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

Anderson Galleries: THE CORTLANDT F. BISHOP LIBRARY. PART ONE [A-H] SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS. TO BE SOLD TUESDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING, WEDNESDAY EVENING THURSDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING, FRIDAY EVENING APRIL FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHT. AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION ANDERSON GA, 4385,

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 05, 1938 - April 05, 1938

Page Size: 1090 items in 11 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
800	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Thais.	Paris	1900	USD -	80.00
801	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	L'Affaire Crainquebille.	Paris	1901	USD -	410.00
802	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet et plusieurs autres recits profitables.	Paris	[1904]	USD -	25.00
803	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Histoire de dona Maria d'Avalos et de don Fabricio, duc d'Andria.	Paris	1902	USD -	42.50
804	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Madame de Luzy.	Paris	1902	USD -	22.50
805	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Memoires d'un Volontaire.	Paris	1902	USD -	12.50
806	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Le procurateur de Judee.	Paris	1902	USD -	40.00
807	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Le procurateur de Judee.	Paris	1902	USD -	15.00
808	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Le Procurateur de Judee.	Paris	1902	USD -	12.50
809	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Le Lys rouge.	Paris	1903	USD -	100.00
810	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Vie de Jeanne d'Arc.	Paris	[1904-8]	USD -	25.00
811	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Vie de Jeanne d'Arc.	Paris	[1908]	USD -	10.00
812	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Vie de Jeanne d'Arc.	Paris	[1910]	USD -	60.00
813	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Histoire comique.	Paris	[1905]	USD -	65.00
814	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame. Calligraphic text, illustrations, and decorations by Malatesta printed in ...	Paris	1906	USD -	140.00
815	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Sainte Euphrosine.	Paris	1906	USD -	22.50
816	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Les Contes de Jacques Toumebroche.	Paris	[1908]	USD -	20.00
817	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Les Contes de Jacques Toumebroche.	Paris	[1908]	USD -	12.50
818	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Les Puits de Sainte Claire.	Paris	1908	USD -	52.50
819	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	L'lle des Pingouins.	Paris	[1908]	USD -	17.50
820	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	La Caution. Conte.	Paris	1912	USD -	12.50
821	FRANCE (ANATOLE)	Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard.	Paris	1921	USD -	72.50
822		FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF). Constitution de la Republique Francaise, precedee de la Declaration des Droits ...	Dijon	1793	USD -	17.50
823	M. L. F.	[FRANCOIS (LAURENT).] Preuves de la Religion de Jesus-Christ, contre les Spinosistes et les Deistes.	Paris	1752	USD -	40.00
824	[FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)]	Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its first Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month ...	Philadelphia	1754	USD -	135.00
825	FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN)	The Way to Wealth, or, Poor Richard Improved.	Paris	1795	USD -	85.00
826	FREMYOT (ANDRE)	Discours de la Constance.	Bourges	1611	USD -	75.00
827	[FRERON ET COLBERT (DUC D'ESTOUTEVILLE)]	Adonis.	Londres et Paris	1775	USD -	22.50
