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Auction Report
Auction Date
July 03, 2025 - July 03, 2025
Page Size: 54 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Wheeler, Jacob D.

A Practical Treatise on the Law of Slavery. Being a Compilation of All the Decisions Made on that Subject in the Several Courts of the United States and State Court; with Copious Notes and References to the Statutes and Other Authorities

 New York and New Orleans 1837 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
2 Lewis, Hannah

Letter from a Pennsylvania Quaker woman travelling near the Virginia and Maryland borders, who stays with an Underground Railroad conductor

 Dunnings Creek, Pennsylvania [August] 22, 1858 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
3 Welsh, Lizzie

Civil War archive of 8 letters sent to friends and family from missionary teacher of emancipated children in Union-occupied Mississippi

 Iberia and Oberlin, Ohio; Natchez, Mississippi 1859-1867 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,500.00
4

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procure l'Independance aux Etats unis de l'Amerique

 Paris c.1784 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,375.00
5 Arrowsmith, Aaron

Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, Exhibiting all the New Discoveries to the present Time with the Tracks of the most distinguished Navigators since the Year 1700 carefully collected from the Best Charts, Maps, Voyages, &c. Extent, and regulated

 London 1790-[but c.1800] USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
6 Audubon, John James

The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories

 New York; Washington D.C. 1840-1844 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 34,375.00
7 Belknap, Jeremy

The Foresters, An American Tale: Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier. In a Series of Letters to a Friend

 Boston 1792 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 531.25
8 Wolstenholme, Gordon, editor

Man and His Future: A Ciba Foundation Volume

 Boston 1963 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
9 [Cadwalader, John]

A Reply to General Joseph Reed's Remarks, on a Late Publication in the Independent Gazetteer, With some Observations on his Address to the People of Pennsylvania

 Philadelphia 1783 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
10

Archive of items relating to the Mandarin Theater

 [San Francisco] 1930-1947 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
11

Coleccion de los principales trabajos en que se ha ocupado la junta nombrada para meditar y proponer al Supremo Gobierno los medios mas necesarios para promover el progreso de la cultura y civilizacion de los territorios de la Alta de la Baja California

 [Mexico City] 1827 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
12 Catlin, George

Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America

 London 1844 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
13 Catlin, George

Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians... Written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, in 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39

 London 1841 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,437.50
14 [Child, David Lee]

An Enquiry into the Conduct of General Putnam, In Relation to the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill: And Remarks upon Mr. S. Swett's Sketch of that Battle

 Boston 1819 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
15 Bolt, R.A., photographer

Views of Red Cross Work in China During Revolution of 1911-1912

 c.1912 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,937.50
16 Neave, Dorina Lady

Romance of the Bosphorus

 London 1949 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
17

Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774

 Philadelphia 1774 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 25,000.00
18 Cook, James and James King

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Pa

 London 1784 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,000.00
19 Anderson, George William

A Collection of Voyages Round the World: Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages,...

 London 1790 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,750.00
20 Curtis, William et al.

The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed [with] Curtis's Botanical Magazine - complete run

 London 1787-1968 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 20,000.00
21 [Dunlop, William]

Andre: A Tragedy, in Five Acts

 New York 1798 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,250.00
22 Einstein, Albert and Sigmund Freud

Why War? / Warum Krieg?

 Paris 1933 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
23 Elwes, Henry John

A Monograph of the Genus Lilium

 [London] [1877]-1880 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,125.00
24 [Fleming, G.A.]

California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects: Containing a History of the Country from Its Colonization to the Present Time...and a Minute and Authentic Narrative of the Discovery of the Gold Region...

 London 1850 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
25 Cannon, Clarence

Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives - 80th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document No. 731

