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Auction Date
March 29, 2026 - March 29, 2026
Page Size: 102 items in 5 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean… vol v

United State War Department

Washington 1856 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 255.00
27 various; Illustrator: John Leech, and others

Punch Magazine

London 1856 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 70.00
28 various; Illustrator: John Leech, and others

Punch Magazine

London 1857 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 68.00
29 Annual Report of the American board of commissioners for Foreign Missions

various

Boston 1861 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 70.00
30 Charles Johnson Illustrator(s): John E. Sowerby

The Grasses of Great Britain

London ca. 1861. USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 82.00
31 various, Illustrator: John Leech, and others

Punch Magazine

London 1861 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 120.00
32 Companion atlas to Cornells High School geography : comprising a complete set of maps, designed for the student to memorize

CORNELL, Sarah S

New York 1864 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 175.00
33 Antoine Henri Jomini Contributor(s): Samuel Beckley Holabird (Translator)

Treatise on Grand Military Operations: Or, A Critical and Military History of the Wars of Frederick the Great

New York 1865 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 270.00
34 Col. S. M. Bowman and Lt. Col. R. B. Irwin

Sherman and his campaigns : a military biography

New York 1865 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 235.00
35 Napoleon Marache

Maraches Manual of Chess

New York 1866 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 105.00
36 Andrew Manship

National Jewels: Washington, Lincoln, and the Fathers of the Revolution

Philadelphia 1866 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 145.00
37 Frank Moore

Women of the War: Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice, Illustrated with Steel Engravings

Hartford [Connecticut] 1866 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 58.00
38 Contributor(s): Ingram Cobbin (Marginal References)

The Holy Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments according to the authorized version with the marginal references and the usual various readings

Hartford, CT 1864 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 520.00
39 Charles J. Peterson Illustrator(s): various, Contributor(s): Jane Weaver, et al.

Petersons Magazine

Philadelphia, 1867 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 50.00
40 I. W. Wiley (Editor)

The Ladies Repository: a monthly periodical

Cincinnati, New York 1868 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 62.00
41 TWAIN, Mark

The innocents abroad, or, The new Pilgrims progress: ...

Hartford, Conn. 1869 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 660.00
42 Publisher: London / Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis

Men Who Were Earnest; The Springs of Their Action and Influence. A Series of Biographical Studies

London / Edinburgh: 1870 USD 350.00 - 800.00 USD 56.00
43 Franklin Eliot Felton

The Secrets of Internal Revenue: Exposing the Whiskey Ring, Gold Ring, and Drawback Frauds

Philadelphia, 1870 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 115.00
44 Henry Downes Miles

British Field Sports; A Valuable Work of Reference

London [1871] USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 180.00
45 George Anderson

The Art of Skating

London 1873 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 52.00
46 William Miles

Modern Practical Farriery, a Complete System of the Veterinary Art

London Undated [ca. 1874]. USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 115.00
47 Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)

Mark Twains Sketches, New and Old

Hartford and Chicago 1875 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
48 Henry V. Boynton

Shermans Historical Raid: The Memoirs in the Light of the Record. A Review Based Upon Compilations from the Files of the War Office

Cincinnati 1875 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 185.00
49 George Armstrong Custer

My life on the plains, or, Personal experiences with Indians.

New York 1876 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 150.00
50

The useful companion and artificers assistant.

New York 1876 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 210.00
  • Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Queen Anne's War] Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York Accomplished to Queen Anne. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Mormonism] A Unique Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words Offered to His Congregation, the Day Before his Violent Death, 1844. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Baseball] [Mantle, Mickey] 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: [Baseball] A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000/12,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Declaration of Independence] One of the First Printed Announcements of American Independence, Subscriber Ebenezer Hazard's Copy, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000/15,000
    Freeman’s
    How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X
    June 30
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776! $15,000/25,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [War of 1812] "We Have Met the Enemy and They are Ours": The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry is Appointed Master Commandant in the United States Navy, 1812. $40,000/60,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Star-Spangled Banner] Eyewitness Account of the Shelling of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812, in a Manuscript Logbook from the HMS Trave, Present at the Battles of Baltimore and New Orleans, 1814-16. $60,000/80,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [American Revolution] Thomas Jefferson at the Birth of a New Nation: An Important Letter Carried by a Jewish Patriot Communicating the Definitive Treaty of Paris, January 16, 1784. $100,000/200,000
    Freeman’s, June 30: [Colonial America] [Plymouth Colony] Plymouth Colony Seeks a Royal Charter: A Rare and Important Plymouth Colony Document, 1690/91. $6,000/9,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Selections from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin
    Live Sale 24 June
    Sotheby’s, June 24: (Benjamin Franklin). The founding—and funding—of the Pennsylvania Hospital. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, "the Day of the Declaration of Independence is everywhere annually celebrated”. $80,000 to $120,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin, “probably the most fundamental thing ever done in the field of electricity”. $75,000 to $125,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Benjamin Franklin. One of Franklin's very earliest surviving letters. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: Roger More and Benjamin Franklin. The only complete copy known of Poor Roger. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 24: John Jerman. The American Almanack ... for 1731 — the only known copy in private hands. $25,000 to $35,000.