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New England Book Auctions: Fine Bindings, Literature Illustrated, including selections from Austin Abbery Rare Books

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Auction Name Fine Bindings, Literature Illustrated, including selections from Austin Abbery Rare Books Total Sales (USD) 70,134.00
Auction Date December 09, 2025 - December 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #546 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 222
Sold Lots 216.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 97.30% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 6 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
217 Whitman, Walt.

Leaves of Grass. Extra-Illustrated.

 1884 Not Available USD 4,200.00
13 Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

 [1894] Not Available USD 3,000.00
76

Group of 21 volumes. Most illustrated.

 vd Not Available USD 1,800.00
125 (Jones, Owen)

The Victoria Psalter.

Circa 1861-62 Not Available USD 1,440.00
116 Humphreys, Henry Noel

Sentiments and Similes of Shakespeare. Second Edition. 106 pages chromolithographed throughout in black and gold, including a chromolithographed decorative sectional title in colors.

 1857 Not Available USD 1,200.00
19 Baumann, Gustave

Frijoles Canyon Pictographs. 24 woodcuts, including a four-page folding plate SIGNED BY BAUMANN.

 1939 Not Available USD 1,140.00
212 Thoreau, Henry David

Walden. Introduction by Bradford Torrey. Illustrated with photogravures. 2 volumes.

 1897 Not Available USD 1,140.00
23 Dickens, Charles.

Barnaby Rudge. Illustrated.

 1901 Not Available USD 1,020.00
25 Campan, Madame.

Memoirs of Marie Antoinette. Illustrated.

 1906 Not Available USD 1,020.00
87 Earhart, Amelia

The Fun of It. Illustrated, LP from Earhart's 22 May 1932 broadcast in rear pocket.

 1932 Not Available USD 1,020.00
129 (Kent, Rockwell) [Squires, Frederick].

Architec-Tonics: The Tales of Tom Thumtack Architect. Illustrated by Kent.

 1914 Not Available USD 1,020.00
32 [Boyle, Eleanor Vere].

Ros Rosarum ex Horto Poetarum. By E. V. B.

 1885 Not Available USD 960.00
63 Coquille D'Oeif Binding

Genet, Jean. Querelle de Brest.

 1947 Not Available USD 960.00
163 Poe, Edgar Allan.

Poe, Edgar Allan. Works. Illustrations by Albert Edward Sterner. 10 volumes.

 1894 Not Available USD 840.00
191 (Thomson, Hugh).

(Thomson, Hugh). Group of 18 volumes. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.

 vd Not Available USD 840.00
7 (Armstrong, Margaret)

Group of 20 volumes. Some illustrated.

 vd Not Available USD 780.00
55a Carroll.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland * Through the Looking Glass. Together 2 volumes. Illustrated by John Tenniel.

 1927; 1928 Not Available USD 780.00
197 Tissot, James Jacques Joseph

Le hamac. Fine etched print.

 [1000/1500] Not Available USD 780.00
121 Japanese Art

The Kokka. An Illustrated Monthly Journal of the Fine and Applied Arts of Japan and Other Eastern Countries. Illustrated, including color plates. Over 200 issues.

 1889-1920s Not Available USD 720.00
179 Shakespeare, William

[Works]. The Boydell Shakespeare or The Gallery of Illustrations for Shakespeare's Dramatic Works Originally published by John Boydell.

1874 Not Available USD 720.00
218 Wilde, Oscar

Salome. Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. Square

 1904 Not Available USD 720.00
14 Austen, Jane

Sense and Sensibility. Illustrations by Chris Hammond.

 1899 Not Available USD 660.00
26 Holmes, Oliver Wendell.

The Guardian Angel.

 1867 Not Available USD 660.00
35

Binding. Oficio Divino...Neuva Edicion.

 1850 Not Available USD 660.00
59 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de

Vida Y Hechos Del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Frontispieces, 32 engraved plates. 2 volumes.

 1719 Not Available USD 660.00
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Year in Review</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s Year in Review:</b> Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: "The Freedman's Primer.” Sold: 241,300 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Smith, William. "The Map that Changed the World." Sold: 139,700 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Psalter, C13th. Illuminated Psalter. Sold: 330,200 GBP
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Lincoln, Abraham. The abolition of slavery. Sold: 13,697,500 USD
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: Vergilius. Opera, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, 1501. Sold: 1,041,400 USD
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
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