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
76	Hershberger, Guy F.	War, Peace, and Nonresistance.	Scottdale, Pa.	1953	Not Available	Unknown
77	Dyck, Peter & Elfrieda	Up from the Rubble.	Scottdale, Pa.	1991	Not Available	Unknown
78	Smith, C. Henry	The Story of the Mennonites.	Newton, Kan.	1957	Not Available	Unknown
79	Schrag, Martin H. Edited by Harley J. Stucky.	The European History (1525-1874) of the Swiss Mennonites from Volhynia.		1974	Not Available	Unknown
80	Mathiot, Charles	Recherches Historiques sur les Anabaptistes de L'Ancienne Principauté de Montbeliard, d'Alsace et du Territoire de Belfort. Essais sur l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français, vol. 5	Flavion	1969	Not Available	Unknown
81	Oyer, John S., and Robert S.	Kreider Mirror of the Martyrs: Stories of Courage, Inspiringly Retold, of 16th Century Anabaptists Who Gave Their Lives for Their Faith.	Intercourse, Pa.	1990	Not Available	Unknown
82	Bainton, Roland H.	The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century. 12th printing.	Boston	1965, c1952.	Not Available	Unknown
83	Sharp, John E.	A School on the Prairie: A Centennial History of Hesston College, 1909-2009.	Telford, Pa.	2009	Not Available	Unknown
84	Shank, J.W., [et al.]	The Gospel Under the Southern Cross: A History of the Argentine Mennonite Mission of South America, Celebrating Its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, 1917-1942.	Scottdale, Pa.	1943	Not Available	Unknown
85	Weaver, Edwin & Irene	The Uyo Story [Nigeria].	Elkhart, Ind.	1970	Not Available	Unknown
86	Dyck, Peter & Elfrieda	Up from the Rubble.	Scottdale, Pa.	1991	Not Available	Unknown
87	Kauffman, Christmas C.	Not Regina.	Scottdale, Pa.	1954	Not Available	Unknown
88	Kauffman, Christmas C.	For One Moment: A Biographical Story.	Scottdale, Pa.	1960	Not Available	Unknown
89	Kauffman, Christmas C.	Search to Belong. 2nd printing.	Scottdale, Pa.	1963	Not Available	Unknown
90	Zimmermann, Katharina	Die Furgge.	Bern	1989	Not Available	Unknown
91	Augsburger, Myron S.	Pilgrim Aflame. 2nd printing.	Scottdale, Pa.	1971, c1967.	Not Available	Unknown
92	Wiebe, Rudy	First and Vital Candle.	Grand Rapids, Mich.	1966	Not Available	Unknown
93	Reed, Ken Yoder	Both My Sons: A Novel.	Morgantown, Pa.	2016	Not Available	Unknown
94	Bauman, Elizabeth H.	Coals of Fire.	Scottdale, Pa.	c1954.	Not Available	Unknown
95	Yaguchi, Yorifumi. Edited by Wilbur J. Birky.	The Poetry of Yorifumi Yaguchi: A Japanese Voice in English.	Intercourse, Pa.	2006	Not Available	Unknown
96	Hoover, Amos B.	Hoover Kalender. [5th ed.].	Ephrata, Pa.	2021	Not Available	Unknown
97	Kauffman, J.	Howard The Mennonite Mosaic: Identity and Modernization.	Scottdale, Pa.	1991	Not Available	Unknown
98	Yoder, John	Täufertum und Reformation in der Schweiz. Vol. 1: Die Gespräche zwischen Täufern und Reformatoren, 1523-1538.	Karlsruhe	1962	Not Available	Unknown
99	Unruh, Benjamin H.	Die niederländisch-niederdeutschen Hintergründe der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert.	Karlsruhe	1955	Not Available	Unknown
100	Dagen, Paul L.	Seedtime and Harvest: Historyof Alabama-Northwest Florida District Mennonite Churches, 1942-1987.	[Lancaster, Pa.	1987	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.