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the Maharishi propositioning English in Trieste, Italy— women, including actress Mia where, according to Irish Farrow.” novelist and journalist Colm According to Powell, Tóibín, the author “grew up.” A Day in the Life Harrison and Lennon main- “This work is one of only tained an interest in medita- four inscribed copies of Letters at Forum’s September sale offer a tion and Indian culture that Dubliners to appear at auc- rare look at the Beatles’ time in India. would later influence their tion in the last fifty years,” personal lives and their works. Powell says. “That makes it “Although these letters highly desirable and collect- aren’t written by any of the able, even if the book itself very other month, ters, which paint a vivid pic- ELondon-based Forum ture of life around the Beatles, Auctions hosts a Fine Books, the Maharashi, and a coterie Manuscripts, and Works on of other celebrities who Paper sale at the Westbury spent time together Hotel in Mayfair. Since 2016, in India in 1968. Forum has curated fine books “The Beatles trav- sales both in place and online, eled to Northern specializing in antiquar- India early that ian books and manuscripts, year to study tran- as well as old master prints, scendental med- drawings, and other works itation,” Powell on paper. The company’s says. “The visit had September 26 sale will feature a varied effect a wide array of books across on them—Ringo collecting spectrums, as well Starr and Paul as some very interesting man- McCartney left uscripts and letters. early, but George A highlight, according to Harrison and John Letters from various authors, discussing Forum’s deputy chairman Lennon stayed at an ashram the Beatles’ time in India, 1968. Estimate £5,000 to £7,000. and head of books Rupert in Rishikesh until April, when Powell, is a group of let- they left following rumors of Beatles themselves,” he says, isn’t considered especially “the content is extremely rare.” interesting, as it contains first- Presented in its original James Joyce, hand accounts of what they cloth binding and in fine con- Dubliners, were doing in India—and dition, the book has an esti- First Edition there are signatures from mated value of £100,000- Presentation Copy, inscribed George and John. It’s a great £150,000. to Beatrice lot for collectors interested in These items will feature Randegger, 1914. Estimate pop culture.” alongside many others in Joyce (James) £100,000 to In addition to the let- Forum’s September sale, The Dubliners, £150,000. first edition, [1914]. ters, which have an estimated including a letter from a Presentation copy signed by the author to Beatrice Randegger (née Richetti), one of his pupils value of £5,000-£7,000, Forum World War I surgeon, a 19th in Trieste, where he lived and taught English from c.1905-15. has also confirmed for the century Japanese watercolor One of only 4 inscribed copies of The Dubliners to appear at auction in the last 50 years. sale a first edition of James scroll, and a first English edi- Est. £100,000-150,000 Joyce’s Dubliners. The pre- tion of Friedrich Nietzsche’s sentation copy is dated in Thus Spake Zarathustra Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
the year of publication (1914) (1896). l m. and inscribed by the author oru Auction: Thursday 26th September | The Westbury Hotel, 37 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2YF of F y to Beatrice (née Richetti) Erin McPherson is a writer and editor Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 Randegger, who was a stu- based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She ourtes is an amateur collector of hardbound For more details, full viewing times and catalogues, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk ages C
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Underground Railroad doc- large industrial enterprise in a uments at auction that have time, place, and industry that approached the extent or is rarely studied. Second, for detail of Shugart’s account the thousands of documents Remarkable book,” Stattler says. “Offered relating to enslaved people in the context of his other who operated the company’s Accounts personal papers, its authen- furnaces and wagons. And ticity and power are beyond third, for the plant’s numer- Thousands of pages available at question.” ous connections to Booker T. Swann Galleries’ September sale tell In addition, Swann’s Washington, who lived near stories from the Underground Railroad Americana sale will feature a the salt works after abolition.” and West Virginia’s salt mines. lot containing four boxes— Perhaps most remarkable, more than 2,000 pages—of according to Stattler, is a let- correspondence, memoran- ter sent by “yo slave boy John dum books, receipts, ledgers, Hand”—written on his own
