Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Book Auction, 31326, Lancaster
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 13, 2026 - March 13, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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| 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 |
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2 June - 9 JulySotheby’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. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
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