Sale 20BP02 | Catalogue

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 10am EST | New York

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[MANUSCRIPT] Single leaf with miniature on vellum extracted from a Book of Hours.

C Estates of WR Appleby and Elinor Appleby

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Sold for $937 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT] [BENING, ALEXANDER (SANDER)--attrib.]. Pair of arch-topped miniatures (of the Adoration and the Deposition respectively), likely extracted from a Book of Hours.

Lot 2

[ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT] [BENING, ALEXANDER (SANDER)--attrib.]. Pair of arch-topped miniatures (of the Adoration and the Deposition respectively), likely extracted from a Book of Hours.

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Unsold

Lot 3

[ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT] Les Tres Riches Heures du Duke de Berry

C Property from the Estate of Katharine Babcock Mountcastle

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $1,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 4

[ANTIPHONAL LEAF] Antiphonal leaf on vellum.

C Property of Jason Epstein and Judith Miller

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $812 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 5

MALORY, THOMAS Single leaf from the second English edition of Le Morte D'Arthur.

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Unsold

Lot 6

[HEBREW BIBLE LEAF] Extracted leaf from the Stephanus Hebrew Bible.

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $150 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 7

[PENTATEUCH] LEESER, ISAAC (trans). The Law of God [titled in Hebrew and English].

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Sold for $11,562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - MARHAM, GERVASE Markhams master-piece containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech, touching the cu...

Lot 8

MARHAM, GERVASE Markhams master-piece containing all knowledge belonging to the smith, farrier, or horse-leech, touching the curing of all diseases in horses ... being divided into two books, the first containing all cures physical, the second all belonging to chirurgery...

C Estate of Ricky Eisen

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $1,375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - BACON, FRANCIS, Sir Of the advancement and proficiencie of learning: or The partitions of sciences nine books. Written in Latin by t...

Lot 9

BACON, FRANCIS, Sir Of the advancement and proficiencie of learning: or The partitions of sciences nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, Counsellour of Estate and Lord Chancellor of England.

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $250 - $350

Sold for $937 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 10

FOSBROOKE, THOMAS DUDLEY British Monachism; or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and Nuns of England.

C The Collection of Dorothea Benton Frank

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 11

HUME, DAVID An Enquiry concerning the principles of Morals.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $2,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 12

BEAUMONT, WILLIAM Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion.

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $600 - $900

Sold for $375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 13

[MEDICINE] HUNTER, JOHN A Treatise on the Venereal Disease.

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 14

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [JOHN FLORIO, trans.] The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses of Lo: Michaell de Montaigne...

Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000

Sold for $17,500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [JOHN FLORIO, trans.] Essayes written in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne, Knight of the Order of S. Michael, gentleman of the French Kings chamber: done into English, according to the last French edition...

Lot 15

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [JOHN FLORIO, trans.] Essayes written in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne, Knight of the Order of S. Michael, gentleman of the French Kings chamber: done into English, according to the last French edition...

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $1,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 16

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE Les Essais de Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Edition nouvelle..."

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Unsold

Lot 17

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [FLORIO, JOHN-trans.] The Essays.

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 18

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [FLORIO, JOHN-trans] The Essays.

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Unsold

Lot image - MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [JOHN FLORIO, trans.] The essayes or, Morall, politike, and militarie discourses of Lord Michael de Montaigne, Knight of the noble Order of Saint Michael, and one of the gentlemen in ordinary of the French Kings chamber...

Lot 19

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE [JOHN FLORIO, trans.] The essayes or, Morall, politike, and militarie discourses of Lord Michael de Montaigne, Knight of the noble Order of Saint Michael, and one of the gentlemen in ordinary of the French Kings chamber...

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 20

MONTAIGNE, MICHEL EYQUEM DE Les Essais ... avec des notes, & de nouvelles Tables des Matieres ... Par Pierre Coste.

C The Estate of Herman Steinberg

Estimate: $600 - $900

Unsold

Lot image - [BINDING-MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR] HOUDART DE LA MOTTE, ANTOINE. La nouvelle Bigarure. Contenant ce quil y a de plus intéressant dans le Mercure de France, et de plus curieux dans les autres Journaux et feuilles périodiques, &c.

Lot 21

[BINDING-MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR] HOUDART DE LA MOTTE, ANTOINE. La nouvelle Bigarure. Contenant ce qu'il y a de plus intéressant dans le Mercure de France, et de plus curieux dans les autres Journaux et feuilles périodiques, &c.

C Property from the Collection of Mary Helen McCoy

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $937 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 22

[FINE BINDINGS] Group of four works published by Goupil et Cie. etc., all finely bound.

