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

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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
U.S. Government	Region Embraced in the Operations of the Armies against Richmond and Petersburg	1865	USD -	45.00
U.S. Government	Region Embraced in the Operations of the Armies against Richmond and Petersburg	1865	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Restored Outline of Lake Bonneville	1875	USD -	80.00
U.S. Government	Restored Outline of Lake Bonneville	1876	USD -	185.00
U.S. Government	Rio Colorado of the West	1858	USD -	145.00
U.S. Government	Rio Colorado of the West	1858	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Rio Colorado of the West, Map No. 1	1858-61	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Rio Colorado of the West, Map No. 2	1858-61	USD -	80.00
U.S. Pacific Railroad Surveys	Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean - War Department - Route near the 35th Parallel, Map No.2. From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean ...	1861	USD -	45.00
U.S. Government	Riviere des Lacs to the Rocky Mountains	1861	USD -	35.00
U.S. Government	Road & Railroad Map of Porto Rico	1906	USD -	40.00
U.S. Government	Rock Island Rapids, Mississippi River	1866	USD -	25.00
U.S. Government	Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound	1861	USD -	45.00
U.S. Government	Rough Sketch of that Part of Red River in which the Great Raft is Situated & Bayous, Lakes Swamps &c.	1834	USD -	145.00
U.S. Pacific Railroad Surveys	Route near the 32nd Parallel. Map and Profile No.1. From the Red River to the Rio Grande ...	1861	USD -	400.00
U.S. Pacific Railroad Surveys	Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean - War Department - Route near the 35th Parallel, Map No.2. From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean ...	1861	USD -	375.00
U.S. Pacific Railroad Surveys	Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. War Department. Route near the 41st Parallel. Map No.2. From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains ...	1855	USD -	50.00
U.S. Government	Sabine Pass ... [in set with] Map of the River Sabine from its Mouth on the Gulf of Mexico in the Sea to Logan's Ferry ...[and] ... to 32nd Degree ... [and] A2. ... to the 36th Mile Mound [and] B2. ... to the 72nd Mile Mound [and] .... to Red River	1840-41	USD -	650.00
U.S. Pacific Railroad Surveys	Routes in Oregon and California. Map No.1. From San Francisco Bay to the Northern Boundary of California ...	1861	USD -	45.00
U.S. Government	San Juan Porto-Rico. Limits of Lands to be Retained by the Navy Dept. in San Juan	1901	USD -	45.00
George M. Wheeler	Sandstone Walls in Canyon de Chelle N.M. [sic] ...	1879	USD -	70.00
U.S. Government	Santa Fe Crossing to the Coochetopa Pass	1861	USD -	20.00
U.S. Government	Seat of War in Florida Forwarded to the War Department by Maj. Genl. W. Scott	1836	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Second Attack upon Fort Fisher by the U.S. Navy under Rear Admiral D.D. Porter. January 13th, 14th and 15th, 1865. Showing the Position of Vessels and Line of Fire	1866	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Section from the Mouth of Lake St. Croix to near the Great Bend, or Detroit of Lake St. Croix	1848	USD -	35.00
George M. Wheeler	Atlas Sheet No.77(B). Part of Central New Mexico. Economic Features	1877	USD -	100.00
U.S. Government	Ship Island Inlet, Mississippi Sound Surveyed in Jan. 1841 by L.M. Powell, Lt. Commanding U.S. Brig Consort under Instructions of Naval Commissioners	1846	USD -	125.00
U.S. Government	Showing the Several Collection Districts	1857	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Siege of Vera Cruz by the US Troops under Major General Scott, in March 1847 ...	1847	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Siege Operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile by the U.S. Forces under Major General Canby. Captured by the Army of Western Mississippi on the Night of April 8 & 9, 1865	c.1866	USD -	95.00
U.S. Government	Siege Operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay by the Union Forces under Maj. Gen. Canby, Captured by the Army of the West Miss. on the Night of April 8, 1865	1865	USD -	30.00
U.S. Government	Siege Operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile by the U.S. Forces under Major General Canby. Captured by the Army of Western Mississippi on the Night of April 8 & 9, 1865	1866	USD -	115.00
U.S. Government	Skeleton Map of the Department of the Dakota Compiled under the Direction of Lieut. Edward Maguire, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. by Sergt. James Wilson, Battalion of Engineers, U.S.A.	c.1880	USD -	40.00
U.S. Government	Skeleton Map of the Indian Territory	c.1875	USD -	40.00
U.S. Government	Skeleton Map Shewing the Position of Cairo at the Confluence of the Ohio & Mississippi Rivs. And its Connection with All Parts of the United States by Rail Roads Rivers and Canals	c.1836	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Skeleton Map Shewing the Position of Cairo at the Confluence of the Ohio & Mississippi Rivs. And its Connection with All Parts of the United States by Rail Roads Rivers and Canals	1836	USD -	65.00
U.S. Government	Skeleton Map Showing the Rail Roads Completed and in Progress in the United States and those Projected through the Public Lands and their Connection with the Principal Harbours on the Lakes and on the Seabord	1848	USD -	90.00
U.S. Government	Skeleton Map Showing the Rail Roads Completed and in Progress in the United States and those Projected through the Public Lands and their Connection with the Principal Harbours on the Lakes and on the Seabord	1849	USD -	300.00
U.S. Government	Sketch Accompanying Col. Price Despatch	1848	USD -	95.00
U.S. Government	Sketch Accompanying Col. Price Despatch	1848	USD -	160.00
U.S. Government	Sketch Accompanying Col. Price's Despatch of 15th Feb. 1847	1848	USD -	45.00
U.S. Government	Sketch Accompanying Col. Price's Despatch of 18 April, 1847	1848	USD -	45.00
U.S. Government	Sketch Indicating the Advancement of the Surveys of the Public Lands and the Military, Topographical and Geographical Surveys West of the Mississippi	1879	USD -	325.00
U.S. Government	Sketch Indicating the Advancement of the Surveys of the Public Lands and the Military, Topographical and Geographical Surveys West of the Mississippi	1879	USD -	325.00
George M. Wheeler	Sketch Indicating the Advancement of the Surveys of the Public Lands and the Military, Topographical and Geographical Surveys West of the Mississippi	1879	USD -	150.00
