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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Philipp Rosenthal (1929) | Sein Leben und sein Porzellan [His Life and Porcelain] |
Leipzig | 1929 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 277 | Quiller-Couch | The Splendid Spur, Pictures by James Daugherty, 1927, first edition in dust jacket |
NY | 1927 | USD 65.00 - 125.00 | Not Sold |
| 278 | Arthur Edward Waite | Elfin Music, An Anthology of English Fairy Poetry, 1888 |
London | 1888 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 246.40 |
| 279 | John Metschl | The Rudolph J. Nunnemacher Collection of Projectile Arms, 2 vols. (1928) both SIGNED |
Milwaukee | 1928 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 280 | O. Henry | Postscripts. 1923 first edition in dust jacket |
NY | 1923 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 44.80 |
| 281 | Lucinda Lee Orr | Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia, 1782. Baltimore, 1871 |
1871 | USD 60.00 - 125.00 | Not Sold | |
| 282 | George Dewar | The South Country Trout Streams, 1899 |
London | 1899 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 33.60 |
| 283 | 1936 German handbook & guide to Africa in 2 volumes, dust jackets, folding maps |
Berlin | 1936 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 284 | E. Phillips Oppenheim | The Zeppelin's Passenger, 1918 first edition in pictorial dust jacket |
Boston | 1918 | USD 125.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 285 | Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Leila; or, The Siege of Granada (NY, 1838) |
(NY, | 1838 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 286 | Charles H. Kirk | History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry...1861-1865 (1906) |
Philadelphia | 1906 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 287 | John Lydgate | The Assemble Goddes, Printed by Wynkyn de Worde (Cambridge, 1906, limited edition) |
1906 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 288 | (Hernias) William Timbrel | Practical Observations on the Management of Ruptures (Boston, 1809) |
Boston | 1809 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 289 | Abbe Millot | Elements of General History |
London | 1779 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 290 | Andre Matthey | Nouvelles Recherches Sur Les Maladies De L'Espirit, 1816 1st printing |
Paris and Geneve | 1816 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 291 | John Elias, et al. | 4 rare Welsh works on Christianity, missionaries, baptism (1827-1830) |
Wales | 1827-1830 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 292 | Lucien Price | Winged Sandals (1928), 1st ed. in d/j - beautifully inscribed. Celebrated gay novelist |
Boston | 1928 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 293 | Pittsburgh Auto Equipment Co. Catalogue No. 10, 1926 |
Pittsburgh | 1926 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 294 | Anthony Trollope | The Last Chronicle of Barset, 1867 1st printing |
London | 1867 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 295 | The War in North Africa, I & II, Operations in Sicily & Italy, 1947-1948, West Point, " |
West Point | 1947-1948 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 78.40 | |
| 296 | J. W. Foster | The Mississippi Valley: Its Physical Geography, 1869 |
Chicago | 1869 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 297 | Harry Rockwood | Harry Pinkurten, the King of Detectives, 1882 |
NY | 1882 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | J. W. & J. A. Alexander | A Geography of the Bible: Compiled for American Sunday School Union, 1830 |
Philadelphia | 1830 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 44.80 |
| 299 | S. G. Goodrich | The Outcast & other poems, 1836 |
Boston | 1836 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 300 | Record of the Class of 1845 of Yale College (1881) 63 albumen photographic portraits |
New York | 1881 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
![<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")