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Lot 597
The Water Birds of North America

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $192
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 598
Remains of a Natural History Collection

Estate / Collection: The Ken Harte Collection of Natural History

Sold for $320
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 601
A deluxe copy of the Bremer Press bacon

Sold for $768
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 602
Four fine fore-edge paintings

Sold for $1,664
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 605
A presentation album of sketches by John Leech

Sold for $384
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 606
A superb copy of Claude Lorrain's Liber Veritatis, from Longleat House

Estate / Collection: The Collection of Eldo Netto

Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 607
A beautifully bound copy of The English Spy

Sold for $640
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 608
A nicely-bound set of Alice in Wonderland

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $608
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 612
Four private press titles

Sold for $224
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 613
A fine set with inlaid bindings

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 614
An immaculate set signed by Kipling and with original watercolors

Estate / Collection: The Collection of an International Multi-generational Family

Sold for $5,440
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 615
A well-bound group of T.H. Huxley's works

Sold for $960
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 623
Original drawing for Terry and the Pirates

Sold for $544
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 627
The deluxe edition of the Beardsley Morte Darthur

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $2,500 - $3,500

Lot 628
The great Rockwell Kent Moby Dick

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $3,000 - $4,000

Lot 629
A drawing for Rockwell Kent's Moby Dick

Sold for $3,520
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 630
A bright copy of the trade edition in jacket

Sold for $1,152
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 633
Arthur Rackham's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $2,500 - $3,500

Lot 635
Arthur Rackham's edition of Malory

Sold for $448
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 636
Inscribed by J.K. Rowling

Estate / Collection: From a Private New York Collector

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 637
The Little Prince in dust jacket

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $160
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 638
Three works inscribed by Maurice Sendak

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 641
Andrew Wyeth updates a client

Sold for $288
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 642
15 Second Folio leaves from Othello

Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 643
A group of leaves from Shakespeare's Second Folio

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 646
Ferrari's Hesperides, with superb plates of fruit

Sold for $7,680
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 647
The Royal Trade of Fishing, 1662

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 648
Descartes on the body as a material machine

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 653
Walter Charleton on nutrition

Sold for $704
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 655
Plumier on the lathe, with superb plates

Sold for $416
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 658
Defoe on conjugal relations

Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 659
Defoe on Stockjobbing

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 660
Six lives of rogues, rascals and rapscallions

Sold for $2,176
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 662
A profoundly curious and slightly eccentric work

Sold for $640
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 666
Three works from Matthew Boulton's Library

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 670
MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT

Sold for $3,520
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 672
De Quincey on Political Economy, in original cloth

Sold for $768
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 673
A group of works by Stanley Jevons

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 677
A finely bound set of the works of Charles Darwin

Sold for $6,400
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 678
J. M. Keynes's first book

Sold for $960
Estimated at $600 - $900

Lot 684
The bill allowing the abdication of Edward VIII

Sold for $320
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 685
A signed score card from chess legend Bobby Fisher

Sold for $3,520
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 686
A note and inscribed book from Bernard Berenson

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 687
Raymond Chandler's copy of the first English edition of Farewell, My Lovely

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 688
Chandler's copy of the film edition of Farewell, My Lovely

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,792
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 689
Chandler's copy of the film edition of The Big Sleep

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 690
Chandler mentions Humphrey Bogart and The Big Sleep

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 691
Three John Engstead portraits of Raymond Chandler

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $512
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 692
A group of items relating to Raymond Chandler’s youth and family

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000