Grays Auctioneers: From the Library to the Laboratory, 22885, Cleveland,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 08, 2026 - April 08, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Set of books on Amazon, Panama, and Brazil. |
N/A | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 62.50 | ||
| 3 | AMEDEO, Luigi. | On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea. |
New York | 1903 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. |
Philadelphia | 1804 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 8 | BACON, Francis. | Resuscitatio, or, bringing into the publick light several pieces of the works. |
London | 1661 and 1657. | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 237.50 |
| 9 | Set of books on morals |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 | ||
| 10 | BENERMAN & WILSON. | The Magic Lantern, bound periodical. |
Philadelphia | 1874-1875. | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 16 | The Memoirs of Sign. Gaudentio di Lucca. |
Dublin | MDCCLII [1752]. | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 | |
| 17 | Japanese science, engineering, and architecture textbooks. |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 19 | Set of English Architecture books |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 87.50 | ||
| 21 | BOLLES, Albert. | Industrial History of the United States. |
Norwich | 1879 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | BURTON, William. | The Cyclopaedia of Wit and Humor. |
New York | 1858 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 25 | Telegraph, Telephone, and Electric Lamps. Various authors. |
New York | 1863 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 | |
| 27 | CHAPTAL Jean-Antoine. | Elements of Chemistry. |
Philadelphia | 1807 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 30 | CLEVELAND, Horace. | Hints to Riflemen |
New York | 1864 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 37.50 |
| 31 | CLARKE, G. Sydenham. | Fortification: Its Past Achievements, Recent Development, and Future Progress. |
London | 1890 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | COQUILHAT, Casimir-Erasme | (SIGNED). Cours elementaire. |
Liege | 1855, 1856 and 1858. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 34 | CORNWALLIS, Charles. | An Answer to that part of the narrative. |
London | MDCCLXXXIII [1783]. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 35 | DAVIS, G.B. | The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. |
New York | 1983 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 50.00 |
| 37 | DAVY, John. | The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy. |
London | 1839 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 38 | DERVOORT, J. W., | The Water World, AND BEEBE, William, Half Mile Down. |
Cincinnati | 1888 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 39 | DIDION, Isidore. | Traite de balistique. |
Paris | 1860 | USD 80.00 - 120.00 | USD 37.50 |
| 40 | Set of books on Native Americans, with Magic Lantern Slides. |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 41 | EDWARDS, George Wharton. | Spain |
1926 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | Set of books on the Alps. |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 44 | EMERSON, William. | A System of Astronomy. |
London | MDCCLXIX [1769]. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 87.50 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950