828	[FRESCOBALDIS (JOANNES BAPTISTA DE)]	De Oratione Ani-marum, & ad Animas Purgatorii. Dissertationes.	Beneventi	1728	USD -	35.00
829	FREUDEBERG (SIGISMOND) AND MOREAU LE JEUNE (JEAN MICHEL)	Estampes de Freudeberg pour le Monument du Costume. Gravees par Dubouchet.	Paris	1883	USD -	45.00
830	FROISSART (JEHAN)	CHRONICLES, 1326 to 1385.			USD -	14,000.00
831	FROMENTIN (EUGENE)	Les Maitres d'Autrefois. Belgique-Hol-lande.	Paris	1914	USD -	20.00
832	FULLER (THOMAS)	The Historie of the Holy Warre.	Cambridge	1639	USD -	22.50
833	FULLER (THOMAS)	The Holy State.	Cambridge	1642	USD -	30.00
834	FULVIUS (ANDREAS)	Illustrium Imagines.	[Romae]	[1517]	USD -	35.00
835		FUSSLI. Collection des Habitations Rurales dans les XXII Cantons de la Suisse.	Zurich	n.d.	USD -	37.50
836	GAGE TOUCHE (LE)	Histoires Galantes et Comiques.	Amsterdam	1724	USD -	10.00
837		GALERIE MILITAIRE. A series of more than 200 colored plates, a few in duplicate, largely from ...	Paris	n.d.	USD -	100.00
838	GALIBERT (LEON)	Histoire de l'Algerie Ancienne et Moderne, depuis les premiers etablissements des Carthaginois ...	Paris	1843	USD -	27.50
839	GALLAND (ANTOINE)	Les Mille & Une Nuits. Contes Arabes. Reimprimes sur l'Edition originate. Avec une Preface de Jules ...	Paris	1881	USD -	70.00
840		GALLERIE DES MODES ET COSTUMES FRANCAIS. Dessines d'apres Nature, Graves par les plus Celebres ...	Paris	n.d. [circa 1778-87]	USD -	1,500.00
841		GALLERY OF FASHION. Vols. I-IX, complete, April, 1794, to March, 1803, inclusive.	London	1794-1803	USD -	750.00
842	GALONDE (PERE)	Recueil d'Airs a Voix Seule et a Deux Voix. Taedia si subeant animos, cantare jubavit Carmina quae ...	[Paris]	[1753]	USD -	140.00
843	GARDINER (S. RAWSON)	Oliver Cromwell.	Paris	1899	USD -	32.50
844	[GARRICK (DAVID)]	Thomas Davies. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick.	London	1781	USD -	110.00
845	GARTER (ORDER OF THE)	Manuscript Statutes of the most Noble Order of the Garter, written on 57 4to pages, with 2 ...	[London]	1750	USD -	45.00
846	GASSARUS (ACHILLES PIRMINIUS)	Epitome Historiarum & Chronicorum Mundi.	Lugduni	[1538]	USD -	275.00
847	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Mademoiselle de Maupin. Double Amour.	Paris	1835-6	USD -	165.00
848	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Mademoiselle de Maupin.	Paris	1883	USD -	150.00
849	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Le Tombeau de Theophile Gautier.	Paris	1873	USD -	27.50
850	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	L'Eldorado ou Fortunio.	Paris	1880	USD -	65.00
851	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	L'Eldorado ou Fortunio.	Paris	1880	USD -	22.50
852	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Emaux et Camees.	Paris	1887	USD -	52.50
853	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Emaux et Camees.	Paris	1887	USD -	15.00
854	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Le Petit Chien de la Marquise. Preface par Maurice Tourneux.	Paris	1893	USD -	65.00
855	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Une Nuit de Cleopatre. Preface par Anatole France.	Paris	1894	USD -	55.00
856	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Omphale. Histoire rococo. Preface par A. de Claye.	Paris	1896	USD -	20.00
857	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	Le Roman de la Momie.	Paris	1901	USD -	40.00
858	GAUTIER (THEOPHILE)	La Morte Amoureuse.	[Paris]	1904	USD -	42.50
859	GAVARNI (SULPICE GUILLAUME CHEVALIER, dit)	La Correc-tionnelle. Petites Causes Celebres. Etudes de Moeurs Populaires Au Dix-Neuvieme Siecle.	Paris	1840	USD -	35.00
860	GEBHART (EMILE)	Sandro Botticelli et son epoque.	Paris	1907	USD -	55.00
861	GEBHART (EMILE)	La Derniere Nuit de Judas.	Paris	1908	USD -	12.50
862	GEBHART (EMILE)	Michel-Ange: Sculpteur et Peintre.	Paris	1908	USD -	75.00
863	GEFFROY (GUSTAVE)	La Servante.	Paris	[1905]	USD -	10.00
864	GELLIUS (AULUS)	Noctes Atticae.	Venice	1472	USD -	350.00
