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Auction Name History of Science - Illustrated Publisher's Bindings from the Morris-Levin Collection - Miniature Books - Children's Literature Total Sales (USD) 142,975.00
Auction Date August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 140,500.00
Sale Number #845 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 219,000.00
Total Lots 324
Sold Lots 206 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 252,500.00
% of Lots Sold 63.58% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 391,600.00
Unsold Lots 118 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 36.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27 Darwin, Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

 1871 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,687.50
77 Hooker, Joseph Dalton

The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions made on the spot, during a Government Botanical Mission to th

 1849-1851 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,375.00
114

Philosophical Transactions: Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World

 1669-1670 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,375.00
184 Twain, Mark

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

 1885 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,375.00
112 Parkinson, John

Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or, a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up...

 1629 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,750.00
59 Einstein, Albert

Three author offprints by Albert Einstein

 1915-1922 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,437.50
72 Godel, Kurt

The Consistency of the Axiom of Choice and of the Generalized Continuum-Hypothesis with the Axioms of Set Theory

 1940 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,125.00
181 Soltykoff, Prince Alexis

Voyages dans l'Inde

 1850 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,125.00
153 Harris, Joel Chandler

Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings, the Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation

 1881 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,812.50
54 Einstein, Albert

Bemerkungen zu unserer Arbeit: "Uber die elektromagnetischen Grundgleichungen fur bewegte Korper"

 1909 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
61 Einstein, Albert

Zur Theorie der Lichtfortpflanzung in dispergierenden Medien

 1922 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
152 Greenaway, Kate

Thirty-four Almanacks by Kate Greenaway

 1882-1928 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
33 Darwin, Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

 1860 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,000.00
56 Einstein, Albert

Kritisches zu Einer von Herr de Sitter gegebenen Losung der Gravitationsgleichungen

 1918 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,000.00
173 Riviere, Paul-Louis

Poh Deng: Scenes de la Vie Siamoise

 [1913] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
58 Einstein, Albert

Notiz zu unserer Arbeit "Experimenteller Nachweis der Ampereschen Molekularstrome" von A. Einstein und W. J. de Haas

 1915 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
60 Einstein, Albert

Two Papers on the General Theory of Relativity

 1923 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,875.00
68 Fisher, R. A.

The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection

 1930 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,875.00
190 Verne, Jules

Mathias Sandorf

 1886 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,875.00
20 Carson, Rachel

The Edge of the Sea

 1955 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
107 Neumann, John von

Four articles by John von Neumann [in] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

 1934-1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
118 Ruiz-Lopez, Hipolito and Jose Antonio Pavon y Jimenez

Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus, Sive Novorum Generum Plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium Descriptiones, et Icones = Descriptiones y Laminas de los Nuevos Generos de Plantas de la Flora del Peru y Chile

 1794 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
21 Chaumeton, Francois Pierre

Flore medicale decrite par MM. Chaumeton, Poiret, Chamberet, pinte par Mme. E. Panckoucke, Turpin

 1814-1820 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
48 Einstein, Albert

Uber den Ather

 1924 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
50 Einstein, Albert

Uber eine naheliegende Erganzung des Fundamentes der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie

 1921 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,375.00
  • <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> NEWTON, ISAAC. <i>Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica.</i> London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. <i>Theatrum orbis terrarum.</i> 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BECKMANN, MAX. <i>Apokalypse.</i> Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. <i>Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln.</i> AND: <i>Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln…</i> CHF 30,000 to 50,000. <b>Koller, Sep. 17:</b> SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. <i>Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten.</i> Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000