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Auction Info

Auction Name
Fine Books and Ephemera List
Auction Date
05/20/2025 - 05/20/2025
Sale Number
#50
Total Lots
225
Sold Lots
212
Lots Sold
94.22%
Unsold Lots
13
Total Sales (USD)
28,384.80
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
168

Baum. The Wonderful World of Oz * Moore. Night Before Christmas * Cox. The Brownies Around the World.

1900; 1902 Not Available USD 2,160.00
120 Ralfe, James.

The Naval Chronology of Great Britain.

1820 Not Available USD 1,320.00
76 Denon, Vivant.

Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt...During the Campaigns of General Bonaparte. 57 (of 62) plates. 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf; lacking 5 plates, rebacked, some foxing and soiling, etc. SOLD-AS-IS.

1803 Not Available USD 720.00
92 [Mann, Herman].

The Female Review: or, Memoirs of an American Young Lady.

1797 Not Available USD 660.00
112 Combe, William.

The English Dance of Death.

Vd Not Available USD 660.00
158 . Wharton, Edith.

The Mother's Recompense.

Vd Not Available USD 660.00
73 (Cook, James).

An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. 23 (of 51) engraved plates. 3 volumes bound in 2. 4to, contemporary acid-dyed calf, rebacked, lacking plates, some foxing. SOLD-AS-

 1773 Not Available USD 600.00
116

Bibles. Group of 8 Bibles.

Vd Not Available USD 480.00
143

Bible. [Later Prophets] * [Psalms Proverbs Job...].

17th-century Not Available USD 450.00
35

Peep Shows. Engelbrecht, Martin. Group of 12 hand-colored overlay plates for various peep shows. Each about 7 x 8-1/2 inches; some tears with loss, etc.

18th-century Not Available USD 450.00
26 Moire, Sir Thomas.

Utopia, a New Edition by Rev. T. F. Dibdin.

1808 Not Available USD 420.00
91 Picton, Lieut. G. W.

The Battle of Waterloo.

[1817] Not Available USD 360.00
68

Le Nu Esthetique.

1902-06 Not Available USD 360.00
199

Voynich Cipher. Facsimile edition Beinecke MS 408, "The Voynich Manuscript." Illustrated, including folding leaves.

nd Not Available USD 360.00
170

Mexican Deed. Yo Dario de Cadepor la Sama.

Circa 1700 Not Available USD 360.00
28 Paz, Octavio.

Las Peras Del Olmo.

1957 Not Available USD 330.00
190 Ellis, William.

Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or, Owhyhee; with remarks on the History...of the Sandwich Islands.

1826 Not Available USD 330.00
209

Travel. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below.

vd Not Available USD 300.00
71

An Atlas to Guthrie's Geographical Grammar.

1820 Not Available USD 300.00
215

Group of 31 19th Century American Pamphlets.

 Vd Not Available USD 294.00
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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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