Alexander Historical Auctions: Militaria & Americana Live Auction -Fall 2025 Day 2, 111425, Chesapeake City

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 14, 2025 - November 14, 2025
Page Size: 821 items in 33 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
835

MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,800.00
836

KURT WINTGENS AND ANTHONY FOKKER

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,225.00
837

COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN AND FATHER FRANCIS P. DUFFY

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 390.00
838

SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE DEFENSIVE LINES MAP, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 650.00
839

CAPTURED GERMAN TRENCH MAP OF THE ST. MIHIEL SALIENT, OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 650.00
840

CAPTURED GERMAN TRENCH MAP OF THE ST. MIHIEL SALIENT, OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
841

SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE 42nd INFANTRY DIVISION DISPOSITION MAP, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
842

COMBAT-USED BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL ADVANCE MAP, OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
843

SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE MAPS, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
844

BATTLE OF THE OURCQ RIVER ADVANCE MAP, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 546.00
845

ORIGINAL TELEGRAM ANNOUNCING ARMISTICE OF WORLD WAR I

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 390.00
846

BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL MAP OF GERMAN RESISTANCE POINTS, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 338.00
847

BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL PLATOON COMMANDER'S ADVANCE MAP, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
848

165th INFANTRY REGIMENT AISNE-MARNE OFFENSIVE ADVANCE MAP, OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
849

165th INFANTRY REGIMENT MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE ADVANCE MAP, OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
850

BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL PATROL INTELLIGENCE MAP, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
851

BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL ARTILLERY BARRAGE MAP, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 260.00
852

BATTLE OF ST. MIHIEL 'FIELD ORDERS' ADVANCE MAP, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 260.00
853

MAP OF A PROPOSED ALLIED MARNE OFFENSIVE, OWNED BY OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 208.00
854

165th INFANTRY REGIMENT SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE MAP, OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 208.00
855

AMERICAN FIELD-PRINTED MAPS OF GERMANY, OWNED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN (3)

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 312.00
856

FRENCH 'PLANS DIRECTEURS' ARTILLERY MAPS, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN (4)

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 260.00
857

WESTERN FRONT MAPS, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN (5)

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 260.00
858

WESTERN FRONT MAPS, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN (5)

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 260.00
859

WESTERN FRONT MAPS, USED BY COL. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN (5)

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
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    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.
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  • 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.
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    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.
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