orn a Quaker in North BCarolina, Zachariah Taylor Shugart (1805-1881) spent most of his life in the Midwest, by way of Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa, according to Rick Stattler, director of the Books and Manuscripts depart- ment at Swann Galleries. A known and active participant in the Underground Railroad and abolitionist causes, it is reported that Shugart led more than 1,500 escaped Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, first edition, first issue, London, 1704. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000. At auction October 24. slaves through Cass County, Michigan, and into Canada, with a fine team of horses and wearing a signature Papers of the Shugart family, including documentation of passengers on the Underground Railroad, white hat. 1838-81. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000. At auction September 26. FALL 2019 AUCTION SCHEDULE During his lifetime, Shugart kept a number of dia- is a 105-page account book legal records, and printed behalf and sent to William SEP 19 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings OCT 29 Old Master Through Modern Prints ries and ledgers which detail kept by Shugart from 1838 to ephemera dated from 1801 to Dickinson, one of the plant Featuring Rembrandt Etchings from the John Villarino Collection his work on the Underground 1852, which details most of his 1908 and detailing the busi- owners, circa 1840. SEP 26 Printed & Manuscript Americana Railroad, many of which involvement. In addition, the ness dealings of the Dickinson “Sold piece by piece, hun- NOV 5 Old Master Drawings list the names of individu- lot features various other fam- and Shrewsbury salt works in dreds of these items would OCT 8 African-American Fine Art als and families who traveled ily papers, including a letter West Virginia. Notably, one of be worthy of individual sale,” NOV 14 Rare & Important Travel Posters through his train. Sixty-three written to Shugart from his the boxes contains eighteen Stattler says. “If kept together, OCT 10 Fine Books & Manuscripts of those documents—which son Joseph—then a soldier folders of records relating to several books and disserta- NOV 21 Contemporary Art have an estimated collective in the Union army—in 1864, enslaved workers, and multi- tions remain to be written value of $30,000 to $40,000— two days prior to the Battle ple mentions of Washington from this evocative material.” OCT 17 Classic & Contemporary Photographs DEC 10 Illustration Art will be available together as of Cedar Creek, where he was Ferguson, who was Booker T. The lot is estimated between one lot at Swann Galleries’ fatally wounded. Enclosed Washington’s stepfather. $80,000 to $120,000. l OCT 24 Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books DEC 17 Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books upcoming Printed and with the letter is a swatch of “This substantial archive . Manuscript Americana sale, fabric described as “a piece of of the salt works’ records wann of S y to be held September 26 in our old banner.” is important in three ways,” Erin McPherson is a writer and editor New York. “Taken as a whole, we Stattler says. “First, for its thor- based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She ourtes is an amateur collector of hardbound Download the App ages C
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Elizabeth Dodge (1884- dential correspondence, both 1976), daughter of Cleveland collected and added from the H. Dodge (1860-1926), also family’s own correspondence collected a number of iconic with the nation’s leaders. At the Center letters to augment their pri- “The family was at the vate collection. One of the center of power during this of Power most notable items is a four- period, and the collection page letter written in 1813 contains correspondence The Dodge Family Autograph Collection by Jane Austen to her sister, ranging from Washington to spans centuries of American culture. Cassandra. This letter, esti- Nixon,” Sutherland said. “The mated at $80,000-120,000, Dodge family served as advi- describes the details of daily sors, both formal and infor- life in the English country- mal, to numerous presidents. side in such a way that the Cleveland Dodge and his sib- descriptions could have been lings were also playmates part of one of her novels. with the young Theodore "We are now all four of us Roosevelt, so there is a trove young Ladies sitting round of Roosevelt letters, before, the Circular Table in the inner during, and after his presi- room writing our Letters, dency. There are also impor- while the two Brothers are tant collections of other having a comfortable coze in Americana, including Booker the room adjoining," Austen T. Washington, Mark Twain, wrote in the letter. Andrew Carnegie, and John D. Rockefeller.” The sale also includes many items outside of the A letter written in 1813 by Jane Austen to her sister, Cassandra, Dodge collection, including a estimated at $80,000-120,000. very rare three-page letter by