• Auction 20646

    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana

    11 April 2022 - 25 April 2022, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 2,259,810 (USD)
175 Lots for Sale 20646
Lot 1
Vincent of Beauvais's Speculum historiale
The R-Printer, about 1473
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 2
Duranti's Rationale divinorum officiorum
Ulrich Zel, c.1475
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 3
Johannes de Sancto Laurentio's Postillae evangeliorum dominicalium totius anni...
Fratres Vitae Communis, 1480
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,970
Lot 4
Postilla super epistolas et evangelia
Conrad Dinckmut, 1486
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,788
Lot 5
Bible, with illumination
Anton Koberger, 1486-7
estimate
$6,000 - $9,000

price realized
$27,720
Lot 6
Incunabula leaves and cuttings
Latin and Hebrew, 1488-1497
estimate
$800 - $1,000

price realized
$1,008
Lot 7
Tractatus XI. Particularis de computis et scripturis.
Luca Pacioli, excerpted from the Summa de arithmetica, 1494
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

Lot 8
Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons and Epistles
Leonardus Pachel, 1495
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 9
Gratian's Decretum
Baptista de Tortis, 1496
estimate
$6,000 - $9,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 10
Augustine's Opus quaestionum
Johannes Trechsel, 1497
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,512
Lot 11
Suso's Horologium aeternae sapientiae
Cologne, 1501
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,276
Lot 12
De rerum varietate
Girolamo Cardano, 1557
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$1,512
Lot 13
Silius Italicus's De bello Punico
Antwerp, 1567
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,008
Lot 14
Libro de Agricultura
Gabriel Alonso Herrera, 1584
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 15
The Profitable Arte of Gardening
Thomas Hill, 1586
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 16
Noves Orbis
Johannes de Laet, 1633
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 17
Isaac Newton's New Theory of Light
Philosophical Transactions, 1672-1676
estimate
$60,000 - $90,000

price realized
$75,600
Lot 18
Unrecorded wall maps of the four continents
Willem Blaeu, [1673]
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

Lot 19
The World Described
Herman Moll, c.1733
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$63,000
Lot 20
Les Bijoux indiscrets
Denis Diderot, 1748
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,638
Lot 21
I riti nuziali degli antichi romani
In a Lafertè binding, 1762
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

Lot 22
Carta executoria
Don Melchor Ortineri Vega Passpoch y Martinez, issued by Charles III, in
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,016
Lot 23
Storia dell' America Settentrionale
Antonio Zatta, 1778
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

Lot 24
Geographia Antiqua
Christoph Cellarius, 1785
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$504
Lot 25
Atlas to Thompson's Alcedo
Aaron Arrowsmith, [1812-1815]
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

Lot 26
An Enquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent
Thomas Robert Malthus, 1815
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$3,528
Lot 27
Intensitas vis magneticae terrestris ad mensuram absolutam revocata
Gauss and Weber, 1833
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,512
Lot 28
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano, 1806-08
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,512
Lot 29
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, 1900
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 30
Little Fur Family
Margaret Wise Brown, 1946
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$756
Lot 31
Rhyme? And Reason?
Lewis Carroll, inscribed
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 32
Fairy Library
George Cruikshank, 1853-64
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,134
Lot 33
Songs for the Nursery
William Darnton, 1822
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,016
Lot 34
Songs for the Nursery
William Darton, 1825
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,670
Lot 35
Autograph manuscript for \"Dear Mili\"
The Brothers Grimm
estimate
$50,000 - $80,000

price realized
$94,500
Lot 36
Kinder- und Haus-Märchen
The Brothers Grimm, 1819-1822
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$11,970
Lot 37
German Popular Stories
The Brothers Grimm
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$16,380
Lot 38
Kinder- und Haus-Märchen
The Brothers Grimm, 1825
estimate
$60,000 - $90,000

price realized
$138,600
Lot 39
Children's and Household Tales
The Brothers Grimm, 1825
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$10,710
Lot 40
Kinder-Mährchen
E.T.A. Hoffmann, et al, 1839
estimate
$700 - $1,000

