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
103 Arnold Murr (1900-1991)

Signature and portrait of Murr Arnold

San Diego N/A USD 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
104 Von Falkenhorst Nikolaus (1885 - 1968)

Signed portrait of Nikolaus von Falkenhorst

N/A USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 87.50
105 Tscheckowa Olga (1897-1980)

Signed portrait of Olga Tscheckowa

1931 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 50.00
106 Dessloch Otto (1889 - 1975)

Signed portrait of Otto Dessloch

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
107 Kranzbuhler Otto (1907-2004)

Correspondence regarding Karl Donitz biography

Tegernsee 1978; 1989 USD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
108 Meissner Otto (1880 - 1953)

A.L.S. to Oswald von Hoyningen-Huene

Neuhaus by Schliersee 1950 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 62.50
109 Remer Otto (1912 - 1997)

Signed portrait of Otto Remer

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 275.00
110 Tiemann Otto (1890-1952)

Signed photograph of German soldiers

N/A USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 62.50
111 Von Kleist Paul Ewald (1881 - 1954)

Award list for War Merit Cross

1942 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
112 Von Kleist Paul Ewald (1881 - 1954)

Award list for War Merit Cross

1942 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 75.00
113 Von Kleist Paul Ewald (1881 - 1954)

Award list for War Merit Cross

1942 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 125.00
114 Von Kleist Paul Ewald (1881 - 1954)

Award list for War Merit Cross

1942 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 112.50
115 Klatt Paul (1896 – 1973)

A.L.S. regarding military book

Moenchengladbach 1959 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
116 Butler Peter

T.L.S. regarding World War II plans

Tauberbischofsheim 1966 USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 25.00
117 Heydrich Reinhard

Portrait postcard and cut signature of Reinhard Heydrich

Bohemia and Moravia 1942 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 575.00
118 Darre Richard-Walther

Document Signed

1934 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 100.00
119 Bohm Robert

Typed Letter Signed

Unterhaching 1961 USD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
120 Sokolov Sergei

Document Signed

1962 USD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
121 Westphal Siegfried

Signed Photograph

1977 USD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
122 von Luettwitz Smilo Freiherr

Autograph Letter Signed

Vienna 1941 USD 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
123 von Luttwitz Smilo Freiherr

Letters from a Prisoner of War

1946 USD 140.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
124 von Luttwitz Smilo Freiherr

Letter Signed

Koblenz 1959 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 50.00
125 Burchardi Theodor

Typed Letter Signed

Kiel 1962 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
126 Wisch Theodor

Signed Photograph

N/A USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 87.50
127 Tait James Brian; Castagnola J.; Flatman Mark; Cardwell W.; Joplin Arthur; Bale D. W. Ginger; Weaver Earnie; Barron Bob; Johnson Victor; Hamilton M. L.; Rooke Len; Morieson Ken; Vance S. T.; Cole Colin; Pengelly Bill; Hepworth Albert; Gingles Paddy; Hende

Tirpitz Raid Signatures

1944 USD 140.00 - 200.00 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