June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.

Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.

June 25, 2026

Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.

Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.

Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.

Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
Bonhams, June 14-23: Palm-reading, astrology, and more. Estimate: $2,000 - 3,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Benjamin Franklin. Sammelband of 45 papers on electricity. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The basis for the whole modern electric-power industry. Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edgar Allen Poe. Poe on Mesmerism. Estimate: $2,500 - 3,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Reformation - The Architect of Lutheranism on Church Unity and Dissent. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Rare 3-Paper Offprint Identifying the Double Helix Structure of DNA, Signed by Crick, Wilkins, Wilson, Stokes and Gosling. Estimate: $40,000 - 60,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph book and Report from the Thirtieth Indian National Congress, featuring the signatures of Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, and Dadabhai Naoroji. Estimate: $6,000 - 8,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Illustrated Miniature Hebrew Prayerbook Manuscript. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Autograph Working Draft of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Death Voyage. Estimate: $30,000 - 50,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: "Perhaps the most celebrated and most beautiful herbal ever published." Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Izaak Walton. The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A rare product of the Jaquard loom. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500

Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.

Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.

Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 50726, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 07, 2026 - May 07, 2026

Page Size: 318 items in 13 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	Daniel Sparshott	Sparshott (Daniel, Royal Navy) Commonplace book compiled for his daughter, manuscript, no place, 4th July, 1798-1799.		1798-1799	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 101.60
77	John Stockdale	Publisher.- Stockdale (John).- Autograph Letter signed addressed to Stockdale and signed "Corregidore", [?1810], objecting to an entry in ?Stockdale's Peerage published in 1810.		1810	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
78	Henry John Temple	Palmerston (Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston) 35 letters (30 Autograph Letters, most signed, others Letters signed) to a wide variety of people, 1811-50, on a wide variety of politica...		1811-50	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 508.00
79		Medical, cookery, scientific & other subjects.- [Commonplace Book], manuscript in French, in several hands, original vellum, 1814-39.		1814-39	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
80	Jane Porter	Porter (Jane).- Moore (Peter) 6 Autograph Letters signed to Jane Porter, 1818-19, relating to her abortive play, Switzerland, "... tell me, what has passed about Switzerland. I spoke to Mr Kemble...		1818-19	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 203.20
81	Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)	Scott (Sir Walter) 2 Autograph Letters signed to "Madam" and "My dear Sir", 1821 & n.d., to Madam offering the letter as a specimen of handwriting and to "My Dear Sir", "I regret to find it will ...	Edinburgh; Jermyn Street, London	1821; ND	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 279.40
82	Henry Hammond	Botany.- Forest Trees, Shrubs and American Plants, &c. Sold by Henry Hammond, at Dukes Hill and Windelsham Nurseries, printed price list with autograph prices, [c.1822]; and 2 others, botany (3)		c.1822	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 330.20
83		Guernsey.- Collection of manuscripts and printed items relating to Guernsey and the Brock family, including: account of Irving Brock's introduction of Huron Indians to George IV, [1825]; together...		1825; 1847; ND; 19th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 1,079.50
84	Robert Peel (1788-1850)	Peel (Sir Robert, second Baronet) 25 Autograph Letters signed (most third person) to a variety of people, 1830-39, on a variety of routine matters, "I enclose a order from the Quarter Master Gene...	Whitehall; Drayton Manor	1830-39	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 508.00
85	Gabriele Rossetti (1783-1854)	Rossetti (Gabriele) Autograph Letter signed to Bartolommeo Gamba in Venice, in Italian, 1831, complaining that he has no news of him or his other friends Ferruci and Paravia.	Trieste	1831	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 381.00
