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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
201 Davis, W. Glen; Henry Bursztynowicz

8 funny photos of artworks (Pittsburgh, 1977)

Pittsburgh 1977 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
202 Silvestre, C. & Arthur Young

Observations sur l'Etat de l'Agriculture en France, 1793

(Paris 1793 USD 40.00 - 80.00 USD 22.40
203 National Tube Works, McKeesport PA

18 8x10 photos from 1956 of the blast furnace & factor

McKeesport 1956 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
204 Pullman Company

1939 Welcome to the New York World's Fair and the Pullman Exhibit

Chicago 1939 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
205

(Overbrook Press). Dedication of the Madeleine Borg Room, October 9, 1956, one of 215 copies

Stamford CT 1956 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
206 (Overbrook Press). James Harvey Rogers 1886-1939

In Memoriam. 1940, one of 450 copies

Stamford 1940 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
207

Jonathan Swift, Lawrence Sterne, et al. The Protestant Preacher, 2 vols. 1780

London 1780 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
208 Herndon

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, 2 vols. in one, 1853-1854

Washington DC 1853-1854 USD 175.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
209

(Overbrook Press). The Pied Printer's Primrose Path, a typographical nonsense book, 1940. One of 250

Stamford CT 1940 USD 40.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
210

4 Overbrook Press limited editions, 1936-1951

Stamford, CT 1936-1951 USD 60.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
211 (George Savile, Lord Halifax

Lady's New Year's Gift, Advice to Daughter, 1934 Overbrook

Stamford 1934 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
212 Pierce Egan

The Life of Samuel Denmore Hayward [Burglar], 1822, color frontis by Isaac Cruikshank

London 1822 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
213 (Moore, Thomas) Thomas Little

The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little (1804)

Dublin 1804 USD 125.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
214

The Works of the Right Honourable Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon. Glasgow: Foulis, 1753

Glasgow 1753 USD 250.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
215 Thomas Hearne

Ductor Historicus: or, A Short System of Universal History, Vol. I (1705)

London 1705 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
216 Adolphe D'Houdetot

Le Tir Au Pistolet (1844), on pistols & shooting

Paris 1844 USD 120.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
217 A. C. Andros

Pen and Pencil Sketches of a Holiday Scamper in Spain, 1860. 6 colored plates.

London 1860 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
218 Henderson & Ledoux

The Surviving Works of Sharaku, 1939

New York 1939 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
219

A Book of Prayers & Poems (1991) 15 Lithographs by Cornell students, one of 18 signed by all

Ithaca, NY 1991 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
220 Bostwick

1848 book on Venereal Diseases, [and] of the Genito-Urinary Organs, 1848, 27 color plates

New York 1848 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
221

Edith and Milly's Housekeeping (Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books), ca. 1867, color plates

London ca.1867 USD 75.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
222

The Birthday Party (Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books), ca. 1867, 6 color plates

London ca.1867 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
223

Lily Sweet-Briar's Birthday (Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books), ca. 1867, 6 color plates

London ca.1867 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
224 Michael Smith

The Big Relay Race, 1981 (photo book by performance/video/installation artist)

Chicago 1981 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 56.00
225 Cochrane

A Pedestrian Journey Through Russia And Siberian Tartary, 2 vols. 1829. With folding map.

Edinburgh 1829 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 168.00
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: 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