Freeman's | Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana, 6426, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 285 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 BURNS, John Horne (1916-1953)

The Gallery

New York and London 1947 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 896.00
102 BURNS, Robert (1759-1796

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Philadelphia 1788 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 832.00
103 BURNS, Robert (1759-1796)

Autograph letter signed ("Robt. Burns"), to Frances Dunlop (addressed as "Mrs. Dunlop")

Mauchline 2 August 1788 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 41,600.00
104 TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892)

[CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT]. SANGORSKI, Alberto, calligrapher and illuminator. -- Le Morte d'Arthur

[London] [ca 1910] USD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 41,600.00
105 JONES, Jack, editor

[CHICAGO POETRY]. The Dill Pickler Poetry

Chicago 1925 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,216.00
106 CLEMENS, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910)

A Tramp Abroad

Hartford 1880 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 21,760.00
107 COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, known as (1873-1954)

Les Vrilles de la Vigne

Paris 1930 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 384.00
108 CONNELL, Evan S. (1924-2013)

Mrs. Bridge [and] Mr. Bridge

New York 1959, 1969 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,664.00
109 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

London April 1836 - November 1837 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,216.00
110 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

London 1837 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 704.00
111 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

London 1837 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 384.00
112 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress

London 1838 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,200.00
113 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress

London 1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,880.00
114 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

London 1843 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,320.00
115 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas

Philadelphia 1844 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,048.00
116 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

[Christmas Books]...

London 1843-1848 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,400.00
117 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Battle of Life. A Love Story

London 1846 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
118 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Tale of Two Cities

London 1859 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,200.00
119 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Tale of Two Cities

London 1859 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,560.00
120 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

Great Expectations

London 1861 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 16,640.00
121 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

A playing card game entitled, "Characters of Charles Dickens"

[London] [ca 1880] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
122 WARD, Adolphus William (1837-1924)

[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. -- Dickens

London 1882 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,560.00
123 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Charles P. Johnson, editor

London n.d. [1887] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
124 DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)

A group of 5 FIRST EDITIONS, IN ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, comprising: Dombey and Son...

London October 1846 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,840.00
125 DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

London 1868 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,400.00
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    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
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