Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.
Sotheby’s
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24-25

Sotheby’s, June 25: Keats, John. The most significant collection of Keats’s love letters to come to market since 1885. $1,500,000 to $2,500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Chassériau, Benoît. The “Expedicion secreta” of the Free State of Cartagena de Indias against the forts of Portobelo (Panama). $50,000 to $70,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: (Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay). "One of the new nation's most important contributions to the theory of government”. $150,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated". $80,000 to $120,000.

Sotheby’s, June 24: (Johann Conrad Beissel). A Sammelband of two of Benjamin Franklin's rarest imprints. $70,000 to $100,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: [Pernambuco]. First printed work in favor of Brazilian Independence. $150,000 to $200,000.
Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
Bøker & Manuskripter
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24, 2026

SD Auctions, June 24: [HENRIK IBSEN] BRYNJOLF BJARME: «Catilina», 1850. Originalt hvitt omslag.

SD Auctions, June 24: PAULUS OROSIUS + Pseudo SENACA: «Historiae adversus paganos...», 1491. CIRCULAR WORLD MAP, SHIRLEY NUMBER 15.

SD Auctions, June 24: OLAUS MAGNUS: «Historia Delle Genti Et Della Natura [...].», 1565.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
Bøker & Manuskripter
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24, 2026

SD Auctions, June 24: AXEL HEIBERG: Pengekiste, 17-1800-tall.

SD Auctions, June 24: HENRIK IBSEN: Teaterplakater 2 stk. «FRU INGER TIL ØSTRÅT» 1895-1896.

SD Auctions, June 24: HENRIK WERGELAND: Stort manuskript, signert + dedikasjonseksemplar, 1845.
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000

Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000

Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000

Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000

Sothebys: PRINTED BOOKS., 05Nov1934,

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 05, 1934 - November 05, 1934

