Potomack Company: Books, Maps and Historical Memorabilia, 21226, Alexandria

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Auction Date
February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026
Page Size: 89 items in 4 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH AS PRESIDENT TO MOLLIE DORF, SECRETARY TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
2 ANDREW ELLICOTT

ANDREW ELLICOTT'S PLAN OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON 21.5 x 30 in

N/A USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,400.00
3

THE WASHINGTON GUIDE.

WASHINGTON CITY 1837 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 357.50
4 MARSHALL, JOHN.

MARSHALL, JOHN. OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES... IN THE CASE OF SAMUEL A. WORCESTER VS THE STATE OF GEORGIA.PRESENTATION COPY.

WASHINGTON 1832 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 715.00
5 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT; MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WHITE HOUSE: PERSONAL ARCHIVE OF SECRETARY MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE

N/A USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,525.00
6 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL & FORMAL WHITE HOUSE MATERIAL, 1930S-1940S

1930S-1940S USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
7 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT -- GROUP OF THREE SIGNED CARDS INCLUDING WHITE HOUSE AND NEW YORK EXECUTIVE MANSION STATIONERY

N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 910.00
8 MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

THE MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT RESEARCH ARCHIVE

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 6,175.00
9 HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TLS AS FIRST LADY TO ROOSEVELT SECRETARY MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE: "IF YOU EVER WANT TO VISIT YOUR FORMER HAUNTS, I WOULD LIKE TO HOST YOU," AUGUST 7, 1995

1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 227.50
10 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

COLLECTION OF THE FAMILIAR LETTERS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLISHED

N/A USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 292.50
10A Craige, John H.

CANNIBAL COUSINS. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.

New York 1934 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
15

WATERGATE -- GROUP OF TWELVE SIGNED BOOKS, INCLUDING RICHARD NIXON

N/A USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
16 ANDREW JACKSON

MEMOIRS OF ANDREW JACKSON, MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

Hartford 1819 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 78.00
17

TRAU KEINEM FUCHS AUF GRUNER HEID UND KEINEM JUD BEI SEINEM EID

Nuremberg [c. 1938] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,690.00
18

EASTON AND FRANKLIN LEATHER EDITIONS, CLASSIC AMERICAN & WORLD LITERATURE, 10 VOLS

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 292.50
19 Walton, [Izaak]; Browne, Moses.

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; OR CONTEMPLATIVE'S MAN RECREATION, 1759.

London [1759]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 520.00
20 TOM LAMB

RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT BY TOM LAMB, 1992, FROM THE ESTATE OF GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL Frame: 13 x 21 1/2 in. (33.02 x 54.61 cm.)

1992 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
21

EASTON PRESS LEATHER EDITIONS: EARLY AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT, 10 VOLS

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 292.50
22

FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER EDITIONS: PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVELS. 4 VOLS.

N/A USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 65.00
23

EASTON PRESS LEATHER EDITIONS: THE CIVIL WAR & LINCOLN, 4 VOLS

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
24

EASTON PRESS FINE BINDINGS FROM 100 GREATEST BOOKS SERIES; INCLUDES TRISTAM SHANDY, THE RED AND THE BLACK, THE ESSAYS OF FRANCIS BACON, TWO PLAYS BY MOLIERE, THE TALES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 91.00
25

GROUP OF FINE BINDINGS INCLUDING EASTON AND FRANKLIN LIBRARY, FROM GREATEST BOOKS SERIES; CANDIDE BY VOLTAIRE, THE ORESTEIA BY AESCHYLUS, THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADRAMS, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY HENRY JAMES AND DIOLOGUES

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 130.00
26 BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH ALTERMAN.

BILLY BUDD SAILOR: AN INSIDE NARRATIVE. SIGNED BY BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH ALTERMAN. LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED 65 OF 185 COPIES

(MOUNT HOLLY) 1987 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 910.00
27

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. ELEVENTH EDITION, 1910-1911, 28 VOLS (A-Z)

1910-1911 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
28

MEMORIAL BOOK OF THE SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY AND OF THE CEREMONIES INAUGURATING PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 227.50
  • 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.
  • Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500
    Old 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 25
    Jeschke 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 century
    Jeschke Jádi
    Rare Book Auction 159
    Saturday April 25
    Jeschke 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 25
    Jeschke 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 25
    Jeschke 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.
  • Swann
    Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
    April 23, 2026
    Swann, 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, 2026
    Swann, 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, 2026
    Swann, 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, 2026
    Swann, 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.
  • Sotheby’s
    Précieuses reliures d’une bibliophile
    Collection Georgette J. Salles
    Open for bidding 8-29 April
    Apr. 8-29: Delaunay, Sonia — Blaise Cendrars. La Prose du Transsibérien. 1913. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Picasso, Pablo — Georges Hugnet. La Chèvre-feuille. 1943. €80,000 to €120,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Schmied, François-Louis ─ Joseph-Charles Mardrus. Cantique des cantiques. 1925. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Bonnard, Pierre — Paul Verlaine. Parallèlement. 1900. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Apr. 8-29: Derain, André — Guillaume Apollinaire. L’Enchanteur pourrissant. 1909. €20,000 to €30,000.