Bonhams: Documenting America Printed and Manuscript Americana including Highlights from the Louise Taper Presidential Collection, 31881, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- June 23, 2026 - June 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Zenger John Peter | The New-York Weekly Journal |
New York | 1734 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 |
| 31 | The Pennsylvania Gazette |
Philadelphia | 1766 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,040.00 | |
| 32 | Supplement to the Boston Evening-Post |
Boston | 1766; 1769 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 | |
| 33 | Franklin Benjamin | The New-York Journal; or, The General Advertiser |
New York | 1774 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,096.00 |
| 34 | Supplement to the New-York Journal, or General Advertiser |
New York | 1775 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,792.00 | |
| 35 | Postscript to the Pennsylvania Packet |
Philadelphia | 1775 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 | |
| 36 | Arnold Benedict 1741-1801 | New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury |
New York | 1775 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 832.00 |
| 37 | Dunlap's Pennsylvanis Packet: or, The General Advertiser |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 | |
| 38 | The Pennsylvania Gazette |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 896.00 | |
| 39 | Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet. Or The General Advertiser |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,072.00 | |
| 40 | The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal |
Boston | 1777 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,536.00 | |
| 41 | The Pennsylvania Journal, and the Weekly Advertiser |
Philadelphia | 1783 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 | |
| 42 | Gazette of the United States |
New York | 1789 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 | |
| 43 | The Oracle of the Day |
Portsmouth | 1799 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 44 | Inga Athanasius | West-Indische Spieghel; Historie Naturael |
Amsterdam | 1624 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | Blaeu Willem (1571-1638); Blaeu Jan (1596-1673) | Nova Virginiae tabula |
Amsterdam | c.1629 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,152.00 |
| 46 | Charles II (1630-1685) | Charter of the Colony of Virginia |
Westminster | 1676 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 47 | Hubbard William | A Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England |
Boston | 1677 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,120.00 |
| 48 | Homann Johann Baptist (1663-1724) | Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali |
Nuremberg | c.1714 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 460.80 |
| 49 | Fry Joshua (1699-1754); Jefferson Peter (1708-1757) | A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina |
London | 1775 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 50 | Scull William 1739-1784 | Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only the Improved Parts of that Province but also its Extensive Frontiers |
London | 1775 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | McKean Thomas 1734-1817 | Indenture for transfer of property to Ann Pemberton |
Philadelphia | N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 435.20 |
| 53 | Allen Ethan 1738-1789 | Promissory Note |
1786 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | Jefferson Thomas 1743-1826 | Notes on the State of Virginia |
London | 1787 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 14,080.00 |
| 55 | Washington George 1732-1799; Huntington Samuel 1731-1796 | Circular Letter with a response from Samuel Huntington |
New York, NY; Norwich, CT | 1790 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | Not Sold |
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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. -
Forum Auctions
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 -
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.