George M. Wheeler	Sketch Indicating the Advancement of the Surveys of the Public Lands and the Military, Topographical and Geographical Surveys West of the Mississippi	1879	USD -	225.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of a Days Travel	1845	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Canal Connecting River Raisin with Lake Erie	1866	USD -	25.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Capt. Gunnison's Route to Sept. 20th, 1853 - Central Pacific Rail Road Exploration	1853	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Chicago Harbor	1866	USD -	25.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Claims to Lands on the River St. Mary's at Pauwayteeg	1847	USD -	50.00
George M. Wheeler	Sketch of El Paso, Texas, and Vicinity	1879	USD -	60.00
George M. Wheeler	Sketch of El Paso, Texas, and Vicinity	1879	USD -	70.00
George M. Wheeler	Sketch of El Paso, Texas, and Vicinity	1879	USD -	110.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of General Riley's Route through the Mining Districts July & Aug. 1849. Copied from the Original Sketch by Lt. Derby ... By J.McH. Hollingsworth	1850	USD -	330.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Huron Harbour Showing the Extent of Repairs Made in 1853	1854	USD -	40.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Huron Harbour Showing the Extent of Repairs Made in 1853	1854	USD -	35.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Monroe Harbor Showing the Extent of Repairs Made in 1854 ...	1854	USD -	35.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Monroe Harbor Showing the Extent of Repairs Made in 1854 ...	1854	USD -	30.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of Louisiana Accompanying a Report of the Commissioner of the Gen'l Land Office of the 12th of January 1829	1829	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of Louisiana Accompanying a Report of the Commissioner of the Gen'l Land Office of the 12th of January 1829	1860	USD -	125.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7 ...	1848	USD -	135.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7 ...	1847	USD -	150.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7 ...	c.1850	USD -	75.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7 ...	1848	USD -	90.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7 ...	1848	USD -	110.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7 ...	c.1847	USD -	125.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Part of the March & Wagon Road of Lt. Colonel Cooke, from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7 ...	1848	USD -	70.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of Pemenee Falls & of Sturgeon Falls Menomonee River	1841	USD -	45.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of the Public Surveys in Iowa	1856	USD -	35.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico ...	1855	USD -	35.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico ...	1857	USD -	50.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico ...	1862	USD -	125.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico ...	1862	USD -	125.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of Public Surveys in New Mexico & Arizona ...	1866	USD -	350.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of the Public Surveys in the State of Minnesota	1866	USD -	150.00
U.S. State Surveys	Sketch of Public Surveys in the State of Wisconsin	1866	USD -	100.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of River Parana, Paraguay	1857	USD -	10.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of South Eastern California Showing 'Depressed Area in the Colorado Desert'	1876	USD -	35.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Actions Fought at San Pasqual in Upper California between the Americans and Mexicans December 6th and 7th, 1846	1848	USD -	30.00
U.S. War Department	Sketch of the Battle Ground at Resaca de la Palma, Texas, May 9th 1846	1846	USD -	95.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles, Upper California Fought between the Americans and Mexicans. Jan 9th 1847	1847	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles, Upper California Fought between the Americans and Mexicans. Jan 9th 1847	1848	USD -	30.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles, Upper California Fought between the Americans and Mexicans. Jan 9th 1847	1848	USD -	65.00
U.S. War Department	Sketch of the Battlefield & Confederate Works in Front of Williamsburg, Virginia. May 5th, 1862 ... Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army	1876	USD -	75.00
U.S. War Department	Sketch of the Battlefield of Logan's Cross Roads and of the Enemy's Fortified Position at and Opposite Mill Spring Kentucky ... January 18th 1862 ... Office of the Chief of Engineers U.S.A. 1877	1877	USD -	70.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Country between South Pass & the Great Salt Lake	1858	USD -	175.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Country between South Pass & the Great Salt Lake	1857	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Country between South Pass & the Great Salt Lake	1858	USD -	175.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Country Embracing Several Routes from Portsmouth, Ohio to Linville, N.C. and Exhibiting the Relative Positions of the Contemplated Road ... between the Atlantic Ocean and the Northern Lakes	1836	USD -	125.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Dyea and Skagua Trails ...	1897	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Dyea and Skagua Trails ...	1897	USD -	50.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Harbor of St. Louis Reduced from Capt. Lee's Map of 1837	1838	USD -	50.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Harbor of St. Louis Reduced from Capt. Lee's Map of 1837	c.1860	USD -	125.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Harbor of St. Louis Reduced from Capt. Lee's Map of 1837	1839	USD -	60.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Harbour of Black River	1854	USD -	25.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Lead Mine District in Washington County, Missouri Territory	1816	USD -	145.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Lead Mine District in Washington County, Missouri Territory	1816	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Main Road from Fort Brown to Point Isabel, Showing the Battle Ground of the 8th & 9th May 1846	1846	USD -	85.00
U.S. Government	Sketch of the Ohio River at Cumberland Dam	1855	USD -	65.00

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