New England Book Auctions: Fine Bindings, Literature Illustrated, including selections from Austin Abbery Rare Books, 546, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025
Page Size: 222 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

A New Hieroglyphical Bible.

Dallinghoo, near Woodbridge Early 19th-century Not Available USD 300.00
2 (Abbey, Edwin A.)

Herrick, Robert. Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick

New York 1882 Not Available USD 144.00
3

American Women Authors. Group of 15 volumes.

Vp vd Not Available USD 510.00
4 Andersen, H. C.

The Complete Andersen. Translated by Jean Hersholt.

New York (1942-49) Not Available USD 144.00
5 Armstrong, Margaret; & J. J. Thornber

Field Book of Western Flowers. Illustrated.

New York and London, 1915 Not Available USD 144.00
6 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 18 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 480.00
7 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 20 volumes. Some illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 780.00
8 Arnold, Patience

Original pencil drawing of a seated woman at market.

England, 20th-century [75/100] Not Available USD 48.00
9

The Art Bible. 660 illustrations. Thick

London Circa 1900 Not Available USD 204.00
10 Art Nouveau Binding

Schepers, Johannes Bernard. Bragi.

Amsterdam 1901 Not Available USD 72.00
11 (Asgard Press)

Sewall, Margaret L. Verses. [28] pages. Square

Galesburg, IL 1905 Not Available Not Sold
12 Aubier, Dominique

Guerre a la tristesse. Illustrations from photographs.

(Paris 1955 Not Available USD 36.00
13 Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

London [1894] Not Available USD 3,000.00
14 Austen, Jane

Sense and Sensibility. Illustrations by Chris Hammond.

London 1899 Not Available USD 660.00
15 Austin Abbey Bookcase

Dark veneered wooden bookcase.

American, Late 20th-century Not Available USD 144.00
16 Austin, Mary

California. The Land of the Sun. Color illustrations by Sutton Palmer. Large

New York, 1914 Not Available USD 240.00
17 Barrie, J. M. M.

Quality Street. Tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson. Large

[London] [1913] Not Available USD 180.00
18 Barrie, James

The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated, including tipped-in color plates by Hugh Thomson

London 1914 Not Available USD 108.00
19 Baumann, Gustave

Frijoles Canyon Pictographs. 24 woodcuts, including a four-page folding plate SIGNED BY BAUMANN.

Sante Fe 1939 Not Available USD 1,140.00
20 (Bearden, Romare)

Walcott, Derek. Poems of the Caribbean. Illustrations by Beardon,

(New York 1982 Not Available USD 390.00
21 (Beardsley, Aubrey). Jonson.

Volpone: or The Foxe. Illustrated by Beardsley.

London 1898 Not Available USD 180.00
22 (Bernhard, William John) Cabell, James Branch.

The Jewel Merchants. 7 hand-colored plates by Bernhard, including frontispiece SIGNED BY CABELL & BERNHARD.

[New York] 1928 Not Available USD 216.00
23 Dickens, Charles.

Barnaby Rudge. Illustrated.

London 1901 Not Available USD 1,020.00
24 Goldsmith, Oliver.

The Deserted Village. Etchings by M. M. Taylor.

Philadelphia 1888 Not Available USD 480.00
25 Campan, Madame.

Memoirs of Marie Antoinette. Illustrated.

London 1906 Not Available USD 1,020.00
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