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Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps Total Sales (USD) 247,809.28
Auction Date August 07, 2025 - August 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 144,900.00
Sale Number #9069 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 225,410.00
Total Lots 378
Sold Lots 302 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 176,860.00
% of Lots Sold 79.89% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 275,780.00
Unsold Lots 76 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 89.86%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
222 [ATLAS - AMERICA]

TANNER, HENRY S. A New American Atlas containing Maps of the Several States of the North American Union.

1823 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 27,852.80
133 BALZAC, HONORE DE

Works.

1895-1900 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,782.40
279

A "humpback" sign for the intersection of Bleecker Street and the Bowery.

Circa 1910s-1950s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 7,782.40
3

Ai tou agiou Paulou epistolai. Ai katholikai episolai. Apokalyps tou agiou Ioannou tou Theologou.

1549 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 5,734.40
190 LEESER, ISAAC (trans).

The Law of God [titled in Hebrew and English].

5605 [1845-46]. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 5,734.40
163 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES

The Birds of America.

1985 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,324.80
16 FRANZ JOSEPH I, Emperor of Austria.

Grant of arms and nobility ("Wappenbriefe") on vellum, signed. Full purple velvet gilt, with the double-headed eagle of Franz Joseph.

1872 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 4,915.20
275 STOKES, I. N. PHELPS

The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909.

1915-28. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,096.00
74 TOLKIEN, J.R.R.

The Hobbit of There and Back Again.

1946 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,686.40
99 APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME and GEORGE BRAQUE

Si je mourais la-bas.

1962 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,276.80
40 MORGAN, THOMAS HUNT

Seven works on evolutionary theory and genetics, including his first major book. Comprises The Development of the Frog's Egg.

1897 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,112.96
66 ROWLING, J.K.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

2000 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,112.96
75 TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator

Anna Karenina ... in eight parts.

1886 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,112.96
39 HUMBOLD, ALEXANDER von

Kosmos, Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung with Atlas zu Alex. v. Humboldt's Kosmos in zweiundvierzig Tafeln mit erlauterndem Texte.

1845-1862 [text]; Stuttgart USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,785.28
94 ABBOTT, EDWIN A.

Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions.

1980 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,785.28
14 JOHNSON, SAMUEL

A Dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers.

1773 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,621.44
6 BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM

Commentaries on the Laws of England.

1768-66-68-69. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,457.60
141 RUSKIN, JOHN (EDWARD T. COOK and ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, eds.)

Works.

1903-12. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,457.60
278

The Bloody Week! Riot, Murder & Arson, Containing a Full Account of this Wholesale Outrage on Life and Property, Accurately Prepared From Official Sources by Eye Witnesses, with Portraits of "Andrews," the Leader and "Rosa," his Eleventh Street Mistress.

1863 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,457.60
277

Report of the Committee of Merchants for the Relief of Colored People, Suffering from the Late Riots in the City Of New York.

1863 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,293.76
60 LONDON, JACK

A collection of fifteen titles, four with signed checks tipped-in.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,129.92
249

Map of the Real Estate In the City of New York Between the South side of Washington Parade 4th St[reet] and the North side of Bellevue, 28th Street.

1831 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,129.92
113 LEGRAND, LOUIS AUGUSTE MATHIEU

Poemes a l'eau-forte.

1914 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,966.08
11 EVELYN, JOHN

Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress.

1674 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,802.24
87 JACKSON, ANDREW

Ship's passport, document signed.

12 April 1831. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,802.24
  • 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.
  • 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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  • 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