Lot 233
The first edition of Darwin’s Origin of Species
Sold for $94,500
Estimated at $70,000 - $100,000
Lot 295
Magritte and Jouffroy's Aube à l'antipode, with the seven signed and lettered etchings
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Estimated at $50,000 - $70,000
Lot 226
Robert Browning's copy of Keats’ Endymion, 1818
Sold for $37,800
Estimated at $7,000 - $10,000
Lot 241
François-Louis Schmied's Daphne in a major Art Deco binding by Pierre Legrain
Sold for $32,760
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 238
Manuscript on the motion of the sun and stars, from the Bibliotheca Phillippica
Sold for $31,500
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 198
An uncut copy of Livio Sanuto's 1588 atlas of Africa
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $25,200
Estimated at $10,000 - $15,000
Lot 50
The Alecto edition of Karl Bodmer's illustrations of Indian life
Sold for $22,680
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Lot 213
Album of social life in Zanzibar in 1911
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $11,970
Estimated at $600 - $900
Lot 214
Group of Zanzibar Documents
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $10,080
Estimated at $500 - $800
Lot 178
A presentation map prepared by David Livingstone in Cape Town
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $9,450
Estimated at $15,000 - $25,000
Lot 326
An original Charles Addams illustration
Estate of Harry Lowe
Sold for $9,450
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 125
A letter signed by Peter the Great
Property of a New Jersey Collector
Sold for $8,820
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 177
David Livingstone presents his Missionary Travels and Researches to Lord Shaftesbury
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $8,820
Estimated at $6,000 - $9,000
Lot 195
Photographic album of early Zanzibar interest
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $8,820
Estimated at $500 - $800
Lot 67
A White Star Line Steamer Deck Chair
Property from a Prominent Private Collection
Sold for $8,190
Estimated at $5,000 - $10,000
Lot 108
A Jansson atlas with extensive manuscript notation on the ancient world
Sold for $8,190
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 201
Album of sketches made in Aden in the 1870s
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $7,560
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 279
Artist's proof copy of Duchamp's White Box
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Sold for $7,560
Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000
Lot 90
Four large volumes of New York City survey maps
Collection of a New York Surveyor
Sold for $6,930
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 215
Group of drawings of the Coasts of Zanzibar and Madagascar, likely 1870s
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $6,930
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
Lot 28
An uncommon 17th century Boston court document relating to a divorce case
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $6,300
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 34
The 1682 deed of sale for what became East Boston
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $5,985
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 204
The rare colored issue of The Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $5,985
Estimated at $2,500 - $3,500
Lot 205
John Speke writes to Sir Francis Galton about planning an expedition and African weather
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $5,985
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 19
Signed by two notorious Salem Witch Trials magistrates in 1691
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $5,670
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 155
The diary of an officer on board H.M.S. Andromache, Bellerophon and others, 1823-1836
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $5,670
Estimated at $700 - $1,000
Lot 194
The first book to be devoted to elephants, 1715
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $5,670
Estimated at $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 13
Document signed by Edmund Andros Governor as Governor of the Dominion of New England
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $5,355
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 183
David Livingstone writes from Zambezi about the discovery of Lake Nyasa
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $5,355
Estimated at $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 235
A handsome doctoral diploma on vellum, Padua: 19 July 1641
Sold for $5,355
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 280
Duchamp and Hugnet's "Seventh face of the Die"
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Sold for $5,355
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 103
Viele's map of the underground waterways of New York City
Collection of a New York Surveyor
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 117
An uncommon inscribed copy of John F. Kennedy's first book
Sold for $5,040
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 250
A finely bound set of Ruskin's works, with a letter by the author
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 261
The magnificent Bruce Rogers edition of the Frick Catalogue
Sold for $5,040
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 331
Original pen and ink drawing for Samuel & Saul by Arthur Szyk
Sold for $5,040
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000
Lot 48
An important letter from the only repenting judge of the Salem Witch Trials
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $4,725
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 304
Matta's 1962 masterpiece of illustration
The Margolis Collection
Sold for $4,725
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 328
Peter Arno and dancing girls, drawn for The New Yorker
Sold for $4,410
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800
Lot 330
Arthur Rackham's watercolors for the endpapers of The Compleat Angler
Sold for $4,410
Estimated at $7,000 - $10,000
Lot 143
Clarkson's account of the slave trade in original boards uncut
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $4,095
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 152
Forbes on The natural history of Sokotra and Abdel-Kuri
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $4,095
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 180
One of David Livingstone's final letters, addressed to Sir Henry Rawlinson
