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New England Book Auctions: Fine Holiday Miscellany of Books and Ephemera Catalogue

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Auction Name Fine Holiday Miscellany of Books and Ephemera Catalogue Total Sales (USD) 54,324.00
Auction Date December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #534 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 241
Sold Lots 214 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 88.80% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 27 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
96 Woolf, Virginia

A Room of One's Own.

1929 Not Available USD 5,100.00
51 Seuss, Dr.

The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.

1938 Not Available USD 2,400.00
95 Woolf, Virginia

The Waves.

1931 Not Available USD 1,920.00
174

Group of 36 watercolor costume designs from the Atelier A. Comelli.

circa 1900 Not Available USD 1,800.00
182

Stinson School of Aviation. Collection of over 250 photographs and negatives relating to the school and the family + other related ephemera.

1910s-30s Not Available USD 1,560.00
94 Woolf, Virginia

Monday or Tuesday. Woodcuts by Vanessa Bell.

1921 Not Available USD 1,440.00
88 Woolf, Virginia

To The Lighthouse.

1927 Not Available USD 1,200.00
56 Heinlein, Robert A

Stranger in a Strange Land.

1961 Not Available USD 1,080.00
97 Sackville-West, Victoria

Autograph Card Initialed "V. W," to Clive Bell, suggesting a meeting with Leo & Mrs. Meyers.

1929 Not Available USD 1,020.00
198

Presidential Autographs. Group of 8 volumes, 1) Truman. Mr. Citizen. 1960)

vd Not Available USD 900.00
164

Photographs. Album containing over 35 tintypes and 15 cartes-de-visite of various sizes.

19th-century Not Available USD 840.00
4 Barrie, J. M

The Little White Bird.

1902 Not Available USD 780.00
59 Bemelmans, Ludwig

Madeline.

1939 Not Available USD 720.00
12 V. Sabater

Comitiva Regia en el Casamiento de S.M. el Rey de Espana Don Alfonso 12 con S. A. I. y R. la Archiduquesa Dona Maria Cristina de Austria, en el Trayecto Desde la Real Basilica de Atocha a Palacio el dia 29 de Novbre de 1879

 1883 Not Available USD 660.00
34 Stowe, Harriet Beecher

Uncle Tom's Cabin.

1852 Not Available USD 660.00
223 Greenaway, Kate

Kate Greenaway's Almanack. 1883-1885 & 1887.

1882-96 Not Available USD 660.00
54

Die Garderobe der Dame. The Wardrobe of Ladies. Group of 2 hand-colored identical 7-inch double-sided paper dolls, 8 hand-colored double-sided gowns and 8 hand-colored hats.

1850s Not Available USD 600.00
71 Sendak, Maurice

Nutshell Library.

1962 Not Available USD 600.00
251

Group of 40 volumes. Illustrated, including pop-ups and moveables. Includes: A Day in the Zoo. Facsimile. (1980)

vd Not Available USD 600.00
16 Glassman, Peter, editor.

OZ: The Hundredth Anniversary. Illustrations and text by Maurice Sendak, Tomie de Paola, Paul O. Zelinsky, Uri Schulevitz, Madeleine L'Engle, Jules Feiffer, Eric Carle, and other illustrators.

2000 Not Available USD 570.00
92 Woolf, Virginia

Between the Acts.

1941 Not Available USD 540.00
8 Sabuda, Robert.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

2001 Not Available USD 510.00
111

Atlas of the City of Boston. Boston Proper * ditto. Roxbury.

1928; 1915 Not Available USD 510.00
30 Vonnegut, Kurt

Bluebeard.

1987 Not Available USD 480.00
68

Children's: Engravings of 6 images with text on a single sheet.

Late 18th-century Not Available USD 480.00
  • <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company . <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines<br>and Machine Manuals<br>December 24 to January 9</b> <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> The American printer, July 1910. <b>High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9:</b> Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
    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.
  • <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