The Bay Psalm Book.
New York: Sotheby's, November 26, 2013, quarto, black boards in pictorial dust jacket. (74)pp. Sotheby's, A one lot sale. Extensively illustrated in color. A marvellous reference item. As new. More
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Bibliothèque Jean Bourdel. Three Parts, complete.
Paris: Artcurial, June 19, 2024; , large quarto, pictorial boards. (170); (204); (224)pp. Artcurial, From the Artcurial website: "On Wednesday, June 19th, 2024, in collaboration with experts Emmanuel Lhermitte and Philippine de Sailly, Artcurial organized the first part of the auction of the collection of bibliophile Jean Bourdel (1890 -..... More
Catalogue de la bibliothèque intéressante spécialement sur la linguistique, theologie, jurisprudence, histoire et belles-lettres, délaissée par feu Mr. E.W.L. Eyssonius Wichers, Bourguemaitre à Delfzijl.
Amsterdam: Frederik Muller, 1876, small octavo, self-wrappers, stitched. 89 pp. Frederik Muller, Book auction catalogue listing 1,530 lots to be sold December 15-16, 1876. Lacking front wrapper. Stain to upper right-hand corner of title page. Contents clean and unmarked. First 4 pages detached but present. More
Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides, Manuscripts, Letters in part from the Library of Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War (1837-1841)...
New York: Scott & O'Shaughnessy, April 26, 1917, octavo, printed wrappers. 93 pp. Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Auction Sale No. 34. McKay 7832. 431 lots. Illustrated with frontispiece, plates and facsimiles. Colonial, Revolutionary and Later American Wars; Scarce Children's Books; Important Franklin Imprints; Rare Books Relating to the Indians; Slavery; and..... More
The Collection of The Garden Ltd. Magnificent Books and Manuscripts.
New York: Sotheby's, 11.9-10.89, large quarto, cloth. (444)pp, 308 items listed. Sotheby's, This magnificent sale has a 4pp. Foreword by Nicolas Barker followed by a 10pp. Preface by the book collector (as he liked to be addressed), Haven O' More. A fantastic [auto]biographical statement, written in the third person, ends..... More
E.H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh From the Collections of Stanley J Seeger & Christopher Cone.
London: Sotheby's, December 17,2008, quarto, printed wrappers. (104) pp. Sotheby's, 42 lots Illustrated in color inclding two foldout pages. More
Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
New York: Sotheby's, March 16, 1996, quarto, pictorial wrappers. (32)pp. Sotheby's, From the catalogue: "Catalogue entirely devoted to the earliest surviving autograph manuscript by Einstein on the (Special) Theory of Relativity; and the most substantial and significant of the handful of surviving scientific manuscripts written by Enstein during his period..... More
Fine Books and Manuscripts: Including Americana.
New York: Sotheby's, June 18, 2004, quarto, pictorial wrappers. 384pp. Sotheby's, 446 lots. Beautifully illustrated in full color. As new. More
Fine Books and Manuscripts: Including Kafka's Letters to Felice, June 18, 1987.
New York: Sotheby's, June 18, 1987, quarto, pictorial wrappers. (98)pp. Sotheby's, 212 lots. With material by Clemens, Pound, Swift, Tennyson, and color illustration of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. Beautifully illustrated in full color. As new. More
The Forbes Collection of American Historical Documents Part Three. 15 November 2005.
New York: Christie's, November 15, 2005, quarto, printed wrappers. 258 pp. Christie's, 253 lots, described in detail. Extensively illustrated, including fold-out. Light sprinkling of foxing on front cover, else fine. More
The Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg, Illuminated Manuscript By Simon Bening.
London: Sotheby's, June 19 2001, quarto, dark blue pictorial boards. (100)pp. Sotheby's, The Hours of Albrecht of Brandenburg, Illuminated Manuscript By Simon Bening : The Final Lot in the Sale of a Second Selection of Illuminated Manuscripts From C.1000 to C.1522, the Property of Mr. J. R. Ritman Sold for..... More
Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings, Pastels and Water Colors Collected by the Late David C. Lyall of Brooklyn...
New York: American Art Association, February 10, 1903, Limited to 500 numbered copies. octavo, boards covered in printed wrapper with original glassine. American Art Association, 105 lots including Millet, Courbet, Rousseau, Corot, Daubigny, J. M. W. Turner, Delacroix, Pierre Auguste Cott, and more. Illustrated with 52 full page photogravures. This..... More
Incunables from the Schoyen Collection.
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 12, 1991, quarto, boards. (x), (90)pp, illustrated with 64pp. of color plates. 45 items listed. Sotheby's, The Schoyen Collection began in 1955 with the acquisition of a printed book containing a manuscript fragment. Continuing to collect both incunables and manuscripts, the manuscripts soon outpaced the collecting..... More
Incunabula from the court Library at Donaueschingen Sold by Order of His Serene Highnrss Joachim Prince zu Furstenberg.
