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Auction Name Rare and Collectible Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 134,460.00
Auction Date August 21, 2024 - August 21, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #82124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 109
Sold Lots 109 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5062 Peter Force, ed.

AMERICAN ARCHIVES: CONSISTING OF A COLLECTION OF AUTHENTICK RECORDS, STATE PAPERS, DEBATES, AND LETTERS AND OTHER NOTICES OF PUBLICK AFFAIRS, ...

1837-1851 Not Available USD 17,400.00
5011 Nella Larsen.

PASSING.

1929 Not Available USD 8,100.00
5006 Michael Krafft.

THE AMERICAN DISTILLER, OR, THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF DISTILLING, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS,

1804 Not Available USD 6,300.00
5087 Alexander Wilson; Charles Lucian Bonaparte; Sir William Jardine, Bart.

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY

1832 Not Available USD 5,400.00
5051 John Smith.

THE GENERALL HISTORIE OF VIRGINIA, NEW-ENGLAND, AND THE SUMMER ISLES:

1627 Not Available USD 5,280.00
5053 John Brickell.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF NORTH-CAROLINA. WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRADE, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE CHRISTIAN AND INDIAN INHABITANTS.

1737 Not Available USD 4,560.00
5015 To include:<br><br><br><br>Zora Neale Hurston.

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD.

1937 Not Available USD 4,440.00
5069 Joseph Scott.

THE UNITED STATES GAZETTEER: CONTAINING AN AUTHENTIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL STATES. ...

1795 Not Available USD 3,720.00
5001 Wayne Thiebaud, illus.; Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin; M. F. K. Fisher, trans.

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TASTE, OR, MEDITATIONS ON TRANSCENDENTAL GASTRONOMY.

1994 Not Available USD 3,000.00
5008 Sojourner Truth; Frances W. Titus; [Olive Gilbert].

NARRATIVE OF SOJOURNER TRUTH

1875 Not Available USD 3,000.00
5028 Amelia Earhart.

20 HRS. 40 MIN. OUR FLIGHT IN THE FRIENDSHIP. THE AMERICAN GIRL, FIRST ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BY AIR, TELLS HER STORY.

1928 Not Available USD 3,000.00
5004 John Gardiner and David Hepburn.

THE AMERICAN GARDENER, CONTAINING AMPLE DIRECTIONS FOR WORKING A KITCHEN GARDEN, EVERY MONTH IN THE YEAR

1804 Not Available USD 2,760.00
5055 James Iredell.

LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. PUBLISHED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF ASSEMBLY, BY JAMES IREDELL,

1791 Not Available USD 2,160.00
5052 John Lawson.

A NEW VOYAGE TO CAROLINA

1709 Not Available USD 2,040.00
5035 Pablo Neruda.

CIEN SONETOS DE AMOR.

1959 Not Available USD 1,920.00
5054 William Bartram.

TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, ...

1791 Not Available USD 1,920.00
5010 Alain Locke, ed.

THE NEW NEGRO: AN INTERPRETATION.

1925 Not Available USD 1,800.00
5038 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]; John Tenniel, illus.

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE.

1872 [December 1871] Not Available USD 1,800.00
5050 Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (TOM SAWYER'S COMRADE).

1884 Not Available USD 1,800.00
5088 Jan van der Heiden and Jan van der Heiden de Jonge.

BESCHRYVING DER NIEUWLYKS UITGEVONDEN EN GEOCTROJEERDE SLANG-BRAND-SPUITEN, EN HAARE WYZE VAN BRAND-BLUSSEN, TEGENWOORDIG BINNEN AMSTERDAM IN GEBRUIK ZIJNDE...

1735 Not Available USD 1,680.00
5061 Thomas Jefferson.

A MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE: FOR THE USE OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

1812 Not Available USD 1,560.00
5099 Giovanni Boccaccio; Antonio Brucioli.

IL DECAMERONE DI MESSER GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO CONNUOVE E VARIE FIGURE NUOUAMENTE STAMPATO ET RICORRETTO PER MESSER. ANTONIO BRUCIOLI...

1542 Not Available USD 1,560.00
5014 Claude McKay.

BANJO: A STORY WITHOUT A PLOT.

1929 Not Available USD 1,320.00
5031 Harper Lee.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

1995 Not Available USD 1,320.00
5039 A. A. Milne; Ernest H. Shepard, illus.

WINNIE-THE-POOH.

1926 Not Available USD 1,200.00
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    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
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    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
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    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.