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $4,095
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 225
Thomas Hardy's The Trumpet Major, in the original cloth
Sold for $4,095
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 310
Joan Miro's Obscur Laurier, with an additional signed plate
The Margolis Collection
Sold for $4,095
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 321
Schwitters' Die Kathedrale, a proto-Dada classic
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Sold for $4,095
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 3
Document signed by Samuel Pepys and King James II
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 64
An interesting archive on space exploration with an Iranian provenance
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 64
An interesting archive on space exploration with an Iranian provenance
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 65
Hunter S. Thompson for Sheriff! A Freak Power poster
Sold for $3,780
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 145
The best edition of De Barros's history of the Portuguese in Asia
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,780
Estimated at $1,000 - $2,000
Lot 164
Guillain's scarce voyage to Zanzibar and East Africa, illustrated after daguerreotypes
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,780
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 168
Hartmann's Commentariao de Geographia Africae Edrisiana, 1791
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,780
Estimated at $80 - $120
Lot 223
A fine association copy of Flappers and Philosophers in the rare dust jacket
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 231
Whitman's Two Rivulets, with the signed photograph and additional inscription
Sold for $3,780
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 232
Leaves of Grass, inscribed by Whitman to the engraver of a well-known portrait
Sold for $3,780
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Lot 300
A classic photobook with Man Ray's nude illustrations of Nusch
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 139
Richard Burton writes about Livingstone
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,465
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 149
The genesis of the infamous “Hottentot Venus” affair
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,465
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 181
A presentation copy of David Livingston's Missionary Travels, 1857
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,465
Estimated at $4,000 - $5,000
Lot 182
Important David Livingstone four-page letter signed describing his last expedition
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,465
Estimated at $3,000 - $4,000
Lot 192
Sir Thomas Phillipps's copy of Ouseley's works
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,465
Estimated at $200 - $300
Lot 319
The Limited Editions Club Lysistrata, with Picasso plates
Sold for $3,465
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 113
"And the world is gonna know your name. What's your name, man?" Alexander Hamilton...
Provenance: Collection of Susan Otto Israel
Sold for $3,150
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800
Lot 128
A pair of royal photographs, signed by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Sold for $3,150
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 206
Stanley's In Darkest Africa, one of 250 copies signed by him
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $3,150
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 298
Photographs by Man Ray Paris 1920-1934
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Sold for $3,150
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 309
Miro's La Bague d'Aurore, one of 130
The Margolis Collection
Sold for $3,150
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 36
Document signed by William Bradford the Younger
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $2,835
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 179
David Livingstone sets off for parts unknown
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,835
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 196
Charming 1802 manuscript of ship's signals, with watercolors of pennants etc.
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,835
Estimated at $300 - $500
Lot 317
An interesting selection of pamphlets on 20th century art movements
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Sold for $2,835
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 22
Signed by the Chief Justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in the Salem Witch Trials
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $2,500 - $3,500
Lot 32
With the rare signature of Constant Southworth, William Bradford’s stepson
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500
Lot 156
General Gordon tries to build a railway in the Sudan
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500
Lot 270
A complete run of the avant-garde periodical S.M.S.
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 275
Jim Dine's The Temple of Flora, printed at the Arion Press
The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Lot 313
Robert Motherwell's Neruda, done for the Limited Editions Club
The Collection of Erica Jong and Ken Burrows
Sold for $2,520
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 5
A manuscript deposition signed by Governor John Endecott
The Victor Gulotta Collection
Sold for $2,394
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Lot 131
Babault's Voyage dans l'Afrique Orientale Anglaise
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,394
Estimated at $500 - $800
Lot 162
General Gordon and the Wadi Halfa railway
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,394
Estimated at $2,500 - $4,000
Lot 197
The first edition of Nicolas Sanson's early African atlas
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,394
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800
Lot 292
Rare artist book by Sol Lewitt, with ten prints of colorful asymmetrical pyramids
Property from the Collection of Rosa and Aaron Esman
Sold for $2,394
Estimated at $2,500 - $3,500
Lot 146
De Sousa's 1790 Documentos Arabicos para a historia Portugueza in a period Portuguese binding
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,268
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
Lot 189
Diary of the 1885 Soudan Expedition by a senior British officer
The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
Sold for $2,268
Estimated at $300 - $500