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
257 [Jefferson, Thomas]. Tucker, George.

The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States...

Philadelphia 1837 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
258 [Kennedy, John F.] Sinatra, Frank, and Ella Fitzgerald, and Harry Belafonte, et al.

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Gala Program, signed

Washington, D.C. 1961 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,880.00
259 Lincoln, Abraham.

Autograph Document

Near Rushville, Illinois, 1832 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
260 Lincoln, Abraham, and Stephen A. Douglas.

Autograph Document, signed

Schuyler County, Illinois 1839 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
261 Lincoln, Abraham.

Partially-printed Document

Illinois 1852 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,240.00
262 Lincoln, Abraham.

Manuscript Document, signed

Sangamon County, Illinois, June 1855 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,400.00
263 Lincoln, Abraham.

Autograph Letter, signed

Springfield, Illinois, 1859 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
264 [Lincoln, Abraham]

By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation

Washington, D.C. 1863 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 70,350.00
265 [Lincoln, Abraham] Seward, William H.

Printed Circular Letter

Washington, D.C. 1862 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,240.00
266 [Lincoln, Abraham]

National Inauguration Ball Invitation, March 4, 1865

Washington, D.C. 1865 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,536.00
267 [Lincoln, Abraham] Nicolay, John G., and John Hay.

Abraham Lincoln A History

New York 1890 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,048.00
268 [Madison, James]

Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Sundry Documents Relating to a Declaration and Order in Council of the British Government, of the Twenty-First of April, 1812

Washington City 1813 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 704.00
269 Roosevelt, Theodore.

Partially-Printed Check, signed

New York, January 12 1912 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,216.00
270 [Roosevelt, Franklin D.] Suckley, Margaret L., and Alice Dalgliesh.

The True Story of Fala

New York 1942 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,048.00
271 George Washington, Esqr.

General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army in America

London 1775 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,664.00
272 [Arion Press] Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme.

The Physiology of Taste or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy

San Francisco 1994 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
273 [Arion Press] Joyce, James.

Ulysses

San Francisco 1988 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 16,640.00
274 [Cranbrook Press]

The Revelation of Saint John the Divine

Detroit 1901 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
275 [Kelmscott Press]

Some German Woodcuts of the Fifteenth Century

Hammersmith 1897 but issued 1898 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,200.00
276 [Morris, William] Ovid, and Raphael Regius.

Metamorphosin cum luculentissimis Raphaelis Regii enarrationibus...

Venice 1509 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,680.00
277 [Vale Press] [Gray, John]

The Parables From the Gospels

London 1903 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,408.00
278 Calvin, John.

The Commentaries...upon the Actes of the Apostles...

London 1585 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
279 Calvin, John.

The Institution of Christian Religion

London 1634 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,920.00
280 Calvin, John.

Group of 5 Titles

Geneva 1551 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
282 Niceron, Jean Francois.

La Perspective curieuse

Paris 1652 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
  • 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.