 Washington D.C. 1948 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,625.00
  • <center><b>Freeman’s | Hindman<br>Western Manuscripts and Miniatures<br>July 8, 2025</b></center> <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374). $20,000-30,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE VITAE IMPERATORUM (active Milan, 1431-1459). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425). $15,000-20,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> An exceptionally rare, illuminated music leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonal with sister leaves mostly in museum collections. $11,500-14,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> Exceptional leaf from a prestigious Antiphonary by a leading illuminator of the late Duecento. $11,500-14,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510). $10,000-15,000. <b>Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8.</b> Previously unknown illumination from one of the most renowned Gothic Choir Book sets of the Middle Ages. $6,000-8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman
    Western Manuscripts and Miniatures
    July 8, 2025
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FRANCESCO PETRARCH (b. Arezzo, 20 July 1304; d. Arqua Petrarca, 19 July 1374). $20,000-30,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF THE VITAE IMPERATORUM (active Milan, 1431-1459). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF ATTAVANTE DEGLI ATTAVANTI (GABRIELLO DI VANTE) (active Florence, c. 1452-c. 1520/25). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. FOLLOWER OF HERMAN SCHEERE (active London, c. 1405-1425). $15,000-20,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. An exceptionally rare, illuminated music leaf from a Mozarabic Antiphonal with sister leaves mostly in museum collections. $11,500-14,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Exceptional leaf from a prestigious Antiphonary by a leading illuminator of the late Duecento. $11,500-14,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. CIRCLE OF THE MASTER OF MS REID 33 and SELWERD ABBEY SCRIPTORIUM (AGNES MARTINI?) (active The Netherlands, Groningen, c. 1468-1510). $10,000-15,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, July 8. Previously unknown illumination from one of the most renowned Gothic Choir Book sets of the Middle Ages. $6,000-8,000.
  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Lucianus Samosatensis. <i>Dialogoi, editio princeps,</i> second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Boccaccio (Giovanni). <i>Il Decamerone,</i> Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bible, English. <i>The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New,</i> Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Bond (Michael). <i>A Bear Called Paddington,</i> first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper <br> 17th July 2025</center></b> <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Yeats (William Butler). <i>The Secret Rose,</i> first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). <i>Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,</i> bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). <i>Fraternity,</i> one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, July 17:</b> Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. <i>De gli Elementi,</i> Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Lucianus Samosatensis. Dialogoi, editio princeps, second issue, Florence, Laurentius Francisci de Alopa, 1496. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Decamerone, Florence, Philippo di Giunta, 1516. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, July 17: Henry VII (King) & Philip the Fair (Duke of Burgundy). [Intercursus Magnus], [Commercial and Political Treaty between Henry VII and Philip Duke of Burgundy], manuscript copy in Latin, original vellum, 1499. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New, Robert Barker, 1613. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Bond (Michael). A Bear Called Paddington, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1958. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    17th July 2025
    Forum, July 17: Yeats (William Butler). The Secret Rose, first edition, with extensive autograph corrections, additions and amendments by the author for a new edition, 1897. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, bound in dark green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and with 3 watercolours to fore-edge, by Fazakerley of Liverpool, 1841. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, July 17: Miró (Juan), Wassily Kandinsky, John Buckland-Wright, Stanley William Hayter and others.- Spender (Stephen). Fraternity, one of 101 copies, with signed engravings by 9 artists. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Sowerby (George Brettingham). Album comprising 22 leaves of original watercolour drawings of fossil remains of Cheltenham and Vicinity, [c.1840]. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, July 17: Mathematics.- Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli Elementi, Urbino, Appresso Domenico Frisolino, 1575. £12,000 to £18,000.
  • <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern<br>Now through July 10, 2025</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> John Gould. <i>The Birds of Europe,</i> [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000. <b><center>Sotheby’s<br>Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern<br>Now through July 10, 2025</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> J.K. Rowling. <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Ending July 10:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Book of Hours by the Masters of Otto van Moerdrecht, Use of Sarum, in Latin, Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c.1450. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Albert Einstein. Autograph letter signed, to Attilio Palatino, on his research into General Relativity, 12 May 1929. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: John Gould. The Birds of Europe, [1832-] 1837, 5 volumes, contemporary half morocco, subscriber’s copy. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
    Now through July 10, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: Ian Fleming. A collection of James Bond first editions, 8 volumes in all. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Ending July 10: J.R.R. Tolkien. Autograph letter signed, to Amy Ronald, on Pauline Baynes's map of Middle Earth, 1970. £7,000 to £10,000.
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  • <b><center>DOYLE<BR>Rare Books, Autographs & Maps<br>July 23, 2025</center></b> <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> WALL, BERNHARDT. <i>Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples.</i> Estimate $300-500 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. <i>The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909.</i> New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. <i>Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions.</i> San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000. <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. <i>Anna Karénina ... in eight parts.</i> New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600 <b>DOYLE, July 23:</b> ROWLING, J.K. <i>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.</i> London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800
    DOYLE
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    July 23, 2025
    DOYLE, July 23: WALL, BERNHARDT. Greenwich Village. Types, Tenements & Temples. Estimate $300-500
    DOYLE, July 23: STOKES, I. N. PHELPS. The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909. New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915-28. Estimate: $3,000-5,000
    DOYLE, July 23: [AUTOGRAPH - US PRESIDENT]FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. A signed photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Estimate $500-800
    DOYLE, July 23: [ARION PRESS]. ABBOTT, EDWIN A. Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions. San Francisco, 1980. Estimate $2,000-3,000.
    DOYLE, July 23: TOLSTOY, LYOF N. and NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, translator. Anna Karénina ... in eight parts. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886]. Estimate: $400-600
    DOYLE, July 23: ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. London: Bloomsbury, 2000. Estimate $1,200-1,800