New England Book Auctions: A Fine Summer Miscellany, 542, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 26, 2025 - August 26, 2025
Page Size: 198 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 (Abbott, Berenice)

Greenwich Village, Today & Yesterday.

New York 1949 Not Available USD 144.00
2

Abstract of Infantry Tactics. Including Exercises and Manoeuvres of Light-Infantry and Riflemen; for the Use of the Militia of the United states.

Boston 1830 Not Available USD 108.00
3

African American. Collection of ephemera, including 14 photograph portraits, including Martin Luther King, Jr.

American 1890s-1960s Not Available USD 144.00
4

American Photographs.

Massachusetts 1920s-50s Not Available Not Sold
5 Alcripe, Philippe D'

[Le Picard].

Rouen 1732 Not Available Not Sold
6 Anacreon

The Odes of Anacreon of Teos.

York 1806 Not Available USD 48.00
7

Arabia. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below.

Vp vd Not Available USD 330.00
8 Wood, William.

The Bow=Man's Glory, or, Archery Revived.

London 1682 Not Available USD 120.00
9 Roberts, Thomas.

The English Bowman; or, Tracts on Archery; to which is added, The Second Part of the Bowman's Glory.

London 1801 Not Available USD 60.00
10 Delolme, Jean Louis.

Constitution de L'Angleterre, ou Etat du Gouvernement Anglois compare avec la Forme Republicaine.

Amsterdam 1777 Not Available USD 108.00
11 Schoor, Jos.

Fine original watercolor with calligraphic text of the basis of the Atlantic Charter agreement by Churchill and Roosevelt.

Np 1942 Not Available Not Sold
12 Walling, H. F.; & O. W. Gray.

New Topographical Atlas of the State of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia 1872 Not Available USD 270.00
13 Atlases

Atlases. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below.

Vp vd Not Available USD 510.00
14 Autographs

Collection of letters, cards, or notes.

Vp vd Not Available USD 96.00
15 [Badia Y Leyblich, Domingo]

Explication des planches composant l'Atlas des Voyages d'Ali Bey.

Paris 1814 Not Available USD 156.00
16 Ball, Eliza Craufurd

The Christian Armour.

New York 1866 Not Available USD 96.00
17 Baum, L. Frank

Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz.

Chicago 1908 Not Available USD 96.00
18 Beers, F. W

Atlas of Long Island New York.

New York 1873 Not Available USD 1,800.00
19 Beers, F. W

Atlas of New York and Vicinity [Including parts of Conn.].

New York 1867 Not Available USD 1,560.00
20 Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline.

New York 1939 Not Available USD 570.00
21 Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline in London.

New York 1961 Not Available USD 60.00
22 (Bewick, Thomas)

Group of 4 volumes, as listed below.

Vp vd Not Available USD 96.00
23 Biggers, Earl Derr

Keeper of the Keys.

Indianapolis 1932 Not Available USD 450.00
24

Le Gentil-Bernard.

Paris Circa 1820s Not Available USD 156.00
25

Heures Nouvelles.

Paris 1816 Not Available USD 96.00
  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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