• 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

Leavitt & Co.: Catalogue of the American library of the late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. Part I, 1879yr,

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 10, 1879 - March 10, 1879
Page Size: 2714 items in 28 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
--- Pamphlets, 1848--1854. Coolidge's dedica. Sermon, 13th Congr. church

1848

USD - 3.25
--- Pamphlets

1856--1866

USD - 0.50
--- Occasional Sermons. Barnard (J.) at Convention of Ministers

1738

USD - Not Sold
PAMPHLETS (II) Bolton. Manual of Evangel. Church, 1830; Edes's Re-dedication Sermon

1845

USD - 4.50
Bridgewater. Mitchell (N.) History of the Early Settlement; with an extensive Family Register

1840

USD - 5.75
Bridgewater. Mitchell (N.) Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Incorporation, June 3, 1856 (including an Address by Hon. Emory Washburn)

1856

USD - 1.00
PAMPHLETS (9) Bridgewater. Meech's farewell Ser.

1811

USD - 6.30
Brookfield. Fiske (N.) Remarkable Providences &c. A Sermon preached on the last Day of the Year 1775, together with some Marginal Notes, giving an account of the First Setting of the Town, 1660, its desolation by the Indians, 1675, <i>etc.</i>

1776

USD - 4.00
Brookfield. Fiske (N.) Remarkable Providences &c. A Sermon preached on the last Day of the Year 1775, together with some Marginal Notes, giving an account of the First Setting of the Town, 1660, its desolation by the Indians, 1675, etc.

1776

USD - 3.00
Brookfield. Fiske (N.) Stoddard (Solo.) Sermon preached at Brookfield, Oct. 16, 1717, the Day the Church was Gathered and Mr. Thomas Cheney was ordained Pastor

1718

USD - 5.50
PAMPHLETS (11) Brookfield. Maccarty's Sermon at execution of murderers of J. Spooner, 1778. (South Br.) Stone's Dedication Ser., 1828; Decision in Sacramental-furniture case, 1832. (North Br.) Snell's 40th Anniv. S., 1838; Half-Cent. S., 1848; and Century

1851

USD - 6.60
Brookline Pierce's Century Sermon; and Dedica. S., 1806; Church Centennial Sermon, 1817; 40th Anniv. Sermon, 1837; Address at opening Town Hall, 1846; and Semi-Centennial Address, 1st Congr. Church, 1847.

USD - 1.20
Cambridge. Holmes (Abiel) History of Cambridge

1801

USD - 1.50
Cambridge. Harris (W. T.) Epitaphs from the old Burying-Ground. With notes Cambridge

1845

USD - 2.75
Cambridge. APTHORP (EAST) <i>Missionary at Cambridge.</i> On Sacred Poetry and Music. Discourse at Christ-Church, Cambridge, at the opening of the Organ, 21 August, 1764 Boston

1764

USD - 5.50
Cambridge. PAMPHLETS (6) Dana's Sermon at Install. of A. Holmes, 1792; Baldwin's Dedica. Ser. at Opening a new Baptist meeting-house, 1818; Holmes's Ser. at opening of Alms House, 1818; Controversy of 1st Parish, with Rev. Dr. Holmes

1829

USD - 1.80
Cambridge. PAMPHLETS (12) Newell's Farewell S. in old Meeting House, 1833; Muzzey's Dedica. S., 1834; List of prop'rs of Mt. Auburn, 1834; Same revised, 1838; Newell's Histor. Sermon, First Church, 1846; Act to establish City Gov't, 1846; Mayor's address and City doc's, 1846--50;

1852

USD - 3.00
Cambridge. Dana (R. H.) Jr. An Address upon the Life and Services of Edward Everett, delivered before the Municipal Authorities and Citizens of Cambridge, Feb. 22, 1865 Cambridge

1865

USD - 1.50
Cambridge Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Guide through, 60 <i>wood engravings</i>, 1839.---Stranger's Guide Book

1849

USD - 0.50
Cambridge Literary Miscellany (The). Cambridge

1805--1806

USD - 7.50
Cambridge. HARVARD COLLEGE TRIENNIAL CATALOGUES. Catalogus eorum qui in Coll. Harv. quod est Cantabrigiae Nov-Angl., ab anno 1642 .. alicujus Gradus Laurea donati sunt. <i>The series complete</i>, from 1776 to 1872 Boston and Cambr.

