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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 -
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 -
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 - 3,000Bonhams, 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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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 07, 2025 - February 07, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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| Mercator [Family] | Scotia Regnum | 1628-33 |
USD - | 1,500.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Scotiae Regnum [in set with] (Southern Scotland) | 1595- |
USD - | 317.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio | 1613 |
USD - | 1,455.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio | 1613 |
USD - | 3,451.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio | 1595 |
USD - | 1,725.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio | 1613 |
USD - | 2,750.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio | 1619 |
USD - | 3,416.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio | 1628 |
USD - | 2,978.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Siciliae Regnum | 1609 |
USD - | 1,034.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Siciliae Regnum | 1613 |
USD - | 423.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Stiria | 1613 |
USD - | 99.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Suecia et Norvegia cum Confinijs | 1613 |
USD - | 926.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Suecia et Norvegia cum Confinijs | 1633 |
USD - | 1,823.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Suecia et Norvegia cum Confinijs | 1595 or 1602 |
USD - | 2,329.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Tabula Exactissima Regnorum Sueciae et Norvegiae, nec non Maris Universi Orientalis ... | 1636 |
USD - | 1,398.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Tartaria | 1613 |
USD - | 529.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Tarvisina Marchia et Tirolis Comitatus | 1613 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Taurica Chersonesus nostra Aetate Przecopsca et Gazara Dicitur | 1613 |
USD - | 291.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol. Palestina | 1613 |
USD - | 464.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis ol. Palestina | 1623 |
USD - | 575.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Transylvania | 1613 |
USD - | 159.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Trier & Lutzenburg | 1613 |
USD - | 173.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Turcici Imperii Imago | 1613 |
USD - | 464.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Tuscia | 1613 |
USD - | 370.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Tuscia | 1609 |
USD - | 960.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Universalis Tabula iuxta Ptolemaeum | 1618 |
USD - | 4,302.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Universalis Tabula iuxta Ptolemaeum | 1578- |
USD - | 690.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Universalis Tabula iuxta Ptolemaeum | 1605 |
USD - | 1,863.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Universalis Tabula iuxta Ptolemaeum | 1618-19 |
USD - | 4,881.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Universalis Tabula iuxta Ptolemaeum | c.1700 |
USD - | 2,482.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Veronae Vicentiae et Patavii Ditiones | 1609 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, Nova Descriptio | 1613 |
USD - | 1,720.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Walachia, Servia, Bulgaria, Romania | 1613 |
USD - | 106.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Waldeck Comitatus | 1606 |
USD - | 22.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Bedfordia, Hartfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middelsexia, Southhatonia, Surria, Cantiu & Southsexia | 1633 |
USD - | 629.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Warwicum, Northhamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Bedfordia, Hartfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middelsexia, Southhatonia, Surria, Cantiu & Southsexia | 1613 |
USD - | 159.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Westfalia cum Dioecesi Bremensi [in set with] (Central Westphalia) | 1613 |
USD - | 185.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernarvan, Denbigh, Flint, Merionidh, Montgomery, Salopia cum Insulis Mania et Anglesey | 1613 |
USD - | 159.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Wirtenberg Ducatus | 1607 |
USD - | 978.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Wirtenberg Ducatus | 1606 |
USD - | 34.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Zelandia Comitatus | 1607 |
USD - | 765.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Zelandia Comitatus | 1613 |
USD - | 397.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | [Atlas] Atlas or a Geographicke Description of the Regions, Countries and Kingdomes of the World ... | 1633-1636 |
USD - | 52,944.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | [Atlas] Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae | 1605 |
USD - | 22,488.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | [Atlas] L'Atlas ou Meditations Cosmographiques de la Fabrique du Monde et Figure diceluy | 1613-16 |
USD - | 30,425.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | [Title page] Atlas sive Cosmographicae ... | 1595 or 1602 |
USD - | 621.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Britania et Normadia cum Confinijs | 1607 |
USD - | 88.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | America Meridionalis | 1635 |
USD - | 347.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Anglesey Ins. [on sheet with] Wight ol. Vectis [and] Ins. Garnesey [and] Ins. Iarsey | 1635 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Ceilan Insula | 1635 |
USD - | 232.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | China | 1635 |
USD - | 563.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Cuba Insul. [on sheet with] Hispaniola [and] Havana Portus [and] I. Iamaica [and] I. S. Ioannis [and] I. Margareta | c. 1636 |
USD - | 420.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Cyprus | 1635 |
USD - | 711.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Daniae Regnu | 1635 |
USD - | 199.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Fionia | 1636 |
USD - | 110.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Fretum Magellani | 1635 |
USD - | 215.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Gallicia | 1635 |
USD - | 265.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Hispania | 1635 |
USD - | 182.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Iapan I. | 1635 |
USD - | 860.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | India Orientalis | 1635 |
USD - | 314.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | India Orientalis | 1635 |
USD - | 250.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Insulae Indiae Orientalis | 1635 |
USD - | 645.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Insulae Indiae Orientalis | 1620 |
USD - | 291.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Irlandia | 1635 |
USD - | 347.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Island | 1635 |
USD - | 529.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Livonia | 1635 |
USD - | 157.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Mappa Aestivarum Insularum alias Bermudas Dictarum ... | 1635 |
USD - | 1,406.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Norvegia et Suecia | c.1630 |
USD - | 420.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Peregrinatio Israelitaru in Deserto | 1635 |
USD - | 347.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Prussia | 1635 |
USD - | 157.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Suecia, et Norwegia, etc. | 1635 |
USD - | 347.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | The Ylandes of the West Indies | 1635 |
USD - | 645.00 | ||
| Mercator [Family] | Virginia et Florida | 1635 |
USD - | 877.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Abriss die Dreijen Gegeneinander Correspondierenden Vestungen, Monaco, Capo di Sant' Spirito, und Niza di Provenza | c.1680 |
USD - | 794.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Algier | c.1650 |
USD - | 165.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | America Noviter Delineata | 1631 |
USD - | 863.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | America Noviter Delineata | 1638 |
USD - | 1,725.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Belagerung Munster ... | c.1667 |
USD - | 1,007.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Candia | c.1650 |
USD - | 248.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Candia cum Insulis alijs Proxime et Adiacentibus | c.1650 |
USD - | 173.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Constantinopolis | 1635- |
USD - | 529.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Constantinopolis | c.1650 |
USD - | 1,903.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Corphu | c.1650 |
USD - | 331.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Die Insel Rugen | 1682 |
USD - | 294.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Edynburgum | c.1660 |
USD - | 414.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Genuina Delineatio Insulae Cretae | c.1650 |
USD - | 225.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Ierusalem | c.1650 |
USD - | 662.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | India Orientalis et Insulae Adiacentes | c.1660 |
USD - | 860.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Insula Candia olim Creta | c.1650 |
USD - | 225.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | London | c.1650 |
USD - | 3,640.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Mediolanum | c.1680 |
USD - | 703.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Mulhusium Alsatiae - Muhlhausen | 1650 |
USD - | 22.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Neomagum Stummegen | 1659 |
USD - | 106.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Nova Descriptio Africae | c.1640 |
USD - | 543.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Paris. Wie Solche 1620 Inzusehen Gewessen | 1620 |
USD - | 1,720.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Paris. Wie Solche Ao. 1620 im Wessen Gestanden | 1620 |
USD - | 1,323.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Parys | 1650 |
USD - | 1,587.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Parys | 1655-61 |
USD - | 1,850.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Parys Ao. 1654 | 1654 |
USD - | 596.00 | ||
| Merian [Family] | Parys wie Solche 1620 Auzusehen Gewessen | c.1660 |
USD - | 1,324.00 |
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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. -
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 24-25Sotheby’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.