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Auction Name Fine Books and Ephemera List Total Sales (USD) 27,228.00
Auction Date January 20, 2026 - January 20, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #58 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 209
Sold Lots 205.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 98.09% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 4 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
131 [Irving, Washington].

A History of New York. By Diedrich Knickerbocker. 2 volumes.

1809 Not Available USD 1,200.00
205 Kent, Rockwell.

Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.

1930 Not Available USD 1,020.00
176 Armstrong, Margaret.

Group of 18 Margaret Armstrong Bindings. Idylls of the King. Illustrated by Gustav Dore. * The Unknown Quantity by Henry Van Dyke. * The Descendant. * The Golden Key by Henry Van Dyke. * ...

 vd Not Available USD 840.00
15 Morley, Christopher.

Collection of 5 pieces of ephemera. Various sizes and formats, varying wear.

vd Not Available USD 660.00
206 Adams, John.

Novanglus and Massachusettensis; or Political Essays Published in the Years 1774 and 1775.

1819 Not Available USD 600.00
5 Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

Uncle Tom's Cabin. Illustrated. 2 volumes.

1852 Not Available USD 570.00
1 Jones, David.

Group of 3 illustrations, as listed below. Various sizes and formats; moderate wear.

vd Not Available USD 510.00
45 [Wollaston, William].

The Religion of Nature Delineated.

1726 Not Available USD 450.00
48 Mather, Cotton.

Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of New England.

1702 [100/] Not Available USD 450.00
117 Poe, Edgar Allen.

The Works of Edgar Allen Poe. 5 (of 10) Volumes. 1/250 Large Paper Edition in Vellum.

 1895 Not Available USD 450.00
189 Muir, John.

My First Summer in The Sierra. Circa 1920. * Our National Parks. Circa 1910. * The Yosemite. With Map. (1920).

 vd Not Available USD 450.00
26 Pope, Alice DeWolf Downer.

A Woman's Story... Manuscript novel. 220 pages.

Circa 1870s Not Available USD 390.00
116

116. Photography. Over 50 Carte de Visites. Together With 2 Zeppelin Snapshots.

vd Not Available USD 390.00
98

Group of 7 Titles With Dust Jackets. Some are 1st Editions. An old Fashion Girl by Louisa M. Alcott. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. (1908). * The Old Peabody Pew by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrated by Alice Barber Stephens. (1907). *...

 vd Not Available USD 360.00
65 Stamps.

Hundreds of Switzerland and Sweden Stamps in 4 Binders.

 vd Not Available USD 330.00
180 Somers, John.

The Security of English-Mens Lives, or the Trust, Power, and Duty of the Grand Jurys of England. Front Cover, 2 Front Free Endpapers are Detached.

 1682 Not Available USD 330.00
2 Harness Gazette.

Volume IX, No. 9. Illustrated, including tinted advertisements.

1980 Not Available USD 300.00
12 (Perry, Commodore M. C.).

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan...Compiled...by Francis L. Hawks. Volume 1 (only).

1856 Not Available USD 300.00
57

Medicine. The Monthly Gazette of Health. Edited by Richard Reece, M. D. Volumes 1-5. 1818-1820.

vd Not Available USD 300.00
95 Beardsley, Aubrey.

Suite of 11 illustrations for Wilde's Salome.

 Circa 1900 Not Available USD 300.00
125 Retail Catalogue.

Sears, Roebuck Catalog. Circa 1900. Lacks first Few Leaves.

Circa 1900 Not Available USD 300.00
132 Thoreau, Henry David.

Thoreau, Henry David. Group of 6 volumes, as listed below. Illustrated by Clifton Johnson.

Not Available USD 300.00
40 Foxe, John.

Acts and Monuments of Matters Most Special and Memorable...and Great Persecutions against the true Martyrs.

1641 Not Available USD 270.00
156

Group of 18 19th & 20th Century Bindings. Plants of the holy Lands by Osborn. (1860). * Sacred Allegories by Adams. (1856). * The Lay of the Last Minstrel by Sir Walter Scott. (1854). * ...

 vd Not Available USD 270.00
187 Sondheim, Stephen.

Finishing the Hat. Collected Lyrics 1954-1981. SIGNED. * Look, I Made a Hat. Collected Lyrics 1981-2011.

vd Not Available USD 270.00
  • <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> AUGUSTIN (Saint). <i>De civitate Dei.</i> Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> CAUS (SALOMON DE). <i>La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.</i> Londres, John Norton, 1612. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). <i>La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.</i> Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 <b>Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26:</b> IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000