Potomack Company: The Estate of Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Georgetown, Washington, D.C, 112025, Alexandria

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025

Page Size: 48 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1512	George (1694) Edwards	A GROUP OF FOUR PARROT ENGRAVINGS, 1758, Hand-colored engraving		1758	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,300.00
1513	George (1694) Edwards	SCARLET SPARROW AND BUTTERFLY and LONG TAILED SCARLET LORY AND BUTTERFLY, Engraving,			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 520.00
1515	Robert John Thornton	THE NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; THE SUPERB LILLY; AURICULAS and TULIPS, Mezzotint in colors,			USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 11,050.00
1516	Elizabeth Blackwell	FRAGARIA VESCA (STRAWBERRY), FROM A CURIOUS HERBAL (LONDON, 1737-1739), Hand-colored copperplate engraving,	LONDON,	1737-1739	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 260.00
1517	Jean Charles Baquoy	A GROUP OF SIX AFRICAN MAMALS, Hand-colored engravings,			USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,105.00
1518	FRENCH SCHOOL	MEUBLES ET OBJETS DE GOUT; PLATES NOS. 3, 4 and 77, Hand-colored etching			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 260.00
1519	Charles Lemaire	GROUP OF FIVE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING EXOTIC BIRDS AND FLORA FROM CHARLES LEMAIRE AND FLORENT PREVOST'S HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX EXOTIQUES (1864), Hand-colored engrav		1864	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,690.00
1520	CAMILLE ROGIER	FEMME TURQUE along with PAYSANNE CAUCHOISE, Color lithograph			USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 715.00
1521	Andreas Matthaus Wolfgang	A GROUP OF FOUR TURKISH COSTUMES: CHEVAL DU GRAN ECUYER; CHEVAL DE MAIN DU GRAND SEIGNEUR PORTANT SES ARMES; GRAND SULTAN and LE MOUFTI COMMANDANT DES MOSQUEES, Hand-colored engravin			USD 700.00 - 900.00	USD 2,080.00
1523	William (1697) Hogarth	THE DISTRESSED POET and THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND, Etching			USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 422.50
1523A	John Opie	A GROUP OF THREE SHAKESPEARE PRINTS: KING JOHN; KING RICHARD THE THIRD and KING HENRY THE SIXTH, Engraving			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
1526		FRENCH 20TH CENTURY, APRES LA DANSE -- ROBE DE DENTELLES DE VIONNET, Pochoir print on paper			USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 130.00
1527		ILS NE M'ONT PAS RECONNUE, Chromolithograph			USD 25.00 - 50.00	USD 65.00
1528	JACK BOLIN	JACK BOLIN, 20TH CENTURY, EBENEZER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ACADEMY, CEMETERY (CIRCA 1892), Offset lithograph,		CIRCA 1892	USD 25.00 - 50.00	USD 39.00
1529	DAVID HOCKNEY.	DAVID HOCKNEY. A BIGGER BOOK. LIMITED EDITION, 4653 OF 10,000, WITH MARC NEWSON STAND AND ORIGINAL SHIPPING BOX.		2016	USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,250.00
1717	WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, HENRY MILLER, SAMUEL BECKETT	EARLY PARIS-PRESS GROUP WITH SIGNED HENRY MILLER POSTCARD, 1950S-1960S		1950S-1960S	USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
1718	ERNEST HEMINGWAY,	FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.	NEW YORK:	1940	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,430.00
1719	Richard Avedon	RICHARD AVEDON. AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 195.00
1720	WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.	WASHINGTON: THE NATION'S CAPITAL. SIGNED BY 15+ WASHINGTON POST EDITORS.			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,430.00
1721	AMOS OZ.	MY MICHAEL. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 1972. INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY WITH PERSONAL REFLECTIONS.		1972	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 195.00
1722	WILLIAM P. RAYNER.	NOTES AND SKETCHES, 2013. THREE TWO VOLUME SETS. SIGNED.		2013	USD 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
1723	GILLIAN FLYNN.	DARK PLACES. NEW YORK, 2009. INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY.	NEW YORK,	2009	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
1724	MAURICE SAATCHI.	O. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO JANE HITCHCOCK STANTON			USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
1725	ENRICO BERNARDO.	THE IMPOSSIBLE COLLECTION OF WINE BOOK.	ASSOULINE,	2013	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 780.00
1726	WINSTON CHURCHILL.	A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES. 1956-1958. FIRST EDITIONS		1956-1958.	USD 80.00 - 120.00	USD 1,105.00

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.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

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.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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