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Auction Name Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium Total Sales (USD) 19,888.00
Auction Date December 01, 2024 - December 01, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 55,776.00
Sale Number #120124 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,200.00
Total Lots 104
Sold Lots 99 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 58,773.00
% of Lots Sold 95.19% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 120,400.00
Unsold Lots 5 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.52%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
30 JOSEPHUS, Flavius

The works of Flavius Josephus, the learned and authentic Jewish historian, and celebrated warrior : To which are added, three dissertations, concerning Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, James the Just, Gods command to Abraham, etc. : With an index to the wh

1777-78. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 570.00
103 ROOSEVELT, Theodore; ROOSEVELT, Kermit (Illus.)

Through the Brazilian Wilderness. With Illustrations from Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and Other Members of the Expedition.

1914 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
97 TOLSTOY, Leo

The novels and other works of Lyof N. Tolstoi?.

1902 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 465.00
65 HITCHCOCK, Ethan

Remarks upon alchemy and the alchemists

1857 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 460.00
44 DICKENS, Charles

Master Humphreys Clock. By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Complete in 3 volumes.

1840-41 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 430.00
64 UNITED STATES

The Constitution of the United States of America, with an alphabetical analysis

1854 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 420.00
76 McDONALD, W.

Spiritualism identical with ancient sorcery, New Testament demonology, and modern witchcraft

1866 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 405.00
83 CARROLL, Lewis

The hunting of the snark: an agony in eight fits

1876 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 405.00
38 MILLS, Charles

The History of the Crusades, for the Recovery and possession of the Holy Land

1821 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 395.00
60 SHAKESPEARE, William

The dramatic works of William Shakspeare with life, glossary, and poems.

ca. 1852. USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 370.00
98 REMINGTON, Frederick

Done in the Open : Drawings by Frederic Remington

1903 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 350.00
91 COOK, Clarence

Art and artists of our time

1888 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 345.00
15 SOLI?S, Antonio de, y Ribadeneyra

Histoire de la conque?te du Mexique, ou de la Nouvelle Espagne

1691 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 325.00
1 DREXEL, Jeremias

De aeternitate considerationes coram ser.mo vtriusque Bavariae duce. S.R.I. archidapifero

1631 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 320.00
11 JUSTIN, Marcus Junianus

The history of Justin, taken out of the four and fortieth books of Trogus Pompeius: containing the affairs of all ages and countrys, both in peace and war, from the beginning of the world until the time of the Roman emperors.

1682 USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 USD 315.00
79 TWAIN, Mark

The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrims progress: being some account of the steamship Quaker Citys pleasure excursion to Europe and the Holy Land, with descriptions of the countries, nations, incidents, and adventures as they appeared to the author: wi

1869 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 315.00
48 DICKENS, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illus. by Phiz.

1844 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 305.00
106 KING, Martin Luther Jr.

Strength to Love

1963 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 305.00
33 IKEDA, Tori

Romance of the Three Kingdoms Tsuzoku Sangokushi?????(????????)

ca. 1800. USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 290.00
27 MACGOWAN, John

Infernal conference : or, Dialogues of devils

1772 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 280.00
22 WADDING, Lucas

Annales minorum seu Trium ordinum A.S. Francisco institutorum... tomus xix

1745 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 275.00
74 BRYANT, Charles

A history of the great massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota : including the personal narratives of many who escaped

1864 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 275.00
101 UNGER, Frederick William

Roosevelts African Trip: The Story of His Life, the Voyage from New York to Mombasa, and the Route through the Heart of Africa. Including the Big Game and Other Ferocious Animals, Strange Peoples and Countries Found in the Course of his Travels. Lavishly

(c)1909 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 275.00
104 Various authors

East of the sun and west of the moon

ca. 1930. USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 275.00
20 OZANAM, Jacques

Recreations Mathematiques Et Physiques : Qui Contiennent Plusieurs Problemes dArithmetique, de Ge?ometrie, de Musique, dOptique, de Gnomonique, de Cosmographie, de Me?canique, de Pyrotechnie, et de Physique... Tome second

1736 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 270.00
  • 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.
    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 .
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    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.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    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
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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