86		Essex, Little Coggeshall.- Survey of the Parish of Little Coggeshall in the County of Essex, manuscript, Norwich, Woodrow & Newton, Surveyors, 1832; and another of the same (2)	Norwich	1832	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
87	Thomas Moore (1779-1852)	Moore (Thomas) Autograph manuscript quotation of a poem by James Montgomery "Lines by Montgomery (of Sheffield)", beginning "The Dead are like the stars, by day", n.d. [c. 1850].		ND (c. 1850)	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 82.55
88		Scrap Album, manuscript poems and 55 engravings, lithographs and chromolithographs, c.1850s; and small bundle of postcards, greetings cards and illustrations (small bundle)		c.1850s	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 127.00
89	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82)	Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth) Autograph Letter signed to [Frederick Cozzen], 1855, thanking him for his work Wine Press, praising his literary work and drawing his attention to a song.	Cambridge, Massachusetts	1855	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 69.85
90	Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron (1792-1860)	Byron (Anne Isabella Noel) Autograph Letter signed to Messrs Palmer & Wansey, Bristol land agents, 1858, asking for an account of monies owing on Red Lodge, "as I do not wish to charge any part o...	11 St George's Terrace, London	1858	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 330.20
91	Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)	Rossetti (Christina) Autograph Letter signed to Miss Greenwell [?Dora Greenwell], [c. 1860], "... I do hope that this time I may be so fortunate as to meet you".	166 Albany Street, London	ND (c. 1860)	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 508.00
92	Compton Mackenzie; Anne Manning; Andre Maurois; Osborne Mavor; Jules Michelet; William Moens; Albert Mokel; George Moore; John Motley; E.H.W. Meyerstein	Miscellany.- Collection of letters, including: Compton Mackenzie (3); Anne Manning (2); Andre Maurois, Osborne Mavor, George Moore, together c. 25 pieces, 1861-1962; and another (c. 25 pieces).		1861-1962; 1942	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 139.70
93	George Meredith (1828-1909)	Meredith (George) 4 Autograph Letters signed to Sir Alexander Duff Gordon and to Mr Williams of Williams and Norgate publishers and others, [1864]-88 & n.d., sending Duff Gordon an autograph lett...		[1864]-88; ND	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 139.70
94	Stephen Spender; Frederic Seebohm; William Stirling-Maxwell; Edward Sackville-West; George Sala; Charles Reade; Owen Seaman; Elizabeth Sewell; Clement King Shorter; Osbert Sitwell; Sydney Smith; C.P. Snow	Miscellany.- Collection of letters, including: Stephen Spender, Edward Sackville-West, George Sala, Charles Reade (2); Owen Seaman (editor of Punch) (7); Clement King Shorter (2); Osbert Sitwell,...		19th & 20th centuries	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 152.40
95		Ephemera.- In Memory of the 184 Beloved Little Ones ..., [1883]; together a small collection of mixed ephemera, some relating to Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, nineteenth and twentieth century (...	Nottingham	[1883]; 1911	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 139.70
96		Greetings Cards, c.600 cards most Christmas cards, c.1890's-1930's		c.1890's-1930's	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 215.90
97	Henry Morton (1841-1904)	Stanley (Sir Henry Morton) Autograph Letter signed to Sir Alfred Lyall, 1891, decling an offer of hospitality during his visit to Canterbury and expressing his preference for a hotel, and accompa...	2 Richmond Terrace, London	1891	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 190.50
98	William John Locke (1863-1930)	Edwardian novelist.- Locke (William John) 30 Autograph Letters signed, 1 Typed Letter signed and 3 Autograph Postcards signed to a variety of recipients, together with the autograph notes "Sugges...	Corner Hill, Hemel Hempstead	1902-28	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
99		Souvenirs.- Souvenir of Egypt, colour printing on silk, c.1914; and others, souvenirs and vintage photographic prints (32)		c.1914; [1897]	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 114.30
100	Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928); Grace Roe (1885-1979); Frances Louise Stevenson (1888-1972)	Suffragettes.- Pankhurst (Emmeline) & Roe (Grace).- Stevenson (Frances) Autograph Letter signed "To the Officer in Charge, Passport Office", 1916, "... Mr. Lloyd George would be much obliged if y...	War Office, Whitehall	1916	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 304.80

Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500

Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000

Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 July

Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.

Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.

Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.

June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.

Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works.