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Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500 -
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th centuryJeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839. -
Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
April 16, 2026Doyle, Apr. 16: Twelve miscellaneous volumes on Italian history and literature. $100 to $200.Doyle, Apr. 16: A fine collection of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments. $4,000 to $6,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: A Book of Hours of Rouen with eight miniatures. $30,000 to $45,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: Einstein discusses General Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: Extraordinary color plates of the geology of St. Helena. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Apr. 16: The deluxe issue of Rorer's Mimpish Squinnies. $800 to $1,200. -
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Freeman's | Hindman: Printed and Manuscript Americana, 6465, Philadelphia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinton, De Witt. | Group of 3 Partially-Printed Manumission Documents |
New York | 1811 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,200.00 |
| 2 | Yardley, Samuel. | Manuscript Indenture of Servitude and Manumission |
Newtown, Pennsylvania, | April 8, 1790 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,520.00 |
| 3 | Armstrong, Louis. | Autograph Letter, signed, and Signed Photograph |
Framingham, Massachusetts, | 1967-08-11 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Baldwin, James. | Giovanni's Room |
New York | 1956 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 5 | Baldwin, James. | Go Tell it on the Mountain |
New York | 1953 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 6 | Ball, Charles. | Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, a Black Man; Who lived forty years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a Slave... |
Lewistown, Pennsylvania | 1836 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 7 | DeMond, Rev. | Abraham Lincoln. Inscribed Cabinet Card |
Cortland, New York | 1889 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 832.00 |
| 8 | [Douglass, Frederick] | Carte de Visite Portrait |
No place, | ca. 1868 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 9 | Kennedy, John F. | Typed Document and Three Mimeographed Sheets |
N/A | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,280.00 | |
| 10 | King, Martin Luther, Jr. | Signed Program |
Atlanta, Georgia, | 1965-01-27 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 11 | The Negro Caesars Cure for Poyson |
N/A | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,960.00 | ||
| 12 | Peterkin, Julia, and Doris Ulmann. | Roll, Jordan, Roll |
New York | 1933 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | The Result of the Fifteenth Amendment, And the Rise and Progress of the African Race in American and its final Accomplishment, and Celebration on May 19th A.D. 1870 |
Baltimore | 1870 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 | |
| 14 | Simone, Nina. | Lengthy Autograph Letter, signed |
N/A | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,536.00 | |
| 15 | [Truth, Sojourner] | I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance |
Rochester, New York | 1864 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 16 | Webb, Richard D. The Life and Letters of Captain John Brown... |
London | 1861 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 | |
| 17 | Wright, Richard. | 12 Million Black Voices A Folk History of the Negro in the United States |
New York | 1941 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 18 | 1778 Manuscript Continental Army Muster List |
Norton, Attleboro, etc., Massachusetts | 1778 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,160.00 | |
| 19 | [Aitken, Jane] Thomson, Charles (translator). | The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Covenant, Commonly Called the Old and New Testament: Translated From the Greek |
Philadelphia | 1808 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 |
| 20 | Bodrero, James. Nicls. Ludington, Esq. | charters Mr. Robt. Fulton's new steam vessel Clermont for a merry voyage on the placid bosom of the Hudson River |
N/A | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Adams, Samuel. | Autograph Letter, signed |
Boston, | September 19, 1779 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 15,360.00 |
| 22 | Clinton, George. | Autograph Letter, signed |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 | |
| 23 | (Dickinson, John, and Thomas Jefferson). | A Declaration of the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in General Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms |
N/A | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 76,800.00 | |
| 24 | Faden, William, and Claude Joseph Sauthier. | A Plan of the Operations of the King's Army under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, K.B. in New York and East New Jersey, against the American Forces Commanded By General Washington... |
London | February 25, 1777 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 |
| 25 | Force, Peter. | In Congress, July 4, 1776... [Declaration of Independence] |
Washington., D.C. | ca. 1833 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 41,600.00 |
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Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000. -
S&D Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
Rare Maps, Prints & Art 1478-1882
April 16, 2026SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Ptolemy. North Africa from Ulm edition. Unique copy. 1482-86.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Blaeu. Masterpiece world map. c.1659.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Unknown. Sea Flags printed on silk. Rare. c.1840.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Fredrik Kolstø. Aftenstemning ved Kysten. c.1890-t.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Knut Yran. OL-plakaten Oslo 1952.