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Auction Name Rare Books & Ephemera Total Sales (USD) 5,947.20
Auction Date December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 9,715.00
Sale Number #393976 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 19,445.00
Total Lots 306
Sold Lots 55.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 70,000.00
% of Lots Sold 17.97% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 138,440.00
Unsold Lots 251 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 4.30%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
139 Ernest Hemingway

A Death in the Afternoon, 1932 1st ed. in dust jacket

1932 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 USD 392.00
101 W. H. Auden

Secondary Worlds (1968) drunkenly inscribed 4x to one of his editors

c.1968 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 358.40
111 Raymond Chandler

The High Window (1942 first edition in dust jacket)

1942 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 268.80
132 Robert Ganzo, Jacques Villon

Oeuvre Poetique (1957), 8 etchings by Jacques Villon, signed limited

1957 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 268.80
143 Niderndorff

Generalis Geographia Cosmica, Mathematica, Naturalis, Politica...1739, maps &

1739 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 268.80
193 Guillaume Le Blond

L'Artillerie Raisonnee, 1776, 30 folding plates

1776 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 268.80
157 Willa Cather

Father Junipero's Holy Family -- Anvil Press 1956, Carolyn Hammer's own copy

1956 USD 350.00 - 700.00 USD 246.40
278 Arthur Edward Waite

Elfin Music, An Anthology of English Fairy Poetry, 1888

1888 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 246.40
131 Mark Doty

Fire to Fire, Poems. Sutton Hoo Press, 2004. Edition of 160 signed

2004 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 224.00
225 Cochrane

A Pedestrian Journey Through Russia And Siberian Tartary, 2 vols. 1829. With folding map.

1829 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 168.00
398 Capt. G. D. Hamilton

Trout-Fishing and Sport in Maoriland -- signed copy, 1904 1st ed.

1904 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 145.60
176 Cunningham

The Story of Nell Gwyn, 1903, in full lavender morocco, extra-illustrated

1903 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 134.40
231 Pond

1885 History of Life-Saving Devices, Military & Naval Constructions invented by Joseph Francis

1885 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 134.40
397 Peter Capstick's Africa

A Return To The Long Grass - inscribed to his publisher

1987 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 134.40
151 Cecil Aldin

The Black Puppy Book, 1908, 12 color plates

ca1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
178 Natalie Joan & Susan Beatrice Pearse

Ameliaranne in Town [&] At the Circus, 1930-1931

1930 & 1931 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
190

1843 Report on the Employment of Women & Children in Agriculture, England.

1843 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
217 A. C. Andros

Pen and Pencil Sketches of a Holiday Scamper in Spain, 1860. 6 colored plates.

1860 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
220 Bostwick

1848 book on Venereal Diseases, [and] of the Genito-Urinary Organs, 1848, 27 color plates

1848 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
260 David Gray

Gallops & Gallops 2 (1898-1903), Equestrian & Fox Hunting fiction

1898 & 1903 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 112.00
312 Mayne Reid

The Forest Exiles (1855) & The Young Yagers (1857), 1st eds, handsome leather bindings

1855 & 1857 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
367

Vortrag zum pracktischen Cours auf Muldner Hutte (ca. 1865-75) William L. Scaife's copy

1875 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 112.00
123

Der Koran...1828 in handsome dark green morocco gilt. Qur'an in German.

1828 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 89.60
180 Gershom Huff

Electro-Physiology, 1853

1853 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 89.60
185 William B. Carpenter

Mesmerism, Spiritualism, &c. Historically and Scientifically Considered, 1897

1897 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 89.60
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000