Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Books, 177, Gahanna

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 13, 2026 - June 13, 2026
Page Size: 421 items in 17 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
280 Noble Mark

A History of the College of Arms

London 1804 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 144.00
281 Ecker und Eckhoffen Johann Karl Baron von

Gesetze und Verfassungen des weltlichen Stifts-Ritterordens des Heiligen Joachimi

Grunstadt 1787 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 450.00
282 Gerstinger Hans

Manuscrit 2606: Le Livre des Ordonnances de l’Ordre de la Toison d’Or

Vienne 1934 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
283

Liste Nominale des Chevaliers de l’Ordre Illustre de la Toison d’Or

Wien 1955 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
284

N Books, including: Royal Insignia

1839-1999 USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
285 Palmer G. Ll.

War Medal Collection

Lackham 1914 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 420.00
286

Osterreichs Illustrierte Zeitung—Kaiser-Huldigungs-Nummer

Wien 1917 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
287

William & Mary and Their House

New York 1979 USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
288 Pine John; Anstis John

The Procession and Ceremonies Observed at the Time of the Installation of the Knights Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath

London 1730 USD 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
289

An Account of the Royal Portuguese Military Order of the Tower and Sword

London 1813 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
290 Da Costa Frederico

2 Books, including: Les Ordres Militaires de Portugal

Lisbon 1922; 1968 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 108.00
291 Palacio Nacional da Ajuda; Cayolla Zagallo Manuel C. de Almeida

2 Books, including: Catalogo das Joias e Pratas da Coroa

Lisboa 1954; 1961 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 390.00
292 Purey-Cust Arthur P.

The Collar of S S: A History and a Conjecture

Leeds 1910 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
293 Renault Jules

La Legion d’Honneur Sa Societe d’Entr’aide et Son Musee Les Anciens Orders Francais de Chevalerie

Paris 1934 USD 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
294 Risk James C.

British Orders and Decorations

New York 1945 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 228.00
295 Risk James C.

The History of the Order of the Bath and its Insignia

London 1972 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 120.00
296 Rochemont G.L. de; Bischoff J.

Afbeeldingen der oudere en nieuwere, thans bestaande Ridderorden

Amsterdam 1843 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
297 Sainte-Marie Honore de

Dissertations historiques et critiques sur la chevalerie ancienne et moderne

Paris 1718 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
298 Saintfoix M de

Histoire de l’Ordre du S. Esprit

Paris 1767–1772 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
299 Scheffer C G U

Stora Amaranterordens historia

Stockholm 1942 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
300 Schulze H

Chronik sammtlichen bekannten Ritter-Orden und Ehrenzeichen

Berlin 1855 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 156.00
301 Spada Antonio

Onori e Glorie

Brescia 1980; 1983 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
302 Spada Antonio

Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme

Brescia 1982 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
303 Story-Maskelyne Nevil

The Marlborough Gems

London 1870 USD 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
304 Symonds & Co

Original Large-Format 19th-Century Photographic Print Depicting HMS Victory and its Crew

Portsmouth 19th-century USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, 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-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, 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