Potomack Company: Books, Maps and Historical Memorabilia, 21226, Alexandria

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February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026
Page Size: 89 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH AS PRESIDENT TO MOLLIE DORF, SECRETARY TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
2 ANDREW ELLICOTT

ANDREW ELLICOTT'S PLAN OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON 21.5 x 30 in

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,400.00
3

THE WASHINGTON GUIDE.

WASHINGTON CITY 1837 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 357.50
4 MARSHALL, JOHN.

MARSHALL, JOHN. OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES... IN THE CASE OF SAMUEL A. WORCESTER VS THE STATE OF GEORGIA.PRESENTATION COPY.

 WASHINGTON 1832 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 715.00
5 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT; MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WHITE HOUSE: PERSONAL ARCHIVE OF SECRETARY MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,525.00
6 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL & FORMAL WHITE HOUSE MATERIAL, 1930S-1940S

 1930S-1940S USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
7 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT -- GROUP OF THREE SIGNED CARDS INCLUDING WHITE HOUSE AND NEW YORK EXECUTIVE MANSION STATIONERY

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 910.00
8 MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

THE MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT RESEARCH ARCHIVE

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 6,175.00
9 HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TLS AS FIRST LADY TO ROOSEVELT SECRETARY MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE: "IF YOU EVER WANT TO VISIT YOUR FORMER HAUNTS, I WOULD LIKE TO HOST YOU," AUGUST 7, 1995

 1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 227.50
10 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

COLLECTION OF THE FAMILIAR LETTERS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLISHED

 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 292.50
10A Craige, John H.

CANNIBAL COUSINS. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.

 New York 1934 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
15

WATERGATE -- GROUP OF TWELVE SIGNED BOOKS, INCLUDING RICHARD NIXON

 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
16 ANDREW JACKSON

MEMOIRS OF ANDREW JACKSON, MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

 Hartford 1819 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 78.00
17

TRAU KEINEM FUCHS AUF GRUNER HEID UND KEINEM JUD BEI SEINEM EID

 Nuremberg [c. 1938] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,690.00
18

EASTON AND FRANKLIN LEATHER EDITIONS, CLASSIC AMERICAN & WORLD LITERATURE, 10 VOLS

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 292.50
19 Walton, [Izaak]; Browne, Moses.

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; OR CONTEMPLATIVE'S MAN RECREATION, 1759.

 London [1759]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 520.00
20 TOM LAMB

RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT BY TOM LAMB, 1992, FROM THE ESTATE OF GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL Frame: 13 x 21 1/2 in. (33.02 x 54.61 cm.)

 1992 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
21

EASTON PRESS LEATHER EDITIONS: EARLY AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT, 10 VOLS

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 292.50
22

FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER EDITIONS: PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVELS. 4 VOLS.

 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 65.00
23

EASTON PRESS LEATHER EDITIONS: THE CIVIL WAR & LINCOLN, 4 VOLS

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
24

EASTON PRESS FINE BINDINGS FROM 100 GREATEST BOOKS SERIES; INCLUDES TRISTAM SHANDY, THE RED AND THE BLACK, THE ESSAYS OF FRANCIS BACON, TWO PLAYS BY MOLIERE, THE TALES OF GUY DE MAUPASSANT

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 91.00
25

GROUP OF FINE BINDINGS INCLUDING EASTON AND FRANKLIN LIBRARY, FROM GREATEST BOOKS SERIES; CANDIDE BY VOLTAIRE, THE ORESTEIA BY AESCHYLUS, THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADRAMS, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY HENRY JAMES AND DIOLOGUES

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 130.00
26 BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH ALTERMAN.

BILLY BUDD SAILOR: AN INSIDE NARRATIVE. SIGNED BY BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH ALTERMAN. LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED 65 OF 185 COPIES

 (MOUNT HOLLY) 1987 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 910.00
27

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. ELEVENTH EDITION, 1910-1911, 28 VOLS (A-Z)

 1910-1911 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
28

MEMORIAL BOOK OF THE SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE FOUNDING OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY AND OF THE CEREMONIES INAUGURATING PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 227.50
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable for Immediate Purchase Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000