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Doyle New York

Auction Info

Auction Name
Rare Books, Autographs and Maps
Auction Date
04/11/2025 - 04/11/2025
Sale Number
#9046
Total Lots
362
Sold Lots
326
Lots Sold
90.06%
Unsold Lots
36
Total Sales (USD)
932,483.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
448,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
689,700.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
525,250.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
809,150.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
115.24%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
305 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE; GEOFFROY, J.

Nouveau Dictionnaire Elementaire. Latin-Francais.

1873 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 73,150.00
265 BAUM, L. FRANK and DENSLOW, W.W., illustrator

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago &

1900 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 49,875.00
351

Report of The President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

1964 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 33,250.00
144 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST

Autograph letter signed to Dr. Don Carlos Guffey, with related letters.

1932 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 26,600.00
182 DICKENS, CHARLES

The Works of Charles Dickens.

Circa 1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 23,940.00
119

The Spanish Civil War archive of Jan Winter (1907-1991), a Polish-born Jewish journalist who worked as a war correspondent for the Spanish Republic's press agency...

 Circa 1936-1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,280.00
307 RICHARDSON, ISRAEL BUSH "FIGHTING DICK"

The important career spanning archive of letters, documents, and memoir of the notable Union General Israel "Fighting Dick" Richardson

 1834-1862 and later, USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 21,280.00
63 SAYER, ROBERT; and JOHN BENNETT.

A Plan of the Battle of Bunkers Hill fought on the 17th of June 1775, by an Officer on the Spot.

1775 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 17,290.00
341 BRADY, MATHEW

Vignette portrait of Ulysses S. Grant.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,630.00
135 DURANT, WILL & ARIEL

The Will & Ariel Durant Collection: An important archive of manuscripts, galleys, photographs, personal and professional correspondence.

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 13,300.00
185

Uniformly bound set of thirty volumes on Napoleon Bonaparte. Comprises WILLIAM HAZLITT. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. ...

 1902 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,970.00
49 THOMSON, JOHN

Illustrations of China and its People. A Series of Two Hundred Photographs, with Letterpress Descriptions of the Places and People Represented.

1873-74 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,305.00
199 DICKENS, CHARLES

A Christmas Carol

 1843 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,305.00
67 CARY FAMILY

A pair of celestial and terrestrial library globes, comprising Cary's New Terrestrial Globe, Drawn from the most recent Geographical works, ...

 1833 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 10,640.00
95

Illuminated manuscript in Devanagari script, possibly a portion of the Ramayana.

Circa 1800 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 10,640.00
62 SAYER, ROBERT; and JOHN BENNETT.

A Plan of the Attack on Fort Sullivan, the key of Charlestown, in South Carolina, on the 28th. of June 1776. ...

1776 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,975.00
166 BANKS, JOSEPH, Sir

Banks' Florilegium ... seven hundred and thirty-eight copperplate engravings of plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771.

1980-1990 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,310.00
179 BRINKLEY, FRANK (Captain)

Oriental Series. China and Japan.

1901-1902 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,310.00
184 MORLEY, JOHN.

The Life of William Ewart Gladstone

 1903 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,310.00
6 FAY, CHARLES, ERNEST

The Archives of the alpinist Charles Ernest Fay (1846-1931)

 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,645.00
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  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ian Fleming. <i>Casino Royale,</i> London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. <i>Winnie The Pooh,</i> United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000. <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> L. Frank Baum. <i>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,</i> Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Man Ray. <i>Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934,</i> Hartford, 1934. $7,860. <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Thomas Pennant. <i>Zoologia Britannica,</i> Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.
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