• 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
  • 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
  • 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.

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Auction Date
February 07, 2025 - February 07, 2025
Page Size: 237644 items in 2377 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
Jean Boisseau L Ancienne et Importante Ville de Genesve Reprsentee au Naurel en l Aspct Meridional avec le Paizaige Circonvoizin 1640

1640

USD - 575.00
Mercator/Jansson Lithuania

1651

USD - 149.50
Didier Robert de Vaugondy Partie Septentrionale de la Russie Europeenne

1762

USD - 92.00
Didier Robert de Vaugondy Partie Meridionale de la Russie Europeenne, Tartarie Russienne, Petite Tartarie

1762

USD - 92.00
Mercator/Jansson Russia cum Confinijs

1651

USD - 138.00
Reiner and Joshua Ottens Carte Nouvelle de Tout l'Empire de la Grande Russie dans l'Estat ou Il s'Est Trouve a la Mort de Pierre le Grand...

1720

USD - 575.00
Pieter van der Aa La Moscovie Meridionale

1729

USD - 161.00
Janvier/Lattre Russie d'Europe avec la Partie la Plus Peuplee de Celle d'Asie...

1771

USD - 172.50
Mercator/Jansson Taurica Chersonesus

1651

USD - 115.00
Abraham Ortelius Daciarum, Moesiarumque, Vetus Descriptio

1595

USD - 253.00
Philipp Cluver Daciarum Moesiarum et Thraciae Vetus et Nova Descriptio

1711

USD - 57.50
Henry Abraham Chatelain Carte Ancienne et Moderne des Differents Etats et Pais Situez au Long du Danube, pour Servir a l'Intelligence de l'Histoire

1708

USD - 115.00
Ptolemy/Fries Tabula Nova Graeciae, Sclavoniae, & Bulgariae

1541

USD - 138.00
Mercator/Hondius Forum Iulium, Karstia, Carniola, Histria et Windorum Marchia

1619

USD - 86.25
Peter Bienewitz Apianus De Usu Tabularum Ptol. et Qualiter Uniuscuiusque Regionis...

1574

USD - 161.00
Mercator/Jansson Graecia Auctore J. Laurenbergio

1651

USD - 115.00
Jan Jansson Peloponnesus; sive Morea. Auth. I. Laurenbergio

1650

USD - 230.00
Matthaus Seutter Nova et Exactissima Geographica Delineatio Insulae Corfu seu Corsulae, Tanquam Primariae et Clavis Maris Ionii...

1740

USD - 575.00
Philipp Cluver Campaniae Samnii Apuliae Lucaniae Brutiorum Vetus et Nova Descriptio

1711

USD - 63.25
Didier Robert de Vaugondy Royaume de Naples

1762

USD - 63.25
Johann Baptist Homann Regnorum Siciliae et Sardiniae nec non Melitae seu Maltae Insula cum Adjectis Italiae et Africae Litoribus Nova Tabula

1720

USD - 747.50
Jan Jansson Ischia Isola olim Aenaria

1675

USD - 316.25
Athanasius Kircher Typus Montis Aetnae ab Authore Observati Ao. 1637

1682

USD - 805.00
Athanasius Kircher Typus Montis Vesuvii Prout ab Authore Ao. 1638. Visus Suit

1682

USD - 345.00
Athanasius Kircher Fori Vulcani sive Camporum Phlegraeorum Typus

1682

USD - 149.50
Blaeu [Family] Verona

1724

USD - 1,035.00
Aloisius Edouard Camille Gaultier Cratere Maritimo, o Parte del Golfo di Napoli...

1754

USD - 241.50
Niccolo Carletti Veduta Scenografica a Ponente della Citta di Napoli in Campagna Felice

1776

USD - 230.00
Abraham Ortelius Romani Imperii Imago

1584

USD - 862.50
Herman Moll Imperium Romanum

1711

USD - 172.50
Abraham Ortelius Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio

1570

USD - 402.50
Nicolas Visscher Insularum Melitae Vulgo Maltae et Gozae Novissima Delineatio

1680

USD - 1,092.50
Sebastian de Pontault Beaulieu Carte et Plan de l'Isle de Malthe et des Villes et Forts avec les Nouvelles Fortiffications Ainsy quelle sont Apresent

1680

USD - 1,150.00
Isaac Tirion Nieuwe Kaart van 't Eiland Maltha met Gozo en Comino...

