Mary Eastman was the wife of Captain Seth Eastman, who served at Fort Snelling in the Minnesota Territory in the 1850s. Captain Eastman was also an artist, and his drawings accompany Mrs. Eastman's text in The American Aboriginal Port Folio, published in 1853. This is an excellent report on Plains Indians' customs, rituals and beliefs in the middle of the 19th century. Item 59. $1,450.
Item 95 is a copy of The Quebec Gazette from June 22, 1837. The timing is what's interesting. This, naturally, was the year of the Revolt of 1837, and the Gazette includes a proclamation from the Governor-General of Upper and Lower Canada calling on all military and peace officers "to oppose and frustrate the insidious designs adverted to in this Proclamation..." The "insidious designs" referred to were meetings that had been held with "their object resistance to the lawful authority of the King and Parliament, and the subversion of the laws." A revolt would break out in November of that year, but unlike the one in the nation to Canada's south, the British would put this one down quickly. For now, England's toehold in the Americas would be spared. $435.
Item 129 is the third English edition of A Voyage Round the World, performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788...by Jean Perousse. The third English is generally considered the best English edition, as the first two were abridged versions of the original French. This one, from 1798, is complete. Captain Perousse was a French navigator who led this expedition on behalf of his homeland to find a Northwest Passage through America from the Pacific side. Like so many others, he was not successful, but his explorations brought him to the west coast of America, Alaska, Siberia, China, Hawaii, the South Seas, and finally, Australia. From there his expedition disappeared, and nothing was known of his fate until wreckage was discovered 40 years later. $10,500.
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Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
Sotheby’s Book Week December 9-17, 2025
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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