1776--1872

USD - 32.50
Cambridge. HARVARD COLLEGE Catalogus eorum etc. ab anno 1642, ad annum 1761, alicujus Gradus Laurea donati sunt

USD - 7.00
Cambridge. HARVARD COLLEGE Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecae Collegii Harvardini, quod est Cantabrigiae in Nova Anglia Bostoni Nov-Angl.

1723 & 1725

USD - 7.75
Cambridge. Harvard College Catalogus Bibliothecae Harvardianae. Bost.

1790

USD - 1.00
Cambridge. Harvard College Catalogue of the Library at Harvard University, Index and Catalogue of Maps and Charts. Cambridge

1830--1834

USD - 3.75
Cambridge. Harvard College Annual Report of the President to the Overseers: 1825--6, 1827--8, 1828--9, 1835--6, 1849--50, 1850--51. 6 <i>Reports.</i>

USD - 3.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. CHAPLIN (J.) Life of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College

1872

USD - 2.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. CLARKE (J.) Letters to a Student in the University at Cambridge

1796

USD - 0.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. ELIOT (S. A.) Sketch of the History of Harvard College, and of its Present State Boston

1848

USD - 1.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. PECK (W. D.) Catalogue of Plants in the Botanic Garden Cambridge

1818

USD - 1.25
Cambridge. Harvard College. PEIRCE (B.) History of Harvard University, to the Am. Revolution Cambridge

1833

USD - 2.00
Cambridge. Harvard College PIETAS ET GRATULATIO Collegii Cantabrigiensis apud Novanglos Bostoni-Massachusettensium

1761

USD - 20.00
Cambridge. Harvard College PIETAS ET GRATULATIO, <i>etc.</i>

USD - 22.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. PRINCE (NATHAN) The Constitution and Government of Harvard College from 1636 to 1742

1743

USD - 5.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. SEWALL (S.) Oration delivered May 8, 1779, at the Funeral of the Hon. JOHN WINTHROP, Esq., Professor of Mathematics and Nat. Philosophy at Cambridge Boston

1779

USD - 1.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. WINTHROP (<i>Prof.</i> JOHN) Lecture on Earthquakes, 1755.---Two Lectures on Comets, 1759.---Relation of Voyage to New-foundland to observe Transit of Venus, 1761.---Two Lectures on Parallax and Distance of the Sun, 1769.---Langdon (S.) Funeral Sermon on Prof. J. Winthrop, 1779.---Wi Boston

1755--1779

USD - 2.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. DUDLEIAN LECTURES 1756, (the <i>First</i>) by J. Barnard.

USD - 10.50
Cambridge. Harvard College THESES quas in Coll. Harv. defendere .. conabuntur Juvenes in Artibus initiati .. in Comitiis Academicis, 1771.---Theses, 1776--90, 1797, 1799, 1801--05, 1807--10.

1771--1810

USD - 5.10
Cambridge. Harvard College <i>Orations and Addresses.</i> Woods (L.) Commencement

1796

USD - 5.00
Cambridge. Harvard College <i>Poems and Orations.</i> Biglow (W.) Poem before &#934; B K Society Salem

1799

USD - 10.00
Cambridge. Harvard College Strictures on Harvard University, by a Senior Bost.

1798

USD - 9.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. <i>Miscellaneous.</i> Catalogue of Members of the Society of &#934; B K Cambr.

1806

USD - 7.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. <i>Miscellaneous.</i> Ticknor (G.) Remarks on Changes in Harvard University, 2d ed. Boston

1825

USD - 5.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. Orations before the &#934; B K, at Cambridge: T. Bigelow, 1796; J. T. Kirkland, 1798; J. Richardson, 1808; Edw. Everett, 1824; Jos. Story, 1826; O. Dewey, 1830; G. Putnam, 1844; Ch. Sumner, 1846, 2d ed.; Hor. Bushnell, 1848. Bost. and Cambr.

USD - 2.25
Cambridge. Harvard College. Pamphlets (18) Miscellaneous

USD - 4.05
Cape Cod. Freeman (F.) History of Cape Cod. The Annals of Barnstable County, including the District of Mashpee

1860

USD - 8.00
Charlestown. Budington (W. I.) History of the First Church, in nine Lectures

1845

USD - 3.75
Charlestown. Frothingham (R.) History of Charlestown, Mass.