1761

USD - 316.25
Mercator/Jansson Cyprus [on sheet with] Stalimini [and] Chius [and] Mitilene [and] Negroponte [and] Cerigo [and] Rhodus

1651

USD - 230.00
Braun & Hogenberg Candia [on sheet with] La Cita de Corphu

1575

USD - 316.25
Mercator/Hondius Candia cum Insulis Aliquot Circa Graeciam

1630

USD - 207.00
Frederick de Wit Insula Candia Ejusque Fortificatio

1688

USD - 747.50
Thomas Kitchin A New Map of the Island of Corsica, Divided Into Cantons, Called Pieves

1762

USD - 103.50
Abraham Ortelius Aeneae Troiani Navigatio ad Virgisij Sex Priores Aeneidos

1594

USD - 805.00
George Sandys Sandys Travels, Containing an History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire: Their Laws, Government, Policy, Military Force, Courts of Justice, and Commerce...

1673

USD - 575.00
Abraham Ortelius Lumen Historiarum per Orientem...

1624

USD - 517.50
Claes Janszoon Visscher Geographische Beschryvinge, van de Wandeling der Apostelen ende de Reysen Pauli...

1650

USD - 253.00
Athanasius Kircher Typus Communicationis Maris Caspii, cum Persico et Euxino

1682

USD - 172.50
Philipp Cluver Situs Chorographia et Flumina Paradisi in Terra Canaan

1711

USD - 80.50
Hartmann Schedel Folio XXIII Damascus

1493

USD - 207.00
Ortelius/Vrients Natolia

1601

USD - 80.50
Nicolas de Fer Veue des Dardanelles de Constantinople

1705

USD - 253.00
Christian van Adrichem Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum cum Tabulis Geographicis aere Expressis

1600

USD - 2,185.00
Ortelius/Vrients Terra Sancta

1601

USD - 69.00
Thomas Fuller Libanus et ejus Vicinia

1650

USD - 138.00
Nicolas Visscher Het Beloofde Landt Canaan door Wandelt van Onsen Salichmaecker Iesu Christo, Neffens syne Apostelen

1664

USD - 172.50
Anonymous Palestine Land of Strife

1945

USD - 57.50
Nicolas Visscher De Heylige en Wytvermaerde Stadt Ierusalem Eerst Genaemt Salem Genesis 14. Vers 18

1664

USD - 241.50
Willem Blaeu Asia Noviter Delineata

1630

USD - 690.00
Mercator/Jansson Asia

1651

USD - 115.00
Heinrich Scherer Religionis Catholicae per Totam Asiam Disseminatae Exhibitio Geographica

1710

USD - 287.50
Mercator/Hondius Tartaria

1635

USD - 92.00
Nicolas de Fer Grande Tartarie

1704

USD - 63.25
Didier Robert de Vaugondy Siberie ou Russie Asiatique, Tartarie Chinoise, Pays des Eluts et Isles du Japon

1762

USD - 69.00
Jacques Nicolas Bellin Carte de la Siberie et des Pays Voisins pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages

1752

USD - 57.50
Anonymous The Rising Sun Spreads Its Rays [together with] China Front

1941-45

USD - 460.00
John Thomson [& Co.] China

1815

USD - 138.00
Mercator/Hondius China

1609

USD - 253.00
Jacques Nicolas Bellin Carte des Isles du Japon et la Presqu Isle de Coree avec les Costes de la Chine Depuis Pekin Jusqua Canton

1746

USD - 276.00
Du Halde/D'Anville Carte la Plus Generale et qui Comprend la Chine, la Tartarie Chinoise, et le Thibet Dressee sur les Cartes Particulieres des RR PP Jesuites

1734

USD - 5,175.00
Mercator/Hondius Iaponia

1619

USD - 862.50
Mercator/Jansson Iaponia et Terra Eso

1651

USD - 373.75
Alain Manesson-Mallet Terre de Iesso

1683

USD - 115.00
Henry Abraham Chatelain L'Empire du Japon, Tire des Cartes des Japonnois

