New England Book Auctions: Fine Books & Ephemera, 64, South Deerfield
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 05, 2026 - May 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 9 Books, including: The Shipwreck; or Humanity Rewarded |
1823; 1818; 1803; 1826 | Not Available | USD 216.00 | ||
| 102 | Sweet | Maps on Report of State Engineer on Canals |
New York | 1880s | Not Available | USD 120.00 |
| 103 | Mortimer Borne | Borne. Drypoints, Etchings, Color Drypoints |
New York | 1980 | Not Available | USD 84.00 |
| 104 | Emile Bourgeois | France Under Louis XIV |
New York | 1897 | Not Available | USD 192.00 |
| 105 | 3 Books, including: General Store |
1877-78; 1819; 1839-40 | Not Available | USD 132.00 | ||
| 106 | William Camden | Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland |
London | 1806 | Not Available | USD 270.00 |
| 107 | Reilly; Moll; Hondius | 3 Books, including: Die Gegend um Wien |
ND | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 108 | Denman W. Ross; Edgar O. Parker; S. Clifford Patchett | Illustrations of Balance and Rhythm |
Boston | 1900 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 109 | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Complete Works |
Boston; New York | c. 1900 | Not Available | USD 216.00 |
| 110 | The Constitution of the State of Massachusetts, and that of the United States; The Declaration of Independence, with President Washington's Farewell Address |
Brookfield, MA | 1807 | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 111 | Sturgis; Forman; Bates | 3 Books, including: My Busy Days |
1908; 1892; 1921 | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 112 | Jean Jaques Rousseau | Emile, ou de L'Education |
Amsterdam | 1773 | Not Available | USD 156.00 |
| 113 | Manuscript Account Book for a paper mill |
1832-44 | Not Available | USD 540.00 | ||
| 114 | Quintus Curtius Rufus | Historia Alexandri Magni |
Amsterdam | 1664 | Not Available | USD 180.00 |
| 115 | Nicolas Bion | The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments |
London | 1758 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 116 | T. S. Eliot | Poems. 1909-1925 |
London | 1925 | Not Available | USD 72.00 |
| 117 | Copybook of letters for a tobacco company |
New York | 1898-1901 | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 118 | Thomas I. Simpson's Catalogue and Price List |
Long Island, NY | 1885 | Not Available | USD 132.00 | |
| 119 | Copybook for the Yale Cyclometer Co. |
Connecticut | 1890s | Not Available | USD 36.00 | |
| 120 | Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census: 1890 |
Washington | 1893 | Not Available | USD 84.00 | |
| 121 | The Bibliophilist's Library Second Series |
Philadelphia | c. 1900 | Not Available | USD 216.00 | |
| 122 | John Page; Henry Hubbard | Autograph Document Signed; Autograph Document Signed |
New Hampshire | 1840; 1844 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 123 | Nast's Illustrated Almanac |
New York | 1872; 1875 | Not Available | USD 96.00 | |
| 124 | Sigmund Freud | The Major of Sigmund Freud |
Pennsylvania | 1981 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 125 | Ian Fleming | Thunderball |
New York | 1961 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.