• Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 4. Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures World Map in Full Contemporary Color (1642) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 125. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $15,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 673. Rare Frontispiece in Full Contemporary Color with Gilt Highlights (1662) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 717. Complete Tanner Atlas with Important Maps of Texas & Iowa (1845) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 3. Henricus Hondius' Baroque-Style World Map (1641) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 258. Complete Set of De Bry's Native Virginians & Picts from Part I of Grands Voyages (1608) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 608. Superb Work on 18th Century Russia with over 100 Maps and Plates (1788) Est. $3,500 - $4,250
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 49. One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1556) Est. $5,000 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 706. Superb Image of the Annunciation in Contemporary Hand Color (1518) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 123. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 631. One of the Earliest Printed Maps of Afghanistan & Pakistan (1482) Est. $1,900 - $2,200
    Old World Auctions (Jun 5-19):
    Lot 689. Proof Copy Engraving of the Senate Floor During the Compromise of 1850 (1855) Est. $1,500 - $1,800
  • Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
  • Doyle, June 20: CLAUDE MCKA. Home to Harlem. New York: Harpers, 1928. First edition. $700 to $1,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Haydn's VI Original Canzonettas, signed by the composer. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, June 20: A rare EP sleeve inscribed by John Lennon. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 20: An extremely rare 1961 concert set list and autograph letter from The King. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Bryan Batt's copy of the Mad Men Yearbook, 2008-2014. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 20: An original Al Hirschfeld depicting comedian Fred Allen. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: A signed note from George Gershwin with reference to Porgy and Bess. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: An original Harold Arlen manuscript musical quotation from "Over the Rainbow.” $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 20: A fine original Edith Head sketch for Grace Kelly's wedding trousseau. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 20: The poster for New Faces with inscriptions and the signature of Eartha Kitt. $200 to $300.
    Doyle, June 20: The classic "Jazz" Bowl by Viktor Schreckengost for Cowan Pottery. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, June 20: Tony Award Medallion won for "Kismet." $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's personalized Sweeney Todd asylum coat and jacket. $400 to $600.
    Doyle, June 18: Twelve Posters for Stephen Sondheim Musicals. $400 to $600.
    Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's Gold Record for the soundtrack to West Side Story. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, June 18: A manuscript musical quotation from Passion. The quotation headed "Tranquillo" above the music, the lyrics are also written out: "lov-ing you is not a choice, it's who I am..." 11 x 14 inches. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 18: Stephen Sondheim's retained set of The Sondheim Review. Comprising a complete run of Volume 1, Number 1 (Summer 1994) to Volume XXI, Number 4 (Fall 2015). $500 to $800.
    Doyle, June 18: Five amusing Victorian-era game boards, including Snakes and Ladders. $200 to $300.
    Doyle, June 18: A cased tabletop croquet set and two horse racing games. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 18: Four Posters Related to Various Sondheim Productions. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 18: The rare first American edition of The Phantom of the Opera. $100 to $200.

Addison and Sarova: Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera, 1051, Social Circle

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 27, 2024 - April 27, 2024
Page Size: 282 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151

Pair of 15th century manuscript items, one dated 1411.

15th century USD 30.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
152 Warburton, William.

A CRITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARY ON MR. POPE'S ESSAY ON MAN.

London 1742 USD 20.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
153 Percivale, Richard; Minsheu, John.

A DICTIONARY IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH... NOW ENLARGED AND AMPLIFIED BY JOHN MINSHEU.

London 1623 USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 420.00
154

Lady Hewley's Charity. The Attorney General against Wilson Esqre and others. Brief and Documents, Part I, delivered to James Bacon Esqre of Counsel for the Relators. Scotch Claims.

[ca. 1850]. USD 20.00 - 200.00 USD 54.00
155 Mexia, Pedro.

SILVA DE VARIA LECION AGORA NUEUAMENTE ENMENDADA....

1556 USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 USD 570.00
156

AN ESSAY ON SIGNALS. BY AN OFFICER OF THE BRITISH NAVY.

London 1788 USD 60.00 - 600.00 USD 132.00
157

Extensive WWI diary comprised of manuscript entries and newspaper clippings.

WWI USD 30.00 - 300.00 USD 132.00
158

An extensive 1941 diary packed with war news, apparently by the wife of someone evidently involved in the American government, or perhaps a member of the press (someone named "Bob.") The diary begins in early 1941, prior to Pearl Harbor, but the diarist

1941 USD 40.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
159 Joseph Goebbels.

The Reply to English Propaganda.

Berlin c. 1939 USD 15.00 - 150.00 USD 42.00
160

Archive of Captain A. Asscher, British Army of the Rhine, mainly from a civilian interrogation camp just after WWII.

after WWII. USD 40.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
161

Lot of 6 detailed surveys of waterways around Burma, following WWII, circa 1946.

circa 1946. USD 30.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
162

Lot of 8 Boer War photographs (mostly 8.5" x 6") and attractive South African sketchbook with scenes in South Africa.

circa 1880s USD 70.00 - 700.00 USD 168.00
163

A bound volume of The London Chronicle covering the first 6 months of 1789.

1789 USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,200.00
164

Lot of three photographs of scenes from 19th century Melbourne, Australia.

Melbourne, C. Nettleton n.d. (19th c.) USD 60.00 - 600.00 USD 96.00
165 Mansilla, Lucio.

UNA EXCURSION A LOS INDIOS RANQUELES.

Buenos Aires 1870 USD 60.00 - 600.00 USD 720.00
166

3 items related to slavery. including: * Papers Relating to Captured Negroes at Sierra Leone.

USD 60.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
167 Luna, Miguel de.

HISTORIA VERDADERA DEL REY DON RODRIGO. EN LA QUAL SE TRATA LA CAUSA PRINCIPAL DE LA PERDIDA DE ESPANA....

Madrid 1654, 1653 USD 70.00 - 700.00 USD 330.00
168

Manuscript, ink on laid. Whitehall. Ca. April 8, 1681.

Whitehall. 1681 USD 30.00 - 300.00 USD 270.00
169 Plutarch; Matthaei, Christianus Fridericus [et al.]

PLUTARCHUS... GRAECE ET LATINE. NUNC PRIMUM SEPARATIM PRODIT CUM ANIMADVERSIONIBUS REISKII, SALMASSI ET XYLANDRI. VARIAS LECTIONES DUORUM CODD. MSS. MOSQUENSIUM....

[Moscow] 1777 USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
170

Collection of documents related to the execution of highwayman James Eddy, for robbery.

1827 USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
171

[Real Ordenanza para el Establecimiento e Instruccion de Intendentes de Exercito y Provincia en el Virreinato de Buenos-Aires.]

[Madrid 1783 USD 80.00 - 800.00 USD 330.00
172 Ash, Rev. T. E. (compiler.)

THE PLAGUE OF 1871.

Buenos Aires" 1871 USD 30.00 - 300.00 USD 72.00
173

Collection of 6 manuscripts relating to emperor Leopold I.

Circa last quarter of 17th century. USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 132.00
174 Lopez de Gomara, Francisco.

HISTORIA DI DON FERDINANDO CORTES, MARCHESE DELLA VALLE, CAPITANO VALOROSISSIMO....

Venice 1560 USD 500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,440.00
175

Eclectic group of manuscripts and ephemera from the 18th and 19th century.

18th and 19th century. USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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    Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
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