Auction Highlights: Fine Books — April 11, 2024 Timed Sale | Opens for Bidding March 25 at 2 PMLots Start Closing April 11 at 12 PM EST Catalogue & Bidding This spring’s newly minted sale will bring together a range of collecting areas, including early printed books, artist’s books, literature from the seventeenth century through to the twentieth, and more. Expect a burst of Don Quixote from Ken Rapaport’s collection, along with first edition high spots by Charles Dickens, James Baldwin, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, George Orwell, Ernest Hemingway, and others.A special section of books from legendary New York theater critic and dramaturge Michael Feingold’s estate will feature signed copies of works with a dramatic flair. Of special note is a signed copy of August Wilson’s Three Plays, dedicated to Feingold, who worked closely with Wilson while the playwright was developing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom for the stage. Other highlights across the bibliophilic spectrum will include illustratedbooks, and titles in science, medicine, and travel. Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote (El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha), Madrid: Por Juan de la Cuesta, 1608. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000 Michael Feingold, After, New York: Vincent Fitz Gerald Company, 1993. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500 Indiana, Stella, Motherwell, Warhol, Lichtenstein, et alia, Ten Works by Ten Painters, Hartford, CT: The Wadsworth Atheneum, 1964. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000 Book of Hours in Latin, Use of Rome, illuminated with miniatures, Lyon, France, circa 1475-1500. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, First London Paperback Edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Estimate $6,000 to $8,000 William Faulkner, Turn About, inscribed by publisher, Ottawa: W.L. Massiah, 1939. Estimate $8,000 to $10,000 Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, New York: Random House, 1985. Estimate $6,000 to $8,000 Keep in Touch Sign-up for Email Updates Download the Swann Galleries App Share Facebook Twitter March 15, 2024Author: Devon EastlandCategory: Fine Books & Manuscripts Tags: Art Press & Illustrated Books artist's books Cormac McCarthy Early Printed Books Fine Books & Manuscripts J.K. Rowling michael feingold Miguel de Cervantes William Faulkner Previous Art for Life: A Benefit for the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation — April 4 Next Auction Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints — April 18, 2024 Recommended Posts This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2022 Auctions in Review 19th & 20th Century Literature August 22, 2022 October 2022 Sale of Early Printed Books Brings the Highest-Grossing Auction for the Category at Swann Early Printed Books October 18, 2022 Upcoming Highlights: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books Books & Manuscripts November 20, 2018