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Canada Book Auctions Limited: Fine Books and Ephemera Auction

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Auction Name Fine Books and Ephemera Auction Total Sales (CAD) 35,293.75
Auction Date March 28, 2024 - March 28, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 25,900.00
Sale Number #322212 High Estimate of Lots Sold (CAD) 170,900.00
Total Lots 193
Sold Lots 178 Low Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 37,300.00
% of Lots Sold 92.23% High Estimate of All Lots (CAD) 188,600.00
Unsold Lots 15 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 18.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
188

MACDONALD, JOHN A.

CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 2,875.00
189

MACKENZIE, WILLIAM LYON.

1824 CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 1,500.00
163

BASEBALL.

CAD 200.00 - 300.00 CAD 1,250.00
172 Bruce, James.

5 vols. TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE IN THE YEARS 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, AND 1773.

1790 CAD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CAD 1,000.00
173

UNITED STATES JAPAN EXPEDITION BY M.C. PERRY.

1856 CAD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 CAD 937.50
171 Lossing, Benson J.

PICTORIAL FIELD BOOK OF THE CIVIL WAR. [SUBSCRIBER'S COPY, SALESMAN'S DUMMY]

(circa 1877). CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 750.00
184 Barry, D.F.

HAIRY CHIN AS UNCLE SAM.

1889, Printed later. CAD 700.00 - 900.00 CAD 750.00
113

BOY SCOUTS: UNIFORM, PATCHES, ETC. A large collection of 60+ pieces.

CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 625.00
183

ALBUMS. CHURCH ARCHITECTURE, ETC.

CAD 400.00 - 600.00 CAD 593.75
7 Kippis, Andrew.

THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.

1788 CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 562.50
102

SCIENCE/MEDICINE. A lot of 3 volumes sold together.

CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 531.25
139

PHOTOGRAPHS, etc. A lot of 100+ sold together.

CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 500.00
69

ALBUMEN; WORLD TRAVEL, ETC. A lot of approximately 60+ prints sold together.

CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 468.75
179 Dore, Gustave; Poe, Edgar Allan.

THE RAVEN. WITH COMMENT BY EDMUND C. STEDMAN.

1884 CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 468.75
180

POLITICS.

CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 468.75
123

CANADIANA. A lot of 3 volumes sold together. Including: THE CANADAS AS THEY NOW ARE...'by a late resident.'

 1833 CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 437.50
128

EUROPEAN STEREOS PRINTED ON RARE CELLULOID. A lot of 76 sold together.

CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 437.50
182 Etherington, Harry.

WHEELING ANNUAL.

1884 - 1885 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 437.50
1 Drake, Edward Cavendish.

A NEW UNIVERSAL COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC AND ENTERTAINING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME: Judiciously Selected from the best Writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other Languages. Comprehe

 1768 CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 406.25
43

[SAILING / SHIPS] A lot of 3 Halton & Truscott Smith (London) Limited Editions: Bowen, Frank C. THE GOLDEN AGE OF SAIL. INDIAMEN, PACKETS AND CLIPPER SHIPS.

CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 406.25
156 Fenning, D.; Collier, J.

A NEW SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY: OR, A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD...

1764-5 CAD 600.00 - 800.00 CAD 406.25
3

BLACK AMERICANA. A lot of approximately 45 pieces sold together.

Early 20th century. CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 375.00
104

WORLD TOUR, POSTCARDS.

CAD 100.00 - 1,000.00 CAD 375.00
169 Barraband, Jacques.

TOUCANS.

1806 CAD 500.00 - 700.00 CAD 375.00
185 Milne, A.A.; Shepard, Ernest H.

WINNIE THE POOH.

1926 CAD 300.00 - 500.00 CAD 375.00
  • 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
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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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