• Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, around 1700. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 23
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, around 1750. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000
  • Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.
    Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
  • Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026
    Sotheby’s
    Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
    The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
    November 18, 2026

Mennonite Life: Rare and Used Book Auction, 111326, Lancaster

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 13, 2026 - November 13, 2026
Page Size: 400 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Sachse, Julius Friedrich; Richards, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg

Proceedings and Addresses of the Pennsylvania German Society

 1907 Not Available Unknown
2 Burgert, Annett Kunselman

Eighteenth Century Emigrants from the Northern Alsace to America

 Camden, Maine 1992 Not Available Unknown
3 Nolt, Steven M.; Fogleman, Aaron Spencer

Foreigners in Their Own Land: Pennsylvania Germans in the Early Republic; Hopeful Journeys: German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America, 1717-1775

 University Park, Pa.; Philadelphia 2002; 1996 Not Available Unknown
4 Nitzsche, George E.; Schwarze, William N.; Myers, Richmond E.; Fogel, Edwin M.

Mountain Mary and Other Tales of the Pennsylvania Dutch; The Pennsylvania German Folklore Society

 Ephrata, Pa. 2013; 1941 Not Available Unknown
5 Stine, Eugene S.; Jordan, Mildred

Pennsylvania German Dictionary: Pennsylvania German-English, English-Pennsylvania German; Apple in the Attic: A Pennsylvania Legend

 Birdsboro, Pa.; New York 1996; 1942 Not Available Unknown
6 Parsons, William T.; Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.; Pfund, Harry W.; Haag, Earl C.

Pennsylvania Germans: A Persistent Minority; Early Life of the Pennsylvania Germans; A History of the German Society of Pennsylvania, Founded 1764; The First One Hundred Years: An Index of Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (1891-1990), Inclu

 Collegeville, Pa.; Lancaster, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Kutztown, Pa.; Severna Park, Md. 1985; [ca. 1960]; 1944; 1998; [1996] Not Available Unknown
7 Egle, William Henry

Pennsylvania Archives; Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives

 Washington 1896; 1964 Not Available Unknown
8 Nutting, Wallace; Weygandt, Cornelius; Trussell, John B.B., Jr.

Pennsylvania Beautiful; The Red Hills: A Record of Good Days Outdoors and In, with Things Pennsylvania Dutch; William Penn, Architect of a Nation

 Garden City, N.Y.; Philadelphia; Harrisburg c1935, c1934; 1930, c1920; 1980 Not Available Unknown
9 Johnson, Willis Fletcher

History of the Johnstown Flood. Including All the Fearful Record; the Breaking of the South Fork Dam; the Sweeping Out of the Conemaugh Valley; the Overthrow of Johnstown

 Philadelphia 1889 Not Available Unknown
10 Bloom, Ken; Steinmetz, Rollin C.; Bennett, E.D.

Allentown: A Pictorial History; A Peculiar People: A Tale of the Ephrata Cloister; History Trails of Lancaster; American Journeys: An Anthology of Travel in the United States

 Norfolk/Virginia Beach; Lancaster, Pa.; Lititz, Pa.; Convent Station, N.J. 1984; 197-?; 1976; 1975 Not Available Unknown
11 Graeff, Arthur D.; Paine, Thomas; Aurand, A. Monroe, Jr.

The History of Pennsylvania; The Life and Letters of Benjamin Franklin; Common Sense, Addressed to the Inhabitants of America; The Realness of Witchcraft in America

 Philadelphia; Eau Clare, Wis.; Harrisburg, Pa. 1945; [1947]; 2016; c1942 Not Available Unknown
12 Herrick, Cheesman A.; Claussen, W. Edmunds; Pratt, R.H.

White Servitude in Pennsylvania: Indentured and Redemption Labor in Colony and Commonwealth; Wyck: The Story of an Historic House, 1690-1970; The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Its Origins, Purposes, Progress, and the Difficulties Surmo

 Philadelphia; Carlisle, Pa. 1926; 1970; 1908; 1979 Not Available Unknown
13 Lathrop, J.M.; Griffing, B.N.

