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Lot 1
An interesting miscellany

Estate / Collection: Property of a Long Island Private Collection

Sold for $480
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 3
The New Testament in Greek in a silver binding

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 5
A pair of 18th century bindings

Sold for $416
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 6
A rare presentation set of Blackstone's Commentaries

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $2,000 - $4,000

Lot 9
A complete run of Cruikshank's Comic Almanac

Sold for $480
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 10
The rare parts issue of Cruikshank's Table Book

Sold for $832
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 11
John Evelyn's rare history of navigation

Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 14
Johnson Dictionary in the fourth and final edition

Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 15
The first American edition of Josephus

Sold for $544
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 18
The last lifetime edition of Locke's Essay

Sold for $768
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 19
History of London with fine plates

Sold for $224
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 21
Naughty ladies and their downfall

Sold for $416
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 22
Three works on trials and roguery

Sold for $480
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 23
Two extra-illustrated works

Sold for $256
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 24
The fifth edition of Malthus's Essay on Population

Sold for $128
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 28
A sammelband of controversial works

Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 30
How Britain is going to the dogs, in 1680

Sold for $640
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 31
Group of eleven works on the Poor Laws

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 32
A handsome early edition of Pufendorf

Sold for $224
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 33
A fine leaf from Purchas his Pilgrimes

Sold for $26
Estimated at $30 - $50

Lot 38
Darwin on Instinct

Sold for $160
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 39
A complete set of Humboldt's great Kosmos

Sold for $2,176
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 43
An unopened copy in jacket signed by Joseph Conrad

Sold for $288
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 45
The signed limited edition of Faulkner's Fables

Sold for $512
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 46
The signed limited first edition

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 47
Ian Fleming's the Diamond Smugglers

Sold for $64
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 50
Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice

Sold for $102
Estimated at $150 - $250

Lot 53
Early printings of Howl and Kaddish

Sold for $64
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 58
An inscribed copy of Rex Ingram's rare first novel

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $51
Estimated at $80 - $120

Lot 63
First edition of Melville's Pierre

Sold for $896
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 65
Paul Muldoon's Poems 1968–1998, one of 110

Sold for $160
Estimated at $150 - $250

Lot 67
Four works signed by Carl Sandburg

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 68
Early edition of Shelley's Queen Mab

Sold for $224
Estimated at $80 - $120

Lot 70
An inscribed copy of Upton Sinclair's King Coal

Sold for $416
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 71
First edition of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath

Estate / Collection: Selections from a Chevy Chase, MD Collector

Sold for $320
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 72
A signed limited edition from John Steinbeck

Sold for $704
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 74
A rare wartime impression of Tolkien's The Hobbit

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 77
The first edition of Huckleberry Finn

Sold for $544
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 78
An interesting autograph miscellany

Estate / Collection: Property from the Founder of a Brooklyn Department Store

Sold for $512
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 84
George Downing of Downing Street fame

Sold for $128
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 86
A letter from the exiled Empress Eugenie, written in England soon after the Franco-Prussian War

Estate / Collection: The Estate of a European Collector

Sold for $64
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 89
Signed Nixon, Carter, Kissinger and Goodman

Sold for $512
Estimated at $300 - $400

Lot 91
A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Sold for $832
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 92
Scripts from a legendary comedy writer

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $115
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 94
The Arion Press Flatland with a signed introduction by Ray Bradbury

Estate / Collection: Collection of Ted Fine and Janet Jacobs

Sold for $2,176
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 96
A collection of Oz books

Sold for $288
Estimated at $400 - $600