Lot 1
A superb example of a printed and illuminated Book of Hours on vellum
Sold for $10,240
Estimated at $12,000 - $18,000
Lot 3
A partially printed ferial psalter with elements from earlier manuscripts
Property of a Long Island Private Collection
Sold for $6,400
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
Lot 4
A splendid example of a Thielman Kerver Book of Hours
Sold for $8,320
Estimated at $6,000 - $9,000
Lot 5
Manuscript of the contract governing German conquistadors in Venezuela
Sold for $35,200
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 9
An early 18th-century manuscript on the common law
Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 10
An elegant liturgical manuscript prepared for presentation
Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
Lot 11
Russian Old Believer manuscript with about 50 colored illustrations
Sold for $7,040
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 13
Josephine Bonaparte and Aimé Bonpland at work in the garden
Sold for $1,664
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 15
Holcot's Super Libros Sapienta with binder's waste from a previously unrecorded incunable
Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 17
The second edition of Mattioli's great illustrated commentary on Dioscorides
Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 19
The first edition of the first illustrated book on costume
Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 20
The first printed book dedicated entirely to insects
Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 22
An early book on obstetrics in the original publisher's binding
Sold for $832
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 28
One of the earliest works on the natural history of Japan
Sold for $2,176
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 29
The cream of the crop in 18th century horse anatomy
Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 31
The first folio edition of Guérinière's Ecole de Cavalerie
Sold for $704
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
Lot 36
Napoleonic-era military engravings by Swebach, from the Mecklenburg Library
Sold for $384
Estimated at $200 - $400
Lot 37
A rare Italian collection of plates of French Republican costume
Sold for $1,152
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 41
A rare Italian book on horsemanship with superb color plates
Sold for $2,432
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 45
A bejeweled Shelley's Prometheus Unbound, the magnificent Vickery-Benz-Chevalier copy
The Abrams Family Collection
Sold for $25,600
Estimated at $30,000 - $50,000
Lot 46
One of 15 copies on vellum of the Doves Press Sonnets of Shakespeare, in a Doves binding
Sold for $60,800
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 49
A rare presentation copy of Bob Dylan's Tarantula
Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 52
An early photograph of Gandhi with his signature inset
Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 54
WWII era envelopes and a note addressed to Winston Churchill by notables
Sold for $960
Estimated at $500 - $800
Lot 55
A remarkable WWII album of typescripts, watercolors, and maps made by German prisoners-of-war
Sold for $2,432
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 60
Two attractive Donald Barthelme first editions, one signed
Sold for $160
Estimated at $200 - $300
Lot 61
A very charming, inscribed copy of Beckett's early essay on Proust
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $3,520
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 62
Samuel Beckett's first book of poetry, inscribed to his American director
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 63
Copy number 3 of 100 specially bound and signed copies of Beckett's Endgame
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 64
One of 100 specially bound copies of Beckett's novel Watt
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $512
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 65
One of 100 specially bound and signed copies of Samuel Beckett's first novel
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $1,088
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 66
A rare set of Samuel Beckett's Collected Works, signed in Waiting for Godot
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 67
A pristine presentation copy of Beckett's novella Ill Seen Ill Said
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $512
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 68
Five Samuel Beckett titles, three in the original French, each inscribed
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $2,176
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 69
Six inscribed pamphlets by Samuel Beckett
Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)
Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $600 - $800
Lot 74
First edition of the first book in Burroughs' Nova Series
Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 79
Uniformly bound group of early Dickens editions
The Collection of Lucille Coleman
Sold for $6,400
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 80
A fine copy of this classic collection of Didion essays
Sold for $704
Estimated at $500 - $800
Lot 82
Doyle's Hound of the Baskervilles, the first issue
Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 84
Limited edition of Faulkner's first short story collection "These 13"
Sold for $704
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 89
F. Scott Fitzgerald pens a note from the Riviera while writing The Great Gatsby
The Eric Cohler Collection
Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 92
A fine and rare inscribed portrait of Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn in Idaho, 1939-40
Sold for $8,960
Estimated at $2,500 - $3,500
Lot 93
A superb inscribed photograph by Ernest Hemingway in Sun Valley, 1940
Sold for $5,760
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 95
A photograph of Ernest Hemingway's children, with signatures
Sold for $224
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 96
Ernest Hemingway letter to famed Idaho sporting guide Taylor "Bear Tracks" Williams
Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000