Common Crow Books: Rare Books & Ephemera, 393976, Pittsburgh

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025
Page Size: 306 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151 Cecil Aldin

The Black Puppy Book, 1908, 12 color plates

London ca1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
152 Armont, Paul & Jacques Bousquet

Le Danseur de Madame (1921) signed by both to Edmond Roze

Paris 1921 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
153 Arrhenius

Recherches sur la Conductibilite Galvanique des Electrolytes, 1884. Nobel

Stockholm 1884 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
154 Binswanger

Grundformen und Erkenntnis menschlichen Daseins, 1942. Existential psychology major work

Zurich 1942 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
155 19th century science fiction

Willis Brewer's "The Secret of Mankind" 1895, set on

New York 1895 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Unknown
156 Aldo Carpi

Serbia Eroica (1917) inscribed with poster, maps, etc. Documenting Serbian Retreat.

Milano 1917 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Unknown
157 Willa Cather

Father Junipero's Holy Family -- Anvil Press 1956, Carolyn Hammer's own copy

Lexington 1956 USD 350.00 - 700.00 Unknown
158 John Ratcliffe Chapman

Instructions to Young Marksmen (1848)

New York 1848 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
159 Cumming

Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa (1850) 2 vols, 1st ed.

London 1850 USD 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
160 (Aviation) D'Amecourt

La conquete de l'air par l'helice, un nouveau syste

Paris 1863 USD 250.00 - 450.00 Unknown
161 Wakeman

Victorian Colour Printing, 1981, one of 150 with actual specimens

Wakeman, Geoffrey. Victorian Colour Printing. Loughborough, UK 1981 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Unknown
162 Avedon, Richard

In the American West, 1985, inscribed to director of Amon Carter Museum

New York 1985 USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
163 E. R. Brainerd (Chicago)

1896 Oak Cane Seat Chair catalog, with poster-sized advertisement

1896 USD 100.00 - 250.00 Unknown
164 David Acheson

David Acheson, Jun. Ca. 1850s --- Acheson family copy

NY Ca1850s USD 50.00 - 100.00 Unknown
165

30 "Esky" 1940-44 pin-up girl postcards by Vargas, Hurrell & Waxman for Esquire 7 x

1940-44 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
166

Parker, Holmes & Co., Boston, 1889 catalogue of boots, shoes, rubbers

1889 USD 75.00 - 150.00 Unknown
167

Jamestown Bedstead Co. 1895 catalog of beds, bedsteads, cribs & cradles, lots of illustrations!

Jamestown, NY 1895 USD 75.00 - 150.00 Unknown
168

30 colorized photo postcards of Japan, early 1900s

Japan and Cleveland, OH, almost all unused (no messages, addresses, postmarks, stamps). The Manila Trading Co. dealt in imports from the Far East and used these postcards as advertising cards for their inventory.<br>Mainly very good, occasional light soi early 1900s USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
169

17 military-themed Real Photo Postcards (RPPCs) 1900s-1940s

Berlin/ Canada/ Romania/ Russia ca1900s-40s USD 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
170

15 Arizona postcards, 1900s-1910s

Cincinnati/ Phoenix, AZ/ Los Angeles 1907-1914 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
171

44 RPPCs from Western Pennsylvania & Pittsburgh, many of the 1936 flood; Real Photo Postcards

Pittsburgh ca1930s USD 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
172

26 Real Photo Postcards (RPPCs) of women in hats, early 1900s

London/ Germany/ Cleveland/ ca1910s-20s USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
173

16 Circus and Troupe Postcards, many RPPCs, with messages 1900s-1920s

Germany ca1900s-1920s USD 175.00 - 300.00 Unknown
174

17 postcards by French caricaturist Albert Guillaume, early 1900s

Paris ca1910s USD 125.00 - 250.00 Unknown
175 Karl Marx

Capital (First American edition, 1891)

New York 1891 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Pliny. Historia naturalis, the Macclesfield copy, printed on vellum, Rome: Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1470. $900,000 to $1,200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Aristotle. The fine Doheny set of Aldo's editio princeps, Venice, 1495–1498. $400,000 to $600,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Euclid. The Norman copy of one of the most influential, enduring, and beautiful books in the history of science, Venice, 1482. $100,000 to $150,000.
  • ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Chants de Maldoror, Paris, Albert Skira, 1934. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Braque le Patron, Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1945. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Soleil des eaux, Paris, Matarasso, 1949. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Des Hirondelles et de quelques oiseaux connus, méconnus, ou inconnus décrits par le Comte de Buffon et Dado, Fontfroide, 1988. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Ne coupez pas mademoiselle ou les erreurs des P.T.T., Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Les Pélican, Paris, Galerie Simon, 1921. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Quatre histoires de blanc et noir, Paris, s.n., 1926. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu, Paris, Ambroise Vollard, 1931. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Hommage à Pablo Picasso, Paris, s.n., 1966. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Qu'est-ce que Thérèse ? C'est les maronniers en fleurs, Paris, Le Soleil Noir, 1974. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 3:Traité des Excitants Modernes, Paris, Yves Rivière, 1989. €6,000 to €8,000.
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  • Swann
    Illustration Art
    December 4, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 4: William Wallace Denslow (1856-1915). Pen and ink illustration for the first edition of Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chicago: George M. Hill, 1900), page 33. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Jerry Pinkney (1939-2021). The Great Minu, African folk tale complete book, group of 15 illustrations. 1974. $12,000 to $16,000.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Charles Schulz (1922-2000). Peanuts, Snoopy's brother Spike Christmas Cactus illustration. 1989 $8,000 to $12,000..
    Swann
    Illustration Art
    December 4, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 4: James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960). Dean Cornwell in his studio. Watercolor and pencil on board. 1920. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Charles Samuel Addams (1912-1988). Study for "Movie Scream," 1947. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Edmund Dulac (1882-1953). "Q was a quaint dainty queen." Watercolor and ink on paper. 1906. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann
    Illustration Art
    December 4, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 4: Albert Hirschfeld (1903-2003). Camelot. Pen and ink on board. 1960. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Maurice Sendak (1928-2012). "Chicken Soup" sketch. Ink on paper. Circa 1962. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Kay Nielsen (1886-1957). But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Pastel on board. Circa 1955. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Swann
    Illustration Art
    December 4, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 4: Julian De Miskey (1898-1976). Equestrian riding across 5th Avenue. Mixed media on board. Circa 1930. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Walt Disney Studios. Pinocchio "When You Wish Upon A Star" Jiminy Cricket Courvoisier animation cel. Gouache on celluloid over airbrushed background on board. 1940. $2,000 to $2,500.
    Swann, Dec. 4: Arnold Lobel (1933-1987). "I will tell you a story while we are waiting," graphite on tracing paper. 1976. $1,500 to $2,000.