Leland Little Auctions: Collectible Books, Maps and Documents, 12226, Hillsborough, NC

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026
Page Size: 74 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3001 Jan Van Vianen (fl. 1698-1726),

Plans for Ancient Roman Military Camps. Being a three-part copperplate engraving that illustrates the precision typical of Roman military installations.

Not Available USD 360.00
3002 Catherine de' Medici

Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589), Letter Signed to Monsieur de Fourquevaulx

Escouen, July 18 1567 Not Available USD 1,800.00
3003 Catherine de' Medici

Manuscript Document Signed by Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589)

Circa 1570s Not Available USD 1,440.00
3004

JOURNALS OF CONGRESS: CONTAINING THEIR PROCEEDINGS [FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 1774, TO NOVEMBER 3, 1788]. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. (12) volumes (of a total of 13).

Philadelphia 1800-1801 Not Available USD 2,520.00
3005 John Quincy Adams

AN ORATION ADDRESSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1831, THE FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Boston 1831 Not Available USD 1,920.00
3006 U.S. Grant

PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U.S. GRANT.

New York 1885-1886 Not Available USD 1,320.00
3007 John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy's Handwritten Notes on Africa as Senator

circa late 1950s Not Available USD 900.00
3008 Margaret Thatcher

The Downing Street Years

Norwalk, CT 1993 Not Available USD 570.00
3009 Frances Perkins.

PEOPLE AT WORK.

New York 1934 Not Available USD 1,080.00
3010 John Thomson.

A NEW GENERAL ATLAS, CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF GEOGRAPHICAL DESIGNS, ON VARIOUS PROJECTIONS, EXHIBITING THE FORM AND COMPONENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE; ...

Edinburgh; London; Dublin Not Available USD 1,680.00
3011 A. J. Johnson.

JOHNSON'S WESTERN HEMISPHERE [and] JOHNSON'S EASTERN HEMISPHERE.

New York 1862 or 1863 Not Available USD 180.00
3012 Joseph Roux.

CARTE DE LA MER MEDITERRANEE EN DOUZE FEUILLES.

Marseille 1764 (dated) Not Available USD 3,240.00
3013 Sir Robert Dudley

CARTA PRIMA GENERALE D'AMERICA DELL' INDIA OCCIDENTALE E MARE DEL ZUR.

Florence 1646 Not Available USD 2,520.00
3014 Sir Robert Dudley

CARTA QUINTA GENERALE DI EUROPA.

Florence circa 1646. Not Available USD 1,200.00
3015 [John Henry Banks].

A BALLOON VIEW OF LONDON. [AS SEEN FROM HAMPSTEAD.]

London circa 1851 Not Available USD 1,440.00
3016 Covens and Mortier

Two Detailed 18th-Century Maps of India from Covens and Mortier

18th-Century Not Available USD 300.00
3017 Johannes Blaeu; Martino Martini.

KIANGSI, IMPERII SINARUM PROVINCIA OCTAVA.

Amsterdam 1655 or later. Not Available USD 120.00
3018 Lu Hongnian

No Room in Bethlehem

17th century(?) Not Available USD 3,720.00
3019 Lu Hongnian

Fore-edge painting of "Bound but Free Jesus before the Crucifixion," 1936-1942

16th century(?) Not Available USD 4,080.00
3020 Frederick Hartt (text); Takashi Okamura (photographs).

THE SISTINE CHAPEL. (2) volumes (complete).

New York 1991 Not Available USD 450.00
3021 Nell Dorr.

MOTHER AND CHILD.

New York 1954 Not Available USD 60.00
3022 Richard Meryman; Andrew Wyeth.

ANDREW WYETH.

Boston 1969 Not Available USD 4,440.00
3023 Ansel Adams.

IMAGES 1923-1974.

Boston 1974 Not Available USD 2,880.00
3024 Aime Maeght, ed.

DERRIERE LE MIROIR, nos. 142-148.

Paris 1964 Not Available USD 480.00
3025

An Extremely Scarce Book of Essays and Two Harlem Photography Books

1993 Not Available USD 120.00
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000