Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps, 24pb04, New York

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Auction Date
December 06, 2024 - December 06, 2024
Page Size: 309 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
526 PERRY, MATTHEW CALBRAITH

Perry's Japan, a presentation copy from Stephen A. Douglas

Washington 1856 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,064.00
527

A rare work on the laws in force in the British Plantations

London 1704 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 931.00
528

Three works on Jefferson and a work on Jackson with a fine map

London 1837 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,197.00
529 DEGRAND, PETER PAUL FRANCIS.

Presentation copy to John Quincy Adams

Boston 1840 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,729.00
530 PIERCE, FRANKLIN & DAVIS, JEFFERSON.

A document initialed by President Pierce and signed by Jefferson Davis

Washington circa 14 January 1856. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,463.00
531

A large hand-colored engraving of Zachary Taylor

Philadelphia 1848 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 199.50
532 TRUMAN, HARRY

A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House reconstruction

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,320.00
533 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.

Eisenhower to Mamie during the War: "How glad I'll be when this is over."

Bushy Park, London 16 July 1944. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
534 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.

A war-date letter from General Eisenhower to Mamie

Reims 1 May 1945. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,130.50
535 EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D.

A letter from President Eisenhower to comedian Jerry Lewis

Washington 17 August 1956. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
536 [SALOMON, HAYM]

Two 1784 newspapers with mention of Revolutionary financier Haym Salomon

1784 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 432.25
537

A rare petition in defense of a Shay's Rebellion leader sentenced to death

Vicinity of Chelmsford, Massachusetts 5 July 1787. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,394.00
538

A rare signed color photo of the Burger Court with Sandra Day O'Connor

1981 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,463.00
539 JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON.

Important maps and plates of Texas in 1850

Washington 1850 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,862.00
540 [BEVERLEY, ROBERT].

The rare expanded second edition of Beverley's Virginia

London 1722 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 798.00
541 [BAGBY, GEORGE W.]

"What I Did With My Fifty Millions," a novel by the Virginian doctor and humorist George W. Bagby

Philadelphia 1874 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 232.75
542 [BERLINGHIERI, FRANCESCO DI NICOLO].

Berlinghieri's early map of Asia

Florence 1482 or slightly later. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,320.00
543 PTOLEMY, CLAUDIUS; JOHANN REGER; and JOHANNES SCHNITZER.

An important early map of the Arabian Peninsula from the 1486 Ulm Ptolemy

Ulm 1486 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 29,925.00
544 WILLEM BLAEU.

Blaeu's carte a figures of Africa, among the most decorative and popular maps of the continent

Amsterdam circa 1631 or later. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,463.00
545 ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM.

Ortelius' maps of Egypt, Carthage, and Asia Minor

Antwerp 1570?. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 66.50
546 HALLEY, EDMOND.

Halley's chart of the English Channel, the first map to feature the directions and times of tides

London 1702 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 399.00
547 GEORG BRAUN and FRANS HOGENBERG.

Braun and Hogenberg's classic sixteenth-century bird's eye view of London

Cologne circa 1574. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,990.00
548 [SANSON, GUILLAUME]

A rare four-sheet map of France, with an allegorical cartouche showing the French King

Amsterdam circa 1721 or later. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 931.00
549 L'ISLE, GUILLAUME de.

De L'isle's elegant map of Europe dated 1700

Paris dated 1700. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 266.00
550 WILLEM BLAEU.

Blaeu's decorative carte a figures of Europe

Amsterdam circa 1642 or later. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,660.00
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    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
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    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.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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