Auction 2730B
May 31, 2014 11:00AM
05-31-2014
05-31-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner Auctions
Boston MA
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Falls, Charles Buckles (1874-1960) Books Wanted for Our Men (Lot 359, Estimate $400-$600)
Falls, Charles Buckles (1874-1960) Books Wanted for Our Men (Lot 359, Estimate $400-$600)
![Audubon, John James (1785-1851) White Ibis, Plate CCXXII. [from] Birds of America. London: R. Havell, 1826-1838 (Lot 351, Estimate $6,000-$8,000)](https://skn-wp-assets.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2730b-351-audubon-havell-birds.jpg)
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) White Ibis, Plate CCXXII. [from] Birds of America. London: R. Havell, 1826-1838 (Lot 351, Estimate $6,000-$8,000)
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) Experiments and Observations on Electricity. London: for David Henry, sold by Francis Newbery, 1769 (Lot 147, Estimate $3,000-$5,000)
Die Wiener Werkstätte, 1903-1928, Modernes Kunstgewerbe und Sein Weg. Vienna: Krystall-Verlag, 1929 (Lot 118, Estimate $2,000-$2,500)
![The Song of Roland, trans. Isabel Butler. Cambridge: Riverside Press, for Houghton Mifflin, [1906] (Lot 295, Estimate $1,500-$2,000)](https://skn-wp-assets.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2730B-295-Song-of-Roland.jpg)
The Song of Roland, trans. Isabel Butler. Cambridge: Riverside Press, for Houghton Mifflin, [1906] (Lot 295, Estimate $1,500-$2,000)
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) Original Gouache Illustrations for the Waverley Novels. England, c. 1856 (Lot 279, Estimate $1,000-$1,500)
Child, Julia (1912-2004) and Simone Beck (1904-1991) Mastering the Art of French Cooking, First Edition, Inscribed to Avis DeVoto (1904-1989) (Lot 101, Estimate $1,000-$1,200)
![England and Wales. Christopher Saxton (c.1540-c.1610) Anglia. London: [c. 1583] Double-page folio format map (Lot 388, Estimate $4,000-$6,000)](https://skn-wp-assets.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2730b-388-england-map.jpg)
England and Wales. Christopher Saxton (c.1540-c.1610) Anglia. London: [c. 1583] Double-page folio format map (Lot 388, Estimate $4,000-$6,000)
Earhart, Amelia (1897-1937) Signed Ticket to Amelia Earhart Day, Waterville Airport, 13 August 1934 (Lot 19, Estimate $500-$700)
Manuscript on Paper, Prayer Book, German, 18th Century (Lot 219, Estimate $800-$1,000)
Audubon, John James (1785-1851) Say's Squirrel, Plate LXXXIX. [from] The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1839-1844 (Lot 346, Estimate $500- $700)
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May 29, 12PM – 5PM
May 30, 12PM – 7PM
May 31, 9 – 10:30AM
The May Fine Books & Manuscripts auction features early American documents and items signed by Rockwell Kent, Amelia Earhart, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Sir Walter Scott. Rare books, manuscripts, and antique maps will also be offered, along with natural history prints including birds from the Havell edition of The Birds of America by John James Audubon.
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