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Mennonite Life: March 2024 Rare and Used Book Auction

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Auction Name March 2024 Rare and Used Book Auction Total Sales (USD) 14,575.00
Auction Date March 08, 2024 - March 08, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Sale Number #30824 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 0.00
Total Lots 392
Sold Lots 374 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
% of Lots Sold 95.41% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 0.00
Unsold Lots 18 Total Sales as a % of High Est. Inf%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
308 Braght, T.J.V.

Het Bloedig Tooneel, of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-Gesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die / om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker / geleden hebben / ende gedood zijn / van Christi tijd af / tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk.

1685 Not Available USD 2,700.00
7 Mast, C.Z., and Robert E.

Simpson Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania: This Volume Contains over Two Hundred Years of Local History of an American Earthly Paradise.

1942 Not Available USD 1,002.00
377 Ruth, John Landis

The Earth Is the LordaEUs: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference. Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History, no. 39

 c2001. Not Available USD 825.00
48

Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch enthaltend geistreiche Lieder und Psalmen, zum allgemeinen Gebrauch des wahren Gottesdienstes.

1820 Not Available USD 400.00
46

Ausbund, Das ist: Etliche schone Christliche Lieder, wie sie in dem Gefangnis zu Passau in dem Schloss von den Schweizer-Brudern und von anderen rechtglaubigen Christen hin und her gedictet worden.

1856 Not Available USD 190.00
250 Kraybill, Spencer L., and Noah L. Zimmerman

History of a John Graybill Family in America, 1854-1976.

1977 Not Available USD 180.00
309 Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith.

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

1955-59. Not Available USD 180.00
158 Beachy, Leroy Unser Leit:

The Story of the Amish.

2011 Not Available USD 150.00
1 Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith.

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

Not Available USD 130.00
4 Strassburger, Ralph. Edited by William John Hinke.

Beaver Pennsylvania German Pioneers: A Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals in the Port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808.

1934 Not Available USD 110.00
95

Das kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions, von alten und neuen auselesenen geistes Gesangen, allen wahren Heils-begierigen Sauglingen der Weisheit.

1781 Not Available USD 100.00
255 Weaver, Luke H.

The Ancestors and Descendants of Isaac B. Weaver & Barbara H. Nolt, 1869-2002.

 2002 Not Available USD 100.00
91 Rice, Charles S.

The Amish Year.

1956 Not Available USD 95.00
235 Telleen, Maurice

The Draft Horse Primer: A Guide to the Care and Use of Work Horses and Mules.

1977 Not Available USD 95.00
335

The Wenger Book: A Foundation Book of American Wengers, Including Variant Spellings Such as Winger, Wanger, Whanger, Wegner, Wengert, Wengerd, Wingart, Wingard, Wingert, Wangerd, Wengar, Wencker, and Names Spelled with aEUoeVaEU Rather Than aEUoeW.aEU Edi

 1978, 1997 Not Available USD 90.00
69 Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith.

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement.

1955-59. Not Available USD 85.00
317 Rice, Charles S.

The Amish Year.

1956 Not Available USD 81.00
47

Ein Unpartheyisches Gesang-Buch enthaltend geistreiche Lieder und Psalmen, zum allgemeinen Gebrauch des wahren Gottesdienstes.

1804 Not Available USD 80.00
99

Das kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions, von alten und neuen auselesenen Geistes-Gesangen, allen wahren heilsbegierigen Sauglingen der Weisheit.

1829 Not Available USD 80.00
109 Othonis, Joh.

Jacobi Evangelischer Kranken-Trost: Aus allen Sonn- und Fest-taglichen Evangelien dergestalt aufgesuchet, dass in einer jeden Predigt der Eingang und Schluss mit denckwurdigen alt und neuen Geschichten und Christlichen Valet-Reden allerhand vornehmer Pe

 1774 Not Available USD 80.00
371

Bridgens' Atlas of Lancaster Co., Penna. From actual surveys by H.F. Bridgens and assistant.

1864 Not Available USD 80.00
221 Good, Merle

Who Are the Amish?

1985 Not Available USD 75.00
372

Illustrated Historical Atlas of Lancaster County.

2006 Not Available USD 75.00
368 Eshleman, H.

Frank Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and of Their Remote Ancestors, from the Middle of the Dark Ages, Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War.

1917 Not Available USD 71.00
104 [Burkholder, Christian]

Nutzliche und erbauliche Anrede an die Jugend : von der wahren Busse, vom seligmachenden Glauben an Christo Jesu, und der reinen Liebe zu Gott und seinem Nachsten ... vorgestellt in Fragen und Antworten.

1829 Not Available USD 70.00
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
  • ALDE, May 28: KIPLING (RUDYARD). Le Livre de la Jungle. – Le IIe livre de la Jungle. Paris, Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1924-1925. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: NOAILLES (ANNA DE). Les Climats. Paris, Société du Livre contemporain, 1924. €50,000 to €60,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MILTON (JOHN). Paradis perdu. Quatrième chant. S.l., Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1974. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LEBEDEV (VLADIMIR). Russian Placards - Placard Russe 1917-1922. Saint-Petersbourg, Sterletz, 1923. €1,000 to €1,200.
    ALDE, May 28: MARDRUS (JOSEPH-CHARLES). Histoire charmante de l'adolescente sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: TABLEAUX DE PARIS. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1927. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, May 28: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Les Fables illustrées par Paul Jouve. S.l. [Lausanne], Gonin & Cie, 1929. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, May 28: SARTRE (JEAN-PAUL). Vingt-deux dessins sur le thème du désir. Paris, Fernand Mourlot, 1961. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: [BRAQUE (GEORGES)]. 13 mai 1962. Alès, PAB, 1962. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MIRÓ (JOAN). Je travaille comme un jardinier. Avant-propos d'Yvon Taillandier. Paris, Société intenationale d'art XXe siècle, 1963. €1,000 to €2,000.
    ALDE, May 28: MAGNAN (JEAN-MARIE). Taureaux. Paris, Michèle Trinckvel, 1965. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, May 28: PICASSO (PABLO). Dans l'atelier de Picasso. 1960. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
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