Lot 102
The best work on the prosecution of Admiral Byng, with folding plates of the fleets
Sold for $640
Estimated at $400 - $600
Lot 103
Ahoy, Matey! An early and classic account of pirates
Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 104
Carthagena as taken by pirates, with the folding map
Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 105
The first edition of Pasteur's first work on Pasteurization
Sold for $256
Estimated at $200 - $300
Lot 109
Leaves from each of the four folios of Shakespeare
Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 112
The fourth edition of Spenser's Shepheards Calendar
Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 113
Ogilby's English translation of the works of Vergil, with illustrations by Hollar
Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 115
Colwell's important work on economics Inscribed to Peter Cooper, the founder of Cooper Union
Sold for $1,088
Estimated at $600 - $900
Lot 117
An interesting collection of John Maynard Keynes
Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 120
WWII Allied telegram announcing Germany's unconditional surrender
Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $600 - $800
Lot 124
Comedian Lenny Bruce's uncommon autobiography
Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon
Sold for $115
Estimated at $100 - $150
Lot 126
A shelf of first editions, including a signed Cheever and a large group of Philip Roth
Sold for $224
Estimated at $200 - $400
Lot 128
Charles Dickens conveys copies of The Old Curiosity Shop for the use of the blind
Sold for $2,304
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 131
Charles Dickens tries to find a publisher for a friend's work
Sold for $2,432
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 132
Charles Dickens records the death of his daughter Dora
Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 133
Four literary volumes from the library of Estelle Doheny
Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600
Lot 134
Three by John Dos Passos, one inscribed, two in jacket
Sold for $480
Estimated at $500 - $800
Lot 135
The Will & Ariel Durant Collection: An important archive of manuscripts and correspondence
Sold for $12,800
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 136
A family association copy of Emerson's Essays, Second Series
Sold for $640
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
Lot 138
Graham Greene's inscribed copy of a manuscript describing a practical joke
Sold for $6,400
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 140
A remarkable collection of inscribed and signed books by Zane Grey
Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 143
Four of Hearn's Japanese Fairy Tales
Estate / Collection: Property from the Founder of a Brooklyn Department Store
Sold for $512
Estimated at $400 - $600
Lot 145
The first appearances of "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Sold for $704
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 147
An early American science fiction novel, with imaginary voyages to the moon, sun, and planets
Sold for $544
Estimated at $400 - $600
Lot 148
An early portion of Finnegan's Wake, signed by Joyce
Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800
Lot 154
An inscribed photograph and quotation from H.L. Mencken
Sold for $640
Estimated at $400 - $600
Lot 158
Stendhal on the famous giraffe that visited Paris in 1827
Sold for $384
Estimated at $600 - $800
Lot 159
A rare wartime impression of Tolkien's The Hobbit
Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 160
Two signed notes by Mark Twain, framed together
Estate / Collection: Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector
Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800
Lot 161
Three titles by Mark Twain including a first of Huckleberry Finn in blue cloth
Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 163
The first edition of P. G. Wodehouse's "The Prince and Betty"
Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 165
The Abbeville Press facsimile of the elephant folio Audubon Birds of America
Estimated at $6,000 - $9,000
Lot 169
Rare Birds of China by Frederick Lansdowne, with an original watercolor
Estate / Collection: Property from the Estate of Elaine and James D. Wolfensohn
Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 171
An 1860s album of dried flowers from France, Italy, and Switzerland
Sold for $1,088
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 173
A scarce color-plate book of the formal costumes of the early French republic
Sold for $480
Estimated at $400 - $600
Lot 176
A. Edward Newton's copy of an important work in business fiction
Sold for $224
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 184
The Life of Gladstone extensively extra-illustrated with letters and portraits
Sold for $8,960
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 185
An extraordinary deluxe publication of the Life of Napoleon
Sold for $11,520
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000
Lot 186
Standard works on Napoleon finely bound with a volume of manuscripts
Sold for $6,400
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 187
Set of the rare Edition de Deux Mondes publications, in the extravagant issue binding
Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 188
A finely bound set of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 189
With an original manuscript leaf from Thoreau's Journals
Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $7,000 - $10,000
Lot 193
Bound for the court of Catherine II in St. Petersburg
Sold for $1,152
Estimated at $400 - $600