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
50 (Bradley, Will)

[Russell, George]. The Earth Breath and Other Poems by A. E. Title and cover by Bradley.

New York and London, [1897] Not Available USD 144.00
51 Breasted, James Henry

A History of Egypt. Illustrated, including folding map. Tall

New York 1905 Not Available USD 168.00
52 Brunelleschi, Umberto

Lithograph from L'Estampe Moderne. Pochoir print with hand-coloring.

Paris 1927 Not Available USD 240.00
53 Brunelleschi, Umberto

Lithograph from L'Estampe Moderne. Pochoir print with hand-coloring.

Paris 1927 Not Available USD 144.00
54 Cable, George W

Old Creole Days. 2 volumes * The Grandissimes. Together 3 volumes. Illustrated. Large

New York 1897; 1899 Not Available USD 120.00
55 [Carpenter, Edward]

Towards Democracy. [4], 119 pages. Small

London 1883 Not Available USD 96.00
55a Carroll.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland * Through the Looking Glass. Together 2 volumes. Illustrated by John Tenniel.

London 1927; 1928 Not Available USD 780.00
56 Catalogue of the Books

and List of Plays in the Private Collection of Alfred J. Cox. Lithograph title page. Over 200 pages completed in ink or pencil. Thick

Chicago, Late 19th-century Not Available USD 300.00
57 Cave, Henry W

Golden Tips. A Description of Ceylon and its great Tea Industry. Illustrations from photographs.

London 1900 Not Available USD 48.00
58 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. Fourth Edition, Corrected. 28 engraved plates after Francis Hayman. 4 volumes.

London 1770 Not Available USD 240.00
59 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Vida Y Hechos Del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Frontispieces, 32 engraved plates. 2 volumes.

Antwerp 1719 Not Available USD 660.00
60 The Chap-Book

Group of 16 issues, as listed below. Illustrated.

Chicago 1895-95 Not Available USD 96.00
61 Churchill, Winston

From London to Ladysmith. Illustrated, including folding maps.

London 1900 Not Available USD 108.00
62 Conrad, Joseph

Youth and Two Other Stories.

New York 1903 Not Available USD 168.00
63 Coquille D'Oeif Binding

Genet, Jean. Querelle de Brest.

[Paris], 1947 Not Available USD 960.00
64 Crane, Walter

Kunst en Samenleving. Naar Walter Crane's Claims of Decorative Art in het Nederlandsch Bewerkt door Jan Veth. Tweede Herziene Druk. Woodcut vignettes by G. W. Dijsselhof.

Amsterdam 1903 Not Available USD 60.00
65 Crane, Walter

Columbia's Courtship. 12 color chromolithograph plates by Crane.

Boston 1892 Not Available USD 96.00
66 (Cruikshank, George) [Cowper, William].

The Diverting History of John Gilpin. Six wood-engraved illustrations by Cruikshank. Square

London 1828 Not Available USD 60.00
67 Dacre, Barbarina

Lady. Dramas, Translations and Occasional Poems. 2 volumes.

London 1821 Not Available USD 132.00
68 [Dana, Richard Henry.]

Two Years Before the Mast; A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.

New York 1840 Not Available USD 144.00
69 Bridges, Robert.

Now in Wintry Delights. 32 pages. Thin large

Oxford 1903 Not Available USD 156.00
70 De Tours, Constant

Voyage d'un Petit Parisien. De Paris a la Mer. Illustrated. Large

Paris, Circa 1900 Not Available USD 144.00
71

Group of 7 volumes, as listed below. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 348.00
72

Group of 20 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 540.00
73

Group of 12 volumes. Most illustrated.

Vp vd Not Available USD 330.00
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