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Auction Name Library of a Book Collector Total Sales (USD) 86,982.30
Auction Date March 26, 2024 - March 26, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 72,840.00
Sale Number #530239 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 113,285.00
Total Lots 271
Sold Lots 233 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 86,560.00
% of Lots Sold 85.98% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 134,835.00
Unsold Lots 38 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 64.51%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
207 (Hamilton, Alexander, and James Madison, and John Jay).

The Federalist, on the New Constitution...Printed and Sold by George F.

1802 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,445.00
226 Foxe, John.

[Book of Martyrs, i.e.:]

1632, 1631. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,302.00
197

The United States, in Congress assembled, April 27, 1784. .Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the grand Committee appointed to prepare and report to Congress, the arrears of interest on the national debt, together with the expences for th

1784 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,794.00
19 Dickinson, Emily.

Poems. Second Series. 1891

1891 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,159.00
220 Taft, William H.

United States and Peace.

1914 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,159.00
22 Eliot, T.S.

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

1915 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,905.00
193 Malthus, Rev. Thomas R.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent

1815 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,524.00
204 Dickinson, John.

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to The Inhabitants of The British Colonies.

1769 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,524.00
70 Rand, Ayn.

Atlas Shrugged.

1957 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,270.00
219 Rockwell, John A.; Alexander, John Henry.

Canal or Railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Report # 145.

1849 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,270.00
215 Paine, Thomas.

The Works of Thomas Paine.

1797 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,016.00
217 Proud, Robert.

The History of Pennsylvania in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province under the first proprietor and governor William Penn in 1681 till after the year 1742.

1797-98. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 952.50
137 Michaux, Francois-Andre; Nuttall, Thomas.

The North American Sylva; or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia.

1859 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 889.00
89 Ovid; [George Sandys]

Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd and Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil's Aeneis.

1632 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 825.50
271 Mitchell, S. Augustus.

Mitchell's New General Atlas.

1865 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 825.50
109 Emory, William H.

Report on the U. S. Mexican Boundary Survey (Vol. I - Part I and II.)

1857 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 762.00
161 Seitz, Adelbert.

The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 5 volumes.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 762.00
166

Extraordinary collection of items belonging to Lt. Jacob Beser who was the only crewman to fly on both the Enola Gay and Bock's Car in their missions to drop the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan thus ending World War II.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 762.00
35 Alcott, Louisa M.

Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - Part Second.

1869 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 698.50
104 Cox, Ross.

Adventures on the Columbia River, Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, among Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together with a Journey Across the American Continent.

1831 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 698.50
114 Hawks, Francis L.

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to China Seas and Japan.

1856 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 698.50
159 Edwards, W. M. H.

The Butterflies of North America with Colored Drawings and Description.

1874-1884-1897. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 698.50
203 De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve.

1836 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 698.50
225 Coke, Thomas.

A form of discipline, for the ministers, preachers, and members (Now comprehending the principles and doctrines) of the Methodist Episcopal church in America, considered and approved at a conference held at Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, on Monday t

1790 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 698.50
237 Smith, William.

Ahiman Rezon: Abridged and Digested As A Help to All That Are, Or Would Be Free and Accepted Masons.

1783 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 698.50
  • Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
    London auction, 11 June
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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
  • 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
    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
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    Modern First Editions
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    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
  • 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
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