Page Size: 904 items in 10 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
402	Lowell, J. R.; Lang, Andrew; Gallatin, A. E.; Skallagrim, Grim the Bald	Democracy (printed by Bruce Rogers). Aucassin and Nicolete. The Portraits and Caricatures of James McNeill Whistler. FIRST EDITION		1902; 1913; 1925; 1887	GBP -	0.16
403	Phillpotts, Eden; Locke, W. J.; Boldrewood, Rolf	Miser's Money, The Usurper; The Last Chance		1920; 1922; 1905	GBP -	0.10
404	Davidson, John	Self's the Man		1898	GBP -	0.16
405	Harrison, W. H.	The Humorist		1792	GBP -	0.08
406	Fortescue, Sir John	De laudibus legum Angliae		1660	GBP -	0.10
407	Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Thomson, James	Maud, and other Poems; The Seasons		1855; 1744	GBP -	0.08
408	Tennyson, Alfred	Maud		1855	GBP -	Not Sold
409	Cole, A. W.; Manby, C. W.	Lorimer Littlegood, Esq.; Tom Racquet		1858	GBP -	0.10
410	Morris, William	Love is enough		1896	GBP -	0.05
411	Wells, H. G.	What is Coming ? A Forecast of Things after the War		1916	GBP -	1.12
412	Wells, H. G.	The Time Machine		1914	GBP -	1.10
413	Milne, A. A.; Machen, Arthur	Two People; The Shining Pyramid		1931; 1899	GBP -	0.08
414	Omar Khayyam; Laurence, D. H.; Kipling, Rudyard; Flecker, James	Rubaiyat, translated into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald; Nettles; The Ballad of the Clampherdown; The Bridge of Fire		1899; 1859; 1907; 1930	GBP -	0.14
415	Yeats, W. B.; Noyes, Alfred	Nine Poems; Songs of the Trawlers		1918; 1916	GBP -	1.00
416	Drinkwater, John	Loyalties		1919	GBP -	0.12
417	Dodgson, C. L.	Sylvie and Bruno; and Sylvie and Bruno concluded		1889-1893	GBP -	0.10
418	Blackmore, R. D.	Cradock Nowell, a Tale of the New Forest		1866	GBP -	1.10
419	De la Mare, Walter	Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe; with decorations by Rex Whistler		1930	GBP -	1.10
420	Fabes, Gilbert; Millard C.	Modern First Editions : Points and Values; The Printed Work of Claud Lovat Fraser		1929; 1923	GBP -	0.12
421	Gale, Norman	A Country Muse; both series		1894	GBP -	0.12
422	Drinkwater, John	The World's Lincoln		1928	GBP -	0.10
423	Drinkwater, J.	Lines for the Opening of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre		1913	GBP -	0.15
424	Drinkwater, J.	The Storm; a Play		1915	GBP -	0.15
425	Bury, Richard de	Philobiblon		1901	GBP -	1.20
426	Dickens	Twelve Illustrations to the Pickwick Club, by T. Onwhyn		1894	GBP -	0.05
427	Hunt, Leigh	Imagination send Fancy		1844	GBP -	0.08
428	Murphy, H. C.; Du Bois, H. P.; Sabin, J.; Pinart, A. L.	Catalogue of Americana sold 3 March, 1884; Four Private Libraries of New York; Catalogue of Books; Catalogue de livres rares et précieux	Paris	1883; 1884; 1869; 1875	GBP -	1.00
429		SCOTTISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.	Edinb.	1896-1933	GBP -	4.10
430	Atchley, E. G. C.	Alcuin Club Collections.; History of the Use of Incense		1913; 1899; 1909	GBP -	2.15
431	Arber, E.	An English Garner, re-issue		1903-04	GBP -	3.00
432	Arnold, Matthew	Works, Edition de Luxe		1903-04	GBP -	3.10
433	Bullen, A. H.	Lyrics from the Song Books of the Elizabethan Age		1887	GBP -	1.12
434	J. B. Bury; H. M. Gwatkin; J. P. Whitney	Cambridge Medieval History, planned by J. B. Bury	Cambridge	1911-32	GBP -	11.10
435	A. W. Ward; G. W. Prothero; S. Leathes	Cambridge Modern History	Cambridge	1911-12	GBP -	4.00
436	Catullus	Tibullus et Gallus.	Amsterdam	1771	GBP -	2.15
437	Darwin, Charles	Life and Letters; Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll		n. d.; 1927	GBP -	1.00
438	Fielding, Henry	Works		1882	GBP -	Not Sold
439	Fortescue, Hon. J. W.	History of the British Army		1910-17	GBP -	0.05
440	Gardiner, S. R.; Froude, J. A.	History of England; History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada		1883-1903; n. d.	GBP -	2.18
441	Grote, G.; Burke, E.; De Quincey, T.	History of Greece; Works; Collected Writings	Edinb.	1884; 1889	GBP -	0.05
442	Shakespeare, William; Hollar, W.	Works; The Dance of Death		1905; n. d.	GBP -	0.05
443	Trollope, T. A.; Lecky; W. E. H.	History of the Commonwealth of Florence; History of England in the Eighteenth Century		1865; 1883	GBP -	3.00
444	Anson, George	Voyage Round the World		1748	GBP -	0.05
445	Arber, Prof. E.	The Term Catalogues		1903-06	GBP -	1.20
446	Herbert, George	Complete Works in Verse and Prose		1874	GBP -	1.00
447	Hind, A. M.; Whitman, A.	Rembrandt's Etchings; S. W. Reynolds, Engraver		1912; 1903	GBP -	0.18
448	Oppé, A. P.; Fletcher, B. F.	Raphael; Andrea Palladio, his Life and Works		1902; 1909	GBP -	0.10
449	Rivoira, G. T.	Lombardic Architecture.		1910	GBP -	1.15
450		BLIGHTY, COMPLETE SERIES		1916-19	GBP -	1.00
451	Chesterfield, Earl of	Letters to his Son		1774-1777	GBP -	1.10
452	Godwin, Wm.	An Enquiry concerning Political Justice		1793	GBP -	2.20
453	Chesterfield, Earl of	Letters written to his Son		1774-8	GBP -	6.10
454	Dunsany, Lord	Time and the Gods; with ten illustrations by S. H. Sime		1922	GBP -	0.15
455	Barlow, F.	Birds and Beasts		1775	GBP -	0.16
456	Kinloch, Col.	Large Game Shooting in Thibet		1904; 1885	GBP -	0.10
