• 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 Details

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
Pieter van der Aa Mexique ou Nouvelle Espagne, Suivant les Nouvelles Observations de Messrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, Etc. Augmentees de Nouveau

1713

USD - 287.50
Lawson Anahuac, or the Empire of Mexico, the Kingdoms of Acolhuacan & Michuacan &c as They Were in the Year 1521

1824

USD - 172.50
Arnoldus Montanus Nova Mexico

1671

USD - 402.50
Arnoldus Montanus Portus Acapulco

1671

USD - 126.50
Pieter Goos Pascaerte van Nova Hispania Chili, Peru, en Guatimala

1666

USD - 345.00
Nicolas Sanson Audience de Guatimala

1683

USD - 86.25
John Tallis Central America

1850

USD - 80.50
John Tallis Isthmus of Panama

1850

USD - 103.50
Nicolas Sanson De Antillische Eilanden, waar Onder Zyn de Lucaysche en Caribesche

1705

USD - 172.50
Coronelli/Nolin Archipelague du Mexique. Ou sont les Isles de Cuba, Espagnole, Iamaique, etc. avec les Isles Lucayes, et les Isles Caribes, Connues sous le Nom d'Antilles

1742

USD - 977.50
van Keulen [Family] Pas Kaart vande Zuyd Kust van Cuba en van Geheel Yamaica en Andre Bygeleegen Plaatsen

1684

USD - 345.00
Victor Levasseur Amerique Meridionale

1854

USD - 74.75
Nicolas Sanson 'T Vaste Landt van 't Niew Koningryk Granada enz.

1705

USD - 80.50
Jacques Nicolas Bellin Carte des Provinces de Cartagene, S Marthe et Venezuela pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages

1754

USD - 86.25
Willem Blaeu Guiana sive Amazonum Regio

1635

USD - 218.50
Nicolas Sanson Guiana, Verdeelt in Guiana en Caribana

1705

USD - 115.00
John Tallis Brazil

1850

USD - 103.50
Nicolas Sanson Paraguay Verdeelt in zyn Voornaamste Deelen Volgens de Laatste Reisbeschryvinge

1705

USD - 86.25
Nicolas Sanson Peru, en de Loop van den Amazoonstroom

1705

USD - 80.50
Cornelis Wytfliet Peruani Regni Descriptio

1597

USD - 345.00
Anonymous Cusco

1671

USD - 126.50
Nicolas Sanson Chili, Getrokken uit Alfonso de Oualle, Jesuit, en in Dertien Rechts-Gebieden Verdeelt

1705

USD - 92.00
Robinson Plan of the Bay of Conception in Chili...

1798

USD - 69.00
Nicolas Sanson De Straat van Magellanes met het Magellanisch Landt en d'Eilanden

1705

USD - 172.50
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas Caerte van de Strate ende Passage by Iacob le Maire...

1622

USD - 230.00
Jacques Nicolas Bellin Carte Reduite de l'Ocean Meridional Contenant Toutes les Costes de l'Amerique Meridionale depuis l'Equateur … les Costes d'Afrique qui leur sont Opposees…

1753

USD - 195.50
Jan Huygen van Linschoten Vera Effigies et Delineatio Insulae Sanctae Helenae, qua Ortum Occasum, et Septentrionem Spectat...

1595

USD - 460.00
Jansson/Valk & Schenk Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, Alias Barmudas Dictarum, ad Ostia Mexicani Aestuary...

1700

USD - 575.00
Ernest Clegg Map Showing the Overland and Overseas Flights of Charles A. Lindbergh Colonel and Flight Comdr. 110th Observation Sqdn. Missouri Nat. Guard

1928

USD - 1,150.00
Ortelius/Marchetti Septentrionalium Regionum Descriptio

1667

USD - 172.50
Jefferys/Sayer & Bennett [A Chart of North and South America, Including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the Nearest Coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia- Sheets I and II]

1775

USD - 690.00
Abraham Ortelius Europam, sive Celticam Veterem...

1595

USD - 747.50
Ortelius/Marchetti Europa

1667

USD - 92.00
John Gibson Europe

1758

USD - 63.25
Victor Levasseur Europe

1854

USD - 51.75
William Camden Guili. Camdeni Viri Clarissimi Britannia, sive Florentiss. Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae...

1639

USD - 1,725.00
Mercator/Jansson Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutlandia, et Norfolcia

1651

USD - 92.00
Mercator/Jansson Norfolciae Descriptio. Petrus Kaerius Caelavit

1651

USD - 92.00
Robert Morden Lincolnshire

1695

USD - 103.50
John Speed Kent with Her Cities and Earles Described and Observed

1611

USD - 1,955.00
Braun & Hogenberg Cantuarbury

1620

USD - 575.00
Johannes Blaeu Suthsexia; Vernacule Sussex.

1646

USD - 276.00
Johannes Blaeu Comitatus Dorcestria, sive Dorsettia; Vulgo Anglice Dorset Shire

1646

USD - 230.00
Edward Mogg The Strangers Guide to London and Westminster, Exhibiting All the Various Alterations & Improvements Complete to the Present Time

1809

USD - 241.50
Ortelius/Marchetti Scotiae Descriptio

1667

USD - 80.50
Johann Baptist Homann Magnae Britanniae pars Septentrionalis qua Regnum Scotiae in Suas Partes et Subjacentes Insulas Divisium Accurata Tabula

1730

USD - 316.25
Ortelius/Marchetti Irlandia

1667

USD - 92.00
Alain Manesson-Mallet Royaume d'Irlande

1685

USD - 74.75
Francois Halma 'T Koningryk van Yrlandt, Verdeelt in zyne Groote Landschappen

1705

USD - 207.00
Mercator/Jansson Gothia

1651

USD - 80.50
Ortelius/Marchetti Daniae Regni Typus

1667

USD - 126.50
Henry Abraham Chatelain Carte de l'Etat du Royaume de Dannemarck et Diverses Observations pour Conduire a l'Intelligence de l'Histoire et du Gouvernements de ce Royaume

1720

USD - 126.50
Anonymous Nice - Grand Hotel des Palmiers...