An Atlas of Shenandoah and Page Counties, Virginia; The Virginia Gazette

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Harrisonburg, Va.; Williamsburg 1885; 1985; 1776 Not Available Unknown
14 Oyer, John S.; Kreider, Robert S.; Cummings, Mary Lou; Hershberger, Guy F.

Mirror of the Martyrs: Stories of Courage, Inspiringly Retold, of 16th Century Anabaptists Who Gave Their Lives for Their Faith; Full Circle: Stories of Mennonite Women; Nonresistance and the State: The Pennsylvania Quaker Experiment in Politics, 1682-175

 Intercourse, Pa.; Newton, Kan.; Scottdale, Pa.; Lancaster, Pa. 1990; 1978; 1937; 2016; 2017 Not Available Unknown
15 Hostetler, John A.; Steinfeldt, B.; McGrath, W.; Shoemaker, A.; Aurand, A.M., Jr.

Amish Life; The Amish of Lancaster County; Amish Folk Remedies for Plain and Fancy Ailments; Studies on the Pennsylvania German Dialect of the Amish Community in Arthur, Illinois; Little Known Facts About Bundling in the New World; Slants on the Origin of

 Scottdale, Pa. 1952; [1910] Not Available Unknown
16 Yoder, Joseph W.

Rosanna of the Amish; Rosanna's Boys: A Sequel to Rosanna of the Amish

 Huntingdon, Pa. 1947, c1940; 1948 Not Available Unknown
17 Bainton, Roland H.; Wesley, John

Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther; The Journal of John Wesley

 New York; Chicago 1950; [195-?] Not Available Unknown
18 Martin, Helen R.

Tillie, a Mennonite Maid: A Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch; Her Husband's Purse; Fanatic or Christian?: A Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch

 New York; Garden City, N.Y. 1904; 1916; 1918 Not Available Unknown
19 Dickens, Charles; Alcott, Louisa May

The Pickwick Papers; Little Women

 Boston; Racine, Wis. [19--?]; 1955 Not Available Unknown
20 Meinig, D.W.; Furneaux, Rupert

The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History; The Pictorial History of the American Revolution as Told by Eyewitnesses and Participants

 New Haven; Chicago 1986; 1973 Not Available Unknown
21 Lossing, Benson J.

The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustations by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenry, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence

 New York; Spartansburg, S.C. 1860; 1969 Not Available Unknown
22 Sandburg, Carl; Williams, T. Harry; Coldham, Peter; Airne, C.W.

Abraham Lincoln; Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches, Messages, and Letters; Day of Glory: The Guns at Lexington and Concord; Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London, 1617-1778; The Story of Tudor and Stuart Britain, Told in Pictures

 New York, N.Y.; New York; New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md.; Manchester 1960; 1962, c1957; 1962, c1955; 1990; [1934] Not Available Unknown
23 Ludwig, Emil; Scheer, Teva J.; Raff, Diether

Napoleon; Our Daily Bread: Village Life in Early Modern Germany; A History of Germany from the Medieval Empire to the Present

 New York; North Saanich, B.C.; Oxford/Hamburg/New York 1927, c1926; 2010; 1988 Not Available Unknown
24 Brumbaugh, Martin G.; McGuffey, William Holmes; Brooks, Edward

The Standard Fifth Reader; McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader; A Complete Algebra for High Schools, Academies, and Normal Schools; The New Normal Mental Arithmetic: A Thorough and Complete Course, by Analysis and Induction

 Philadelphia; Cincinnati; New York; Philadelphia 1899; 1879; 1895; 1873 Not Available Unknown
25 Sachse, Julius Friedrich; Nead, Daniel Wunderlich; Kelpius, Johannes

Proceedings and Addresses of the Pensylvania German Society; Proceedings and Addresses of the Pennsylvania German Society

 1913; 1917 Not Available Unknown
  • Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000
    Forum
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    Thursday 19th November
    Forum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000
  • Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.
    Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.