Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller, 2107, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 05, 2024 - December 05, 2024
Page Size: 261 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Blake, Peter.

Frankenstein. Signed Lithograph

1987 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 127.00
27 Blake, Peter.

The Letter X. Signed Screen Print

(London 2007 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
28 [Blake, William]

The Pastorals of Virgil, With a Course of English Reading... First Blake Edition

London 1821 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 9,525.00
29 Nicholls, Sutton.

The Compleat Auctioner. Extraordinarily Rare

The Earliest Printed Depiction of a Book Auction USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 28,575.00
30 Cockerell, Douglas.

Some Notes on Bookbinding. First Edition, Presentation Copy

London 1929 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,143.00
31 Nicholson, James B.

Manual of the Art of Bookbinding... First Edition

Philadelphia 1856 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 445.00
32 Boswell, James.

The Decision of the Court of Session, Upon the Question of Literary Property... Second Edition

Edinburgh 1774 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 762.00
33 Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel

Sketch of a Boy

USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
34 Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel

Two Children

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
35 Eleanore Vere Boyle

But he was only sunk in a dream of delight, 1868

1868 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,890.00
36 [Bradbury, Ray]

Crime SuspenStories. Includes "The Screaming Women"

New York 1953 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 254.00
37 Sir Frank Brangwyn

View of an Old Bridge

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 953.00
38 Sir Frank Brangwyn

Sermon at the Synagogue

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
39 Brunhoff, Jean de.

Le Voyage de Babar. Inscribed Advanced Proof Copy

Paris 1932 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,810.00
40 Burgess, Gelett.

Original Frontispiece Illustration for "The Burgess Nonsense Book"

(New York 1901 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
41

Mitsu Bishi Mail Steam Ship Company Broadside. Rare Printed Broadside

(Yokohama, Japan) 1877 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 508.00
42

Well-Known Raw Silk Producers and Their Trade Marks "Empire of Japan" Compiled for Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904

Tokio 1904 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,858.00
43 Butler, Ellis Parker.

Group of 2 Inscribed Editions of "Pigs is Pigs"

Chicago and New York 1905 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,016.00
44 Carpenter, Edward.

Carpenter, Edward. Autograph manuscript for "The Ballad of the Bodkin & the Muskett"

(Likely Manchester), ca.1917 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,143.00
45 Carpenter, Edward.

Three Ballads (an Intermezzo in War time). First Edition, Presentation Copy

(Manchester 1917 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,905.00
46 Carroll, Lewis.

Alice P. Liddell and Fern. Hand-Colored Presentation Photo of the Real Alice

USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 47,625.00
47 Carroll, Lewis.

Carroll, Lewis. Autograph Letter, signed. 12 January, 1867

The Residence, Ripon (North Yorkshire, England) 1867 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,080.00
48 Carroll, Lewis.

Carroll, Lewis. Autograph Letter, signed. 22 August, 1869

The Chestnuts, Guildford (Surrey, England) 1869 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,763.00
49 Carroll, Lewis.

Carroll, Lewis. Two Albumen Photographs of Alexandra "Xie" Rhoda Kitchin

Circa 1870 and 1873 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,795.00
50 Carroll, Lewis.

Carroll, Lewis. Autograph Letter, signed. 21 July, 1873

Christ Church, Oxford 1873 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,651.00
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    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.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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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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    December 24 to January 9
    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
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
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    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD