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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 02, 2026 - January 02, 2026
Page Size: 304 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Landrum, Francis

Guardian account for Apple and Sophia Landrum kept by Francis Landrum, with reference to hiring and sale of slaves they owned

No place c.1837-1840 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
102

The Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser

Boston, Massachusetts State July 6, 1780 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 162.50
103 Anson, George

A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas

London 1748 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 437.50
104 Lee, Daniel & E. Redmond, editors

Southern Cultivator: Devoted Exclusively to the Improvement of Southern Agriculture

Augusta, Georgia February, 1856 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
105

Photograph album documenting the construction of the Piney Creek Bridge

[1931] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
106 Larson, Roger Keith

Controversial James: An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James

San Francisco 1991 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
107 Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Spanish Exploration in the Southwest, 1542-1706, editor

New York [1916] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 100.00
108 C. Lang Neil

Pictorial Palestine: Ancient and Modern

London 1901 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
109

Oakland, California

[c.1910] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
110

Articles of agreement between James Otis, Hall McAllister and Ercrett N. Bee as co-partners in a mercantile business

San Francisco August 25, 1892 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
111

Thee bills of lading for hats being shipped from New York to San Francisco via the California Fast Freight Line

New York 1876 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
112 Seyd, Ernest

California and its Resources: A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant

London 1858 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 175.00
113 Ruggles, George D.

Printed orders announcing a General Court Martial to be held at Fort Sedgwick, Colorado Territory, listing the court officers, with Henry Carrington ranking

Omaha, Nebraska February 8, 1869 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
114 Austin, William

Autograph letter signed by William Austin, a Lieutenant in the Union Army, with a c.d.v. of him in uniform with a sword

Alexandria, VA & Baltimore, MD 1864 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 125.00
115 Carrington, Henry B., Colonel

Report of Col. H.B. Carrington 18th Regt. U.S. Infantry Head Quarters Columbus, Ohio, Under specification No. 5 Genl. Orders 33 Dated War Dept. June 18th 1861.

Camp Thomas, near Columbus, Ohio 1861 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 50.00
116

Two volumes on early Kansas regiments

1867-1902 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
117 Cramer, T. Dudley

The Pecos Ranchers in the Lincoln County War

Oakland [1996] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
118 Domenech, Emmanuel

Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America

London 1860 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
119 Breen, Patrick

The Diary of Patrick Breen: Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierras 1846-47

San Francisco 1946 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 87.50
120 Foster, Harry L.

A Gringo In Manana-land

New York 1924 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
121 Garland, H.P.

The Water Buffalo (Often Called the Mud Buffalo): Its Characteristics and Habits Together With a Description of the Preparation of Its Hide for Making Rawhide Loom Pickers

Saco, Maine [1922] USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
122

An Address by the Hawaiian Branches of the Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of Veterans, and Grand Army of the Republic to Their Compatriots in America Concerning the Annexation of Hawaii

Washington, D.C. 1897 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 112.50
123 Hearn, Lafcadio

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

New York 1904 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
124

Celebrate at Emmett July 4th. Big Fireworks Display at Night

Emmett, ID c.1920 USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 25.00
125 Kugler, Francis

History of Frederick the Great

London n.d. USD 10.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000