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Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000Bonhams, 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 - 60,000Bonhams, 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 - 8,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
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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.
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Sotheby’s
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24-25Sotheby’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, 2026SD 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, 2026SD 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, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, 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
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 604 | Thackeray, W. M. | Works | 1869 |
GBP - | 2.20 | |
| 605 | Thompson, Sir E. Maunde; James, M. R. | English Illuminated Manuscripts; Catalogue of the MSS. in the Fitzwilliam Museum | 1895 |
GBP - | 0.16 | |
| 606 | Wordsworth, W. | Poems | 1815 |
GBP - | 1.18 | |
| 607 | à Kempis, T. | The Imitation of Christ. | 1893 |
GBP - | 0.05 | |
| 608 | J. Macfarlane | Bibliographical Society Illustrated Monographs; Incunabula Medica | 1467-1480; 1900 |
GBP - | 3.15 | |
| 609 | G. R. Redgrave | Bibliographical Society Illustrated Monographs. | 1894 |
GBP - | 1.16 | |
| 610 | Cats, Jacob; Cavacius, Jac; Weigelius, Chris | Alle de Wercken; Illustrium Anachoretarum elogia; Ethica Naturalis seu documenta moralia | Amsterdam; Venice | 1665; 1625; n. d. |
GBP - | 1.00 |
| 611 | Cescinsky, H. | English Furniture of the 18th Century | n. d. |
GBP - | 4.15 | |
| 612 | Cocus, R. | Censura quorundam scriptorium; Parvus Mundus; Sancti Bernardi Vita | London; Antwerp | 1614; n. d; 1653 |
GBP - | 0.10 |
| 613 | Horae | Fragment of a Book of Hours | FRENCH | MID-15TH CENTURY |
GBP - | 9.00 |
| 614 | Huth Library. | 1880 |
GBP - | 4.10 | ||
| 615 | Primaudaye, P. de la; Howell, James | The French Academie; Epistolae Ho-Elianae | 1594 |
GBP - | 0.15 | |
| 616 | Thompson, H. Yates | Illustrations from 100 Manuscripts | 1916-18 |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 617 | Chaucer, G.; edited by T. Speght | Works; black letter | 1687 |
GBP - | 2.00 | |
| 618 | Coleridge, S. T. | Notes and Lectures upon Shakespeare | 1849 |
GBP - | Not Sold | |
| 619 | Gay, J. | Trivia : or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London | n. d. |
GBP - | 0.18 | |
| 620 | Gray, T. | Poems | 1768 |
GBP - | 1.80 | |
| 621 | Lewis, M. G.; Mudie, J. | The Monk; The Felonry of New South Wales | 1796; 1837 |
GBP - | 5.15 | |
| 622 | Gilchrist, A. | Life of William Blake | 1863 |
GBP - | Not Sold | |
| 623 | COLLINS, WILLIAM | ODES on several descriptive and allegoric subjects | 1747 |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 624 | Goldsmith, Oliver | The Vicar of Wakefield | Dublin | 1766 |
GBP - | 0.12 |
| 625 | Littleton, Sir Thomas | Lyttelton tenures in Englysshe | circa 1548 |
GBP - | 11.00 | |
| 626 | Howell, James; Pompée de Launay | Instructions for Forreine Travell; Les Merveilles de la Ville de Rome | Rome | 1671; 1642 |
GBP - | 0.10 |
| 627 | Catullus. Tibullus | Venice | 1544-58 |
GBP - | 0.05 | |
| 628 | Acosta, Joseph | De Natura novi orbis Libri duo. | Cologne | 1596 |
GBP - | 1.20 |
