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
205 Dickens, Charles.

Autograph Note

London, 1861 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 960.00
206 Dickens, Charles.

Autograph Check, signed

London 1866 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,152.00
207 Dickens, Charles.

Autograph Envelope, signed

London 1869 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 704.00
208 [Dickens, Charles]. Taylor, Alfred Henry.

Original Pencil and Wash Portrait, with an Autograph Letter, signed

London, ca.1840. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,120.00
209 [Dickens, Charles] Clarke, Joseph Clayton ("Kyd").

Collection of 186 Original Character Illustrations

London, ca.1880s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,840.00
210 [Dickens, Charles]

Reynolds, George W.M. Pickwick Abroad; Or, The Tour in France

London 1838-39. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,880.00
211 Doyle, Arthur Conan.

Works

London 1903 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,840.00
212 Fante, John.

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

New York 1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
213 Joyce, James.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

New York 1916 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 576.00
214 [Lakeside Classics]

A Complete Collection of 117 titles published in R.R. Donnelley's "Lakeside Classics" Series

Chicago 1903-2019. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,792.00
215 Mitchell, Margaret.

Gone With the Wind

New York 1936 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,200.00
216 Orwell, George.

Animal Farm A Fairy Story

London 1945 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 768.00
218 Steinbeck, John.

The Grapes of Wrath

New York 1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,152.00
219 Stevenson, Robert Louis.

Treasure Island

Boston 1884 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,280.00
220 [Stoker, Bram]. FitzGerald, William.

Original Sketchbook

Dublin, etc., ca.1875-80s. USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,088.00
221 Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

Adah Isaacs Menken A Fragment Of Autobiography

London 1917 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 896.00
222 Tagore, Rabindranath.

Group of 6 Signed Titles

New York 1915-16. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,160.00
223 Williams, William Carlos.

The Clouds, Aigeltinger, Russia, &c.

Aurora, New York 1948 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
224 Mercator, Gerard.

Group of 4 Hand-Colored Engraved Maps

Amsterdam, ca.1620. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,432.00
225 Smith William.

A New Map of Sussex, Divided into Hundreds, Exhibiting Its Roads, Rivers, Parks, &c.

London Jan. 1819 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,664.00
226

Collection of 29 Maps of France, ca. 1800

Paris, ca.1800. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
227 Hoste, P. Paul.

L'Art des Armees Navales, ou Traite des Evolutions Navales...

Lyon 1697 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,088.00
228

The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, From the Year 1793 to 1817

London 1817 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,560.00
229 Nelson, Horatio.

Autograph Letter, signed

No place ca.1803. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,040.00
230

The Naval Chronicle...

London 1799-1818. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
  • 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.