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Auction Name The Library of Stephen J. Farber Total Sales (USD) 1,052,544.00
Auction Date May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 413,500.00
Sale Number #6501 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 610,600.00
Total Lots 274
Sold Lots 274.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 413,500.00
% of Lots Sold 100.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 610,600.00
Unsold Lots 0 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 172.38%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Top Sale Price Lots
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
194 William Shakespeare

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). As You Like It. -- The Taming of the Shrew. [Two complete plays extracted from: The First Folio]. [London: Isaac laggard and Ed. Blount, 1623].

1623 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 70,400.00
162 George Orwell (1903-1950)

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

1949 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 48,000.00
208 J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

Tolkien, J.R.R. (1892-1973). [The Lord of the Rings trilogy:] The Fellowship of the Ring. 1954. -- The Two Towers. 1954. -- The Return of the King. 1955. All London: Allen & Unwin Ltd.

1954; 1954; 1955 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 48,000.00
173 Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Raven" in The American Review. Volume I, number II. New York: Edward O. Jenkins for Wiley and Putnam, February 1845 [but early January].

1845 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 35,200.00
55 Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. London: [Bradbury and Evans for] Chapman & Hall, 1843.

1843 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 25,600.00
201 Bram Stoker (1847-1912)

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

1897 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 25,600.00
59 Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes, 1892.

1892; 1894 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 24,320.00
204 Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745). Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World. In four parts. By Lemuel Gulliver... London: Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726.

1726 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 21,760.00
272 Noah Webster (1758-18943)

Webster, Noah (1758-18943). An American Dictionary of the English Language... To Which Are Prefixed, and Introductory Dissertation on the Origin, History and Connection of the Languages of Western Asia and of Europe... New York: S. Converse, 1828.

1828 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 20,480.00
263 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

1787 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 19,200.00
188 J.D. Salinger

Salinger, J.D. (1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.

1951 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 16,640.00
141 Herman Melville (1819-1891)

Melville, Herman (1819-1891). Moby Dick, or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.

1851 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,080.00
67 Guy Endore (1901-1970)

Endore, Guy (1901-1970). The Werewolf of Paris. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933.

1933 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,800.00
10 L. Frank Baum (1856-1919)

Baum, L. Frank (1856-1919). The Wizard of Oz. Chicago and New York: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1900.

1900 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,160.00
62 John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

1936 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 11,520.00
118 Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784). A Dictionary of the English Language in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. London: W. Strahan for J. and

1755 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,520.00
78 William Morris (1834-1896); A.J. Wyatt

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

1895 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,880.00
115 Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)

Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.

1932 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,880.00
152 Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)

Nabokov, Vladimir (1899-1977). Lolita. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1955.

1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 10,880.00
196 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

1831 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,880.00
145 John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873). On Liberty. London: John W. Parker and Son, 1859.

1859 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,600.00
89 William Golding

Golding, William (1911-1993). Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, 1954.

1954 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 8,960.00
154 Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

[Natural History]. Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1860.

1860 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 8,960.00
249 Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

Wollstonecraft, Mary (1759-1797). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. London: J. Johnson, 1792.

1792 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,960.00
129 D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930)

Lawrence, D.H. (1885-1930). Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence: Privately Printed, 1928.

1928 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,320.00