| 629 | Almanac de la Cour | The Polite Repository; pour l'année | 1786; 1791 |
GBP - | 3.00 | |
| 630 | The Ladies Companion and Monthly Magazine | 1853 |
GBP - | Not Sold | ||
| 631 | ROSCOE, THOMAS | THE NOVELIST'S LIBRARY : edited by T. Roscoe with illustrations by George Cruikshank | 1831-3 |
GBP - | 10.00 | |
| 632 | Plays | 1760; 1790 |
GBP - | 8.50 | ||
| 633 | Swiss Costume | Nouvelle Collection de Costumes Suisses des XXII Cantons | Zurich | n. d. |
GBP - | 4.00 |
| 634 | Pratt, Anne | The Flowering Plants of Great Britain | n. d. |
GBP - | 1.12 | |
| 635 | SCOTT, SIR WALTER | Waverley | 1814 |
GBP - | 3.15 | |
| 636 | SCOTT, SIR W. | GUY MANNERING | 1815 |
GBP - | 2.12 | |
| 637 | SCOTT, SIR W. | Tales of My Landlord [First Series] | Edinb. | 1816 |
GBP - | 8.50 |
| 638 | Scott, Sir W. | Tales of My Landlord | Edinb. | 1818 |
GBP - | Not Sold |
| 639 | Scott, Sir W. | Tales of My Landlord | Edinb. | 1819 |
GBP - | 0.10 |
| 640 | Burney, Fanny | The Wanderer; or Female Difficulties | 1814 |
GBP - | 5.10 | |
| 641 | A'Beckett, G. A.; Thackeray, W. M. | The Comic History of Rome; Mrs. Perkin's Ball | n. d; 1864 |
GBP - | Not Sold | |
| 642 | COMBE, W. | THE ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH | 1817 |
GBP - | 6.10 | |
| 643 | Combe, W. | The History of Johnny Quae Genus | 1822 |
GBP - | 3.00 | |
| 644 | Mitford, J. | The adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy | 1819 |
GBP - | 3.00 | |
| 645 | Surtees, R. S. | Plain or Ringlets ?, | 1860 |
GBP - | 1.10 | |
| 646 | Surtees, R. S. | Handley Cross | 1854 |
GBP - | 1.50 | |
| 647 | Surtees, R. S. | Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour | 1853 |
GBP - | 1.20 | |
| 648 | Vyner, R. T.; Horlòck, H. W. | Notitia Venatica; Letters on the Management of Hounds | 1841; 1852 |
GBP - | 0.14 | |
| 649 | Apperley, C. J. | The Life of a Sportsman | 1842 |
GBP - | 13.00 | |
| 650 | WESTMACOTT, C. M. | THE ENGLISH SPY | 1825-6 |
GBP - | 6.00 | |
| 651 | Cruikshank, George | Omnibus, edited by Laman Blanchard | 1841-2 |
GBP - | 1.50 | |
| 652 | JOUTEL, H. | JOURNAL HISTORIQUE DU DERNIER VOYAGE que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique | Paris | 1713 |
GBP - | 1.80 |
| 653 | Balzac, H. De | Works | n. d. |
GBP - | 0.10 | |
| 654 | Dickens, Charles | Works | 1881-2 |
GBP - | 0.15 | |
| 655 | DICKENS, C. | A Christmas Carol | 1843 |
GBP - | 6.50 | |
| 656 | Dickens, C. | Little Dorrit | 1855-7 |
GBP - | 3.15 | |
| 657 | Bembo, P. | Gregorius Nazianzenus; Gli Asolani | Venice | 1504; 1505 |
GBP - | 0.10 |
| 658 | Boccaccio, G. | Il Decamerone | Venice | 1522 |
GBP - | 2.00 |
| 659 | Marguerite de Valois | Heptameron | 1784 |
GBP - | 3.50 | |
| 660 | Boccace, Jean | Les dix Journées | 1883 |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 661 | Dickens, Charles | Works | n. d. |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 662 | Morris, William | The Well at the World's End | 1896; 1903 |
GBP - | 0.05 | |
| 663 | Shakespeare, William | Complete Works | 1907 |
GBP - | 0.10 | |
| 664 | Gissing, George; Woods, Margaret L. | Five volumes with presentation inscriptions from George Gissing to his friend Edward Bertz; A Village Tragedy | 1880 |
GBP - | 15.10 | |
| 665 | Stevenson, R. L. | Works | 1922-3 |
GBP - | 7.10 | |
| 666 | Richardson, S. | Works | 1883 |
GBP - | 1.10 | |
| 667 | Tudor Translations | 1898 |
GBP - | Not Sold | ||
| 668 | Tudor Translations. | 1892-3 |
