Early American: History Auction - rescheduled , 122725, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 27, 2025 - December 27, 2025
Page Size: 134 items in 6 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
83

1812-Dated War of 1812 Membership Book Titled: (George) Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States, Published for the Washington Benevolent Society, Fine.

1812 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,470.00
86

c. Jan. 9th, 1800 George Washington Mourning Broadside, Order of Performances / INSTRUMENTAL DIRGE. / PRAYER, By REV. DR. ECKLEY. / HYMN, / Written At The Request... Arrangement By Rev. John S. J. Gardner.

1800 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 14,300.00
87

September 9, 1783-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Rare Issue, The Connecticut Courant Newspaper, Edition No. 972, special heading reading: The Last Official Address of his Excellency General Washington -

Head Quarters, Newburgh June 1783. USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 14,300.00
91 Attributed to EDWARD SAVAGE

c 1793 Mezzotint Engraving titled: George Washington. President of the United States of America. From the Original Portrait Painted at the request of the Corporation of the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts.

c 1793 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,500.00
92 After John Trumbull

1796 General Washington. Rare Stipple Engraving After John Trumbulls Painting

1796 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,525.00
93

March 18, 1801-Dated, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Late President of the United States of America, Federal Period Engraved Print titled,

USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,640.00
95

c. 1860 Mid 19th-century George Washington Large Engraved Portrait, After the original Landsdowne Painting by Gilbert Stuart

c. 1860 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
96

c. 1899 SAMUEL ARLENT EDWARDS Artist Signed PROOF Print, of George Washington, After James Sharples' Painting, Framed Choice Mint.

c. 1899 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
97

1819-Dated, George Washington Memorial Textile Kerchief, Portrait of Washington after the famous Bowling Green Portrait

1819 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,900.00
101

Croswell Libel Case 1804, Exceedingly rare important Freedom of the Press + First Amendment related Imprint

1804 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,120.00
102

July 11, 1798-Dated Imprint titled, Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Accompanying a Report and Statement of the Sums Necessary to be Appropriated on Account of the Compensation of the Secretary of the Navy,...

1798 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
106 JAMES MADISON

War of 1812 Anti-British Acts Passed + Approved by Congress Signed JAMES MADISON

USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
107

War of 1812 Governor of PA Orders Col. Wayne to Report to the Commander in Chief

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 715.00
109 John Henry Eaton

The LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON, MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES

1824 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
110

September 4th, 1816-Dated, Partially-Printed Official Baltimore Arsenal Receipt to The United States

1816 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
111

February 9, 1788-Dated Federal Period, Partially-Printed Rhode Island Continental (Congress) Loan Receipt Form from the Office of William Ellery as the Loan-Officer

1788 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,600.00
112

c. 1825, USS Constitution, a.k.a. Old Ironsides, Partially-Printed Navy Pay Document

c. 1825 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 520.00
113 J. O. Lewis

1825-Dated, Hand-Colored Lithograph by Lehman + Duval titled, Painted at the treaty of Prairie du Chien 1825

1825 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
117 Charles Balthazar Julien Fvret de Saint-Mmin

c. 1807, Beautifully framed original Portrait of John Carlyle Herbert of Alexandria, Virginia, Choice Mint.

c. 1807 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 780.00
118

1864 Civil War Era, Engraved Print A Literary Party at the Home of Washington Irving by Alonzo, Chappel created with a collage of images from photographer Matthew Brady

1864 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 650.00
123

The Queen's Neutrality Proclamation... for Britain during the existing hostilities between the United States and the States calling themselves the Confederate States of America.

1862 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,300.00
124

c 1865 Civil War Original Calligraphic Drawing of McClellan Commanding his Staff

c 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
127

July18, 1862-Dated Civil War Period, Manuscript Document Special Order No. 205", by Command of Major General David Hunter.

1862 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 845.00
128

1865 Civil War Bucks County, Pennsylvania $300 Enlistment Bounty Fund 6% Bond

1865 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 520.00
129

May 1, 1861 Rare Breaking News Early Civil War Printed Broadside / Handbill Headed: A Naval Engagement - The United States Triumphant !!

1861 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,340.00
  • 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
  • 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