865		GENTLEMAN'S CALLING (THE).	London	1662	USD -	32.50
866		GENTLEMAN'S CALLING (THE).	London	1677	USD -	95.00
867	GERMAIN (PIERRE)	Elements d'Orfevrerie Divises En deux Parties de Cinquante Feuilles Chacune Composez par Pierre ...	Paris	1748	USD -	52.50
868	GERNING (BARON J. J.)	A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne.	London	1820	USD -	35.00
869	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Contes Moraux et Nouvelles Idylles de D . . . [Diderot] et Salomon Gessner.	A Zuric	1773-7	USD -	100.00
870	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Oeuvres. Traduits de l'allemand.	Zuric	1777	USD -	27.50
871	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Oeuvres.	Paris	1795	USD -	410.00
872	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Oeuvres.	Paris	An VII [1799]	USD -	30.00
873	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Oeuvres.	Paris	An VII [1799]	USD -	20.00
874	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Oeuvres.	Paris	1799	USD -	65.00
875	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Mort d'Abel, Poeme de Gessner, traduit par Hubert.	Paris	1793	USD -	110.00
876	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Mort d'Abel, Poeme de Gessner, traduit par Hubert.	Paris	1793	USD -	170.00
877	GESSNER (SALOMON)	Mort d'Abel, Poeme de Gessner, traduit par Hubert.	Paris	1793	USD -	35.00
878	GHIRARDACCI (CHERUBINO)	Della Historia di Bologna. Parte Prima [only].	Bologna	1596	USD -	20.00
879		GHOST-STORIES; Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghosts and ...	London	1823	USD -	20.00
880	GILCHRIST (ALEXANDER)	Life of William Blake, Pictor Ignotus.	London	1863	USD -	12.50
881	GILLES (NICOLE)	Les Treselegantes & copieuses Annales et Croni-ques, des Treschrestiens & excellens moderateurs des ...	Paris	1551	USD -	130.00
882	GILLIERS (JOSEPH)	Le Cannameliste Francais, ou Nouvelle Instruction pour ceux qui desirent d'apprendre l'Office ...	Nancy	1751	USD -	35.00
883	GIRARD DE VILLETHIERRY (JEAN)	La Vie des Gens Mariez, ou Les Obligations de ceux qui s'engagent dans le mariage.	Paris	1743	USD -	130.00
884	GIRARDIN (MME EMILE DE)	Contes d'une Vieille Fille a ses Neveux.	Paris	[1856]	USD -	5.00
885		GLANCES AT CHARACTER.	London	1814	USD -	20.00
886	GLANDORPIUS (JOANNES)	Onomasticon Historiae Romanae.	Francofurdi	1589	USD -	15.00
887	[GODEFROY (DENIS)]	Defense des Empereurs, Roys, Princes Estats, et Republiques, contre les Censures Monitoires, et ...	[Geneva]	1607	USD -	12.50
888	GODWIN (WILLIAM)	Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth Century in England.	Edinburgh	1817	USD -	1,100.00
889	GOETHE (J. WOLFGANG VON)	Les Souffrances du Jeune Werther. Traduction Nouvelle [par La Bedoyere].	Paris	1809	USD -	100.00
890	GOETHE (J. WOLFGANG VON)	Les Souffrances du Jeune Werther.	Paris	1845	USD -	15.00
891	[GOLDSMITH (OLIVER)]	The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale.	London	1766	USD -	100.00
892	GOLDSMITH (OLIVER)	The Vicar of Wakefield; A Tale.	London	1817	USD -	55.00
893	GOLDSMITH (OLIVER)	Le Vicaire de Wakefield. Traduction. Preface et Notes par Charles Nodier. Nouvelle Edition.	Paris	1888	USD -	25.00
894	GOLDSMITH (OLIVER)	A Survey of Experimental Philosophy, Considered in its Present State of Improvement.	London	1776	USD -	49.50
895	GOLDSMITH (OLIVER)	The Deserted Village, A Poem.	London	1770 [1769]	USD -	2,100.00
896	Rev. R. H. Newell	GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). Poetical Works. With Remarks, attempting to ascertain, chiefly from local ...	London	1811	USD -	27.50
897	GOLTZ (HUBERT)	C. Iulius Caesar sive Historiae Imperatorum Caesarumque Romanorum ex Antiquis Numismatibus ...	Brugis Flandrorum	1562[-3]	USD -	400.00
898	GOMBAULD (JEAN OGIER DE)	L'Endimion.	Paris	1624	USD -	185.00
899	GONCOURT (EDMOND AND JULES DE)	L'Art du Dix-Huitieme Siecle.	Paris	18[59-]75	USD -	1,475.00

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