C Property from the Collection of Mary Helen McCoy

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $2,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 23

[BINDINGS] A Collection of classics by various standard authors, uniformly bound.

C Property from the Collection of Mary Helen McCoy

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $2,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 24

[GARDENS-ONASSIS/WINDSOR COPIES] Group of approximately 12 volumes mostly on gardens.

C Property from a Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $1,062 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 25

[ROYALTY] EDWARD, Duke of Kent. Letter signed.

Estimate: $100 - $200

Sold for $62 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 26

[ROYALTY] MARGARET, PRINCESS, Countess of Snowdon. Autograph note signed.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $175 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 27

EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES Early autograph letter signed.

C Estate of Jane Lublin

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $312 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 28

CHURCHILL, WINSTON The Second World War.

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $4,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 29

NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE Autograph letter signed to Mrs. Livingstone Bruce.

C The Library of Duncan Cranford

Estimate: $500 - $800

Sold for $1,375 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 30

NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE Secretarial letter signed by Napoleon as "Nap".

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 31

[MUSIC AUTOGRAPHS] Group of five music autographs.

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $343 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 32

TOSCANINI, ARTURO Rare gold medallion presented to NBC Symphony Orchestra French Horn player Arthur I. Berv, 1938.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $1,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 33

WAGNER, RICHARD Autograph note signed.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot image - [TESLA, NIKOLA] MARTIN, THOMAS COMMERFORD. The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla: With Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting.

Lot 34

[TESLA, NIKOLA] MARTIN, THOMAS COMMERFORD. The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla: With Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting.

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $20,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 35

EINSTEIN, ALBERT Two typed letters signed to Professor Julian Hugo Bonfante, with associated materials.

Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000

Sold for $15,000 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 36

EINSTEIN, ALBERT Typed letter signed.

C Estate of Katherine Noire

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000

Unsold

Lot 37

[JOBS, STEVE and STEVE WOZNIAK] Signed lid from an Apple II Plus computer, signed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (signing as "Woz").

C The Property of Thomas Earl Neudecker III

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000

Sold for $41,250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 38

[SPACE-MERCURY SEVEN] The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space.

Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

Sold for $2,875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 39

[SPACE-APOLLO 11] Apollo 11 Flight Plan signed by Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

C Estate of Richard Schilling

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $2,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 40

[SPACE-SIGNED BOOKS] The signed six volume Astronaut's Library.

C Estate of Richard Schilling

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $812 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 41

ATWOOD, MARGARET The Handmaid's Tale.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $150 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 42

[BINDINGS-CLASSICS] Approximately seventy volumes.

C Estate of Richard Schilling

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $281 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 43

ELIOT, T.S. Two typed letters signed to Dudley Sheppard, Esq.

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $1,500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 44

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST In Our Time.

Estimate: $40 - $60

Sold for $50 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 45

IRVING, WASHINGTON Autograph letter signed.

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for $250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 46

KILMER, JOYCE Three volumes.

Estimate: $250 - $350

Sold for $156 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 47

KIPLING, RUDYARD Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $500 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 48

KIPLING, RUDYARD Poems 1886-1929.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $562 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 49

[KIPLING, RUDYARD] DETMOLD, MAURICE and EDWARD. Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book."

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $4,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 50

KIPLING, RUDYARD Brother Square-Toes.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Unsold

Lot 51

KIPLING, RUDYARD A collection of approximately a dozen framed portraits, some signed, some with autograph material.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $2,125 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 52

KIPLING, RUDYARD Group of ten private press, finely printed or illustrated works by, or with contributions by, Rudyard Kipling.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 53

KIPLING, RUDYARD The six editions of the Indian Railway Library.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 54

KIPLING, RUDYARD Simple Simon.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Unsold

Lot 55

KIPLING, RUDYARD and NICHOLSON, WILLIAM An Almanac of Twelve Sports. With words by Rudyard Kipling.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 56

KIPLING, RUDYARD Poems 1886-1929

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $625 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 57

KIPLING, RUDYARD Rudyard Kipling's Verse. Inclusive Edition 1885-1918.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $937 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 58

KIPLING, RUDYARD Puck of Pook's Hill

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sold for $875 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 59

KIPLING, RUDYARD Group of six scarce Kipling items.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $400 - $600

Sold for $250 (includes buyer's premium)

Lot 60

KIPLING, RUDYARD Group of eight works by Kipling from the collection of the author and Kipling collector George Barr McCutcheon.

C Estate of Joan Twigg

Estimate: $300 - $500

Sold for $187 (includes buyer's premium)