Jesse James dated from 1875 ome families have times. Their collection will be and estimated at $200,000– Sbecome so influential in featured in Bonhams’ Natural 300,000. It is one of only American politics and cul- History, Travel, and Americana three James letters known ture they are almost syn- sale on October 23. to exist in private hands, out- onymous with the country Highlighting the family side of his family. Highlights itself—the Rockefellers, the archives will be a collection of the travel books in this sale Roosevelts, the Kennedys, of five letters from Albert include a collection of books A 1947 letter from Albert on Greece and the Ottoman to name a few. Though a bit Einstein to Cleveland E. Einstein to Cleveland E. lesser known, the Dodges of Dodge (1888-1982) written in Dodge about the Emergency Empire including works by New York made up one of the 1946–1947. The letters contain Committee of Atomic Louis Dupré, de Bruyn, Friedel, Scientists, estimated at Natural History, Travel and Americana pre-eminent American fami- important firsthand accounts $30,000-$50,000. Dodwell, and others. lies in the 19th and 20th cen- of the earliest meetings of "This is a wonderful sale Featuring the Dodge Family Autograph Collection turies. Generous philanthro- the Emergency Committee of Another key item is a covering the early years of pists, friends of politicians and Atomic Scientists and are esti- 1764 letter from John Adams, travel and exploration, includ- New York | October 23, 2019 | 1pm titans of industry, members of mated at $30,000-$50,000. which he wrote while in the ing a fine collection of plate the Dodge family also served “They were written with hospital in Boston recover- books,” Sutherland said. “And as advisors to iconic leaders. an eye toward raising money,” ing from a smallpox inocula- culminating in a fresh, and Over the last two centuries, books and manuscripts spe- tion. The letter, estimated at important private collection PREVIEW INQUIRIES ADAMS, JOHN. . s the family amassed a collec- cialist Darren Sutherland said. $30,000–50,000, discusses his of American letters and docu- m October 19 - 20, 12 - 5pm Ian Ehling Autograph Letter Signed written near
onha the end of his fever from his small pox tion of autographs springing “But reading them, you can recovery and praises the sci- ments." l October 21 - 22, 10am - 5pm +1 (212)-644-9094 of B
y innoculation, 2 pp, April, 1764. primarily from their own cor- really feel Einstein’s profound ence of inoculation. October 23, 10am - 12pm [email protected] $30,000 - 50,000 respondence with some of urgency in that moment in A significant portion of the Peggy Carouthers lives in California ourtes or by appointment bonhams.com/books and is the custom content manager at ages C
the greatest figures of their 1946.” collection is made up of presi- Journalistic Inc. Im
© 2019 Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. All rights reserved. Principal Auctioneer: Matthew Girling, NYC License No. 1236798-DCA 6 | F ine B ooks & C ollections | s p o n s o r e d s e c t i o n FB&C AUCTION Hindman Auctions@Auction guide AUTUMN 2019 Upcoming been granted to any man to tion of Harry Potter and the make.” A 1776 two-volume set Philosopher’s Stone signed of Adam Smith’s An Inquiry by J. K. Rowling in the year Auctions into the Nature and Causes of of publication (estimated at High Spots from the Wealth of Nations (esti- $80,000–120,000). Another mated at $70,000–90,000) is prized find is a first edition LIBRARY OF A a Highlight Sale another notable find. It was of James Joyce’s Ulysses. It called, “The first and greatest is a limited edition, number MIDWESTERN Hindman Auctions’ November sale 74 of only 100 cop- COLLECTOR promises fascinating finds. ies signed by James Joyce (estimated at NOVEMBER 5, 2019 $120,000–180,000). Computing also On November 5th, Hindman will features heavily in offer a remarkable single-owner t’s not often auction the sale, with works Ihouses can claim nearly by Alan Turing and collection, including fine examples every lot in a sale will be a Charles Babbage. of works which have influenced the high point, but that’s pre- One unique lot is development of western thought and cisely what Gretchen Hause, a first edition, pre- civilization. The sale will feature director and senior special- sentation copy of high spots in the fields of science, ist of fine books and manu- Description of the technology, math and statistics, scripts at Hindman Auctions ENIAC and Comments said about the house’s on Electronics Digital literature, Americana, and the social November 5 “Library of a Computing Machines sciences, many with extraordinary Midwestern Collector” sale. by J. Presper Eckert provenance. Highlights include “A lot of these books are A 1687 copy of Sir Isaac Newton’s and company. This works by Charles Darwin, Isaac Philosophiae Naturalis Principia what we would call ‘PMM is the first report on