Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2, N12191, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 25, 2026 - June 25, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 426 | Tolkien J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings |
London | 1954; 1955 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 32,000.00 |
| 427 | Vane Anne; Newton James | 5 Books, including: Vanelia |
London | 1732; 1736 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 896.00 |
| 428 | Verne Jules | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas; Around the World in Eighty Days |
Boston | 1873 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 429 | Waller Edmund | Poems, &c. Written upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons |
London | 1712 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 430 | Walpole Horace | The Mysterious Mother |
Twickenham | 1769 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 431 | Wilde Oscar | Four Letters by Oscar Wilde Which Were Not Included in the English Edition of "De Profundis."; Children in Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life |
Edinburgh; London | 1906; 1898 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 432 | Wilde Oscar | Oscariana |
London | 1914 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 |
| 433 | Woolf Virginia | A Room of One’s Own |
London | 1929 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 434 | Mourlot Fernand; Prevert Jacques | Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes; San Lazzaro et ses Amis |
Paris | 1972; 1975 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 435 | Basquiat Jean-Michel | Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Zurich | 1985 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 437 | Cassatt Mary | Autograph letter signed to "Cher Monsieur" Lazard |
1905 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,680.00 | |
| 438 | Crane Walter; Grimm Brothers | Household Stories |
London | 1880 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 |
| 439 | Dali Salvador; Dodgson Charles Lutwidge | Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland |
New York | 1969 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 440 | Durer Albrecht; Lucianus of Samosata; Pirckheimer Willibald | De ratione conscribendae historiae |
Nuremberg | 1515 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 512.00 |
| 441 | Gowin Emmet | Concerning America and Alfred Stieglitz, and Myself |
Richmond, Virginia | 1965 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 443 | Pissarro Camille; Monet Claude; Renoir Pierre Auguste | A group of three autograph letters |
circa 1893; 1914; 1902 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 | |
| 444 | Kelly Ellsworth; Calder Alexander; Miro Joan | Derriere le Miroir |
Paris | 1964-1967 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 445 | Man Ray; Eluard Paul | Facile |
Paris | 1935 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 446 | Man Ray | Les Invendables |
Vence, France | 1969 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 447 | Man Ray | Mr. and Mrs. Woodman |
La Haye | 1970 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 448 | Man Ray | Alphabet pour Adultes |
Paris | 1970 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 449 | Man Ray;Breton Andre | Man Ray 1890–1976 |
Antwerp | 1994 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 450 | Mayakovsky Vladimir;Popova Lidia | Kon’-ogon’ |
Moscow | 1928 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 451 | Mucha Alphonse | Le Pater |
Paris | 1899 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,320.00 |
| 452 | Redon Odilon;Flaubert Gustave | La Tentation de Saint-Antoine |
Paris | 1932 | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Sotheby’s
Reason and Revolution:
Extraordinary Works from a Distinguished Private Collection
Part I
Live Sale 20 OctoberSotheby’s, Oct. 20: Copernicus, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium colestium, Nuremberg, 1543, first edition.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Newton, Isaac, Sir. Autograph manuscript worksheet, Cambridge, probably May 1694.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Euclid. Praeclarissimus Liber Elementorum in Artem Geometrie, Venice, Ratdolt, 25 May 1482, first edition of the first substantial mathematical work to appear in print, Durazzo copy.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Galilei, Galileo. Sidereus nuncius …, Venice, 1610, first edition of the foundation of modern astronomy.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Kepler, Johannes. Astronomia nova aitiologitos …, Prague or Heidelberg, 1609, first edition, contemporary vellum, the Chasles copy.Sotheby’s, Oct. 20: Cellarius, Andreas. Harmonia macrocosmica seu atlas universalis et novus ..., Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1661, brilliantly handcolored. -
Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Fine restoration binding in the style of the Queen’s binders.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Magnus Hundt, the elder. First edition of one of the earliest printed books with anatomical illustrations.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. First edition.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and Damned. First edition, first printing.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. First edition, presentation copy.Heritage Auctions, Oct. 14: Bible, in English. Geneva-Tomson-Junius. London: Robert Barker, [colophon 1612]/1611. -
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