1845--1849

USD - 12.00
Charlestown. Pamphlets (3) Dedication of Bapt. Meeting-house, 1801; Everett's Bi-Cent. Address, 1830; Walker's Farewell Sermon, 1839.

USD - 1.80
Charlestown. Reed (Miss R. T.) Six Months in a Convent at Mt. Benedict.

1835

USD - 0.80
Charlestown. Pamphlets (10) Burning of the Ursuline Convent, 1834. Account of the Conflagration; Stetson's Sermon; Rept. of Committee app. at Fanueil Hall; Trial of J. R. Buzzell (and 2 pts. in dup.); Answer to "Six Months in a Convent," by the Lady Superior; Review of [the Answer];

1842

USD - 15.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. CLARKE (JOHN) <i>First Lieutenant of Marines.</i> An Impartial and Authentic Narrative of the Battle Fought on the 17th of June, 1775, between His Britannic Majesty's Troops and the American Provincial Army, on Bunker's Hill, near Charles Town, in New-England, <i>etc.</i> The Second Edition, With Extract London

1775

USD - 13.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. [Brackenridge (H. H.)] The Battle of Bunkers-Hill; a Dramatic Piece, of five Acts, in heroic measure. By a Gentleman of Maryland. Phila.

1776

USD - 23.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. [Cockings (Geo.)] The American War, a Poem; in six books London

1781

USD - 7.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. CARTER (WM.) A Genuine Detail of the several Engagements, Positions, and Movements of the Royal and American Armies, during the years 1775 and 1776; with an Accurate Account of the Blockade of Boston, and a Plan of the Works on Bunker's Hill, at the time it was abando London

1784

USD - 45.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Putnam (I.) Essay on the Life of, by D. Humphreys; with Notes and Additions, [and] an Appendix containing a Sketch of the Battle of Bunker Hill, by S. Sweet

1818

USD - 5.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Dearborn, (H.) Account of the Battle

1818

USD - 8.25
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Swett (S.) History of the Battle. 2d edition, with a plan

1826

USD - 7.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Swett (S.)Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Swett (S.) History of Bunker Hill Battle.History of Bunker Hill Battle.

1827

USD - 0.75
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill History of the Battle of Breed's Hill, by Gens. W. Heath, H. Lee, J. Wilkinson and H. Dearborn; compiled by C. Coffin Saco

1831

USD - 2.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. [Emmons (W.)] Sketches of Bunker Hill Battle and Monument, 2d edition Charlestown

1843

USD - 1.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill The same Charlestown

1844

USD - 0.50
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Hudson (C.) Doubts concerning the Battle, addressed to the Christian Public. Boston

1857

USD - 0.50
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. (Dawson and "Selah" Correspondence.) Major-General ISRAEL PUTNAM A Correspondence of this Subject, with the Editor of the "Hartford Daily Post." By "Selah," of that city, and Henry B. Dawson, of White Plains, N. Y. Morrisania, N. Y.

1860

USD - 45.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. [Bradford (A.)] Particular Account of the Battle by a Citizen of Boston Boston

1825

USD - 10.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument Boston

1848

USD - 0.50
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Warren Life and Times of Joseph Warren. By Richard Frothingham. Boston

1865

USD - 1.75
Chelmsford. Allen (Wilkes) History, from 1653 to 1820; with a Memoir of the Pawtuckett Tribe of Indians Haverhill

1820

USD - 12.00
Chelmsford. Allen (Wilkes) History, from 1653 to 1820; with a Memoir of the Pawtuckett Tribe of Indians

USD - 11.00
Chelsea Tuckerman's 20th Anniv. Sermon, 1821; Robbins's Dedica. Sermon, 1840; Langworthy's 25th Anniv. Serm.