Newton, Galileo, Alan Turing, Euclid, books,’ or books listed in Mathematica (estimated at $150,000– the first electronic 250,000). James Joyce, J. K. Rowling, Thomas Printing and the Mind of Man, general-purpose a catalogue published in 1967 computer, and the Jefferson, Adam Smith, and John that developed from a 1963 classic of modern economy copy is signed by Herman Maynard Keynes. exhibit which explored the A 1788 two-volume copy of thought,” by PMM. H. Goldstine (estimated at history of printing as it influ- The Federalist by Alexander Also up for auction is an $5,000–7,000). ROWLING, J. K. Hamilton, James Madison, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. London: enced the development and John Jay (estimated at exceptionally fine first-edi- “The sale is an exceptional Bloomsbury, 1997. Original publisher’s pictorial of Western civilization and $60,000–80,000). tion copy of Charles Darwin’s opportunity for bidders to boards. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ROWLING IN thought,” Hause said. “Many On the Origin of Species (esti- have the chance to acquire THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION (6/9/97). AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY. collectors specifically seek out mated at $120,000–180,000). some of the most important PMM books, so this promises and John Jay, PMM calls The Not only did PMM say that works representing a num- Estimate: to be an exciting sale.” Federalist “One of the new Darwin “revolutionized our ber of collecting catego- $80,000-120,000 TO BE OFFERED AT AUCTION NOVEMBER 5, 2019. Though it’s hard to choose nation’s most important con- methods of thinking and our ries,” Hause said. “It’s a truly a few items to showcase in a tributions to the theory of outlook on the natural order exceptional collection which sale made up almost entirely government.” of things,” with this book, but includes very nice copies of FINE PRINTED BOOKS of what would be highlights Another item included this copy is also the superb numerous high spots, which AND MANUSCRIPTS of any other sale, a few touch- in the sale is a 1687, first edi- Garden Copy, sold during the we're thrilled to bring to mar- INCLUDING AMERICANA stones do stand out, includ- tion of Sir Isaac Newton’s auction of the collection of ket in one sale.” l NOVEMBER 6, 2019 ing a first edition two-vol- Philosophiae Naturalis Principia the Garden Ltd. in 1988, and
ume copy of The Federalist: A Mathematica (estimated at was also previously owned by .
Collection of Essays Written in $150,000–250,000), which American philanthropist Paul uctions an A
Favour of the New Constitution PMM called, “The greatest Mellon. m from 1788 (estimated at work in the history of sci- Even aside from PMM ind of H $60,000–80,000). Written ence,” and Albert Einstein books, this sale will feature y anonymously by Alexander called, “The greatest intel- other highlights, includ- Peggy Carouthers lives in California ourtes and is the custom content manager at ages C
Hamilton, James Madison, lectual stride that it has ever ing a superlative first edi- Journalistic Inc. Im HindmanAuctions.com 8 | F ine B ooks & C ollections | s p o n s o r e d s e c t i o n FB&C AUCTION guide RARE BOOKS AUCTION Heritage@Auction September 4, 2019 | New York | Live & Online AUTUMN 2019
were friendly contemporaries of “Trent-Neuf Poems,” which with many artists represented includes forty-five pages of BID & WIN AT HA.com/6218 in the collection,” Gannon manuscript poems, illustrated says. “Due to their personal limited editions of Les Jeunes The Maurice Car Collection of Arts and Sciences Collecting with relationships, some mate- en Feu and Les Pelican, and a rial in the collection came to collection of correspondence. Substance them directly from the artists. The Car Collection also HIGHLIGHTS PARTIAL PREVIEW Spanning the breadth of early contains Dada artist Tristan This insightful collection of the 20th century art movements, Tzara, including correspon- August 22-September 5 September 3-5 arts, humanities, and sciences is up dence and manuscripts for auction on September 4. called “Documents, Autographs Sur Dada.” 445 Park Ave. | New York, NY 10022 Some of the corre- spondence is on Dada Institute letterhead, and t’s no secret a collection there is a collection of Iis a labor of love driven 3 x 5 inch. Cubist and by the passions or interests Dadaist sketches bound of the collector. Some col- in an exceptional Paul lectors, however, have a dif- Bonet binding. ferent kind of eye. Like many, Also including in the Maurice Car was a dedicated collection is Paul Gaugin’s collector of the arts, sciences, Tahitian and French lex- and humanities, but his train- icon, written while he ing and work as an engineer Tristan Tzara. Autograph lived in Tahiti. Other Documents about Dada. helped him bring a precise Journal with numerous major French impression- scientific eye to his collection. Holograph