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
76 Edited by Harold S. Bender and C. Henry Smith

The Mennonite Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Work on the Anabaptist-Mennonite Movement

Hillsboro, Kan. 1955-59 Not Available Unknown
77 Gratz, Delbert L.

Bernese Anabaptists and Their American Descendants

Scottdale, Pa. 1953 Not Available Unknown
78 Armour, Rollin Steely

Anabaptist Baptism: A Representative Study

Scottdale, Pa. 1966 Not Available Unknown
79 Toews, John B.

Lost Fatherland: The Story of the Mennonite Emigration from Soviet Russia, 1921-1927

Scottdale, Pa. 1967 Not Available Unknown
80 Friedmann, Robert

The Theology of Anabaptism: An Interpretation

Scottdale, Pa. 1973 Not Available Unknown
81 Coggins, James Robert

John Smyth's Congregation: English Separatism, Mennonite Influence, and the Elect Nation

Waterloo, Ont. 1991 Not Available Unknown
82 E.J. Furcha, editor

The Essential Carlstadt: Fifteen Tracts by Andreas Bodenstein (Carlsadt) from Karlstadt

Waterloo, Ont. 1995 Not Available Unknown
83 Burkholder, Roy S.

Be Not Conformed to This World: A Narrative History of the Weaverland Mennonites, 1900-1975

Lititz, Pa. 1997 Not Available Unknown
84 Ruth, Philip

O'er Stormy Seas: The Far-Flung Family of Mart and Mattie Zimmerman

Denver, Pa. 2009 Not Available Unknown
85

Oak Grove Mennonite Church, 1957-2007

[Aroda, Va.] [2007?] Not Available Unknown
86 Schmucker, Jane

Living Our Name, 175 Years: Oak Grove Mennonite Church, Smithville, Ohio

1993 Not Available Unknown
87 Sprunger, Eva F.

The First Hundred Years: A History of the Mennonite Church in Adams County, Indiana, 1838-1938

Berne, Ind. 1938 Not Available Unknown
88 Sommers, Martin J.

Through the Sands of Time

[Hartville, Ohio] [199-?] Not Available Unknown
89

Calendar of the Weaverland Conference Mennonite Churches

1976-79, 1981-82, 1984-99, 2004-18 Not Available Unknown
90 Keim, Albert N.

The CPS Story: An Illustrated History of Civilian Public Service

Intercourse, Pa. 1990 Not Available Unknown
91 Hiebert, Clarence

The Holdeman People: The Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, 1859-1969

South Pasadena, Calif. 1973 Not Available Unknown
92 Towell, Larry

The Mennonites: A Biographical Sketch [Old Colony Mennonites]

[London, Ont.] [2000] Not Available Unknown
93 Geiser, S.H.

Die Taufgesinnten Gemeinden

1971 Not Available Unknown
94 Cober, Doris B.L.

Stories Around the Buckwalter Table

2019 Not Available Unknown
95 Fisher, Jonathan B.

A Trip to Europe and Facts Gleaned Along the Way. . . .

Sugarcreek, Ohio 1911 Not Available Unknown
96

Gesangbuch mit Noten. Hrsg. von der Allgemein Conferenz der Mennoniten von Nord-Amerika

Berne, Ind. 1890 Not Available Unknown
97 Reed, Ken Yoder

Both My Sons: A Novel

Morgantown, Pa. 2016 Not Available Unknown
98 Klimuska, Ed.

Lancaster County

Stillwater, Minn. 1998 Not Available Unknown
99 Loose, John W.W.

The Heritage of Lancaster

Woodland Hills, Calif. 1978 Not Available Unknown
100

The Three Earls: An Historical Sketch, and Proceedings of the Centennial Jubilee, Held at New Holland, Pa., July 4, 1876

New Holland 1876 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
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, 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 - 250,000
    Bonhams, 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 - $120,000
    Bonhams, 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 - 120,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, 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 - $1,700
    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.