1866

USD - 3.50
Concord. Shattuck (L.) History of Concord

1835

USD - 9.50
Concord. Pamphlets (7) Ripley's Historical Discourse (Re-dedication Sermon), 1792

1826

USD - 3.85
Danvers. Hanson (J. W.) History of the Town. Danvers

1848

USD - 8.00
Danvers Danvers Centennial Celebration, June 16, 1852

1852

USD - 1.25
Danvers. Pamphlets (4) Wadsworth's Dedication Sermon, 1806; Butler's Farewell Sermon, 1852; Proctor's Centennial Address, 1852; Review of Result of Council

1852

USD - 2.80
Dedham. Dexter (S.) Century Discourse, at Dedham, on the Foundation, Rise, and Growth of the Settlements in New England, Nov. 23, 1738

1738

USD - 9.00
Dedham. Worthington (E.) History of Dedham

1827

USD - 4.00
Dedham. Lamson (Alvan) History of the First Church, (Cent. Discourses,) Dedham

1839

USD - 1.00
Dedham. Lamson (Alvan) History of the First Church, (Cent. Discourses,)

USD - 2.00
Dedham. Mann (H.) Historical Annals Dedham

1847

USD - 3.50
Dedham <i>Tracts Printed in Dedham.</i> Fourth of July Orations, by J. Richardson, Dedham, 1808, (<i>with notice of Fisher Ames who died there that morning</i>); S. Haven, Dedham, 1809; S. Bugbee, Jr., Wrentham, 1803 Boston

1805

USD - 11.00
Dedham Dexter's Century Discourse, 1738, with Supplement, <i>repr.</i> 1796; West's Fun. Sermon, 1785; Haven's 40th Anniv. Sermon, 1796; Thacher's Hist. (Dedication) Sermon, 1810; Cogswell's Hist. Discourse, South Church, 1816; Proceed. in 1st Church, 1818; Dana

1836

USD - 22.00
Deerfield Lyman's Discourse at Opening the Academy, 1799; Taylor's Centennial Sermon, 1804; Taylor's Farewell Sermon, 1806; Results of Eccles. Councils, 1813, Address to the Christian Public on [the Councils], 1813 (2); Willard's Comments on the Address, 1813, <i>a

1859

USD - 8.00
Dorchester History of the Town, by a Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society

1859

USD - 3.50
Dorchester. Clap (Roger) Memoirs of Capt. Roger Clap, relating some of God's Remarkable Providences to Him in bringing him into New-England, <i>etc.</i> (Preface by Thomas Prince, and Appendix by James Blake.) Boston

1807

USD - Not Sold
Dorchester. Clap (Roger) Memoirs. Pittsfield

1824

USD - 0.50
Dorchester. Clap (Roger) Memoirs.---Blake (J.) Annals of the Town, 1750. Boston

1844

USD - 1.10
Dorchester. [Davenport's] Sexton's Monitor, and Dorchester Cemetery Memorial

1845

USD - Not Sold
Dorchester. Pamphlets (12) Votes of Church, before Eccles. Council, 1774

1796

USD - 6.00
Dorchester. Pamphlets (10) Harris's Valedictory and Dedica. Sermons, 1816; Davenport's Sexton's Monitor, and Cemetery Memorial, 1826; <i>Same</i>, 3d ed. 1845; Pierce's Bi-Centennial Discourse, 1830; Harris's Bi-Cent. Discourse

1830

USD - 5.50
Dunstable. Fox (C. J.) History of the old township of Dunstable, including Nashua, Nashville, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, and Merrimac, N. H.; Dunstable and Tyngsborough, Mass. Nashua

1846

USD - 2.50
Duxbury. WINSOR (J.) History of the Town of Duxbury; with Genealogical Registers

1849

USD - 4.00
Duxbury The Landing of the French Atlantic Cable, July, 1869

1869

USD - 0.50
Eastham. Pratt (E.) History of Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans, 1644--1844 Yarmouth

1844

USD - 1.75
Essex Co. Newhall (J. R.) The Essex Memorial for 1836; embracing a Register of the County. Salem

1836

USD - 0.50
Essex Co. Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of Essex County. Boston

1865

USD - 5.25
Fall River An Authentic Narrative [of the case of Miss S. M. Cornell and Rev. E. K. Avery] by the author of "Tales, National, Revolutionary, &c.," Providence

1833

USD - 3.00
Fitchburg Facts and Documents concerning Ecclesiastical Affairs lately Transacted

1802

USD - 1.75
Framingham. Barry (W.) History of Framingham; with a (Genealogical) Register of the Inhabitants before 1800

1847

USD - 7.75
PAMPHLETS (13) Exeter Review of results of Council, 1842.---Fall River. Fowler's Histor. Sketch

1841

USD - 9.75
  • 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