• 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 Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    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.
  • 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

Bangs: CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. STANDARD, POPULAR, ILLUSTRATED. BOTH OLD AND NEW, TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 2d, 3d and 4th, 1896. BY BANGS & CO. 91 & 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. SALE TO BEGIN AT 3 O'CLOCK, Jun021896,

Auction Details

Auction Date
June 02, 1896 - June 02, 1896
Page Size: 1151 items in 12 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1003 DYER, HERMAN Records of an Active Life N. Y.

1886

 USD - Unknown
1004 GEIKIE'S Hours with the Bible N. Y.

1893

 USD - Unknown
1005 GILL, W. H. The Temple Opened: a Guide to the Book Phil.

1892

 USD - Unknown
1006 HARE, A. J. C. Venice Lond.

1884

 USD - Unknown
1007 HILLARD, GEO. S. Six Months in Italy Bost.

1858

 USD - Unknown
1008 HOWARD, R. The Church of England, and other Religious Communions Lond.

1885

 USD - Unknown
1009 HUMES, THOS. W. The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee Knoxville

1888

 USD - Unknown
1010 JEAFFRESON, H. H. Divine Unity and Trinity Lond.

1888

 USD - Unknown
1011 Canon Farrar NON-BIBLICAL SYSTEMS OF RELIGION N. Y.

1888

 USD - Unknown
1012 RAND'S Economic History since 1763 Cambridge

1892

 USD - Unknown
1013 REPORT of the Hymnal Commission

1892

 USD - Unknown
1014 SAUNDERS, F. Salad for the Solitary and Social N. Y.

1886

 USD - Unknown
1015 SCHAFP, PH. Church and State in the U. S. N. Y.

1888

 USD - Unknown
1016 ST. CLAIR, GEO. Buried Cities and Bible Countries N. Y.

1893

 USD - Unknown
1017 TRISTRAM'S Eastern Customs in Bible Lands N. Y.

1894

 USD - Unknown
1018 TURNER, F. S. The Quakers: a Study, Historical and Critical Lond.

1889

 USD - Unknown
1019 TULLOCH'S Theism N. Y.

1856

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1020 VITAL QUESTIONS at the General Christian Conference Montreal

1889

 USD - Unknown
1021 WRIGHT, JOHN Early Bibles of America N. Y.

1894

 USD - Unknown
1022 DENISON'S History of the Foreign Missionary Work Of the P. E. Church

1871

 USD - Unknown
1023 SKETCHES of Popular Tumults Lond.

1837

 USD - Unknown
1024 HARRIS Before and After Trial--What should be done Northport

1890

 USD - Unknown
1025 SUPPLEMENT to Encyclopedia Britannica N. Y.

1889

 USD - Unknown
1026 LAWS of the State of New York, passed in 1895 Albany

USD - Unknown
1027 DAUBAN La Demagogie en 1793 a Paris, ou histoire, jour par jour de l'annee 1793 Paris

1868

 USD - Unknown
1028 MICHELET Histoire de la Revolution Francaise Paris

1868

 USD - Unknown
1029 MACLACHLAN. Diseases and Infirmities of Advanced Life Lond.

1863

 USD - Unknown
1030 DAY. Diseases of Advanced Life Lond.

1851

 USD - Unknown
1031 EDWARDS Hygiene N. Y.

1894

 USD - Unknown
1032 CHAMBERS Diet in Health and Disease Phil.

1875

 USD - Unknown
1033 SKENE Diseases of the Bladder and Urethra in Women N. Y.

1878

 USD - Unknown
1034 EGGER Latini Sermonis Reliquiae Paris

1843

 USD - Unknown
1035 TUTHILL The City Residence N. Y.

1890

 USD - Unknown
1036 KNOX Travels of Marco Polo N. Y.

1885

 USD - Unknown
1037 BURY History of the Later Roman Empire Lond.

1889

 USD - Unknown
1038 COX. First Century of Christianity Lond.

1886

 USD - Unknown
1039 JONES Memorial Volume of Jefferson Davis Richmond

1890

 USD - Unknown
1040 POEMS of Oliver Wendell Holmes Bost.

1887

 USD - Unknown
1041 MARSHALL. Pain, Pleasure and Ethics Lond.

1894

 USD - Unknown
1042 MORWOOD Our Gipsies Lond.

1885

 USD - Unknown
1043 ABBOTT History of Greece Lond.

1892

 USD - Unknown
1044 EMERSON Gladstone: a Biography Lond.

1893

 USD - Unknown
1045 CATALOGUE of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity Elmira

1891

 USD - Unknown
1046 GOETHE'S Complete Works (in German) Stuttgart

1854

 USD - Unknown
1047 SCHILLER'S Complete Works (in German) Stuttgart

1862

 USD - Unknown
1048 RICHARDSON Family Physician and Hygienic Guide Phil.

