First edition, original blue cloth. In a cloth case. The privately printed edition. Scarce
$450
6
American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine
Baltimore and New York
1830-1844
15 volumes, 8vo, First editions, full calf; a complete and perfect set, with all the title-pages, plates, calendars, etc.
$2,500
14
Barrie, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.
London
1905
First edition, original white vellum. In a cloth box. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. The limited edition, signed by Rackham.
$150
24
Beethoven, Ludwig Von
Grande Sonate Pour Le Pianoforte.
Vienna
1805
Bureau des Arts et d'Industrie. First edition, new green cloth. The famous Waldstein Sonata - the first of Beethoven's solo pianoforte compositiomns to be written for the new enlarged instrument.
$120
32
[Beverly, Robert]
The History and Present State of Virginia … By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place
London
1705
8vo, First edition, original calf. 4 plates from DeBry by Gribelin.
$90
43
[Bronte, Anne]
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Acton Bell
London
1848
3 volumes, 8vo, Vols. 1 and 3, second edition; Vol. 2, First edition, original brown cloth [a used copy]. Anne Bronte's own copy, presented by herself and her sisters to Mary Brown, sister of Tabitha, the faithful servant of the family, on the occasion of her marriage to a man named Jopling. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. B. Nicholls, Charlotte Bronte's husband. All three volumes contain the signature "H. Jopling," son of the recipient, and they are accompanied by a letter of authentication in his hand. The chief interest of the book, however, lies in the fact that it was originally the author's own copy. Vol. 2 contains her extremely rare signature on the fly-leaf - A. Bronte - and about fifteen corrections in the text in her autograph.
$1,250
51
Bryant, William Cullen
Poems
Cambridge
1821
12mo, First Edition, original brown printed boards. A practically mint copy. Rare in this condition. Grolier American List, No. 32.
$450
60
Butler, Charles
The Feminine Monarchie, or The History of Bees.
Oxford
1634
8vo, First edition in phonetic spelling, old half calf, hinge broken. This appears to be the first English book printed in Phonteic spelling, based on the author's English Grammar. Butler was anticipated in some of his theories by Gill and Sir John Cheke, the 16th century grammarians, and by Trissino in Italy: but he was three centuries ahead of Ellis and Pitman. S.T.C. 4194.
$40
63
Calvert, Dr. F. Crace
Lectures on Coal-Tar Colours, and on Recent Improvements and Progress in Dying & Calico Printing. [Together with:] Dyeing and Calico Printing: Including an account of the most recent improvements in the manufacturing and use of Aniline colours.
Manchester
[1863], 1876
2 volumes, 12mo, half black morocco and 8vo, original green cloth. In a cloth box. Illustrations, pasted in samples, etc. The very scarce first edition with the greatly enlarged and revised second edition.
$90
72
Chippendale, Thomas
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the gothic, Chinese and modern taste, etc.
London
1755
J. Haberkorn. Folio, Second edition, full suede [hinges cracked; small blank portion of title restored]. Illustrated with one hundred sixty copper plates. The most sought for edition.
$250
81
[The United States Constitution]
Constitution. We, the people of the United States, etc.
Poughkeepsie
1788
Printed on one side of the leaf only. Ford states it was done for the use of the convention and that it was probable that not more than 100 copies are struck off. The New York State Library was destroyed by fire and only two copies have even appeared at auction for sale in America - this being one, the other, the De Puy copy, 1919.
$550
84
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Last of the Mohicans. A Narrative of 1757.
Philadelphia
1826
H. C. Carey and I. Lea. [Together] 4 volumes, First editions [issues undetermined], contemporary calf. In two cloth cases. It has not been noted by bibliographers that the title-page of Volume II exists in two variant type set-ups, there also being variations in the copyright notices on the verse, Both variants [priority] undetermined as yet] are therefore offered together. "This is the second and most famous of the Leatherstocking Tales, and the first in which the scout Natty Bumppo was made the symbol of all that was wise, heroic and romantic in the lives and characters of the white men who made the American wilderness their home ... this novel glorified for many generations of readers in England, France, Russia and at home, some aspects of American life that were unique to our cultural history." Grolier American List, No. 34.
$425
88
Copernicus, Nicholaus
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium Libri VI.
