Common Crow Books: Rare Books & Ephemera, 393976, Pittsburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | W. H. Auden | Secondary Worlds (1968) drunkenly inscribed 4x to one of his editors |
New York | c.1968 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 358.40 |
| 102 | Richard Avenarius | Philosophie als Denken der Welt (1876) inscribed first edition |
Leipzig | 1876 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 103 | Isaac Bashevis Singer & Ira Moskowitz | Satan in Goray 1981 1/50 signed, ink drawings, etchings |
New York | 1981 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 104 | Bendixen | Perceptive Illustrations of the Bible (1850 folio of 40 colored lithographs) |
London | Ca.1850 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 105 | Georges Bernanos | Lettre Aux Anglais - One of 32 signed copies (1942) Anti-Hitler Anti-Nazi |
Rio de Janeiro | 1942 | USD 400.00 - 850.00 | Not Sold |
| 106 | John Brand | The History of Newcastle upon Tyne (1789) quarto, 32 plates |
London | 1789 | USD 450.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 107 | E. Wallis Budge | The Alexander Book in Ethiopia (1933) 1st ed., very rare in dj. |
London | 1933 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 108 | 1936-40 binder on opening Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh | letters, docs, ephemera, etc. |
USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 109 | Byne & Stapley | Decorated Wooden Ceilings of Spain (1920) folio, 56 plates |
New York | C.1920 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 110 | Susannah Carter | The Frugal Housewife (Philadelphia, 1802) |
Philadelphia | 1802 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 111 | Raymond Chandler | The High Window (1942 first edition in dust jacket) |
New York | 1942 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 268.80 |
| 112 | G. Woolworth Colton | New York City, Jersey City, Hoboken, Brooklyn, Etc. Map and Guide (1873) |
New York | 1873 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 113 | William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson | Dr. Syntax, 3 Tours (1855), 80 colored plates, finely bound. |
London | -1855 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 114 | Cramer et al. Henry Moore | Catalogue of Graphic Work, Volume III, 1976-1979, SIGNED by Moore! |
Geneva | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 115 | De Amicis | My Last Friend, Dog Dick - inscribed to Sidney Lanier Jr. by translators & Enrico Caruso! |
Boston | C.1916 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 116 | Caswall | Sketches of Young Ladies (1837) --- attributed to Charles Dickens |
London | 1837 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 117 | Dispatch News Service | 1939 Bound volume of 75 original 13x11 photos of newsworthy pictures |
1939 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 118 | Austin Dobson | Poems on Several Occasions (1895) #11/50 signed by author, William Strang, Lalauze |
New York | 1895 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 119 | Du Choul | Discorso Sopra La Castrametatione...(1556), 44 woodcut plates, military camps & |
Lyons | 1556 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 120 | (Fayette County, PA) 1833-36 Providence Iron Works Ledger, Day Book & Account Book, Brownsville |
Brownsville PA | 1833-1836 | USD 450.00 - 850.00 | Not Sold | |
| 121 | Rene Gasnier | Villes Americaines (1909) inscribed to French aviator Paul Tissandier: |
Angers | 1909 | USD 450.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | 1548 First printed map of Indian subcontinent | Giacomo Gastaldi, Calecut Nova Tabula |
(Venice | 1548 | USD 450.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 123 | Der Koran...1828 in handsome dark green morocco gilt. Qur'an in German. |
Halle | 1828 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 89.60 | |
| 124 | Paul B. Goddard | Plates of the Cerebro-Spinal Nerves (1837) -- Plates of the Arteries (1839) |
Philadelphia | 1837-1839 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 125 | Edmond & Jules de Goncourt | Renee Mauperin, 1864 -- with tipped in letter from Edmond |
Paris | 1864 | USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5ac2876b-2794-47d3-9df7-c4a002016bd6.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")