GBP - | 0.18 | ||
| 669 | Saint George | The Journal of the Ruskin Society of Bir-mingham; Social England | 1898-1909; 1909-1904 |
GBP - | 1.10 | |
| 670 | Stevenson, R. L. | Familiar Studies of Men and Books | 1882 |
GBP - | 2.50 | |
| 671 | Synge, J. M.; Russell, G. W. | The Playboy of the Western World; By Still Waters by A. E. | Dublin | 1907; 1908 |
GBP - | 0.12 |
| 671A | Defoe, D. | A Treatise concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed | 1727 |
GBP - | 1.12 | |
| 671B | Johnson, Samuel | A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland | 1775 |
GBP - | 0.10 | |
| 671C | Sterne, Laurence | Works | 1775 |
GBP - | Not Sold | |
| 672 | Sterne, Laurence | Works | 1780 |
GBP - | 1.00 | |
| 673 | Smollett, T.; Fielding, H. | Novels; Novels | Routledge | 1890-92 |
GBP - | 0.10 |
| 674 | Lowe, E. J.; Lloyd, L. | Ferns British and Exotic; Scandinavian Adventures | 1854; 1872 |
GBP - | 0.12 | |
| 675 | Lenygon, F.; Johnson, Mrs. T. F. | Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Glimpses of Ancient Leicester | 1909; 1891 |
GBP - | 0.18 | |
| 676 | Pater, Walter | Works | 1918-20 |
GBP - | 0.10 | |
| 677 | Jerrold, W. | Highways and Byways in Kent | 1907 |
GBP - | 0.06 | |
| 678 | Fore's Sporting Notes and Sketches | 1885-89 |
GBP - | Not Sold | ||
| 679 | Hunt, W. and R. L. Poole, Editors | The Political History of England | 1906-07 |
GBP - | 2.10 | |
| 680 | Scott, Sir Walter | Waverley Novels | Edinb. | 1901-03 |
GBP - | 5.15 |
| 681 | Loeb Classical Library Edited by E. Capps | 1913 |
GBP - | 16.15 | ||
| 682 | Macmillan's Library of English Classics | 1900 |
GBP - | 4.50 | ||
| 683 | Vaughan, H. | Oxford English Texts.; Works | Oxford | 1905-14; 1585-1616 |
GBP - | 6.15 |
| 684 | Annual Register | 1891-1900 |
GBP - | 3.50 | ||
| 685 | Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee | Dictionary of National Biography | Oxford | 1921-22 |
GBP - | 14.00 |
| 686 | Gentleman's Magazine | GBP - | 4.50 | |||
| 687 | J. A. Fuller Maitland | Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians | 1921 |
GBP - | 3.50 | |
| 688 | Jacques, D. | A Visit to Goodwood | Chichester | 1822 |
GBP - | 0.05 |
| 689 | New Sporting Magazine | 1831-47 |
GBP - | 15.10 | ||
| 690 | Queen Victoria; House, Colonel | Letters, second series; Intimate Papers | 1926 |
GBP - | 0.05 | |
| 691 | Royal Kalendar | 1797-1878 |
GBP - | 2.00 | ||
| 692 | SPORTING MAGAZINE | 1793-1870 |
GBP - | 66.00 | ||
| 693 | Sporting Review | 1839-46 |
GBP - | 6.00 | ||
| 694 | Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes | 1889-1902 |
GBP - | 4.00 | ||
| 695 | Graves, A. | The Royal Academy of Arts. | 1905 |
GBP - | 5.00 | |
| 696 | Harrow Memorials of the Great War | 1918 |
GBP - | Not Sold | ||
| 697 | Murray, J. | Lord Byron and his detractors | 1906 |
GBP - | 2.15 | |
| 698 | Nares, E. | Memoirs of William Cecil | 1828 |
GBP - | 0.10 | |
| 699 | Skelton, Sir John | Charles I | 1898 |
GBP - | Not Sold | |
| 700 | Stories from The Arabian Nights | n. d. |
GBP - | 0.05 |
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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 - 30,000Bonhams, 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 - 250,000Bonhams, 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 - $120,000Bonhams, 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 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000