Nurnberg
1543
Joh. Petreius. 4to, First edition, vellum antique, sprinkled edges. In a cloth slip case. A fine, crisp copy. Collation: [*] an unsigned half sheet [2 leaves], a-z4, Aa-Cc4. Copernicus'sepoch-making exposition of the true nature of the solar system was printed at the end of his life, the first copy reaching him on his death-bed. Of the supremely important scientiific books, it is one of the rarest in first edition.
$2,250
94
Darwin, Charles
The Origin of the Species by Means of natural selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life
London
1859
8vo, First edition, original green cloth. In a cloth case. A fine copy inscribed on the fly-leaf: "Dr. Buist, Bombay, From the author." The recipient was a noted scientistand editor of "The Bombay Times." Inscribed copies of this epoch-making book are rarely met with.
$285
95
[De Foe, Daniel]
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner … Written by Himself. Together with The Farther Adventures, Etc.
London
1719
Printed for W. Taylor, 1719. 2 volumes, 12mo, First edition of both volumes, original plain calf, sprinkled edges. The joints are weak, biut except for a careful furbishing of the leather the books has the first issue of the Preface [the only accepted "issue" point], the second state of p. 343. The Farther Adventures, which has the folding map, is second issue. Both volumes have the necessaery advertisement leaves at the end. In addition to its attractive original condition, this set has an interesting provenance. Its original owner, whose bookplate and signature are in both volumes, was the fourth Lord Byron [1669-1736], the great-great-uncle of the poet, and it remained in his family's possession until quite recently.
$1,250
100
Dickens, Charles
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
New York
1836-1838
James Turney, Jr. 26 parts, 8vo, First American edition in parts, original green printed wrappers. A fine untouched set in which every wrapper is the correct issue. A rarer book by far than the original English issue. The present copy is much superior to the only three sets which have appeared at auction in America [at prices ranging up to $2,500] all of whichj were defective in one way or another. N.B. We carry a large selection of the first American part issues of Dicken's novels and will quote upon request.
$900
128
Fielding, Henry
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.
London
1749
A. Millar. 6 volumes, 12mo, First edition, contemporary calf, fully gilt backs, russet labels, sprinkled edges. In two cloth boxes. One leaf in Volume II and a few in Volume III are mis bound by the original binder, but all are present. All errata uncorrected. The first edition of each volume, including the 6th, which is sometimes found reprinted, without any evidence of this being done. The "points" of the first edition of Volume VI were first noted in Winterlich-Randall A Primer of Book Collecting, page 167. Though among the commonest of 18th Century novels in first edition in ordinary state, or repaired, or rebound, Tom Jones is definitely rare when as fine as it is in the present set. The Grolier English 100. Samuel Richardson's comment on Tom Jones [correspondence, 21 January, 1750]: "A dissolute book, its run is over," is about inaccurate a piece of literary prophecy as we can recall, offhand. Gibbon was prophetic when he remarked: "Tom Jones, that exquisite picture of human manners, will outlive the imperial eagle of the house of Austria."
$650
150
Gilbert, William
Guilielmi Gilberti Colcestrensis, Medica Londinensis, De Magnete, Magneticisque Corcestrensis, Medici Longinensis, De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et De Magno Magnete Tellure; Physiologia Nova, Plurimis & Argumentis, & Experimentis Demonstrata.
Londini
1600
Excudebat Petrus Short. Folio, original vellum [new ties]. In a cloth case. A beautiful copy of this celebrated work which cost the author 18 years of investigation and experiment. Physician to Queen Elizabeth and James I, Gilbert was one of the founders of experimental science. In this work he first uses the word "electrises," shows that a freely suspenmded magnet is controlled by the earth and not, as supposed, by extra-terrestrial influence, and proves that other bodies besides amber possess the property of attracting, after being rubbed. Book II contains his electrical work and shows a marvelous advance over previous writers. He coined the word electrical and constructed the first electroscope and was the first to distinguish between electricity and magnetism. Prof. Silvanus Thompson, F. R. S., writing in the Electrician of March, 1905, says: "This book is much rarer than the first folio Shakespeare, for while of that work no fewer than 156 copies are known to exist, there are only 68 copies of the first folio Gilbert known, and only two have been sold in the book auctions in the last twenty years." S.T.C. 11883
Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.
Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.
Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.
Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.”
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026
Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
June 25, 2026
Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