price realized
$630
Lot 41
Watercolor drawings of children’s games
1801
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$4,410
Lot 42
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson, 1955
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$20,160
Lot 43
The Hooligan Nights
Clarence Rook, 1899
estimate
$300 - $500

price realized
$1,260
Lot 44
A Happy Pair
Beatrix Potter, 1890
estimate
$6,000 - $9,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 45
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter, 1901
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$81,900
Lot 46
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter, 1902
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

price realized
$16,380
Lot 47
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter, [1902]
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$8,820
Lot 48
The Tailor of Gloucester
Beatrix Potter, 1902
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$6,048
Lot 49
The Tailor of Gloucester
Beatrix Potter, 1902.
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$3,780
Lot 50
The Tailor of Gloucester
Beatrix Potter, 1903
estimate
$600 - $900

price realized
$1,386
Lot 51
The Tailor of Gloucester
Beatrix Potter, 1903
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,528
Lot 52
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Beatrix Potter, 1903
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,528
Lot 53
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Beatrix Potter. 1904
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$4,788
Lot 54
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Beatrix Potter, 1904
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 55
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Beatrix Potter. 1905
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$3,780
Lot 56
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Beatrix Potter, 1905
estimate
$600 - $900

price realized
$1,386
Lot 57
The Story of the Fierce Bad Rabbit
Beatrix Potter, [1906]
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$3,528
Lot 58
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Beatrix Potter, 1906
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$1,386
Lot 59
The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck
Beatrix Potter, 1908
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$5,670
Lot 60
Ginger & Pickles
Beatrix Potter, 1909
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,386
Lot 61
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
Beatrix Potter, 1910.
estimate
$600 - $900

price realized
$1,008
Lot 62
Peter Rabbit’s Painting Book
Beatrix Potter, [1911]
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,820
Lot 63
Tom Kitten’s Painting Book
Beatrix Potter, [1917]
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$4,788
Lot 64
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Beatrix Potter, [1918]
estimate
$700 - $900

price realized
$5,292
Lot 65
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Beatrix Potter, [1918]
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 66
Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes
Beatrix Potter, [1922]
estimate
$600 - $900

price realized
$1,512
Lot 67
The Fairy Caravan. By Beatrix Heelis (“Beatrix Potter”)
Beatrix Potter, 1929
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$1,512
Lot 68
The Fairy Caravan
Beatrix Potter. 1929
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$3,528
Lot 69
The Tale of the Pie and The Patty Pan
Beatrix Potter, [1930s-1941]
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$2,268
Lot 70
Wag-by-Wall
Beatrix Potter, [1944]
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$1,386
Lot 71
Where the Wild Things Are, presentation binding
Maurice Sendak
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$5,040
Lot 72
Seven titles illustrated by Sendak
New York, 1952-2003
estimate
$600 - $800

price realized
$3,276
Lot 73
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Dr. Seuss, 1938
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 74
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Dr. Seuss, 1938
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$6,930
Lot 75
Five first editions inscribed to Sendak
William Steig
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 76
Five French illustrated books
From Maurice Sendak's library
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$6,300
Lot 77
Cirque
Fernand Léger
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$18,900
Lot 78
Autograph manuscript
Vincent Van Gogh
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$40,320
Lot 79
Daisy Miller
Henry James, 1878
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 80
Madonna of the Future and Other Tales
Henry James, 1879
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,520
Lot 81
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James, 1881
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 82
The Bostonians
Henry James, 1886
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 83
The Princess Casamassima
Henry James, 1886
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$5,292
Lot 84
Wings of the Dove, inscribed
Henry James
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 85
Italian Hours, inscribed
Henry James
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,788
Lot 86
A Small Boy and Others, inscribed
Henry James
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,268
Lot 87
Notes of a Son & Brother, inscribed
Henry James
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,772
Lot 88
The Writings, with autograph leaf
Henry David Thoreau
estimate
$5,000 - $8,000