1885

 USD - Unknown
1049 ELLIS Indian Wars of the United States Grand Rapids

1892

 USD - Unknown
1050 NEWTON. Travels and Discoveries in the Levant Lond.

1865

 USD - Unknown
1051 ANVARI SUHAILI, being the Persian Version of the Fables of Pilpay Hertford

1854

 USD - Unknown
1052 ADDIS AND ARNOLD A Catholic Dictionary of Doctrine and Ceremonies N. Y.

1884

 USD - Unknown
1053 GUIZOT Popular History of France Bost.

USD - Unknown
1054 ROBERTS Theory and Practice of Medicine Phil.

1894

 USD - Unknown
1055 PAYNE General Pathology Phil.

1888

 USD - Unknown
1056 STANDARD MEDICAL AUTHORS N. Y.

USD - Unknown
1057 SANGER History of Prostitution N. Y.

1858

 USD - Unknown
1058 VAN BUREN Principles of Surgery N. Y.

1884

 USD - Unknown
1059 HENLE General Pathology Phil.

1853

 USD - Unknown
1060 GUYOT'S Physical Geography... N. Y.

USD - Unknown
1061 OTHO VENIUS Theatre Moral de la Vie Humaine Bruxelles

1872

 USD - Unknown
1062 DON QUIXOTE Illustrated by Dore Lond.

USD - Unknown
1063 GAUTIER La Chevalerie Paris

1884

 USD - Unknown
1064 BUNYAN Pilgrim's Progress, and other Works Glasgow

USD - Unknown
1065 MODERN ETCHINGS of Celebrated Paintings Lond.

1883

 USD - Unknown
1066 DRUJON Catalogue des Ouvrages, Merits et dessins poursuivis, supprimes, ou condamnes Paris

1879

 USD - Unknown
1067 BYRON GALLERY Lond.

1833

 USD - Unknown
1068 GIBBON Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Lond.

1854

 USD - Unknown
1069 LOW. Prince Bismarck Lond.

1886

 USD - Unknown
1070 STORY OF NALA, in Sanscrit and English Oxford

1860

 USD - Unknown
1071 GARDNER Quatre Bras, Ligny and Waterloo Bost.

1882

 USD - Unknown
1072 ROGERS The Scottish Minstrel Edinburgh

1885

 USD - Unknown
1073 ANSTED The Ionian Islands Lond.

1863

 USD - Unknown
1074 BALLOU Treasury of Thought; Edge Tools of Speech Bost.

1892

 USD - Unknown
1075 CLASSIC MYTHS; Gods of Olympus

USD - Unknown
1076 DODSLEY'S Old English Plays

USD - Unknown
1077 LEIGHTON Paris Under the Commune Lond.

1871

 USD - Unknown
1078 LE FLEUR DES CHANSONS FRANCAISES Paris

USD - Unknown
1079 TESORO de los Romanceros y Cancioneros Espagnoles Paris

1838

 USD - Unknown
1080 POEMS by George P. Morris N. Y.

1854

 USD - Unknown
1081 THE LATIN POEMS of Walter Mapes Lond.

1841

 USD - Unknown
1082 MPONGWE LANGUAGE N. Y.

1847

 USD - Unknown
1083 ZOLA. Nana Paris

1890

 USD - Unknown
1084 RICHARD H. DANA Poems and Prose Bost.

1833

 USD - Unknown
1085 BALDWIN Mental Development N. Y.

1895

 USD - Unknown
1086 DYCE Notes on Shakespeare Lond.

1853

 USD - Unknown
1087 BAEDEKER'S Guide Books to Italy and Switzerland

USD - Unknown
1088 MURRAY'S Guide Books to Spain, Portugal and the Rhine

USD - Unknown
1089 BALDWIN Fables for the Use of Children Phil.

1818

 USD - Unknown
1090 WARD England's Reformation: a Poem Lond.

1747

 USD - Unknown
1091 WRIGHT Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman Lond.

1856

 USD - Unknown
1092 MORRIS AND SKEAT Oxford

1882

 USD - Unknown
1093 LE ROUX DE LINCY Livre des Proverbes Francais Paris

1859

 USD - Unknown
1094 DE TRIBUS IMPOSTORIBUS Paris

1861

 USD - Unknown
1095 OLESON Secret Nostrums Chicago

1892

 USD - Unknown
1096 LARZARILLO DE TORMES and Guzman d'Alfarache Lond.

USD - Unknown
1097 THE BOOK OF SCOTTISH POEMS, ancient and modern Edinburgh

1878

 USD - Unknown
1099 THAYER Dawn of Italian Independence Bost.

1893

 USD - Unknown
1100 CLOUSTON. A Group of Eastern Romances and Stories from the Persian, etc.

1889

 USD - Unknown
1101 CLOUSTON. Flowers from a Persian Garden Lond.

1890

 USD - Unknown
1102 GOULD. Origin and Development of Religious Belief

USD - Unknown
1103 LEGGE Life and Teachings of Confucius Lond.

1867

 USD - Unknown
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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