Auction Reports

New England Book Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Books & Ephemera List
Auction Date
01/06/2026 - 01/06/2026
Sale Number
#57
Total Lots
216
Sold Lots
213.0
Lots Sold
98.61%
Unsold Lots
3
Total Sales (USD)
25,734.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
0.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
0.00
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
54 Poe, Edgar Allan.

The Raven Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Stained.

1884 Not Available USD 840.00
92

Berkley Tribe. (1970) * Porno Dla Ubogich. 3 Issues * Suck First European Sexpaper. 8 Issues. With R. Crumb Cartoon Strips. 1960's.

Vd Not Available USD 780.00
135

Group of 10 American Print Victorian Gift Books. The Token, Boston. (1838) * The Odd-Fellows Offering for 1871 * The Christmas Tribute. Philadelphia. (1851) * Etc.

Vd Not Available USD 540.00
29

Collection of over 30 maps, most engraved. Various sizes, many outlined in color; most moderate wear.

Mostly early 19th-century Not Available USD 510.00
206 Pope, Alexander.

An Essay on Man: in Four Epistles to H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke. To Which is added The Universal Prayer by Alexander Pope.

1790 Not Available USD 480.00
45

Group of 42 Volumes of Peterson's, Godey's, Lady's Friend, Etc. With Color Plates. Not Collated. SOLD AS IS.

19th-century Not Available USD 390.00
41

The Voyage of The Jeannette. The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long. 2 Volumes. (1884) * Reindeer, Dogs, and Snow-Shoes: A Journal of Siberian Travel and Explorations 1865-1867. By Richard J. Bush. (1871) * ...

Vd Not Available USD 390.00
191 Strother, Edward.

Dr. Radcliffe's Practical Dispensatory. containing a complete Body of Prescriptions, foe all Diseases Internal and External. 4th Edition. Title repaired. Full leather.

1721 Not Available USD 360.00
53

The New American Practical Navigator by Nathaniel Bowditch. With Map. Full Leather.

1807 Not Available USD 360.00
3

Penelope's Hungry Eyes by Abe Frajndlich. SIGNED * Daphnis and Cloe. Illustrated by Marc Chagall * An Artist Teaches by David A. Leffel. SIGNED * Store Days by Claes Oldenburg. With Business Card * ...

Vd Not Available USD 330.00
114

The Holy Bible. Full Tooled Gilt Embossed Leather. With 3 Carte De Visites.

1879 Not Available USD 330.00
147

Pamphlets. Over 50 pamphlets.

18th-19th century Not Available USD 300.00
118

The Holy Bible. Holbrook & Fessenden. Brattleborough, Vt. (1823) * The Holy Bible. J. Holbrook. Brattleborough, Vt. (1817).

Vd Not Available USD 300.00
14 Dore, Gustave.

Two Titles Illustrated by Dore. Don Quixote Cassell & Co. * The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Cassell, Petter, and Gilpin.

Vd Not Available USD 300.00
23

Group of 5 Bound volumes on The Scientific American. (1 is Disbound).

1848-1881 Not Available USD 300.00
199

Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada.

1877 Not Available USD 300.00
151

Palm Beach Villas.

1929 Not Available USD 300.00
163

Stamps. Four Albums of Mostly International 19th Century Stamps.

Vd Not Available USD 270.00
205 Riis, Jacob A.

How the Other Half Lives. Studies Among the Tenements of New York.

1901 Not Available USD 270.00
7

Wilson, Arthur. The History of Great Britain, Being The Life and Reign of King James the First. Cover detached. Taped spine.

1653 Not Available USD 270.00

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