Freeman's | Hindman: Books & Early Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection, 6519, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 17, 2026 - July 17, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bancroft Albert Little | Bancroft's Tourist's Guide |
San Francisco | 1872 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 2 | Bell Alexander D. | Fresno, California. Great Progress of the County |
Fresno | N/A | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 3 | Caxton William | Polycronicon |
Westminster | 1482 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 4 | Leighly John | The Misconception that California was an Island |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 5 | Pattison Mark; Muscatine Charles; Hall Basil; Booth Stephen; Hanff Peter E.; Riley Michael O. | 5 Books, including: The Estiennes |
San Francisco | 1949; 1963; 1966; 1968; 2011 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 6 | Heller Elinor Raas; Magee David; Harlan Robert D. | Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press; Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press. 1940-1956; Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1957-1966, & Grabhorn/Hoyem, 1966-1973 |
San Francisco | 1957; 1977 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 7 | Vespucci Amerigo; Wheat Carl; Becker Robert H.; Baird Joseph Armstrong Jr.; Seaton Elizabeth; Wagener Richard; Hiller Peter; Gioia Dana | 61 Books, including: The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci Describing his Four Voyages to the New World |
San Francisco | 1926; 1963; 1964; 1967; 1969; 2005; 2009; 2013; 2019; 2024 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 11 | Brigman Anne Wadrope | Songs of a Pagan |
San Francisco | 1908 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 12 | Eastwood B.; Johnston James Finlay Weir; White Joseph J.; Wickson Edward J.; Eisen Gustav; Myrick Herbert; Hartmann H.T. | 32 Books, including: The Cranberry and Its Culture |
New York; San Francisco; Springfield; Washington, D.C. | 1859; 1862; 1870; 1889; 1890; 1899; 1914; 1952 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 13 | D'Ambrosio Joseph J. | D'Ambrosio, Joseph J. |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 14 | Landacre Paul | California Hills and Other Wood Engravings |
1931 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 15 | Howes Wright; Kimes William; Kimes Maymie; McLaughlin Glen; Beckham Stephen Dow; Reese William | 40 Books, including: Art in California |
San Francisco; New York; Fresno; Austin; Saratoga; Portland; New Haven | 1916; 1962; 1986; 1994; 1995; 2003; 2017 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 16 | Watkins Carleton; Fiske George | 19 items, including: 4 stereoviews of trees in the Yosemite Valley |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 17 | Wild Rover! |
New York | N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 18 | Cowan Robert E | A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906; A Bibliography of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906 |
San Francisco | 1993 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 19 | Denison E S | Yosemite and the Big Trees of California |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 20 | Fiske George (1835-1918) | Albumen photograph of a Yosemite stagecoach |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 21 | Fiske George (1835-1918) | Bridal Veil Falls, Glacier Point, and Aggasiz Column |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 22 | Fiske George (1835-1918) | 15 Books, including: [Albumen prints of Yosemite waterfalls] |
N/A | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Unknown | |
| 23 | Fiske George (1835-1918) | 90 Books, including: [Albumen prints of Yosemite landmarks] |
N/A | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 24 | Whitney J D | Geology |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 25 | Wellar William;Hutchings James M | The Miner's Ten Commandments |
San Francisco | 1853 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 26 | Griswold Norman Whitmore (1843-1904) | Beauties of California |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 27 | Hart Alfred A | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. promotional brochure |
N/A | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 28 | Heller Louis Herman | Captain Jack |
San Francisco | N/A | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
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The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000