New England Book Auctions: Fine Bindings Literaure Illustrated, Including Selections from Austin Abey Rare Books, 548, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 24, 2026 - February 24, 2026
Page Size: 222 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
77 Penn, William

(Essex House Press). Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life

[London] 1901 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 270.00
78 [Ferguson, Samuel]

Extra-Illustrated. Father Tom and the Pope; or A Night at the Vatican

Philadelphia 1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
79 Hutton, Lawrence

Extra-Illustrated. Literary Landmarks of London

London 1882 [but circa 1892] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
80

Fine Print. The Review for the Arts of the Book

San Francisco 197583 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 180.00
81 Tibbits, Randolph K.

Fine Printing. By A Vote of Congress Being The text of a letter dated June 18, 1775, from John Adams to Elbridge Gerry

Kirkwood 1976 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 60.00
82

Fine Printing. Group of 11 volumes

Vp vd USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 450.00
83 Fitzgerald, F. Scott

The Beautiful and Damned

New York 1922 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 192.00
84 (Flint, Russell)

Le Morte Darthur

London 1911 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
85 Fothergill, Jessie

The First Violin

New York 1892 USD 125.00 - 175.00 USD 270.00
86

French Bindings. Group of 7 volumes

Vp 1820s-60s USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 96.00
87 Frost, Robert

Group of 4 volumes as listed below

Vp vd USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
88 Gale, Zona

Christmas. A Story

New York 1912 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
89 Goldberg, Ira

(Gerswin). George Gershwin: A Study in American Music

New York 1931 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 48.00
90 (Gibran, Kahlil)

Group of 3 volumes, as listed below

Vp vd USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 48.00
91 Gilder, Richard Watson

Two Worlds and Other Poems

New York 1891 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 84.00
92 Gilder, Richard Watson

Two Worlds and Other Poems

New York 1891 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 36.00
93 Edited by F. Schuyler Mathews

The Golden Flower. Chrysanthemum

Boston Circa 1890 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
94 Goldsmith, Oliver

The Vicar of Wakefield

London & New York 1890 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 270.00
95 Gorey, Edward

Dracula: A Toy Theatre

New York 1979 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 204.00
96 (Gorey, Edward)

Theroux, Alexander

Naperville, IL 1992 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 180.00
97 Greene, Graham

Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party

New York 1980 USD 75.00 - 100.00 USD 132.00
98 (Grover, Beatrice)

Collins, Wilkie

American 20th-century USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 156.00
99

Guild of Women Binders. The Book of Common Prayer

Oxford Circa 1900 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,160.00
100 Haberly, Loyd

The City of the Sainted King and Other Poems

[Cambridge] 1939 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 360.00
101 Haberly, Loyd

John Apostate an Idyl of the Quays

Hamshire 1927 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 360.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Chiswick Auctions
    Books & Works on Paper
    12th March 2026
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.
    Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.