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BEING HOSTED ON LIVEAUCTIONEERS.COM Bidding Opens: Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 Bidding Closes: Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 @ 7:00 PM Preview: Thursday, May 7th, 2026 From 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Pick-up: Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 From 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Location: 29311 E Kennedy St, Easton, MD 21601 Caronna Estate Sales presents an exceptional Rare Books, Exploration & Illustrated Works auction spanning the 17th–20th centuries. Highlights include the complete Captain James Cook Voyages (8 volumes + atlas with 60+ engraved plates and maps), alongside Athanasius Kircher’s Mundus Subterraneus (1678) with engraved and folding plates. Illustrated and natural history works feature Carroll Tyson’s 20 Birds of Mount Desert Island (extra-large folio) and the Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio edition of Birds of America by Roger Tory Peterson. Literary rarities include a limited edition (520 copies), signed by Arthur Rackham, of Irish Fairy Tales (1920); an original 1870 complete parts set (1–6) of The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens; Don Quixote; and a deluxe 1979 edition of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. Americana and historical works include Indian Tribes of the United States (3 vols), an early two-volume 1852 printing of Uncle Tom's Cabin with the 1853 Key by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Obed Macy’s History of Nantucket. Maritime highlights include a Captain Cook portrait after John Webber and a signed William Gilkerson whaling portfolio depicting American whalers in the Western Arctic. A refined selection of rare, early, and illustrated works from important collections.