457	Wise, T. J.	A Conrad Library; Catalogue of Printed Books		1928	GBP -	0.10
458	Burton, Capt. Sir R.	The Kasidak (couplets) of Haji Abdu Al-Yazdi		1900	GBP -	0.08
459	Caldecott, R.	Collection of Pictures and Songs		circa 1870	GBP -	0.05
460	Bol, J.	Venationis		1582	GBP -	2.10
461		Tears of Ireland		circa 1646	GBP -	2.20
462	Hemans, Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Browne	Poems		1808	GBP -	0.10
463	MORGAN, SYDNEY OWENSON, Lady	Novelist. Her Original Manuscript Commonplace Book		circa 1800-1810	GBP -	2.10
464	Worlidge, T.	Select Collection of Drawings from curious Antique Gems		1768; 1828	GBP -	0.10
465	Forestry	Exploitation des Bois, ou moyens de tirer un parti avantageux des Taillis	Paris	1764	GBP -	0.05
466	BEDE, The Venerable	Super Canticum; Gregorius in prologo Moralium; Boetii de Consolatione philosophie; Sermones varii; etc.	Italian	13th Century	GBP -	3.00
467		FESTUS POMPEIUS VOCABULA	Verona	16th Century	GBP -	1.10
468	Lloyd, Lodowick	The Pilgrimage of Princes		1573	GBP -	7.10
469	Boyle, Robert	Experimental Natural Philosophy	Oxford	1663	GBP -	4.00
470	Southey, Robert	Madoc		1810-19	GBP -	2.10
471	Falconer, William	Universal Dictionary of the Marine		1780	GBP -	2.10
472	Cumming, Alexander	Elements of Clock and Watch Making adapted to practice		1766	GBP -	3.00
473	Goldsmith, O.; Garrick David; Munday, F. N. C.; Percy, Thomas, D. D. Bishop of Dromore	The Deserted Village; Ode to Shakespeare at Stratford upon Avon; The Hermit of Warkworth, a Northumberland Ballad; Poems	Oxford	1768; 1700; 1769	GBP -	0.10
474	Tower, F. B.	Illustrations of the Croton Aqueduct		1843	GBP -	1.40
475		Nonesuch Press		1929-30	GBP -	3.30
476	Goncourt, E. and J. de	Histoire de la Société Française pendant la Révolution	Paris	1889	GBP -	0.10
477	Bouchot, Henri	Le Luxe Français, La Restauration	Paris	n. d.	GBP -	0.12
478	Robida, A.	Le Dix-Neuvième Siècle	Paris	1888	GBP -	0.12
479	Zola, Emile	Le Rêve	Paris	n. d.	GBP -	0.15
480	Meadows, Lindon; Cruikshank, George	Dame Perkins and her Grey Mare; The Bee and the Wasp		1866; 1861	GBP -	0.15
481		Isle of Wight		1846	GBP -	2.20
482	Bendemann and Hübner	Nibelungenlied	Leipzig	1840	GBP -	1.00
483	Pettigrew, Thomas J.	History of Egyptian Mummies		1834	GBP -	0.10
484	Collins, Lt.-Col. D.	An Account of the Colony in New South Wales		1804	GBP -	0.10
485	Ficaroni, F. De	Dissertatio de larvis Scenicis et figures comicis antiquorum romanorum	Rome	1750	GBP -	0.05
486	Stevenson, Robert	An Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse	Edinburgh	1824	GBP -	0.05
487	Cook, Capt. James	A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World		1777	GBP -	0.12
488	Hoernes, H.; Wellner, G.	Buch des Fluges; Die Flugmachinen	Vienna	1910; 1911-12	GBP -	0.05
488A	Forbes, James	Oriental Memoirs		1813	GBP -	2.00
489	Boydell, J. and J.	Select Views of Great Britain		1813	GBP -	0.18
490	CHARNOCK, JOHN	HISTORY OF MARINE ARCHITECTURE		1800-2	GBP -	15.00
491	Daniel, S.	The First Part of the Historie of England		1613	GBP -	Not Sold
492	Guevara, Ant. De; Boccaccio, G.	Familiar Epistles ... Translated out of the Spanish tongue; Il Decamerone	Reprinted Venice	1577; 1729	GBP -	Not Sold
493	Orlandi, P. A.; Schoepflin, J. D.; Fischer, G.	Origine e progressi della stampa o sia dell'arte impressoria e notizie dell'opere stampate; Essai sur les monuments typographiques de Jean Gutenberg		1722; 1760; 1802	GBP -	1.50
494	Leichius, J. H.; Schwartz, C. G.; Zapf, G. G.	De origine et incrementis typographiae Lipsiensis; De ornamentis librorum et varia rei librariae vete-rum svpellectile dissertationum antiquariarum hexas; Annales typographiae Augustanae	Leipzig	1740; 1756; 1778	GBP -	Not Sold
495	Stevens, H. N.; Riccardi, P.; Falkenstein, Dr. Karl	The First Delineation of the New World and the first use of the name America on a printed map; Saggio di una biblio grafia Euclidea; Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst	Paris; Leipzig	1799; 1887; 1840	GBP -	1.00
496	Sonntag, C.; Firmin Didot; Klebs, A. C.	Chronica Hungarorum impressa Budae 1473; Livres dans de riches reliures; Catalogue illustré des livres précieux manuscrits et imprimés; Remèdes contra la peste. Fac-similés	Leipzig	1900; n. d.; 1878; 1925	GBP -	0.10
497	Bernard, St.	Bede.; Illustrium virorum epistolae ab Angelo Politiano partim scriptae partim collectae; Opuscula	Venice	1501; 1509; 1526	GBP -	0.12
498	Holkot, Robert; Ubaldis, Nic. De; Politianus, Angelus	In quatuor libros sententiarum questiones; De successionibus ab intestate; Sylva cui titulus est Rusticus	Lyons	1518; 1519; 1518	GBP -	1.60
499	James I; Barclay, Robert	Triplici nodo triplex cuneus; An Apology for the true Christian Divinity as preached by the People called in scorn Quakers	London	1607; 1678	GBP -	0.05
500	Hungary; Herbert of Cher-bury, Edward, Baron	Chronica von viel namhafftigen geschichten bis auf; De religione Gentilium; Islands Landnamabok	Augsburg	circa 1515; 1663; 1774	GBP -	1.80

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.
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000