Sothebys: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana , N11899, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025
Page Size: 99 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1001

Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Beginning the Twenty-Eighth day of November, 1776, and Ending the Second day of October, 1781.

Philadelphia 1782 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
1002 Pennsylvania. House of Representatives.

Instructions for Inlisting Rifle-Men, in the Service of Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia? ca.March 1776 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Unknown
1003 Anonymous 19th-Century American Maritime Artist

Album of 17 pen-and-ink, watercolor and wash drawings of American subjects (one of Canada)

New York? circa 1816-1827 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
1004 Arrowsmith, Aaron

Chart of the West Indies and Spanish Dominions in North America

London 1803 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
1005

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusettes-Bay, Rhode-Island and Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia .

New-London 1784 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
1006 Audubon, John James

Ornithological Biography, or an account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America;

Edinburgh & London 1831, 1834, 1835, 1838, 1849 i.e. 1839 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
1007 Birch, William --- Samuel Seymour (engraver)

The City of New York in the State of New York, North America.

Springland, near Bristol, PA ca.1820 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Unknown
1008 Bodmer, Karl

Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde. Mandan Indians. [Tab. 20]

Paris, Coblenz, and London 1839-1842 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
1009 Bodmer, Karl

Pehriska-Ruhpa. Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Danse. [Tab. 23].

Leipzig 1922 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
1010 Bodmer, Karl

Pehriska-Ruhpa. [A Minatarre or Big-Bellied Indian]. [Tab. 17].

Paris, Coblenz, and London 1839-1842 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
1011

The Votes and Proceedings of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in Town Meeting Assembled, According to Law, the 5th and 18th days of November. 1773.

Boston 1773 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
1012

[Bound volume of 44 pieces of lithographed Confederate sheet music].

Richmond, Columbia, Augusta, and elsewhere 1863-64 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
1013 Curtis, Edward

The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska.

Cambridge, Mass. 1916 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Unknown
1014 Curtis, Edward

The North American Indian being a Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska.

Cambridge, Mass. 1930 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
1015 Davis, Jefferson

Autograph letter signed ("Jefferson Davis"),

1878 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
1016 Faden, William --- Bernard Ratzer

The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called the Jerseys

London December 1st 1777 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
1017

The Freedman's Primer; or First Reader.

Boston 1864 USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
1018

Six works mostly concerning the English colonies in America

1695-1770 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
1019 Gordon, William

The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America,

London 1788 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
1020 Grant, Ulysses S., Eighteenth President, as Major General, United States Army

Autograph letter signed ("U. S. Grant | Maj. Gen."), 3 pages (244 x 193 mm) on a bifolium, Head Quarters, Dept. of the Tenn., Holly Springs, Mississippi, 28 December 1862, to Brigadier General Isaac F. Quinby

1862 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
1021 Hoover, Herbert

The Child's Bill of Rights

No place Washington, D.C.? no date circa 1923? USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Unknown
1022 Howdell, Captain Thomas (after)

A South East View of the City of New York, in North America... [with:] A South West View of the City of New York, in North America...

London ca. 1768 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Unknown
1023 Jefferson, Thomas

Printed document signed ("ThJefferson") as Secretary of State, being an official printing of "An Act respecting the Government of the Territories of the United States North West and South of the River Ohio."

Philadelphia 1792 USD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00 Unknown
1024 Jefferys, Thomas

The West-India Atlas; or, a Compendious Description of the West-Indies: Illustrated with forty correct charts and maps, taken from actual surveys.

London 1775 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 Unknown
1025 (Key, Francis Scott)

"Fort Mc. Henry, or, The Star Spangled Banner, Sung with great applause by Mr. Hardinge, at the Theatre Baltimore. Air, Anacreon in Heaven,"

Philadelphia after 9 October 1814 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Unknown
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    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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    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.