New England Book Auctions: Fine Books & Ephemera
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books & Ephemera | Total Sales (USD) | 33,624.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | August 18, 2026 - August 18, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #70 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 216 | ||
| Sold Lots | 207.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 95.83% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Northrop Birdsey Grant | Collection of manuscript letters and documents pertaining to the education of Japanese students in America |
1880s-90s | Not Available | USD 2,040.00 |
| 73 | Lewis Matthew Gregory | Le Moine (The Monk) |
1797 | Not Available | USD 1,320.00 |
| 199 | Chaumeton Francois Pierre; Turpin P J F | Flore Medicale |
1814 | Not Available | USD 1,200.00 |
| 66 | Wolfe; Peterkin; Sinclair; Dreiser; Wilson; Maugham | 10 Books, including: Look Homeward Angel |
1929; 1928; 1906; 1925; 1923; 1915 | Not Available | USD 1,140.00 |
| 209 | Shakespeare | Twelfth Night |
1932 | Not Available | USD 1,080.00 |
| 1 | Bullock; Downing; Cleaveland; Brunner; Palliser; Tuthill; Gould | 9 Books, including: Rudiments of Architecture and Building |
1875; 1844; 1847; 1856; 1884; (1878); (1883); 1885; (1874) | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 116 | Rawlings; Lofting; Smith; St. Exupery | 7 Books, including: The Yearling |
1920-1943 | Not Available | USD 720.00 |
| 181 | Group of Over 60 American Automobile Owners Manuals |
1900s-30s | Not Available | USD 660.00 | |
| 29 | Twain Mark | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
1885 | Not Available | USD 540.00 |
| 167 | Williams Catherine Read Arnold | Fall River, An Authentic Narrative |
1833 | Not Available | USD 510.00 |
| 24 | Hemingway Ernest | 3 Books, including: Men Without Women |
1927; 1940; 1950 | Not Available | USD 390.00 |
| 184 | Mattachine Review |
1975 | Not Available | USD 390.00 | |
| 191 | The Filth and The Fury Promo Kit |
1977 | Not Available | USD 390.00 | |
| 27 | Orwell George | Nineteen Eighty-Four; Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
(1949; 1956) | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 32 | Woolf; Capote; Mailer | 3 Books, including: Orlando |
(1928); (1965); (1948) | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 62 | Americana |
19th-century | Not Available | USD 330.00 | |
| 70 | Dahl Roald | Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; The BFG; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Danny; Matilda |
1972; 1982; 1964; 1975; 1988 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 102 | Rules, Orders, and Forms of Proceeding of the House of Assembly, of Barbados |
1867 | Not Available | USD 330.00 | |
| 115 | Decker; Williams-Ellis; Williams; Wicks; Giraud; Leland; Drake; Rimmer; Hodgson | 11 Books, including: A Manual of Industrial Drawing for Carpenters |
1868-1928 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 147 | Fritz | Stereoview Cards; Photo Album " When Dewey Came to Boston"; Glass Plate Stereopticon Slide; Carte de Visite |
1899; 1858 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 25 | Morrison Toni | Sula |
(1973) | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 170 | Hamilton Elizabeth; Bacus Charles; Ballou; Paine; Gallaudet Thomas H. | 5 Books, including: Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education |
1803; 1797; 1818 | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 210 | Belcher & Taylor Agricultural Company; Nordyke & Marmon; Stoddard Creamery; Combination Ladder co; Osborne D. M.; Aultman C. | 23 Books, including: Catalogue and Price List |
Circa 1910; 1895; Circa 1900; Circa 1910s; (1884) | Not Available | USD 300.00 |
| 213 | 12 Books, including: Trade catalogues and brochures |
N/A | Not Available | USD 300.00 | |
| 4 | Plymouth Beach Engineering and Preservation Documents |
1820s-40s | Not Available | USD 270.00 |
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Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000. -
