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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Supreme Court of the United States. Transcript of Record. Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg vs. The United States of America |
Washington | 1952 | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 177 | Peter Mark Roget | Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases |
London | 1852 | Not Available | USD 72.00 |
| 178 | Alice Walker | 6 Books, including: Once |
1968; 1973; 1979; 1992; 1981 | Not Available | USD 450.00 | |
| 179 | Sue Grafton | "A" is for Alibi |
New York | 1982 | Not Available | USD 180.00 |
| 180 | Thomas Pynchon | 3 Books, including: The Crying of Lot 49 |
1965; 1973 | Not Available | USD 960.00 | |
| 181 | Cormac McCarthy | The Orchard Keeper; Outer Dark |
New York | 1965; 1968 | Not Available | USD 1,920.00 |
| 182 | Countee Cullen | The Black Christ and Other Poems |
New York; London | 1929 | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 183 | Wallace Berman | Semina No. 5 |
Larkspur, CA | 1959 | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 184 | Archibald Robertson | A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol |
London | 1792 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 185 | Elnathan Parr | Doctrines Handled in the Epistles to the Romans |
London | 1632 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 186 | Colton's Railroad & Township Map. Western States |
New York | 1853 | Not Available | USD 120.00 | |
| 187 | Edith Wharton | The Children |
New York; London | 1928 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 188 | Thomas Jefferson | Notes on Virginia |
Philadelphia | 1794 | Not Available | USD 900.00 |
| 189 | Thomas Jefferson | Notes on Virginia |
Boston | 1801 | Not Available | USD 228.00 |
| 190 | B. Joy Jeffries | Color-Blindness: Its Dangers and Its Detection |
Boston | 1879 | Not Available | USD 96.00 |
| 191 | The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army |
New York | 1864 | Not Available | USD 36.00 | |
| 192 | Murray Forbes | A Treatise upon Gravel and Upon Gout |
London | 1793 | Not Available | USD 24.00 |
| 193 | 3 Books, including: Die Nerven-Dehnung als Operation in der Chirurgischen Praxis |
Leipzig; Philadelphia | 1877; 1852 | Not Available | Not Sold | |
| 194 | James Gregory | A Dissertation on the Influence of a Change of Climate in Curing Diseases |
Philadelphia | 1815 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 195 | 4 Books, including: An Inquiry into the Nature, Cause and Cure of the Gout |
Philadelphia; Vienna; Leiden; Paris | 1793; 1773; 1752; 1877; 1854 | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 196 | Christopher Nugent | An Essay on the Hydrophobia |
London | 1753 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 197 | Benjamin Gooch | A Practical Treatise on Wounds and Other Chirurgical Subjects |
Norwich | 1767 | Not Available | USD 270.00 |
| 198 | Erasmus Wilson | An Inquiry...of Diseases of the Skin; Plates Illustrative of Wilson on Diseases of the Skin; Lectures on Dermatology |
London; Philadelphia | 1864; 1868; 1878 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 199 | Erasmus Wilson | 10 Books, including: Lectures on Dermatology |
London; Philadelphia; New York | 1871; 1875; 1872; 1863; 1842; 1843; 1845; 1870; 1865 | Not Available | USD 120.00 |
| 200 | George Cleghorn | Observations on the Epidemical Diseases of Minorca |
Philadelphia | 1809 | 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.