Early American: History Auction, 112225, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126

Rare Set of Three Civil War Era Carte de Visite Photographs showing a Little Girl wearing glasses, and dressed as a Patriot as LADY LIBERTY with her TOY DRUM, by Rasmussen Art Studio, Rock Island, Il., Very Fine.

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
127

c. 1850-1860, Pen and Ink Silhouette of a Young Woman with a resemblance to Belle Boyd, the famous female Confederate Spy from Virginia, Period Framed, Very Fine

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 617.50
128

1881 ARMY-NAVY CLUB OF CONNECTICUT - Silk Ribbon

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
129

July 20, 1905-Dated, (GAR) Yellow Silk Ribbon printed with: 27th Annual Reunion the Soldiers & Sailors Association of Cleveland O. at the White City on the Lake July 20, 1905 Admit One, Very Fine.

USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 143.00
130

c. 1860 Civil War Era, ABRAHAM LINCOLN Presidential Campaign, Rare Illustrated Printed Satyrical Cartoon Attacks Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Aspirations, Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858

USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
131

1860s Civil War Period, Carte de Visite Photograph, of a Bearded President Abraham Lincoln, Very Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 650.00
132

c. 1862 President Lincoln and his First Term Cabinet, Civil War Carte de Visite, by E & H.T. Anthony, New York, Very Fine.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 286.00
133

1864 President Abraham Lincoln Carte de Visite Photo O-95 by Wenderoth + Taylor

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
134

Civil War Union Major General David Hunter, Carte-de-Visite Published by E. & H.T. Anthony from a Negative by Brady, NY, Headed the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Trials, Choice Very Fine.

USD 240.00 - 280.00 USD 208.00
135

1860 Jugate Portrait Beardless Abraham Lincoln / Hannibal Hamlin Presidential Campaign Letter Sheet with Matching Envelope, used in 1870 by the noted Writer and Diplomat Edmund Flagg (1815-1890), Very Fine.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
136

1860 Presidential Campaign, The Fence That Uncle Abe Built., Abraham Lincoln Portrait Vignette Postal Cover (Walcott 189) with Beardless Lincoln portrait vignette, 3c rose Washington Stamp tied Dec 4th Norfolk, Va. circular date stamp, Fine+.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
137

1862 Civil War Period, Colorful, Buly for Lincoln, Hand-Written Political Sentiment on a Abraham Lincoln Stamped Patriotic Postal Cover (Walcott 203) by an Identified Union Soldier, Very Fine

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
138

September 9, 1864-Dated Civil War Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Imprint, headed: The Presidential Election, Appeal of the National Union Committee to the People of the United States, urging the reelecting President Abraham Lincoln, Choice EF.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,105.00
139

June 1, 1865-Dated Lincoln Assassination Mourning Period, PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PROVIDENCE ON THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN..., by William Binney, Printed by Knowles, Anthony + Co., 10 x 6 inches, 56 pages Complete, Providence, RI, Fine

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 520.00
140

ABRAHAM LINCOLN - THE SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT, Original Calligraphic Artwork Portrait created in Pen and Brown Ink, his Portrait measuring 9.75 x 11.5 inches within its original brown pen and ink decorative border measuring full to 17" x 14", captioned

USD 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
141

Group of Three Abraham Lincoln Related Engraved Printed Illustrations such as; The Lincoln and Douglas Meeting, etc

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
142

ABRAHAM LINCOLN Original PROOF ENGRAVING By the AMERICAN BANK NOTE Co. Engraver CHARLES SCHLECHT (1843-1932), Very Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 520.00
143

c. 1860 Civil War Era, Colorful Glass Lantern Slide, No. 10, titled, (Abraham) Lincoln on Flat Boat, by Moore, Hubbell + Company, Masonic Temple, Chicago, Very Fine

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
144

c. 1860 Civil War Era, Presidential Campaign Colorful Glass Lantern Slide, No. 12, titled, Debate with Douglas, with image of a Breadless Abraham Lincoln, Choice Extremely Fine

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 455.00
145

c. 1864 Civil War Era, Abraham Lincoln Political Glass Lantern Slide, No. 16, titled, "Taking Oath of Office" (as President), Choice Extremely Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
146

c. 1865 Abraham Lincoln Mourning Stereoview with the Mathew Brady Bearded President Lincoln (no Brady imprint but it is the famous Mathew Brady Photo used for the U.S. Five Dollar Bill on each side at center, Choice Extremely Fine or better.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 364.00
147

c. 1865 Civil War Era, Abraham Lincoln Mourning Period, Stereoview published by E. & H.T. Anthony + Co., Labeled, Lincoln Memorial. Dissected Leaves., Choice Very Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 520.00
148

President Abraham Lincoln Mourning Stereoview Card Photograph, by I. L. Rogers, titled, PHANTOM LEAVES, Extremely Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
149

1865 Abraham Lincoln Assassination Memorial Stereocard titled, SKELETON LEAVES

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
150

Abraham Lincoln Mourning Stereoview published by John P. Soule, Boston, Mass., 1874 titled "Skeleton Leaves", Very Fine.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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