1719

USD - 805.00
Isaac Tirion Carte du Japon, Dressee sur les Cartes Japonnoises Memes, et sur les Observations de Mr. Kaempfer

1732

USD - 230.00
Ptolemy/Fries Tabula Nova Indiae Orientalis & Meridionalis

1541

USD - 2,645.00
Jan Jansson Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio

1638

USD - 1,150.00
Cantelli da Vignola/de Rossi Penisola dell India di la dal Gange Divisa ne i Regni, che in Essasi Contengono et Accresciuta di Varie Notizie...

1683

USD - 1,380.00
Mercator/Jansson Insulae Indiae Orientalis

1651

USD - 207.00
Ptolemy/Fries Tabula Duodecima Asiae Continet Taprobanam Insulam [Title on Verso]

1541

USD - 431.25
Ptolemy/Mercator Asiae XII Tab

1578

USD - 230.00
Mercator/Jansson India Orientalis

1651

USD - 172.50
Philipp Cluver Indiae Orientalis et Insularum Adiacentium Antiqua et Nova Descriptio

1711

USD - 172.50
Thomas Lopez y Vargas Machuca Las Indias Orientales y el Archipielago

1792

USD - 172.50
Didier Robert de Vaugondy Indostan, Presqu' Isles de l'Inde, Chine, Tartarie Independante

1761

USD - 92.00
Ptolemy/Mercator Asiae IX Tab:

1578

USD - 287.50
Mercator/Jansson Africae Descriptio

1630

USD - 172.50
Laurie & Whittle Africa, with All Its States, Kingdoms, Republics, Regions, Islands, &ca. Improved and Inlarged from d'Anville's Map; to Which Have Been Added a Particular Chart of the Gold Coast…

1794

USD - 575.00
Alexander A. Vuillemin Nouvelle Carte Illustre de l'Afrique Presentant les Grandes Divisions Physiques, la Distribution Geographique des Vegetaux et des Mineraux...

1860

USD - 253.00
Ptolemy/Fries Libyae Interioris Pars [Title on Verso: Tabula Tertia Aphricae]

1541

USD - 230.00
Abraham Ortelius Africae Propriae Tabula, in qua, Punica Regna Vides; Tyrios, et Agenoris Urbem

1590

USD - 316.25
Girolamo Ruscelli Tabula Aphricae II

1598

USD - 109.25
Abraham Ortelius Barbariae et Biledulgerid, Nova Descriptio

1598

USD - 230.00
Willem Blaeu Aethiopia Inferior, vel Exterior. Partes Magis Septentrionales, quae hic Desiderantur, Vide in Tabula Aethiopiae Superioris

1635

USD - 345.00
Ptolemy/Fries Tabula Nova Partis Africae

1541

USD - 1,150.00
Athanasius Kircher Hydrophylacium Africae Precipuum, in Montibus Lunae Situm, Lacus et Flumina Praecipua Fundens. Ubi et Nova Inventio Originis Nili Describitur

1682

USD - 345.00
Didier Robert de Vaugondy Congo, Cafrerie

1762

USD - 57.50
William Faden A Military Sketch of That Part of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, Bordering on the Caffres and Most Exposed to Their Depredations...

1818

USD - 373.75
Philip Buache Carte des Terres Nouvellement Connues au Nord de la Mer du Sud Tant du Cote de l'Asie que du Cote de l'Amerique…

1761

USD - 115.00
Robert Dudley Isole nel Mare di Sur Scoperte nel 1617. La Longitudine Comincia da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores d'Asia Carta XXII

1646

USD - 517.50
Robert Dudley Carta particolare del Mare del Sur che comincia con l'Isole di Salamone e finiscie con la Costa di Lima nel Peru

1661

USD - 690.00
Adam & Charles Black Australia

1896

USD - 69.00
Braun & Hogenberg Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Liber Primus

1574

USD - 11,500.00
Robert de Vaugondy/Delamarche Atlas d'Etude, pour l'Instruction de la Jeunesse, Compose de Trente-Six Cartes...

1790

USD - 1,380.00
  • 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
  • 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.