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Auction Name Rare Books Total Sales (USD) 97,485.70
Auction Date September 19, 2013 - September 19, 2013 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 73,440.00
Sale Number #257 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 113,885.00
Total Lots 436
Sold Lots 425 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 74,750.00
% of Lots Sold 97.48% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 115,765.00
Unsold Lots 11 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
21 [Carroll, Lewis].

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.2 Vols in case.

1982 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,242.00
371 [British Royalty].

3 Albums, 117 photographs. Edward Prince of Wales.

1916 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 1,652.00
99 [Steinbeck, John].

EAST OF EDEN. 1952. 1/1500 sgd by John Steinbeck.

1952 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,534.00
267 [Klee, Paul/Expressionism].

DAS KESTNERBUCH. 12 plates incl Paul Klee.

1919 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,416.00
228 [Etchings].

Benjamin. A GROUP OF ETCHERS. (1882). 20 Plates.

1882 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,298.00
436 [Tax Rebellion/Pennsylvania].

Fries' Rebellion documents 1798-1801

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,180.00
377 [Views/Historical Sites/Landmarks].

THE AMERICAN MONUMENT. Signed by Lee Friedlander.

1976 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,062.00
433 [President Roosevelt, Theodore], President, 1901-1909.

Theodore Roosevelt. TLS. 1896.

1896 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 1,003.00
192 [Bonnard, Pierre].

Mellerio. LA LITHOGRAPHIE ORIGINALE EN COULEURS.

1898 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 944.00
194 [Bonnard, Pierre].

Mirbeau, Bonnard. DINGO. 1924. #128/350.

1924 USD 800.00 - 1,400.00 USD 944.00
133 [U.S. Pacific Railroad Report].

REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS... 9 Vols.

USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 885.00
353 [Whistler, James Abbott McNeill].

THE ETCHED WORK OF WHISTLER. 4 Vols. 1910.

1910 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 885.00
378 [Washington DC/Theodor Horydczak].

US Capitol photograph, signed by photographer.

Circa 1938-1959. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 885.00
226 [Ernst, Max].

LA BALLADE DU SOLDAT. Max Ernst illus. #38 of 199.

1989 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 826.00
284 [Manet, Edouard].

LES POEMES D'EDGAR POE. Manet illustrator. 1889.

1889 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 826.00
141 [Ancient Egypt].

15 Vols incl: Engelbach. THE ASWAN OBELISK. 1922.

1917 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 767.00
318 [Picasso/Linocuts].

Boeck. PABLO PICASO - LINOLSCHNITTE. Hatje, (1962)

1962 USD 70.00 - 100.00 USD 767.00
324 [Renoir/Cezanne].

Duret. DIE IMPRESSIONISTEN. 2 Renoirs, 1 Cezanne.

1914 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 767.00
340 [Turner/Lorrain].

1 Volume w/ 2 Works: Claude Lorraine, JMW Turner.

1825 USD 180.00 - 240.00 USD 767.00
346 [Villon, Jacques].

MIENNES, w/ 7 etchings by Jacques Villon. #40/130.

1955 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 767.00
373 [Natalie Clifford Barney].

9 Items incl photos of Natalie Clifford Barney.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 767.00
386 [Washington DC/Theodor Horydczak].

Tidal Basin with Cherry Blossoms, photograph

Circa 1938-1959. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 767.00
390 [Washington DC/Theodor Horydczak].

Jefferson Memorial reflected in Tidal Basin, photo

Circa 1938-1959. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 767.00
36 [Irish Literature].

THE POOR MOUTH. w/ sgd Steadman aquatint. 37/150.

1973 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 708.00
277 [Lithographs].

VERVE. 5 Issues. Bonnard, Matisse, Leger, others.

USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 708.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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