New England Book Auctions: Fine Books & Ephemera, 49, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 22, 2025 - April 22, 2025
Page Size: 223 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Stock book. Collection of over 500 mostly used; some with hinge residue.

Vp Mostly 20th-century Not Available Not Sold
2

Stock book. Collection of over 300 mostly used; some with hinge residue.

Europe Mostly 20th-century Not Available Not Sold
3 Humboldt, Alexander Von

Vues des Cordilleres, et Monumens des Peuples Indigenes de L'Amerique. 19 engraved plates, some colored. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary acid-dyed calf; spines split and text partially disbound, some foxing. (Sabin 33750; Palau 117027).

Paris 1816 Not Available USD 480.00
4

Morgan, William; & Augustin Creuze. Papers on Naval Architecture...Volume I (only). Diagrams (some folding). 8vo, contemporary gilt-decorated straight grain brown morocco, all edges gilt; light wear.

London 1827 Not Available USD 72.00
5

The Southern Workman. Volumes XXXVI & LV. Illustrated. 8vo, leather-backed boards; shelf-worn, several margins cello-tape repaired, partially misbound, etc.

Hampton 1908; 1926 Not Available USD 72.00
6

National Monument to the Forefathers. Engraved receipt for a contribution. 8-1/2 x 11 inches; tear at upper margin with some loss. SIGNED BY ARCHITECT HAMMATT BILLINGS.

Boston 1855 Not Available USD 36.00
7

Group of 4 volumes, as listed below. Profusion of hand-colored plates. 4to or smaller; leather or leather-backed boards; last covers partially detached and some margins stained, some foxing, generally sound otherwise.

Vp vd Not Available USD 108.00
8

Original photograph of Richard Nixon at his White House desk. 9 x 13-1/4 inches, mounted to board.

[Washington] 1973 Not Available Not Sold
9

Register of Official Letters. Manuscript accounts of a law firm. Over 120 pages detailing rewards, case expense, letters of allotment, etc. Folio, cloth; moderate wear.

England 1873-76 Not Available USD 72.00
10 Gibbon, Edward.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. New Edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved maps. 12 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf; rebacked and endpapers renewed, some foxing, etc. (Norton 56).

London 1807 Not Available USD 420.00
11

Group of 3 leaves, as listed below. Each with woodcut illustration. Various sizes; second torn, some soiling, etc.

Vp vd Not Available USD 72.00
12

Collection of 30 clipped autographs. Various sizes; moderate wear.

Vp vd Not Available USD 84.00
13 Hedin, Sven.

Overland to India. Illustrated. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth; extremities worn, inner joints split and frontispiece detached in volume 1, generally sound internally.

London 1910 Not Available USD 84.00
14

Sketch book. Original pencil drawings of architectural motifs, landscapes and other images. 16 leaves, mostly on rectos only. Oblong 8vo, cloth; moderate wear.

England Circa 1900s Not Available USD 24.00
15

Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. First 2 illustrated. 8vo or 12mo, first wrappers; varying wear, some foxing, etc.

Vp vd Not Available USD 84.00
16

Group of 6 odd volumes, as listed below. Most illustrated. 8vo or smaller, contemporary leather or wrappers; varying wear, some foxing, etc.

Vp vd Not Available USD 84.00
17 Gouffe, Jules.

The Royal Cookery Book.

London 1868 Not Available USD 156.00
18

Group of 26 Titles in the Firearms Classics Library. Full Gilt Embossed Leather.

Birmingham Al Not Available USD 216.00
19 Carnegie, David W..

Spinifex and Sand. A narrative of five years pioneering and exploration in Western Australia. 2 Maps in Rear Pocket. Map at Page 1 and Page 135. Split binding. Ex library.

London 1898 Not Available USD 270.00
20 Norman, Henry.

The Peoples and Politics of The Far East.

NY 1895 Not Available USD 36.00
21 Jung, Dr. K. E..

Australia The Country and Its Inhabitants.

London 1884 Not Available USD 60.00
22

Stockbook of 100s of mostly used American stamps.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 24.00
23 David-Neel, Alexandra.

My Journey to Lhasa. The Personal Story of the only White Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City.

New York & London 1927 Not Available USD 72.00
24

Group of 11 Trade Catalogs. Boilers, Ranges, Reading Stove Works, Etc.

Vp Vd Not Available USD 108.00
25 Forbes, Rosita.

Forbidden Road - Kabul to Samarkand. 1st Edition.

NY 1937 Not Available USD 144.00
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
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    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR