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

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026

Page Size: 89 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
56	NIEBUHR, R.G.	THE HISTORY OF ROME, 1842-1847. 4 VOLS.	London	1828--1842 [1844].	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 1,560.00
57	[Young, (Edward)].	THE WORKS ON THE AUTHOR OF THE NIGHT-THOUGHTS, 5 VOL.	London	[1773-1774].	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 422.50
58		ELEVEN VOLUMES OF LEATHER-BOUND EUROPEAN TRAVEL AND LITERATURE		mid 19th and early 20th c.,	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 715.00
59	FERRERO, GUGLIELMO.	GREATNESS AND DECLINE OF ROME, C. 1909. 5 VOLS.	New York	[1909]	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 260.00
60		RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY EDMUND DULAC. C. 1909	London	ca. 1909	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 162.50
62		GROUP OF EARLY UNITED STATES AND NORTH AMERICAN MAP BOOKS			USD 80.00 - 120.00	USD 130.00
63	EMERSON, RALPH WALDO.	EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. JOURNALS, 1820--1872. LARGE PAPER EDITION, ONE OF 600 NUMBERED COPIES. TEN VOLUMES.		1820--1872	USD 350.00 - 500.00	USD 520.00
64	RAND MCNALLY	RAND MCNALLY ART DECO 12-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, CIRCA 1930		CIRCA 1930	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 1,040.00
65		GROUP OF MENUS AND EPHEMERA FROM SS ANDREA DORIA FINAL YEAR, 1956		1956	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
66	KENNETH O'DONNELL	TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY KENNETH O'DONNELL ON WHITE HOUSE LETTERHEAD, NOVEMBER 13, 1961, WITH ORIGINAL WHITE HOUSE MAILING ENVELOPE		1961	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
67		PAIR OF LETTERS RELATING TO CBS NEWS COVERAGE OF JFK ASSASSINATION, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1963, INCLUDING SIGNED WALTER CRONKITE LETTER		1963	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 487.50
68	THOMAS DEWEY	THOMAS DEWEY TYPED LETTER SIGNED AS GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, APRIL 20, 1950, WITH ORIGINAL MAILING ENVELOPE		1950	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
69		THE HARVARD CLASSICS BOOK COLLECTION, 1909-1910		1909-1910	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 487.50
70	CORMAC MCCARTHY,	THE ROAD. FIRST EDITION.			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 422.50
72	AGATHA CHRISTIE	SPARKLING CYANIDE BY AGATHA CHRISTIE, FIRST EDITION IN BESPOKE FINE LEATHER BINDING WITH CUSTOM TITLING AND ILLUSTRATION, TOP EDGE SILVERED,	London	1945	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 910.00
73	ALPHONSE DAUDET	OEUVRES COMPLETES DE ALPHONSE DAUDET. 18 VOLS.	PARIS	1899-1901,	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
74		GROUP OF 23 ANTIQUARIAN BLACK AND DARK LEATHER FINE MOROCCAN BINDINGS WITH GILT TOOLING			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 260.00
75		GROUP OF 23 FINE RED LEATHER BOUND VOLUMES, 18TH-19TH CENTURY			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 292.50
76	ROBERT BURNS	THE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS IN FOUR VOLUMES, 1806	London	1806	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
77	C.J. JACKSON,	C.J. JACKSON, HISTORY OF ENGLISH SILVER PLATE, 2 VOLS, 1911; WITH ENGLISH GOLDSMITHS AND THEIR MARKS, 1905		1911; 1905	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 65.00
78	NICOLAY, JOHN G. & HAY, JOHN.	ABRAHAM LINCOLN: A HISTORY. BY NICOLAY AND HAY. 10 VOLS.	New York	1904	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 487.50
79	CORMAC MCCARTHY	CORMAC MCCARTHY FIRST EDITION LOT WITH CITIES OF THE PLAIN, THE CROSSING. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, THE PASSENGER; INCLUDES EARLY PAPERBACK AND COMMENTARY			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 130.00
80		THE GREAT EVENTS OF THE GREAT WAR SERIES, 7 VOLS WITH FRAGMENTS FROM FRANCE, 78TH DIVISION HISTORY			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 104.00
81	HENRY DAVID THOREAU	THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU. 11 VOLS.	Boston and New York	ca. 1890s--early 1900s.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 487.50
82	NORVINS, JACQUES DE.	HISTOIRE DE NAPOLEON. 4 VOLS.	PARIS	1834	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 390.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.