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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Report of The Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855 |
Washington | 1856 | Not Available | USD 360.00 | |
| 152 | William Shakespeare | The Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare |
Pennsylvania | 1978 | Not Available | USD 204.00 |
| 153 | Robert Louis Stevenson | The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson |
New York | 1902 | Not Available | USD 156.00 |
| 154 | Genealogical and Family History of The Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys Pennsylvania |
New York and Chicago | 1906 | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 155 | John G. C. Brainard; J. G. Whittier | The Literary Remains of John G. C. Brainard, with a Sketch of His Life |
Hartford | 1832 | Not Available | USD 12.00 |
| 156 | Vinegar Valentines |
Hartford | ND | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 157 | B. A. Gould, Jr | B. A. Gould, Jr Herbarium |
1839 | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 158 | J. L. Alibert | Nosologie Naturelle, ou Les Maladies du Corps Humain Distribuees par Familles |
Paris | 1817 | Not Available | USD 156.00 |
| 159 | Robert Willis | Illustrations of Cutaneous Disease |
London | 1841 | Not Available | USD 168.00 |
| 160 | Frederic Shoberl | The World in Miniature...Africa |
London | 1820s | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 161 | Publius Terentius Afer | Comoediae Sex |
Rotterdam | 1648 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 162 | 4 Books, including: Reports of Explorations and Surveys...Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |
1856; 1857 | Not Available | USD 168.00 | ||
| 163 | The Trial of Robert Emmet |
19th-century | Not Available | USD 48.00 | ||
| 164 | Nost Sartorius, John. Hunting Plate !. Brushing into Cover |
ND | Not Available | USD 36.00 | ||
| 165 | Clement Moore | Historic Tales of Olden Time |
Philadelphia | 1833 | Not Available | USD 900.00 |
| 166 | John Hersey | Hiroshima |
New York | 1946 | Not Available | USD 540.00 |
| 167 | Laura E. Richards; Maud Howe Elliott | Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 |
Boston and New York | 1915 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 168 | James Russell Lowell | My Study Windows |
Boston | 1871 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 169 | Catherine Beecher | Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book |
New York | 1849 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 170 | Madame Metaal, Ci-Devant Herbster Backker | Le Chateau de St. Valerie, Histoire |
Londres | 1817 | Not Available | USD 12.00 |
| 171 | Turner; Nelson | Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska; Report upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska |
Washington | 1886-87 | Not Available | USD 108.00 |
| 172 | Catalogo das Obras Impressas no seulo XVIII |
Lisbon | 1999 | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 173 | John Abernethy | Surgical Observations on Injuries of the Head; and on Miscellaneous Subjects |
Philadelphia | 1811 | Not Available | USD 12.00 |
| 174 | Thomas Daniell; William Daniell | Oriental Scenery |
London | 1816 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 175 | Dutch Psalm book |
Copenhagen | c. 1740s | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
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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.