Alexander Historical Auctions: Spring Timed Auction, 118, Chesapeake City

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 27, 2026 - June 27, 2026
Page Size: 616 items in 25 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
546 Sellman John P; Rice George R; Price Charles R; Barnes Jacob S; Spicer Benjamin B; Steer Francis

Southern Cross of Honor Applications

1905-1913 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 100.00
547 Fey Claudia

Southerner’s Civil War Letter

1864 USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
548 Conant William J

Two Discharges for William J. Conant

Mount Pleasant; Burlington 1862; 1865 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 50.00
549 Shedd Calvin

Union Soldier's Letter Regarding Morris Island

1863 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 275.00
550 Ellsworth Elmer E (1837-1861)

Elmer E. Ellsworth

N/A USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 112.50
551 Porter David D (1813-1891)

General Order No. 207

Mound City 1864 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
552

Harper's New Monthly Magazine

New York 1850-1873 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 62.50
553

Bill of Lading for the Steamer Diana

Houston 1859 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
554 Winslow John A (1811-1873)

John A. Winslow

Washington D.C. N/A USD 20.00 - 30.00 USD 12.50
555

Civil War Officers' Photograph

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
557

Union Soldier Photographs

N/A USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 150.00
563

Confederate Flag Remnant and Bonds

1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
564 Hitchcock Gad

A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency Thomas Gage

Boston 1774 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
565 Lameth Alexandre (1760-1829)

Alexandre Lameth Document

Turin, Italy 1810 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 112.50
566 Brailey William Jr

Man Apologizes for Ridiculing a Vicar

Barnstable, England 1808 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
568 Pickering Timothy (1745-1829)

Timothy Pickering Autograph Letter

1797 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
569 James Henry; Greeley Horace; Andrews Stephen Pearl

Love, Marriage, and Divorce, and the Sovereignty of the Individual

New York 1853 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 150.00
570 Dixon Thomas Jr

The Clansman

New York 1905 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 500.00
572 Fischler Harry A.

N-gger-Toe Rag

Pennsylvania 1910 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 250.00
573

1845 Roadside Eulogizes Deceased Teenaged Girl

Skaneateles, NY 1845 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 37.50
574

1897 Southern Railway Map

1897 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
575

1898 Illinois Central Railroad Map

1898 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 37.50
576

1899 Chicago Burlington and Quincey Railroad Map

1899 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 37.50
577

1902 New York Central Railroad Map

1902 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
578

1902 Norfolk and Western Railroad Map

1902 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
  • 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