Leland Little Auctions: Collectible Books, Maps, & Documents, 91725, Hillsborough, NC

Auction Details

Auction Date
September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Page Size: 97 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6026 Herman Melville; Boardman Robinson, illus.

MOBY DICK; OR, THE WHALE.

New York 1943 Not Available Unknown
6027 Mark Twain; Thomas Hart Benton, illus.; Willis Wager, ed.

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

New York 1944 Not Available Unknown
6028 Geoffrey Chaucer; Arthur Szyk, illus.; Frank Ernest Hill, trans.

THE CANTERBURY TALES.

New York [1946]. Not Available Unknown
6029 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Jessie Ayers, illus.

JACOB'S LADDER.

Coral Gables, Florida 1950 Not Available Unknown
6030 Kurt Vonnegut; Dennis Lyall, illus.

CAT'S CRADLE.

Norwalk, CT 2013 Not Available Unknown
6031 Donna Tartt.

THE SECRET HISTORY [and] THE LITTLE FRIEND.

London 2009 Not Available Unknown
6032 F. Scott Fitzgerald

Easton Press Collector's Editions of the Classics of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Norwalk, CT 1991 Not Available Unknown
6033 Ernest Hemingway

Easton Press Complete Set of the Works of Ernest Hemingway

Norwalk, CT 1990-2003. Not Available Unknown
6034 William Faulkner

William Faulkner, Seven Leather-Bound Titles

Not Available Unknown
6035

(20) Finely Bound Franklin Library Titles, the Majority Signed

Not Available Unknown
6036

(15) Finely Bound Easton Press Titles, Including Many Signed

Not Available Unknown
6037

Three Early-19th-Century Books with Fore-Edge Paintings of Views of England

Not Available Unknown
6038 John Bowring; George Cruikshank and William Heath, illus.

MINOR MORALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ILLUSTRATED IN TALES AND TRAVELS (Title for Parts I and II); MINOR MORALS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ILLUSTRATED BY TALES AND TRAVELS, PARTICULARLY IN THE EAST (Title for Part III).

London 1834 and 1835 (Part I and II) and Edinburgh Not Available Unknown
6039

Group of Tauchnitz Editions from the Collection of British Authors

Not Available Unknown
6040 G. J. Whyte-Melville.

[WHYTE-MELVILLE'S NOVELS].

London, New York, and Melbourne [n.d.]. Not Available Unknown
6041 G. J. Whyte-Melville.

[WHYTE-MELVILLE'S NOVELS].

London, New York, and Melbourne Not Available Unknown
6042 George Whyte-Melville

Five Uniformly Bound and Illustrated Novels by George Whyte-Melville

Not Available Unknown
6043 William Hepworth Dixon

HER MAJESTY'S TOWER.

London 1869-1871. Not Available Unknown
6044 Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos.

THE PRIVATE DIARY OF RICHARD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, K.G.

London 1862 Not Available Unknown
6045 Nicolaes Visscher II.

ANGLIAE REGNUM TAM IN SEPTEM ANTIQUA ANGLO-SAXONUM REGNA QUAM IN OMNES HODIERNAS REGIONES ACCURATISSIME DISTINCTUM.

Amsterdam Not Available Unknown
6046 Sir William Betham

19th-Century Irish Grant of Arms Issued by Sir William Betham

Not Available Unknown
6047

Five French Books Colorfully Bound by Brentanos

Not Available Unknown
6048 Cornelius Tacitus; Arthur Murphy.

THE WORKS OF CORNELIUS TACITUS; WITH AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS, NOTES, SUPPLEMENTS, &C.

London 1807 Not Available Unknown
6049 Lazare de Baif; Antonio Telesio; Charles Estienne, ed.

LAZARI BAYFII ANNOTATIONES IN L.II. DE CAPTIVIS, ET POSTLIMINIO REVERSIS. IN QUIBUS TRACTATUR DE RE NAVALI [and three other works].

Paris 1536 Not Available Unknown
6050 John James Hissey

Seven Travel Books by John James Hissey, Finely Bound by J. Larkins

London 1884-1896 Not Available Unknown
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
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    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000