1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
1062 Salinger, J. D.

The Catcher in the Rye.

Boston 1951 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,800.00
1063 Shakespeare, William

All's Well that Ends Well. Extracted from Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies.

London 1632 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 13,200.00
1064 Shakespeare, William

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

London 1676 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
1065 Shakespeare, William

Julius Caesar, A Tragedy. As It Is Now Acted at the Theatre Royal.

London 1684-1695? USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,760.00
1066 Shakespeare, William

Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies.

London 1685 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 42,000.00
1067 William Shakespeare

The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island. A Comedy. As it now acted by his Majesties Servants.

London 1695 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,760.00
1068 Stoker, Bram

Dracula.

Westminster 1897 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 26,400.00
1069 Trollope, Anthony

Barchester Towers.

London 1857 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,600.00
1070 Trollope, Anthony

Orley Farm.

London 1862 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,440.00
1071 Trollope, Anthony

The Small House at Allington.

London 1864 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,120.00
1072 Whitman, Walt

Leaves of Grass.

Camden, New Jersey 1876 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,200.00
1073 Atwood Slater, James

A pair of sketchbooks, accomplished in various mediums

1878-1880 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 720.00
1074 Bemelmans, Ludwig

Preparatory sketch of Pepito riding a giraffe for Madeline and the Bad Hat

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,200.00
1075 Bemelmans, Ludwig

Portrait of Madeline

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,000.00
1076 Berkeley, George

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Part I.

Dublin 1710 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,600.00
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD