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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> 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.")
![<b>ALDE, Dec. 3:</b [PICASSO (PABLO)]. <i>Hommage à Pablo Picasso,</i> Paris, s.n., 1966. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/f6ec5592-2bab-41b8-a105-7f0702d97750.jpg "<b>ALDE, Dec. 3:</b [PICASSO (PABLO)]. <i>Hommage à Pablo Picasso,</i> Paris, s.n., 1966. €8,000 to €10,000.")