1930

USD - 92.00
Francois Halma Parys

1705

USD - 230.00
SDUK Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Western Division of Paris. Containing the Quartiers / Eastern Division of Paris. Containing the Quartiers

1835

USD - 126.50
Abraham Ortelius Regni Hispaniae Post Omnium Editiones Locupleissima Descriptio

1598

USD - 431.25
Ortelius/Marchetti Portugalliae que olim Lusitania Novissima et Exactissima Descriptio

1667

USD - 92.00
Abraham Ortelius Germaniae Veteris, Typus

1587

USD - 373.75
Braun & Hogenberg Lippe [on sheet with] Dortmund

1620

USD - 373.75
Matthaus Merian Speyer

1638

USD - 138.00
Braun & Hogenberg Dantzigt

1575

USD - 862.50
Francois Halma Praag

1705

USD - 230.00
Sebastian Munster Von dem Teutschen Landt

1588

USD - 86.25
Francois Halma Weenen

1705

USD - 138.00
Ortelius/Marchetti Poloniae Descriptio

1667

USD - 126.50
Nicolas Sanson Wit Ruslandt of Muskovien

1705

USD - 172.50
Braun & Hogenberg Moscauw

1575

USD - 3,162.50
Jansson/Pitt Taurica Chersonesus, Hodie Przecopsca, et Gazara Dicitur

1680

USD - 207.00
Mercator/Jansson Morea olim Peloponensis

1651

USD - 92.00
Sebastian Munster Italie Beschreibung nach Aller Seiner Gelegenheit/ in Voelckern/ Stetten/ Bergen/ Waessern...

1588

USD - 103.50
Ortelius/Marchetti Siena

1667

USD - 80.50
Sebastian Munster Regn. Neapolit. Mare Mediterraneum

1588

USD - 57.50
Braun & Hogenberg Perusia Gratu Musis in Tuscia Domicilium

1620

USD - 345.00
Mercator/Jansson Siciliae Regnum

1651

USD - 138.00
Sebastian Munster Melita

1588

USD - 80.50
Frederick de Wit Insula Malta Accuratissime Delineata, Urbibus, et Fortalitiis

1680

USD - 1,035.00
Ortelius/Marchetti Candia olim Creta

1667

USD - 92.00
Mercator/Hondius Corsica [on sheet with] Sardinia [together with] Sicilia

1635

USD - 172.50
Sebastian Munster Corsica

1588

USD - 69.00
Abraham Ortelius Argonautica

1624

USD - 805.00
Pierre Duval L'Empire des Turcs en Toute son Estendue

1661

USD - 86.25
J. Wandelaer The Kingdoms of Armenia, Pontus, Cappadocia, Media &c.

1750

USD - 126.50
Nicolas Sanson Syrien, en Diarbeek Verdeelt in Hunne Scheidingen

1705

USD - 115.00
Danckerts/Wetstein De Gelegentheyt van 't Paradys en 't Landt Canaan. Mitsgaders d' Eerst Bewoonde Landen der Patriarchen...

1718

USD - 184.00
Ortelius/Marchetti Natoliae quae olim Asia Minor Nova Descriptio

1667

USD - 115.00
Hartmann Schedel CCLVII [Constantinople]

1493

USD - 402.50
Benito Arias Montanus Terrae Israel Omnis Ante Canaan Dictae in Tribus Undecim Distributae Accuratissima...

1572

USD - 977.50
Abraham Ortelius Palaestinae sive Totius Terrae Promissionis Nova Descriptio Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sigenensi

1618

USD - 517.50
Daniel Stoopendaal Perigrinatie ofte Veertich-Iarige Reyse der Kinderen Israels. Uyt Egypten door de Roode Zee, ende de Woestyne, tot in't Beloofde Landt Canaan...

1704

USD - 138.00
Nicolas Sanson Geographiae Sacrae Tabula, in qua Terra Promissa in Suas Tribus Partesq. Distincta

1705

USD - 172.50
Mercator/Jansson Persici vel Sophorum Regni Typus

1651

USD - 115.00
Nicolas Sanson Turcomania, Georgien Commanie

1705

USD - 86.25
Ptolemy/Fries Tabula Octava Asiae Continet Scythiam Extra Imaum Montem, & Sericam [Title on Verso]

1541

USD - 184.00
Ortelius/Marchetti Asiae Nova Desc

1667

USD - 115.00
Victor Levasseur Asie

1854

USD - 92.00
Jacques Nicolas Bellin Carte de la Tartarie Occidentale pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages. Tiree des Auteurs Anglois

1749

USD - 69.00
Mercator/Hondius China

1635

USD - 207.00
Nicolas Sanson 'T Ryk van China

1705

USD - 230.00
Nicolas Sanson De Eilanden van Japan

1705

USD - 287.50
Ortelius/Marchetti Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Tiipus

1667

USD - 115.00
  • 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.