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New England Book Auctions: Fine Books & Ephemera
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books & Ephemera | Total Sales (USD) | 29,430.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 05, 2026 - May 05, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #64 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 212 | ||
| Sold Lots | 205.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 96.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | Cormac McCarthy | The Orchard Keeper; Outer Dark |
1965; 1968 | Not Available | USD 1,920.00 |
| 31 | Herman Mann | The female review: or, Memoirs of an American young lady |
1797 | Not Available | USD 1,140.00 |
| 180 | Thomas Pynchon | 3 Books, including: The Crying of Lot 49 |
1965; 1973 | Not Available | USD 960.00 |
| 165 | Clement Moore | Historic Tales of Olden Time |
1833 | Not Available | USD 900.00 |
| 188 | Thomas Jefferson | Notes on Virginia |
1794 | Not Available | USD 900.00 |
| 99 | William Blake | 4 Books, including: The Song of Los |
1975; 1929; 1927 | Not Available | USD 600.00 |
| 113 | Manuscript Account Book for a paper mill |
1832-44 | Not Available | USD 540.00 | |
| 166 | John Hersey | Hiroshima |
1946 | Not Available | USD 540.00 |
| 178 | Alice Walker | 6 Books, including: Once |
1968; 1973; 1979; 1992; 1981 | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 182 | Countee Cullen | The Black Christ and Other Poems |
1929 | Not Available | USD 450.00 |
| 72 | Memoirs of the Academy of Arts and Sciences: |
1785; 1793 | Not Available | USD 390.00 | |
| 134 | La Roy Sunderland | Pathetism; with Practical Instructions. Demonstrating the Falsity of the prevalent assumptions in regard to what has been called "Mesmerism" and "Neurology" and illustrating those laws which induce Somnambulism, Second Sight, Sleep, Dreaming, Trance, and |
1843 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 151 | Report of The Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1855 |
1856 | Not Available | USD 360.00 | |
| 48 | Francis Peyre Porcher | Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests |
1869 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 79 | Thomas Aquinas | Summa Theologica |
1985 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 143 | Ida M. Tarbell | The History of The Standard Oil Company |
1904 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 34 | Pierre Pomet | A Compleat History of Druggs |
1725 | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 160 | Frederic Shoberl | The World in Miniature...Africa |
1820s | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 183 | Wallace Berman | Semina No. 5 |
1959 | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 209 | A Handbook to the Imported Species |
1903 | Not Available | USD 300.00 | |
| 81 | Plates Illustrating the Geology and Scenery of Massachusetts |
1833 | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 106 | William Camden | Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland |
1806 | Not Available | USD 270.00 |
| 107 | Reilly; Moll; Hondius | 3 Books, including: Die Gegend um Wien |
ND | Not Available | USD 270.00 |
| 128 | The Book of Baseball. The National Game From The Earliest Days to The Present Season |
1911 | Not Available | USD 270.00 | |
| 157 | B. A. Gould, Jr | B. A. Gould, Jr Herbarium |
1839 | Not Available | USD 270.00 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.