price realized
$13,860
Lot 89
Wonderful Stories for Children
H.C. Andersen, 1846
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 90
The Novels
Jane Austen, 1811-1818
estimate
$60,000 - $90,000

price realized
$63,000
Lot 91
Beowulf, the first printed edition
1815
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$16,380
Lot 92
Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey
Emily and Anne Brontë, 1851
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 93
All Men are Brothers, annotated
Pearl S. Buck
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$4,032
Lot 94
Kelmscott Chaucer
William Morris, 1896
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$60,480
Lot 95
The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins, 1860
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,260
Lot 96
Original watercolor nursery rhymes
Walter Crane, c.1865
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$20,160
Lot 97
The Golden Legend
Kelmscott Press, 1892
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,024
Lot 98
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll, 1866 & 1872
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$11,970
Lot 99
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle, 1902
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 100
May-Day
Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1867.
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$6,048
Lot 101
The Reivers
William Faulkner, 1962
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$882
Lot 102
The Diary of Anne Frank, in dust jacket
Anne Frank
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$17,640
Lot 103
The History of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Jerusalem
Kelmscott Press, 1893
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 104
An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard
Thomas Gray, 1751
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$2,520
Lot 105
Two first editions
Zane Grey, 1912 & 1925
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$1,764
Lot 106
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1850
estimate
$5,000 - $8,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 107
The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye
Kelmscott Press, 1892
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 108
Hike and the Aeroplane
Sinclair Lewis, 1912
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

Lot 109
The Innocents
Sinclair Lewis, 1917
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$3,780
Lot 110
Two first editions
Sinclair Lewis, 1914 & 1917
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$2,520
Lot 111
Two short story collections
Jack London, 1912 & 1916
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,300
Lot 112
The Call of the Wild
Jack London, 1903
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,710
Lot 113
Sidonia the Sorceress
Kelmscott Press, 1893
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 114
The Iliad of Homer
Alexander Pope, 1715-20
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$5,292
Lot 115
Redwood
Catherine Sedgwick, 1824
estimate
$1,000 - $2,000

price realized
$630
Lot 116
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare, 1623
estimate
$50,000 - $80,000

Lot 117
Sonnets
William Shakespeare, 1709-10
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$18,900
Lot 118
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
William Shakespeare, 1703
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 119
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, 1818
estimate
$300,000 - $500,000

price realized
$403,200
Lot 120
Shelley's Poetical Works
Kelmscott Press, 1894-5
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 121
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy, 1886
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 122
Casino Royale
Ian Fleming, 1953.
estimate
$90,000 - $120,000

price realized
$119,700
Lot 123
You Only Live Twice
Ian Fleming, 1964.
estimate
$35,000 - $50,000

Lot 124
From Russia, With Love
Ian Fleming, 1957.
estimate
$35,000 - $50,000

price realized
$44,100
Lot 125
The Complete Works
Ian Fleming, 2008.
estimate
$25,000 - $35,000

Lot 126
The Naval Memoirs
Ian Fleming and Admiral John Henry Godfrey, 1964-1966
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

Lot 127
Sable Basilisk
Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees, 1965.
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 128
La prima parte dell'historie del Peru [and] La seconda parte delle historie...
Pietro Cieza and Francisco Lopez de Gomara, 1560 and 1557
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

Lot 129
The Complete Works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Three Volumes, 1714-1715
estimate
$30,000 - $40,000

Lot 130
A Sammelband of Poor Richard almanacs
Benjamin Franklin, 1746-1750
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$44,100
Lot 131
Prelude to the Boston Tea Party
Edes and Gill, 1773
estimate
$40,000 - $60,000

price realized
$44,100
Lot 132
An election sermon in the wake of Bunker Hill
William Gordon, 1775
estimate
$500 - $800

price realized
$1,260
Lot 133
A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia
Fry & Jefferson, 1775
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

