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Addison and Sarova: Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera

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Auction Name Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera Total Sales (USD) 191,754.00
Auction Date November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 34,830.00
Sale Number #1055 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 348,300.00
Total Lots 268
Sold Lots 261 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 35,225.00
% of Lots Sold 97.39% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 352,250.00
Unsold Lots 7 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 54.44%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
19

[Book of Hours, Horae B. M. V.] Manuscript on parchment.

Circa third quarter of the 15th century. USD 3,500.00 - 35,000.00 USD 20,400.00
24 Thomas Hariot.

ADMIRANDA NARRATIO FIDA TAMEN, DE COMMODIS ET INCOLARUM RITIBUS VIRGINIAE.

1590 USD 3,500.00 - 35,000.00 USD 13,200.00
11

Maturatio Mineralium.

Ca. 1688. USD 800.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,200.00
25 De Bry, Theodore; Le Moyne, Jacques.

BREVIS NARRATIO EORUM QUAE IN FLORIDA AMERICAE PROVI[N]CIA GALLIS ACCIDERUNT... QUAE EST SECONDA PARS AMERICAE.

1591 [1609.] USD 2,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 9,000.00
20

Manuscript on parchment, in red and black ink throughout.

Ca. 1420 USD 1,500.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,000.00
22 [Greco, Gioachino.]

THE ROYALL GAME OF CHESSE-PLAY. SOMETIMES THE RECREATION OF THE LATE KING, WITH MANY OF THE NOBILITY. ILLUSTRATED WITH ALMOST AN HUNDRED GAMBETTS. BEING THE STUDY OF BIOCHIMO THE FAMOUS ITALIAN.

1656 USD 700.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,000.00
28

LAWS OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY.

1807 USD 700.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,000.00
10 Plattes, Gabriel.

A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEALL TREASURE, VIZ. OF ALL MANNER OF MINES AND MINERALLS, FROM THE GOLD TO THE COALE....

1639 USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 5,100.00
29

The Kirtland Safety Society, 10 banknote.

1837 USD 400.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,800.00
16 Tacitus, Gaius Cornelius.

[OPERA] HISTORIAE AUGUSTAE.

1497 USD 700.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,500.00
7 Jonson, Ben.

THE WORKES OF BENIAMIN JONSON.

1616 USD 1,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,200.00
30 [Dwight, Timothy.]

A SERMON PREACHED AT NORTHAMPTON ON THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF NOVEMBER, 1781: OCCASIONED BY THE CAPTURE OF THE BRITISH ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF EARL CORNWALLIS.

1781 USD 300.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,900.00
31 Walter, Thomas.

THE SWEET PSALMIST OF ISRAEL. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE LECTURE HELD IN BOSTON, BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING REGULAR & GOOD SINGING, AND FOR REFORMING THE DEPRAVATIONS AND DEBASEMENTS OUR PSALMODY LABOURS UNDER, IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE THE PROPER AND TRUE OL

 1722 USD 150.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,000.00
45 Lucian of Samosata; Vitus Vuerlerus.

DIALOGI.

1516 USD 500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,400.00
237

[Ca. September-October, 1861] Hand-drawn map of Santa Rosa Island in preparation for impending military action in the early months of the Civil War.

USD 150.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,160.00
8 Morris, William.

THE SUNDERING FLOOD.

1897 USD 300.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
51

An extensive manuscript, done between 1776 and 1777, by Thomas de Grey.

1776-1777 USD 500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,680.00
4 Wecker, Jacob.

ANTIDOTARIUM GEMINUM, GENERALE ET SPECIALE.

1595 USD 80.00 - 800.00 USD 1,560.00
40 Bunyan, John.

DIVINE EMBLEMS: OR, TEMPORAL THINGS SPIRITUALIZED. FITTED FOR THE USE OF BOYS AND GIRLS.

[1794.] USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
194

AN ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLICK ACTS PASSED IN THE FIFTH [SIXTH AND SEVENTH] SESSION OF THE TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN.

1766, 1767, 1768 USD 80.00 - 800.00 USD 1,560.00
255

A pair of wall maps, including: * A New Map of the Land of Promise and the Holy City of Jerusalem...

1828 USD 40.00 - 400.00 USD 1,560.00
9

PSALMI PENITENTIALES.

1894 USD 250.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,440.00
36 [Salmon P. Chase.]

[Caption Title] THE ADDRESS OF THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN LIBERTY CONVENTION HELD AT CINCINNATI, JUNE 11 & 12, 1845, TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES BY A CITIZEN OF PENNSYLVANIA.

[1845.] USD 300.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,320.00
187

THE WHALE, AND THE DANGERS OF THE WHALE-FISHERY.

n.d. (ca. 1836) USD 30.00 - 300.00 USD 1,320.00
199

Large archive of material, mainly relating to Colebrook, CT.

Mostly early 1800s (some 18th c.), USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,320.00
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    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
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    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.
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  • <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