Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Book Auction, 71423, Lancaster

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 14, 2023 - July 14, 2023

Page Size: 399 items in 16 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
352		Christian Living.	Scottdale, Pa.	1954-1961	Not Available	Unknown
353	Rice, Charles S.	Meet the Amish: A Pictorial Study of the Amish People.	New Brunswick, [N.J.]	1947	Not Available	Unknown
354	Steinmetz, Rollin C.	The Amish Year. Photographs by Charles S. Rice.	New Brunswick, N.J.	1956	Not Available	Unknown
355	Good, Phyllis Pellman	Amish Children. Photographs by Jerry Irwin.	Intercourse, Pa.	2000	Not Available	Unknown
356	Luthy, David	The Amish in America: Settlements That Failed, 1840-1960.	Aylmer, Ont.	1986	Not Available	Unknown
357	Gingerich, Hugh F.	Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies.	Gordonville, Pa.	1986	Not Available	Unknown
358	Edited by Katie Beiler.	Descendants and History of Christian Fisher (1757-1838).		2023	Not Available	Unknown
359	Davis, Richard Warren	Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners (An Aid to Mennonite Family Research). Vols. 1-3.	Provo, Utah	1995-99.	Not Available	Unknown
360		National Genealogical Society Quarterly.	Arlington, Va.	1984-2010	Not Available	Unknown
361	Cassel, Daniel K.	Geschichte der Mennoniten. Von Menno Simons' Austritt aus der Römisch-Katholischen Kirche in 1536 bis zu deren Auswanderung nach Amerika in 1683.	Philadelphia:	1890	Not Available	Unknown
362	Gerlach, Horst	Bildband zur Geschichte der Mennoniten.	Oldenstadt	1980	Not Available	Unknown
363		70 unfolded dust jackets for Golden Apples in Silver Bowls: The Rediscovery of Redeeming Love (1999) (wrapped in paper, 9" x 21", vgc).		1999	Not Available	Unknown
364	Stoll, Joseph	Fire in the Zurich Hills.	Aylmer, Ont.	1973	Not Available	Unknown
365	Kauffman, Christmas C.	Light from Heaven.	Scottdale, Pa.	1948	Not Available	Unknown
366	Kauffman, Christmas C.	Not Regina.	Scottdale, Pa.	1954	Not Available	Unknown
367	Kauffman, Christmas C.	For One Moment: A Biographical Story.	Scottdale, Pa.	1960	Not Available	Unknown
368	Kauffman, Christmas C.	Search to Belong.	Scottdale, Pa.	1963	Not Available	Unknown
369	Myers, Anna Balmer	Patchwork: A Story of "The Plain People."	Philadelphia	1920	Not Available	Unknown
370	Shultz, Lawrence W.	Schwarzenau Yesterday and Today: Where the Brethren Began in Europe.	Milford, Ind.	1954	Not Available	Unknown
371	Brumbaugh, Martin G.	A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America.	Elgin, Ill.	1906	Not Available	Unknown
372		History of Little Swatara Church of the Brethren, 1757-2007.	Morgantown, Pa.	2007	Not Available	Unknown
373	Gleim, Elmer Q.	The History and Families of the Black Rock Church of the Brethren (1738-1988), Anniversary Volume.	[Brodbecks, Pa.	1988	Not Available	Unknown
374	Cooper, H. Austin	Two Centuries of Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, 1762-1962 [Somerset County, Pa.].	Westminster, Md.	1962	Not Available	Unknown
375	Kent, Homer A., Sr.	250 Years--Conquering Frontiers: A History of th Brethren Church.	Winona Lake, Ind.	1958	Not Available	Unknown
376	[Rupp, I. Daniel]	[History of Lancaster County. To Which Is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Early History of Pennsylvania.	Lancaster, Penn.	1844	Not Available	Unknown

Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7

Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.

Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000

Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000

Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500

Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026

Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000

Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000

Forum, 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
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.