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Canada Book Auctions Limited: Holiday Auction

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Auction Name Holiday Auction Total Sales (CAD) 34,068.75
Auction Date December 07, 2024 - December 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 52,000.00
Sale Number #353011 High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 79,100.00
Total Lots 213
Sold Lots 174 Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 59,200.00
% of Lots Sold 81.69% High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 90,600.00
Unsold Lots 39 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 37.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
149 JERRY GARCIA [GRATEFUL DEAD].

SIGNED PHOTO FRAMED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING.

CAD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 CAD 3,625.00
209 Casson, A.J.; Duval, Paul [foreword].

WATERCOLOURS. 1919 TO 1979: A SIXTY YEAR CHRONICLE [LIMITED ED].

1980 CAD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 CAD 2,500.00
216 Boulet, Roger.

WALTER J. PHILLIPS. THE COMPLETE GRAPHIC WORKS.

1981 CAD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 1,500.00
12 von Pronay, Gabriel.

SKIZZEN AUS DEM VOLKSLEBEN IN UNGARN.

1855 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 1,187.50
210 Casson, A.J.

A NORTHERN SUITE.

1981 CAD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 CAD 1,187.50
72 Dinesen, Isak.

LAST TALES.

1957 CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 1,062.50
137 Wolfe, Tom.

THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST.

1969 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 937.50
200 [CHAGALL, MARC]

FRENCH-JAPANESE EXHIBITION POSTER, 1977.

1977 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 937.50
201 G. di San Lazzaro [editor].

HOMAGE TO MARC CHAGALL. Special edition of XXe Siecle (Paris).

CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 687.50
217 Town, Harold; Silcox, David P.

TOM THOMSON: THE SILENCE AND THE STORM.

1977 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 593.75
193 [CHINESE] La Ceramique dans l'Art d'Extreme-Orient.<br>Riviere, Henri.

LA CERAMIQUE DANS L'ART D'EXTREME-ORIENT, recueil de cent soixante-deux pieces reproduites en couleurs d'apres les originaux choisis dans les musees et dans les collections francaises et etrangeres.

1923 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 562.50
214 Duval, Paul.

THE ART OF GLEN LOATES [EXQUISITE LUXURY EDITION, WITH LITHOGRAPH].

1977 CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 500.00
161 DU MAURIER, GEORGE.

Original ink drawing, dated 1886. Caption reads: "Incontrovertible / "And how old are you, my little man?" / "I'm not old at all - I'm twite new!".

1886 CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 468.75
178

PHILADEPHIA; A lot of 5 prints sold together.

CAD 800.00 - 1,200.00 CAD 468.75
164

ALBUM OF WATERCOLOURS, SCOTTISH.

Circa 1900-1904. CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 437.50
18

WOMEN AUTHORS. A lot of 2 volumes sold together. Including: Alcott, Louisa May; Pitz, Henry C. LITTLE WOMEN. OR MEG, JO, BETH, AND AMY.

1967 CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 406.25
70

LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB: EPHEMERA, PROSPECTUSES, ETC. A lot of 26+ pieces sold together.

Circa 1954-1972 and later CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 375.00
215 Loates, Glen; James, Ross.

A COMING OF WINTER. [LIMITED ED XIII/XXV HORS DE COMMERCE]

1981 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 375.00
16 Poe, Edgar Allan.

6 volumes: (3 vols) PROSE TALES.

CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 343.75
57 Keppel, Henry; Brierley, Oswald W. [illustrator].

A VISIT TO THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, IN H.M. SHIP MAEANDER. WITH PORTIONS OF THE PRIVATE JOURNAL OF SIR JAMES BROOKE, K.C.B.

1853 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 343.75
150 McBride, Tom.

PINES.

1989 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 343.75
168 ROWLANDSON, Thomas.

A LITTLE BIGGER.

1791 CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 343.75
180 Barboutau, Pierre.

2 volumes: BIOGRAPHIES DES ARTISTES JAPONAIS DONT LES OEUVRES FIGURENT DANS LA COLLECTION PIERRE BARBOUTAU.

1905 CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 343.75
1 STADT-UND LANDHAEUSER.

SAMMLUNG MODERNER WOHNGEBAEUDE, VILLEN UND EINFAMILIENHAEUSER AUS STADT UND LAND AUSGEFUHRT VON DEN ERSTEN ARCHITEKTEN DER JETZTZEIT.

1894 CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 312.50
15 Stoker, Bram; Hoffmann, Felix [illustrator].

DRACULA.

1965 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 312.50
  • 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.
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    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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