Alexander Historical Auctions: Militaria & Americana Live Auction -Fall 2025 Day 2, 111425, Chesapeake City

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 14, 2025 - November 14, 2025
Page Size: 821 items in 33 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1307

(UNION NAVY) BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT AND RECRUITING REQUESTS MORE MEN

USD 140.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1308

(UNION NAVY) MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT THOMAS SMITH

USD 160.00 - 200.00 USD 182.00
1309

2ND VIRGINIA CAVALRY OFFICERS (2)

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 156.00
1310

(UNION NAVY) GIDEON WELLES AND WILLIAM L. HUDSON

USD 160.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
1311

(UNION NAVY) MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT HUGH MALLOY

USD 160.00 - 200.00 USD 182.00
1312

(UNION NAVY) REAR ADMIRALS JOSEPH SMITH AND SAMUEL L. BREESE DISCHARGE A SPARMAKER TO JOIN THE ARMY

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 182.00
1313

(UNION NAVY) XANTHUS R. SMITH

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 117.00
1314

WESLEY MERRITT

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
1315

WILLIAM B. BATE

USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 117.00
1316

WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1317

WILLIAM BARKSDALE

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.00
1318

WILLIAM C. P. BRECKINRIDGE

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 78.00
1319

WILLIAM C. P. BRECKINRIDGE

USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
1320

WILLIAM D. SMITH

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 975.00
1321

WILLIAM G. 'PARSON' BROWNLOW

USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 52.00
1322

WILLIAM H. C. WHITING

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1323

WILLIAM H. KEIM

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1324

WILLIAM H. KEIM

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1325

WILLIAM H. MORRIS

USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
1326

WILLIAM H. PENROSE

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 65.00
1327

WILLIAM H. T. BROOKS

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1328

WILLIAM H. TRESCOT

USD 140.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1329

WILLIAM J. HARDEE

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 156.00
1330

WILLIAM LAMB

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1331

WILLIAM M. BARBOUR

USD 160.00 - 200.00 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.