Lot 134
Celebrating the first year of American independence
William Gordon, 4 July 1777
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,764
Lot 135
As aide de camp
Alexander Hamilton, c.1777-1781
estimate
$800 - $1,200

price realized
$3,024
Lot 136
An archive of letters and documents
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, c.1780-1792
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$37,800
Lot 137
A franking signature
Alexander Hamilton, c.1789
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$3,276
Lot 138
To printer William Goddard
Alexander Hamilton, 3 September 1790
estimate
$5,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 139
On the subject of \"Indian purchases\"
Alexander Hamilton, Wednesday
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$7,560
Lot 140
Plan of the City of Washington
John Russell, 1795
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$2,142
Lot 141
To his nephew William Augustine Washington
George Washington, 17 May 1795
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$21,420
Lot 142
To John Quincy Adams on \"The Dutch Debt.\"
Alexander Hamilton, 25 January 1795
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$12,600
Lot 143
To Abraham Van Vechten
Alexander Hamilton, 26 May 1796
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 144
Eulogies for George Washington
Various, 1800
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$630
Lot 145
A certificate for land in Ohio
Thomas Jefferson & James Madison, 3 February 1807
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,410
Lot 146
Opposing Jefferson's Embargo
E. Deane, 1811
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$252
Lot 147
Congratulations on the victory at Bladensburg
For Robert Ross, 25 August 1814
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,024
Lot 148
The Burning of Washington
Alexander Cochrane, 3 September 1814.
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 149
An address to the \"Creek and other Indian Nations\"
Edward Codrington, c. 5 December 1814
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,032
Lot 150
Exchanging prisoners after the Battle of New Orleans
Harry George Wakelyn Smith, 1815
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 151
Introducing Eliza Ridgley
Lafayette, 27 October 1833
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,638
Lot 152
Davy Crockett's Almanac
1834-1855
estimate
$80,000 - $120,000

Lot 153
Notice sur les Indiens Ioways
George Catlin and G. H. C. Melody, 1845
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

Lot 154
Map of the United States of America
G.W. Colton, 1852
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$1,890
Lot 155
The South Carolina Declaration of Independence
Evans & Cogswell, 1860
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$25,200
Lot 156
Civil War flag remnants
Fort Sumter, S.C., 1861 and 1865
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$5,040
Lot 157
A rare signed phtograph taken in the field
Robert E. Lee, c.1862
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$8,820
Lot 158
Topographical Map of the District of Columbia and Environs: Showing the...
E.G. Arnold, 1862
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$8,190
Lot 159
Act for the Relief of Jews in Maryland
Annapolis, 1824-1826
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$6,930
Lot 160
Recounting early Union ambushes
John Singleton Mosby, 1862
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$11,340
Lot 161
To Sheridan on executing Union prisoners-of-war
John Singleton Mosby, 23 September 1864
estimate
$30,000 - $50,000

price realized
$25,200
Lot 162
A Confederate imprint with wallpaper wraps
Mobile, 1864.
estimate
$500 - $800

Lot 163
The Vigilantes of Montana
Thomas Josiah Dimsdale, 1866
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,080
Lot 164
Kamloops Wawa, vols 1 and 2
Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune, 1892
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 165
Reminiscing with a Confederate spy
John Singleton Mosby, 1905
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 166
Signed photographs from the Paris Peace Conference
Woodrow Wilson and others, 1919
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$18,900
Lot 167
Regarding the daughter of his former mistress
Franklin Roosevelt, c. 1939
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

Lot 168
How to Play Poker ...
John von Neumann, Princeton, 1941
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$69,300
Lot 169
To one of his teachers at Choate
John F. Kennedy, December 1934
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

Lot 170
An early draft of his Harvard thesis
John F. Kennedy, c.1940
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

Lot 171
Why England Slept, and related correspondence
John F. Kennedy, 1940
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$13,860
Lot 172
To the Harvard Class of 1940
John F. Kennedy, 27 December 1945
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 173
Consoling the family of one of his PT-109 crewmates
John F. Kennedy, 1943-1961
estimate
$80,000 - $120,000

Lot 174
To Peter Lawford, signed \"Louis B. Mayer\"
John F. Kennedy, c.1961-1962
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

Lot 175
His personal Rosary beads
John F. Kennedy
estimate
$100,000 - $150,000

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