• Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.
    Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.
  • 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.
  • 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 - 30,000
    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

Gorringes: House & Garden Sale, 200426, Lewes

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 20, 2026 - April 20, 2026
Page Size: 28 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1339

C. Adami's Erdglobus, an early 20th century globe, Berlin, 1903, on turned wood stand, 62cm high

 Berlin 1903 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 130.00
1412

A 19th century Jamieson’s family bible in two volumes

 N/A GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 52.00
1451

A Ghostbusters, 1984, quad film poster

 1984 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 39.00
1475 Yoshida Hiroshi; Ben Bruce Blakeney

Yoshida Hiroshi printmaker, Ben Bruce Blakeney, the foreign affairs Association of Japan, July 1950,

 Saint Nicholas Street Leicester 1950 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 169.00
1492

Antique photo (circa 1886) of the last king of Mongolia (8th Bogd Khan - 1869-1924), hand tinted,

 c. 1886; c. 1900 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 143.00
1494

Pevsner's Buildings of England - London ( 6 vols, complete set). num. illus, publisher's cloth

 1983 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
1495

Pevsner Buildings of England - Manchester. num. illus. pbk, med. 8vo. 2001; Pevsner's

 1990-2006 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
1507 H.B. Tristram; Edward Whymper; Somerset Gough-Calthorpe

Tristram, H.B. Rambles in Japan: the land of the rising sun. num illus (by Edward Whymper);

 1895; 1858 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 247.00
1508 Robert Kemp Philip

Philip, Robert Kemp - The History of Progress in Great Britain. 2 vols. folded map, some wood

 1859 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 130.00
1515 Qi Baishi

After Qi Baishi, wood block printed scroll and Chinese school 20th century, two scroll paintings,

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 65.00
1708 Jock McFadyen RA (b. 1950)

Jock McFadyen RA ((b. 1950))'Mickey' and 'Robbo'1992,each signed and titled, and numbered 6/30

 1992 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1711 Lorna Steele (1902-1990)

Lorna Steele (1902-1990), a set of six original watercolours for children’s postcard designs, famous

 N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 221.00
1719

Early 19th century, ‘Mirza Abu Hassan’, proof mezzotint engraving published by Colnaghi, London,

 London 1818 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 52.00
1721 Madge Williams (1902-1986)

Madge Williams (1902-1986), a set of six original watercolours for postcard designs, humorous

 N/A GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 104.00
1722 Beryl Christine Maile (Meryl Baile, 1929-2018)

Beryl Christine Maile (Meryl Baile, 1929-2018), a set of six original gouaches for postcard

 N/A GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 104.00
1743 Andrew Mockett (b. 1961)

Andrew Mockett ((b. 1961))'Q Magoo'signed, titled and numbered 3/00 in blue pencil to the

 N/A GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
1758 Andrew Mockett (b. 1961)

Andrew Mockett ((b. 1961))'How to tame a Bronc, starring Deputy Dawg'2003,signed, dated "2.

 2003 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
1760 Graham Clarke (b. 1941)

Graham Clarke ((b. 1941))'Rose & Crown - Wimbledon'signed, titled and numbered 10/20 in pencil

 N/A GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
1763 Gary Hume (b. 1962)

Gary Hume ((b. 1962))Untitled, from 'Here's Flowers'2006,from the portfolio of 8 works,signed,

 Cornwall; London 2006 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 234.00
1764 Gary Hume (b. 1962)

Gary Hume ((b. 1962))Untitled, from 'Here's Flowers'2006,from the portfolio of 8 works,signed,

 Cornwall; London 2006 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 208.00
1765 Gary Hume (b. 1962)

Gary Hume ((b. 1962))Untitled, from 'Here's Flowers'2006,from the portfolio of 8 works,signed,

 Cornwall; London 2006 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 208.00
1766 Gary Hume (b. 1962)

Gary Hume ((b. 1962))Untitled, from 'Here's Flowers'2006,from the portfolio of 8 works,signed,

 Cornwall; London 2006 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 338.00
1767 Bruce McLean (b. 1944)

Bruce McLean ((b. 1944))'Gherkin on Glass'2000,signed, titled and numbered 35/75 in pencil to

 2000 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1768 Ana Maria Pacheco (Brazilian/British, (b. 1943))

Ana Maria Pacheco (Brazilian/British, (b. 1943))'The Freak Farce II'1979,signed, titled, dated

 Ightham 1979 GBP 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
1789 Utagawa Kunisato (19th. C)

Utagawa Kunisato (19th. C), ‘Views from famous places in the East Akabane Castle’, one with

 N/A GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 91.00
  • 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.
  • Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
    Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
  • 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