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Auction Name Rare and Antiquarian - with Fine Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings Total Sales (USD) 156,975.00
Auction Date November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 172,000.00
Sale Number #826 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 271,100.00
Total Lots 428
Sold Lots 268 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 299,800.00
% of Lots Sold 62.62% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 469,700.00
Unsold Lots 160 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 33.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
53 Descartes, Rene

A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason, and the Discovery of Truth in the Sciences

 1649 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 28,125.00
37 Caesar, Caius Julius

The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War

 1753 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,375.00
102

Rules & Regulations of the St. Andrews Thistle Golf Club

 1873 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,062.50
286 Dickens, Charles

Great Expectations

 1861 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
228 Abbott, Edwin A.

Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions

 1980 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,750.00
417 Soth, Alec

Sleeping by the Mississippi

 [2003] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,125.00
149 Machiavelli, Niccolo

The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence

 1675 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,812.50
93 Jones, Robert Tyre ("Bobby"), Jr. and O.B. Keeler

Down the Fairway: The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr.

 1927 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,500.00
118 Kircher, Athanasius

Turris Babel, sive Archontologia qua Primo Priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, Secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque extructio, consusio linguarum, inde gentium transmigrationis...

 1679 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
171 [Pepys, Samuel]

Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, For Ten Years, Determin'd December 1688

 1690 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
310 Hand, Carole

Moye, The Hood

 2000 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
389 Link, O. Winston

Main Line on Main Street

 Negative: [1956]; print: 1988 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
92 Jones, Robert Trent

Golf Course Architecture

 [c.1938] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
414 Sander, August

Antlitz der Zeit: Sechzig Aufnahmen Deutscher Menschen des 20.Jahrhunderts von August Sander

 [1929] USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,625.00
7 Bacon, Francis

The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh

 1622 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
16

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New; Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues

 1660 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,500.00
67 Michaud, Joseph-Francois

Histoire des Croisades

 1877 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,250.00
173 Pozzo, Andrea

Perspective Pictorum atque Architectorum...

 1719 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
273 Maupassant, Henri Rene Guy de

The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant

 1903 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
329 Passebon, Henri Sbonski de

Plan de plusieurs batimens de mer avec leurs proportions, dedie a Son Altesse Serenissime Monseigneur Louis Auguste de Bourbon

 c.1970's USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
80 Fletcher, John

The Night-Walker, Or the Little Theife. A Comedy

 1640 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,187.50
48

The Illustrated London News Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition of All Nations, 1851

 [1852] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00
19

He palaia diatheke kata tous ebdomekonta = Vetus testamentum Graecum ex versione Septuaginta interpretum

 1665 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,062.50
69 Rabelais, Francois

Oeuvres de Rabelais: Texte Collationne sur les Editions Originales. Avec une Vie de l'Auteur, des Notes et un Glossaire

 1873 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
324 Nishimura Nantei

Nantei Gafu Kohen

 1826 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
  • <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company . <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> The American printer, July 1910. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Shakespeare.<br><i>The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare,</i> 1960. 7,210 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Charles Dickens.<br><i>A Christmas Carol,</i> First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> William Golding.<br><i>Lord of the Flies,</i> First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll.<br><i>Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There,</i> Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien.<br><i>The Hobbit,</i> First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> John Milton.<br><i>Paradise Lost,</i> 1759. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD