Sotheby’s
Fine Books & Manuscripts
June 24-25

Sotheby’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.
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
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.

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Auction Details

Auction Date: February 07, 2025 - February 07, 2025

Page Size: 237644 items in 2377 pages

Auction Lot Books
Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	The World on Mercator's Projection	1831	USD -	50.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	The World on Mercator's Projection	1842	USD -	40.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	The World on Mercator's Projection	1831	USD -	40.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	The World on Mercator's Projection	1832	USD -	49.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	c.1842	USD -	60.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1831	USD -	43.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1831	USD -	61.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1848	USD -	75.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1849	USD -	55.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1831	USD -	65.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1845	USD -	150.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	c.1835	USD -	95.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1845	USD -	150.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	c.1835	USD -	150.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	c.1830	USD -	150.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	c.1830	USD -	175.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	United States	1831	USD -	39.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	Van Diemens Land	1831	USD -	65.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	Van Diemens Land	c.1850	USD -	50.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	Van Diemens Land	c.1830	USD -	51.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	West Indies	c.1845	USD -	33.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	Western Hemisphere	1832	USD -	40.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	Western Hemisphere	1841	USD -	50.00
Henry Teesdale [& Co.]	Western Hemisphere	1838	USD -	65.00
Thomas Tegg	Asia from the Best Authorities	1823	USD -	20.00
Thomas Tegg	Europe, from the Best Authorities	1823	USD -	12.00
Thomas Tegg	Japan	1829	USD -	175.00
Thomas Tegg	Mexico and Guatimala	1816	USD -	90.00
Thomas Tegg	Mexico and Guatimala	1829	USD -	65.00
Thomas Tegg	North America	c.1827	USD -	35.00
Thomas Tegg	North America from the Best Authorities	1823	USD -	33.00
Thomas Tegg	Polar Regions Including British Nth. America, &c.	1829	USD -	55.00
Thomas Tegg	South America from the Best Authorities	1823	USD -	16.00
Thomas Tegg	Tegg's New Plan of London &c. with 360 References to the Principal Streets, &c. 1829	1829	USD -	345.00
Thomas Tegg	United States	1828	USD -	125.00
Thomas Tegg	West Indies from the Best Authorities	1823	USD -	244.00
Teubet & Burty	France Legislative	1849	USD -	30.00
Texas	Dallas County. State of Texas 1888	1888	USD -	3,000.00
Texas	Tarrant County. State of Texas 1888	1888	USD -	2,750.00
Texas & Pacific Railway Company	Geographically Correct Map of the State of Texas	1876	USD -	175.00
Texas & Pacific Railway Company	Map of Northern Texas	1876	USD -	350.00
Thackara & Vallance	Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them Established as the Seat of their Government, after the Year MDCCC	1792	USD -	15,000.00
W. Thacker	Thacker's Reduced Survey Map of India. By J.G. Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.	1897	USD -	200.00
S. Thaxter & Son	Chart of the Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Shoals, Surveyed by George Eldrige, Hydrographer	1865	USD -	400.00
S. Thaxter & Son	Eldridge's Chart of Chesapeake Bay, with the James, York ...	1880	USD -	475.00
R. Thayer	Map Exhibiting the Androscoggin Railroad and its Connections	1851	USD -	145.00
Horace Thayer [& Co.]	Map of Canada East and West	1853	USD -	250.00
Horace Thayer [& Co.]	Pictorial Map of the United States	1853	USD -	650.00
Horace Thayer [& Co.]	Pictorial Map of the United States	1853	USD -	650.00
H.L. Thayer	Thayer's Map of Colorado	1875	USD -	750.00
H.L. Thayer	Thayer's Map of New Mexico	c.1880	USD -	700.00
H.L. Thayer	Thayer's New Map of the State of Colorado, Compiled from Official Surveys and Explorations	1880	USD -	500.00
H.L. Thayer	Thayer's Sectional Map of Colorado Compiled from the Plats and Records of the Surveyor General's Office, Denver Colorado	1871	USD -	800.00
H.L. Thayer	Thayer's Sectional Map of Colorado Compiled from the Plats and Records of the Surveyor General's Office, Denver Colorado	1871	USD -	1,000.00
H.L. Thayer	Thayers Map of the Leadville Mines, California Mining District, Lake County, Colorado, Township 9S Ranges 79 and 80, Compiled from U.S. Surveys and County Records	1880	USD -	800.00
Thayer, Bridgman & Fanning	Map of Canada East and West	1853	USD -	219.00
Thayer, Bridgman & Fanning	Pictorial Map of the United States	1853	USD -	650.00
Horace Thayer [& Co.]	Map of Canada East and West	1853	USD -	600.00
Horace Thayer [& Co.]	Map of New York State	1851	USD -	75.00
S.W. Theakston	The Vicinity of Scarborough	c.1870	USD -	40.00
Laurids de Therbu	Attaques du Fort William-Henri en Amerique par les Troupes Francaises aux Ordres du Marquis de Montcalm. Prise de ce Fort le 7 Aout 1757 ...	1793	USD -	450.00
Laurids de Therbu	Attaques du Fort William-Henri en Amerique par les Troupes Francaises aux Ordres du Marquis de Montcalm. Prise de ce Fort le 7 Aout 1757 ...	c.1793	USD -	2,200.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	A General and Particular Description of Asia	1695	USD -	39.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	A Map of the English Plantations in America	1695	USD -	150.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	America	1695	USD -	150.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	Europe	1695	USD -	36.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	Scandinavia or the Kingdoms of Denmark, Sueden, Norway & Lapland	1695	USD -	42.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	Scotland	1695	USD -	43.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	The General and Particular Description of Africa	1695	USD -	65.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	The Kingdom of England	1695	USD -	58.00
Thesaurus Geographicus	The World in Planisphere	1695	USD -	275.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Africa, East Coast)	1649-72	USD -	975.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Southeast Asia)	1664	USD -	1,900.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Southeast Asia)	c.1664-1690	USD -	2,300.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Western Pacific Ocean)	1664	USD -	1,200.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Southeast Asia)	c.1633	USD -	750.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Carte de la Colchide Appelee Maintenant Mengrelie et par ceux du Pays, Odisci	c.1660	USD -	150.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Description de la Partie des Indes Orientales qui est sous la Dominations du Grand Mogol	1663	USD -	510.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Description de la Partie des Indes Orientales qui est sous la Dominations du Grand Mogol	1683	USD -	385.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio	1663	USD -	111.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio	1663	USD -	500.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio	1664	USD -	1,700.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio	1663	USD -	1,001.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Route du Voyage de Canton a Peking	1681	USD -	65.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Vera Delineatio Civitatis Bassorae	c.1680	USD -	149.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	Vera Delineatio Civitatis Bassorae	c.1680	USD -	105.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Southeast Asia)	1663	USD -	2,950.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Australia, New Zealand & New Guinea)	1663	USD -	4,443.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Africa, East Coast)	1663	USD -	2,233.00
Melchisedech Thevenot	(Southeast Asia)	1664	USD -	6,500.00
Andre Thevet	Europe	1575	USD -	299.00
Andre Thevet	Ile Madagascar	1595	USD -	39.00
Andre Thevet	Table d'Afrique	1575	USD -	1,285.00
Andre Thevet	Table d'Afrique	1575	USD -	699.00
Thierry	Amerique Septentrionale	c.1830	USD -	40.00
Thierry	Carte des Etats-Unis du Mexique	c.1830's-40's	USD -	125.00
Thierry	Carte du Bresil 1836	1836-37	USD -	35.00
Thierry	Chili, Plata et Patagonie 1836	1836-37	USD -	20.00
Thierry	Perou et Bolivia	1836-37	USD -	20.00
J. Thissel	Map of the Town of Clinton, Worcester Co., Mass.	1857	USD -	425.00

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
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.