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Auction Name American Civil War Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 33,096.20
Auction Date November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 36,020.00
Sale Number #111424 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 60,615.00
Total Lots 360
Sold Lots 251 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 50,930.00
% of Lots Sold 69.72% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 86,075.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 38.45%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
239 Viele, Egbert L.

Hand-Book for Active Service.

1861 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,778.00
361

6 bound volumes of the New York Tribune from 1861-2, 1864 detailing daily life during the Civil war.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 762.00
271

14 volumes by woman detailing their life experiences during the Civil War.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 698.50
270

44 volumes on women in the North and South during the Civil War, including those that served as soldiers, spys and nurses.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 444.50
51 Johnson, John Lipscomb.

The University Memorial Biographical Sketches of the Alumni of the University of Virginia who fell in the Confederate War.

1871 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 381.00
364

65 vols. Works of G. A. Henty.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 381.00
77

[Military] History Of The United States Marine Corps.

1890 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 317.50
256

30 volumes comprising of 29 titles from Butternut and Blue's Army of the Potomac Series.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 317.50
356

29 volumes on Civil War arms and equipment including volumes on collecting
Condition Very good to Fine.

USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 317.50
27 3 volumes total, consisting of a married first edition, early printing 2-volume set of Uncle Tom's Cabin, and a contemporary analysis of the work by the author.<br><br>Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly.

1852 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 285.75
72 Semmes, Raphael.

The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter from the private journals and other papers of Commander R. Semmes.

1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 285.75
107 Randle, E.H.

Characteristics of the Southern Negro.

1910 USD 120.00 - 220.00 USD 285.75
228 Jordan, Thomas; Pryor, J.P.

The Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. N.B. Forrest, and of Forrest's Cavalry, with Portraits, Maps, and Illustrations.

1868 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 285.75
362

Collections of 5 large black folders containing almost all the Civil War issues of Harper's Weekly, numbered from Volume IV, No.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 285.75
363

Collection of 34 Civil War era newspapers, all from the North and the London Times/Illustrated News during the Civil War.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 285.75
74 Wilson, Henry.

The History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America.

1875-7 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 254.00
268 (1) Evert A. Duyckinck.

National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval. Founded on Official and Other Authentic Documents. Johnson,

1861 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 254.00
115 Rich, Edward R.

Comrades Four.

1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 241.30
160 Davis, Jefferson.

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government.

1938 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 241.30
259

6 volumes of Civil War Naval Histories.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 241.30
258

6 volumes of Civil War Naval HIstories.

1891 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 228.60
265

11 volumes on the Civil War bound in original leather, with 4 leather bound essay for the C. Douglas Green Memorial Prize, for 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1963.
Condition Minor rubbing, some scuffing to leather.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 228.60
290

7 volumes on experiences in Union Prison camps, prisons of the Civil War and Prisoners of War.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 228.60
296

23 vols. Union Calvary in the Civil War.

USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 228.60
307

33 volumes on the History of Union Regiments in the Civil War.
Condition Very good to Fine.

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 228.60
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
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  • 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
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    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