Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Book Auction, 31326, Lancaster

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 13, 2026 - March 13, 2026

Page Size: 401 items in 17 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Horsch, John	Mennonites in Europe	Scottdale, Pa.	1942	Not Available	Unknown
2		A Global Mennonite History [series]	Intercourse, Pa.	N/A	Not Available	Unknown
3		The Mennonite Experience in America [series]	Scottdale, Pa.	N/A	Not Available	Unknown
4	Smith, C. Henry	The Story of the Mennonites	Newton, Kan.	1950	Not Available	Unknown
5	Keim, Albert N.	Harold S. Bender, 1897-1962	Scottdale, Pa.	1998	Not Available	Unknown
6	Wenger, John Christian	The Doctrines of the Mennonites: A Brief Interpretaion of the Theology of the Anabaptists. . . .	Scottdale, Pa.	1952	Not Available	Unknown
7	Miller, Susan Fisher	Culture for Service: A History of Goshen College, 1894-1994	Goshen, Ind.	1994	Not Available	Unknown
8	Kauffman, J. Howard	The Mennonite Mosaic: Identity and Modernization	Scottdale, Pa.	1991	Not Available	Unknown
9	Shenk, Wilbert R.	By Faith They Went Out: Mennonite Missions, 1850-1999	Elkhart, Ind.	2000	Not Available	Unknown
10	Bender, Urie A.	Soldiers of Compassion	Scottdale, Pa.	1969	Not Available	Unknown
11	Epp, Frank H.	Mennonite Exodus: The Rescue and Resettlement of the Russian Mennonites Since the Communist Revolution	Altona, Man.	1962	Not Available	Unknown
12	Bainton, Roland H.	Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace: A Historical Survey and Critical Re-Evaluation	New York	1960	Not Available	Unknown
13	Hudson, Winthrop S.	Religion in America: An Historical Account of the Development of American Religious Life	New York	1992	Not Available	Unknown
14	Fox, Robin Lane	Pagans and Christians	San Francisco	1988, c1986	Not Available	Unknown
15	Gonzalez, Justo L.	A History of Christian Thought	Nashville	c1970-75	Not Available	Unknown
16	Bainton, R.	Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther		N/A	Not Available	Unknown
17	Warren, D.M.	An Elementary Treatise on Physical Geography, to Which Is Added a Brief Description of the Physical Phenomena of the United States	Philadelphia	1873	Not Available	Unknown
18	Sloane, William Milligan	Life of Napoleon Bonmaparte	New York	1901	Not Available	Unknown
19		The Letters of Charles Lamb, in Which Many Mutilated Words and Passages Have Been Restored to Their Original Form. . . .	Boston	1905	Not Available	Unknown
20	Shackleton, Robert	Unvisited Places of Old Europe	Philadelphia	1914	Not Available	Unknown
21	Johnson, Willis Fletcher	History of the Johnstown Flood	Philadelphia, Pa.	1889	Not Available	Unknown
22	Hartzell, James H.	History of the Thaddeus Stevens Trade School	Lancaster, Pa.	1955	Not Available	Unknown
23		Addresses and Writings of George F. Baer	Lancaster, Pa.	1916	Not Available	Unknown
24	Brewer, E. Cobham	Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tell	London	[ca. 1890?]	Not Available	Unknown
25	Rev. David Thomas	The Homilist	London	[1852-58]	Not Available	Unknown

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604

Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.