writings. Circa ists are also represented, 1910s. Estimate: $20,000 including Henri Matisse, “Though many collectors and up. pick up odds and ends that Auguste Renoir, Edgar fit within the categories they Raymond Radiguet. Le Degas, Paul Cezanne, and collect, Maurice Car was dif- Diable au Corps. Corrected the Car Collections includes Jules La Forque, along with ferent,” said James Gannon, Typescript and Manuscript. Cubism, Surrealism, and Dada.” more art and artistic writings. Circa 1922. Estimate: $15,000 director of rare books at and up. A friend of Maurice and A collection of Ezra Heritage Auctions. “He really Fanny Car, Jean Cocteau gave Pound’s letters and manu- went after material with sub- mer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille; Fanny his signature self-por- script works written in 1926- stantive content.” a letter from Augustin-Jean trait, along with the man- 1927 are also represented in From Sir Isaac Newton’s Fresnel to Francois Arago uscript and a limited-edi- the Car Collection, along with “New Theory of Light and developing a “mechanical tion copy of L’Ode a Picasso other items representing the Colors,” handwritten in 1672, theory of light,” and letters inscribed to her. Another humanities. to correspondence of scien- from Louis Pasteur relating to friend, surrealist Valentine With dedication and a Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727). INQUIRIES: 877-HERITAGE (437-4824). tific luminaries, Car’s collec- experiments and the rabies Hugo, gave the Cars two keen scientific eye,M aurice Autograph Science Manuscript, unsigned. tion contains materials rel- vaccine. Picasso ink drawings, along Car’s collection includes James Gannon | Director, Rare Books Two pages. ext. 1609 | [email protected] evant to findings from ages Car and his artist wife, with the brushes Picasso used major insights into the Estimate: $50,000 and up of human discovery. It con- Fanny, lived in Paris and then to create them. Additionally, worlds of science, art, and tains items such as Andre- moved to Washington, D.C., in Hugo gave them her manu- the humanities. With ground- m).
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Photograph of Thomas Edison, signed by the inventor.
chased the photograph in value will be offered singly, 1969 at John Howell Books, a but the sale will also contain rare book shop on Bush Street several groupings of maps in San Francisco. It is esti- depicting the same geo- mated to sell at $15,000 to graphical area.” $25,000. One item of particular sig- “We’re very excited to nificance for collectors is a offer this piece,” says Devon rare Medina Sea Chart, which Eastland, director of books is a woodcut map from 1545 and manuscripts for Skinner. and valued between $6,000 “It was seemingly unknown to and $8,000. According to the market until now.” Eastland, the original wood- In addition to this and cut was sawed into two One of several photographs that will be available at Skinner’s November sale. other photographs—includ- pieces sometime before ing one of Thomas Edison it was published in 1548, n March 1882, author and At Skinner’s November 17 inscribed “to Mrs. Blauvelt and the available copy was Iplaywright Oscar Wilde vis- sale, a previously unknown from a believer in woman suf- printed before that modifica- ited San Francisco to deliver signed photograph of Wilde frage”—the November sale in tion was made. two lectures on aesthetics— will be on offer. Taken in Boston will feature significant Also of interest is a large art for art’s sake—including San Francisco during the documents, printed books, volume of more than forty Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Tales, first edition, one on interior design, which author’s tour, the photo is natural history prints, and a pieces of mid-19th century was a particular pet interest of inscribed on the back in pen- strong selection of maps. African-American sheet music, sold November 2018 for $315,000 Wilde’s. Part of a larger North cil with the photographer’s “I’ve been working featuring songs such as “I 508.970.3293 or [email protected] American tour, Wilde’s visit name—Norman H. Reed— through a large collection of Wish I Was in Dixie” and “My . to California was the subject and is dated 1882. Appearing woodcut, engraved, and lith- Old Kentucky Home.” l inner of many vicious caricatures in its original oak frame, ographic maps depicting all of Sk y in the press, but was widely which bears the ticket of E. B. parts of the world between Erin McPherson is a writer and editor regarded as a commercial Courvoisier, this item comes the 16th and 19th centuries,” based in Raleigh, North Carolina. She ourtes is an amateur collector of hardbound For buyers, consignors, and the passionately curious ages C
success. from a consignor who pur- Eastland says. “Maps of higher Dickens. Im FIND WORTH AT SKINNERINC.COM
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