May 1, 2024 10:00 EST
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Estate / Collection: Property from the Rotondaro Collection
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois.Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind, housed in custom chemise and slipcase. First edition, first issue, with no rule above the publisher's imprint on the copyright page, no advertisements, and numeral 2 at the bottom of page 17. 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches (23.5 x 15.5 cm); viii, 268 pp. Some losses to spine ends (especially at the head), wear from shelf to extreme lower edge of boards; Sparse foxing (more to first gathering), discreet paper repair of a tear into the text on page 95-96, almost invisible. Bookplate on front free endpaper; gift presentation.
Running as a little-known candidate for the Illinois senatorship in 1858, Lincoln challenged the incumbent, the Democrat Stephen Douglas to a series of debates. The result was a memorable chain of lively arguments in front of cheering crowds. Though Lincoln lost the senatorial race, he wisely compiled and preserved the texts of the debates and had them published in advance of the presidential election of 1860, during which he defeated a split Democratic party. Wessen, Debates of Lincoln and Douglas, 91-106. Monaghan 69. Howes L338. Sabin 41156. See McMurtry, Different Editions (1934).
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Estate / Collection: Property from the Rotondaro Collection
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
Political Debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois.Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind, housed in custom chemise and slipcase. First edition, first issue, with no rule above the publisher's imprint on the copyright page, no advertisements, and numeral 2 at the bottom of page 17. 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches (23.5 x 15.5 cm); viii, 268 pp. Some losses to spine ends (especially at the head), wear from shelf to extreme lower edge of boards; Sparse foxing (more to first gathering), discreet paper repair of a tear into the text on page 95-96, almost invisible. Bookplate on front free endpaper; gift presentation.
Running as a little-known candidate for the Illinois senatorship in 1858, Lincoln challenged the incumbent, the Democrat Stephen Douglas to a series of debates. The result was a memorable chain of lively arguments in front of cheering crowds. Though Lincoln lost the senatorial race, he wisely compiled and preserved the texts of the debates and had them published in advance of the presidential election of 1860, during which he defeated a split Democratic party. Wessen, Debates of Lincoln and Douglas, 91-106. Monaghan 69. Howes L338. Sabin 41156. See McMurtry, Different Editions (1934).
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 1, 2024
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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on May 1, 2024 Totals $1.2 Million
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A Medieval Manuscript Rules of St. Augustine Achieves $102k
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Competitive bidding at Doyle’s May 1, 2024 auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps drove strong prices and a sale total that topped $1.2 million, surpassing expectations.
Featured in the sale was a fascinating selection of early manuscripts that achieved exceptional results. Highlighting the group was a 14th century manuscript of the Rules of St. Augustine from an English priory that soared over its $8,000-12,000 estimate to realize a stunning $102,100. The Rule of St. Augustine is among the earliest of all monastic rules, created about 400, and it was an influence on all that succeeded it. Other notable results included a 14th century Etymologiae of St. Isidore estimated at $5,000-8,000 that achieved $51,200 and a 15th century Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier estimated at $10,000-15,000 that sold for $28,800.
A first edition of John James Audubon's octavo Birds of America sold for $41,600, far over its $25,000-35,000 estimate. Published in 1840-1844 in seven volumes, the first octavo edition was the final Birds of America publication overseen by Audubon in his lifetime.
The Fred Rotondaro Collection offered rare books and manuscripts on a range of subjects touching the African American experience in the United States over three centuries. A first edition copy of Frederick Douglass’ 1876 speech at the unveiling of the Freedman's Monument in Washington realized $12,800, far exceeding its $3,000-5,000 estimate. A first edition of the first issue of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin from 1852 also achieved $12,800.
Highlighting the range of offerings from the Ken Harte Collection of Natural History was a first edition Richard Bowdler Sharpe’s beautifully illustrated monograph of Kingfishers, 1868-71, that sold for $14,080, doubling its $6,000-8,000 estimate. It was accompanied by an inscribed copy of the rare unfinished chapter on the anatomy of the kingfisher by James Murie.
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