Freeman's | Hindman: Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana, 6426, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 285 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)

Key-west Dove (Plate CLXVII)

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,880.00
252 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)

Nutall's Lesser-Marsh Wren (Plate CLXXV)

(1793-1878) USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 640.00
253 AUDUBON, John James (1785-1851)

Louisiana Heron (Plate CCXVII)

(1793-1878) USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 76,700.00
254 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)

Dacota Woman and Assiniboin Girl (Tab. 9)...

Paris, and London 1839-1842 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
255 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)

Pehriska-Ruhpa. [A Minatarre or Big-Bellied Indian] (Tab. 17)

Paris, and London 1839-1842 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
256 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)

Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde

Paris, and London 1839-1842 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,432.00
257 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)

Pehriska-Ruhpa. Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Danse (Tab. 23)

1922 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,960.00
258

BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,432.00
259 BODMER, Karl (1809-1893)

Herds of Bisons and Elks on the upper Missouri (Tab. 47)

Paris, and London 1839-1842 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,200.00
260

[CALIFORNIA]. Archives de la Commission Scientifique du Mexique publiees sous les auspices du Ministere de l'Instruction Publique

Paris 1864-1869 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,408.00
261 TAYLOR, John W. (1846-1918), photographer

[CHICAGO]. An album containing 154 albumen photographs of Chicago by a noted photographer, including important architectural images, as well as images relating to the preparations for the 1893 World's fair, the stockyards as described by Upton Sinclair, a

Chicago ca 1890 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
262 CORNUT, Jacques-Philippe (1606-1651)

Canadensium Plantarum Historia Enchiridion Botanicum

Paris 1635 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
263 CURTIS, Edward S. (1868-1952)

The North American Indian... List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Sixteen

[Norwood, Massachusetts] [1930] USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,600.00
264 DIXON, Captain George (1748-1795) and PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (1748-1817)

A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of

London 1789 USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
265 EMORY, William H. (1811-1887)

Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior

Washington 1857, 1859 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,664.00
266 FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790)

The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D...Originally Written by Himself and Now Translated from the French

London 1793 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
267 FREMONT, John Charles (1813-1890)

Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842 and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-1844

Washington 1845 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
268 GOULD, John (1804-1881)

A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America

London [1844-] 1850 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
269 GUILLEMIN-TARAYRE, Edmond (1832-1920)

Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amerique Centrale

Paris 1871 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 768.00
270 HAYDEN, Ferdinand Vandeveer (1829-1887)

Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and Portions of Adjacent Territory

Washington D.C. and New York 1881 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,280.00
271 HINSDALE, Wilbert B. (1851-1944)

Archaeological Atlas of Michigan

Ann Arbor 1931 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 384.00
272

[ILLINOIS]. Constitution of the State of Illinois

1818 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 640.00
273

[INDIANA IMPRINT]. The Life of Bonaparte, Late Emperor of the French, From his birth until his departure to the Island of St. Helena by a citizen of the United States

Salem, IN 1818 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
274 IVES, Joseph Christmas (1829-1868)

Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Under the Direction of the Office of Explorations and Surveys...

Washington 1861 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 448.00
275 JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826)

Partly engraved document signed as President ("Tho. Jefferson") and countersigned by Henry Dearborn ("H. Dearborn")

Washington, D.C. 27 March 1804 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,800.00
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