London: Sotheby's, July 1, 1994, quarto, full pictorial boards. (324)pp. Sotheby's, Beautifully illustrated in full color. Printed price list laid in. As new. More
The Kennedy-Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation.
New York: Sotheby's, December 10, 2010, quarto, pictorial wrappers. 32 pp. Sotheby's, Just over a year after speaking about the Emancipation in Kentucky, Robert Kennedy purchased a copy of the Authorized Edition of the Proclamation for his own collection of historical American manuscripts. The copy appeared in an auction of..... More
Lewis Carrol'ls Alice: The Photographs, Books, Papers and Personal Effects of Alice Liddell and Her Family, Sold by Order of The Trustees of the Alice Settlement.
London: Sotheby's, June 6, 2001, quarto, printed wrappers. (240) pp. Sotheby's, 138 lots described in detail and beautifully illustrated. Contains an essay 'Some Other Occupation: Charles Dodgson and Photography' by Roger Taylor. Very fine. More
The Library of John M. Schiff.
New York: Sotheby's, Dec 11, 1990, octavo, pictorial wrappers. (158)pp. Sotheby's, 350 lots. Schiff's interest in breeding and racing horses is reflected in his library of sporting, racing, and hunting titles. The library also contained nineteenth century English and American literary first editions and twenty-one lots of Presidential autographs "apparently..... More
The Library of Paul Francis Webster.
New York: Sotheby's, April 24, 1985, quarto, cloth. 132pp, 181 items. Sotheby's, Illustrated with photographs and color plates. Webster's collection of books and manuscripts represented 600 years of Western thought and culture - from a Magna Carta of 1300 to Kennedy's Profiles in Courage -- and included Books of Hours..... More
Magnificent books, manuscripts and drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh. The property of the trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh's will trust. London, 7 December 2010. Part I: Books & manuscripts. Part II: Audubon. Part III: Redoute [Sotheby's auction catalog]. 3 volumes set in special box.
London: Sotheby's, December 7, 2010, First Edition. quarto, pictorial heavy paper wrappers, in original slipcase. 115, [1] p.; 47, [1] p.; 75, [1] p. Sotheby's, Part I: Shakespeare First Folio; Part II: Audubon Gyrfalcons; Part III: Redoute Roses. Items catalogued in detail and fully illustrated in color. Very fine and..... More
Medieval Illuminated Miniatures from the Collection of the late Eric Korner.
London: Sotheby's, June 19, 1990, quarto, wrappers. (92)pp, 40 items listed. Sotheby's, Illustrated with color plates. The great illuminators from the 12th to the 15th century are represented in this collection with most coming from Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland and the Low Countries. Included are pieces by Nicolo di Giacomo..... More
Music.
London: Sotheby's, December 1, 2005, quarto, full pictorial wrappers. (196)pp. Sotheby's, Catalogue entirely devoted to the earliest surviving autograph manuscript by Einstein on the (Special) Theory of Relativity; and the most substantial and significant of the handful of surviving scientific manuscripts written by Enstein during his period of greatest creativity..... More
The Otto Kallir Collection of Aviation History.
New York: Sotheby's, June 14, 1993, quarto, wrappers. (137)pp., followed by XV color plates and a one page index. 211 lots. Sotheby's, With a 2pp. biography of the collector. A collection mainly comprised of letters and manuscripts: Ballooning, Amelia Earhart, Otto Lilienthal, Lindberg, Robert E. Peary, Wilbur and Orville Wright..... More
The Philatelic Collection Formed By Sir Gawaine Baillie, Bt Volume X British Empire Part Two and Spearti Forgeires of the World.
London: Sotheby's, January 17, 18, 19, 2007, quarto, printed wrappers. (436) pp. Sotheby's, "Sir Gawaine's goal in stamp collecting was to build a comprehensive collection of postage stamps from Great Britain and the British Empire, starting with the earliest issues of Queen Victoria through to the modern day. Sir Gawaine..... More
Printed Books and Manuscripts from the Estate of John F. Fleming.
New York: Christie's, 1988, quarto, wrappers. 185pp. Christie's, 373 lots. With a 1 1/4pp. introduction by Nicolas Barker. "Items from the private library of John Fleming, removed from Larchmont, New York, are indicated by the letters 'PL' in parentheses at the end of the particular entries. All other items are..... More
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The Rudolf Just Collection: Kunstkammer [with] The Rudolf Just Collection: Coins [with] Utz by Bruce Chatwin. Three volumes.
London: Sotheby's, December 11, 2001, 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" pictorial wrappers. (180), xii; (52), xii; (88) pp. Sotheby's, Part I presents 272 lots of porcelain, glass, pewter and bronze from the Rudolf Just colleciton. Part II presents 92 lots from the Just collection of coins. With the scarce third..... More