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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 350 | Horsch, John | The Mennonites: Their History, Faith and Practice |
Elkhart, Ind. | 1893 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 351 | Journal of Christian K. Nissley, East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1860-March 30, 1867 |
Dillsburg, Pa. | [2016] | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 352 | Graybill, J. Paul, [et al.] | Noah H. Mack: His Life and Times, 1861-1948 |
N/A | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 353 | Funk, John F. | A Biographical Sketch of Bish |
Elkhart, Ind. | 1887 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 354 | Mombert, J.I. | [An Authentic History of Lancaster County: In the State of Pennsylvania] |
[Lancaster, Pa.] | [1869] | Not Available | Unknown |
| 355 | Weitenkampf, Johann Friederich | Vernunftige Trostgrunde bey den traurigen Schickfalen der Menschen |
Lancaster | 1825 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 356 | [Combination Atlas Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania] |
[Philadelphia] | [1875] | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 357 | Hannes Eby Death and Burial Record: Life and Death in Old Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1806-1845 |
Lancaster, Pa. | 2012 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 358 | Sigman, Michael W. | Reflections of a Country Village: A History of Conestoga, 1805-1980 |
1980 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 359 | Edited by Robert C. Denlinger | Paradise, Our Heritage, Our Home |
1997 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 360 | 300 Years in Paradise, 1712-2012, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Paradise, Pa. | 2012 | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 361 | Lancaster County Architecture, 1700-1850 |
[Lancaster, Pa.] | [1992] | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 362 | Souvenir, Bainbridge Ice and Flood, March 8th, 1904: Including Middletown, Red Hill, Falmouth, Collins, Locust Grove, Bilmyer, Shock's Mills, Safe Harbor and York Haven |
[Bainbridge, Pa.] | [1904?] | Not Available | Unknown | |
| 363 | A Guide to the Birds of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
1984 | Not Available | Unknown | ||
| 364 | Mayhill, R. Thomas | Index and Abstract of Deeds of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Deed Books A Through K (1729-1766) |
[Knightstown, Ind.] | 1965 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 365 | Wright, F. Edward | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Church Records of the 18th Century |
Westminster, Md./ewes, Del. | 1999-2001 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 366 | Collins, Kenneth W. | Covered Bridges of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
[Elizabethtown, Pa.?} | 2009 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 367 | Forbes, David R. | A True Story of the Christiana Riot |
Quarryville, Pa. | 1898 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 368 | Brubaker, Jack | Down the Susquehanna to the Chesapeake |
University Park, Pa. | 2002 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 369 | Crews, C. Daniel | Through Fiery Trials: The Revolutionary War and the Moravians |
Winston-Salem, N.C. | 1996 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 370 | Snyder, John, [et al.] | A History of West Perry and Monroe Township, Juniata and Snyder County |
N.p. | [1968] | Not Available | Unknown |
| 371 | Gayman, Robert F. | History of Dillsburg, Pa., 1901-1950: From Hitching Post to Drive-In Theater |
Dillsburg, Pa. | 2001 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 372 | Johnson, Willis Fletcher | History of the Johnstown Flood |
[Philadelphia] | 1889 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 373 | Weaver, William Woys | Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking |
New York | 1993 | Not Available | Unknown |
| 374 | Herr, Donald M. | Pewter in Pennsylvania German Churches |
Birdsboro, Pa. | 1995 | Not Available | Unknown |
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Sotheby's Book Week
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 -
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 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old 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 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950