Freeman's | Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana, 6417, Philadelphia

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
Page Size: 289 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
231 Wallhausen, Johann Jacobi von.

Manuale Militare oder Kriegsmanual...

Frankfurt 1616 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
232 Bizet, Georges.

Autograph Note, signed

No place no date. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 320.00
233 Hammerstein, Oscar, II, and Richard Rodgers, and Joan Roberts.

Group of 2 Signed Items

New York 1944 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
234 Meyerbeer, Giacomo

Autograph Music Quotation, signed

No place no date. USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
235 Puccini, Giacomo.

Group of 2 Signed Items

Autograph Letter, signed<br>Milan, January 5 1908 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
236 Smith, Patti.

Kodak

Philadelphia 1972 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
237 [Springsteen, Bruce]

Concert Poster for The Bottom Line, August 13-17, 1975

Greenwich Village, New York 1975 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 384.00
238 [Springsteen, Bruce]

An Archive Related to the 1980-81 Tour For "The River"

Locations vary Germany, England, and the United States 1981 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
239 Verdi, Giuseppe.

Autograph Letter, signed

No place no date. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 576.00
240 Wagner, Richard.

Autograph Note, signed

Sorrento no date possibly 1876. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
241 Audubon, John James.

American Bison or Buffalo. Female, Young and Male...

Philadelphia 1845 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,160.00
242 Audubon, John James.

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories

New York/Philadelphia 1839-1840-44. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 28,800.00
243 Darwin, Charles, and Richard Owen, and George R. Waterhouse.

The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., During the Years 1832-1836...

London 1838-40. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
244 Duppa, Richard.

The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

London 1816 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,024.00
245 Everard, (Giles).

Panacea; or The Universal Medicine, Being a Discovery of the Wonderfull Vertues of Tobacco Taken in a Pipe, With Its Operation and Use both in Physick and Chyrurgery

London 1659 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 768.00
246 Feuillee, Louis.

Journal des Observations Physiques, Mathematiques et Botaniques, Faites par l'ordre du Roy sur les Cotes Orientales de l'Amerique Meridonale, & dans les Indes Occidentales, depuis l'annee 1707.

Paris 1714 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 768.00
247 Knorr, Georg Wolfgang.

Verlustiging der oogen en van den geest, of Verzameling van allerley bekende Hoorens en Schulpen...

Amsterdam 1770-75. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,800.00
248 Manwood, John.

A Treatise and Discourse of the Lawes of the Forrest

London 1598 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
249 Michaux, F(rancois). Andrew.

The North American Sylva, or A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia...

Paris 1819 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,560.00
250 Paulli, Simon.

Commentarius de Abusu Tabaci Americanorum Veteri, et Herbae thee Asiaticorum in Europa Novo...

Strassburg 1665 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 384.00
251 Pliny, The Elder.

The Historie of the World: Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secondus

London 1634 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,792.00
252 Sinclair, Isabella.

Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands

London 1885 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,160.00
253 Sowerby, James.

English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants...

London 1790-1814; 1831-1849. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 640.00
254 [Sowerby, James, et al.]

Archive of Various Material, Including Manuscripts, Family Items, and Books

ca. late 18th to early 20th centuries. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 12,800.00
255 Wilson, Alexander, and Charles Lucian Bonaparte, and Sir William Jardine.

American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States

London 1832 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 832.00
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.