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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 19,112.00
Auction Date November 17, 2024 - November 17, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 57,472.00
Sale Number #111724 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 117,400.00
Total Lots 102
Sold Lots 101 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 57,971.00
% of Lots Sold 99.02% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 118,400.00
Unsold Lots 1 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.14%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
66 DU CHAILLU, Paul

The land of the midnight sun; summer and winter journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and northern Finland,

1881 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 590.00
53 MOORE, Frank

Women of the war: their heroism and self-sacrifice, illustrated with steel engravings

1866 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 430.00
79 DARWIN, Charles

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. With Illustrations.

1896 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 405.00
83 BLAKE, William

Illustrations of the Book of Job. Invented and engraved by W. Blake

1902 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 405.00
100 STEINBECK, John

Of Mice and Men

1937 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 390.00
98 MILNE, A.A.

Now We Are Six

1927 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 370.00
30 FRANKLIN, Benjamin

The works of Benjamin Franklin

1834 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 355.00
96 MARSHALL, Logan

Sinking of the Titanic and great sea disasters: detailed and accurate account of the most awful marine disaster in history, constructed from the real facts as obtained from those on board who survived

(c)1912 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 340.00
70 TWAIN, Mark

Life on the Mississippi

1883 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 330.00
14 PFAFF, Christoph Matthaus

Sa?mtliche Register zu D. Pfaffens Bibelwerk

1770 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 315.00
90 L Frank Baum

John Dough and the Cherub

1906 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 310.00
16 BAUMGARTEN, Siegmund Jacob; SEMLER, Johann

Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden

1776 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 305.00
57 MACKENZIE, William [edit.]

The Imperial Dictionary Of Universal Biography

ca. 1870. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 305.00
76 LUTHER, Martin [Holy Bible transl.]

Die Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments verdeutscht von Martin Luther

1889 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 305.00
94 ROOSEVELT, Theodore

African Game Trails: An Account of The African Wanderings of An American Hunter-Naturalist

1910 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 305.00
46 STILES, Joseph

Modern reform examined, or, The union of north and south on the subject of slavery

1857 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 300.00
69 WILLIAMS, George Forrester

Bullet and shell : war as the soldier saw it ; camp, march, and picket ; battlefield and bivouac ; prison and hospital

1882 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 290.00
101 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1940 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 290.00
97 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

Men without women

1927 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 275.00
9 AUGUSTINE, of Hippo

Les confessions de saint Augustin

1694 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 270.00
81 WHITMAN, Walter

Leaves of Grass

1900 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 270.00
8 SPRAT, Thomas

A true account and declaration of the horrid conspiracy against the late king, His present Majesty, and the government : as it was orderd to be published by His late Majesty...Copies of the Informations and Original Papers Relating to the Proof of the Hor

1685 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 250.00
10 BATTAGLINI, Marco

Istoria universale di tutti i Concilii generali e particolari di Santa Chiesa

1696 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 250.00
64 VILLON, Francois

The Poems of master Francois Villon of Paris, now first done into English verse, in the original forms, by John Payne.

1878 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 250.00
84 MORRIS, William

The doom of King Acrisivs,

1902 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 250.00
  • 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.
  • 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