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Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 567. One of the Earliest & Most Desirable Printed Maps of Arabia - by Holle/Germanus (1482) Est. $55,000 - $65,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 681. Zatta's Complete Atlas with 218 Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1779) Est. $27,500 - $35,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 347. MacDonald Gill's Landmark "Wonderground Map" of London (1914) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 1. Fries' "Modern" World Map with Portraits of Five Kings (1525) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 539. Ortelius' Superb, Decorative Map of Cyprus in Full Contemporary Color (1573) Est. $1,100 - $1,400Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 51. Mercator's Foundation Map for the Americas in Full Contemporary Color (1630) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 667. Manuscript Bible Leaf with Image of Mary and Baby Jesus (1450) Est. $1,900 - $2,200Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 226. "A Powerful Example of Color Used to Make a Point" (1895) Est. $400 - $600Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 290. One of the Most Decorative Early Maps of South America - from Linschoten's "Itinerario" (1596) Est. $7,000 - $8,500Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 62. Coronelli's Influential Map of North America with the Island of California (1688) Est. $10,000 - $12,000Old World Auctions (June 18): Lot 589. The First European-Printed Map of China - by Ortelius (1584) Est. $4,000 - $5,000
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Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.Forum, June 19: Nicolay (Nicolas de). The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, first edition in English, 1585. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare source book.- Montemayor (Jorge de). Diana of George of Montemayor, first edition in English, 1598. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum, June 19: Livius (Titus). The Romane Historie, first edition in English, translated by Philemon Holland, Adam Islip, 1600. £6,000 to £8,000.Forum Auctions
A Sixth Selection of 16th and 17th Century English Books from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
19th June 2025Forum, June 19: Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de). The Essayes Or Morall, Politike and Millitarie Discourses, first edition in English, 1603. £10,000 to £15,000.Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.Forum, June 19: Boyle (Robert). Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostaticks Applyed to the Materia Medica, first edition, for Samuel Smith, 1690. £2,500 to £3,500.Forum, June 19: Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding in Four Books, first edition, second issue, 1690. £8,00 to £12,000. -
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New York Book Week
12-26 JuneSotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USDSotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD
Rare Book Monthly
The Most Important Book You Will Ever Read - The Oil Endgame.
By Michael Stillman
You must read this book. It may well be the most important one you will ever read. The authors think it is so important that while they will sell it you for $40, they will also let you download it for free. Do it now. Here is the link for a free download or a purchase: www.oilendgame.com/ReadTheBook.html.
The title of the book is The Oil Endgame, written by Amory Lovins, E. Kyle Datta, and others from the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute. Oil, which once fueled the enormous growth and prosperity of America, now threatens to be our downfall. Our economy, our security, our very way of life is dependent on oil. Unfortunately, we can no longer begin to supply our own needs. We are hostage to various foreign powers that control the oil we now need to survive. Few of these countries are truly our friends, and most are situated in volatile parts of the world where even a handful of fanatics have the potential to totally disrupt the supply of what has become our lifeblood.
Most of us have tossed our hands in the air and effectively given up. The problem seems so large as to be insoluble. Our demands for energy go up every year, and now new demand from huge developing countries like China and India compete for a dwindling worldwide supply. Meanwhile, terrorists prowl the supply lanes of the largest producers and unfriendly leaders have appeared in places such as Venezuela. What can we counter with? Tiny, cramped, uncomfortable and unsafe cars and windmills? Anything we try to do seems to amount to tilting at the latter. We do nothing because there seems nothing we can do.
Wrong! Here come Lovins and his friends to totally disrupt our comfortable hopelessness. This is a problem that not only must but can be solved. The solution is within reach, it is not overwhelmingly complex, costly, or difficult, and the benefits of resolving this problem go far beyond that of simply securing reasonably priced power. This is a book that will free you of all of the conventional wisdom that has convinced you this problem is intractable. You will be struck with more of those "ah ha" moments, where suddenly you are able to see the issues in another light, then you imagined possible. While there is a certain amount of technical explanation beyond the average reader, this book is written so anyone can understand what the problems are and how they can be solved. And, when you are finished, you will understand what choices you can make, both as a consumer and as a voter, to save your country from this deepening crisis your leaders are ignoring. You can be part of the solution.