Freemans: Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 2,510,879.00 |
| Auction Date | September 10, 2024 - September 10, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 764,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #2101 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,214,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 152 | ||
| Sold Lots | 129 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 810,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.87% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,285,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 195.38% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | [Washington, George, and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette] Cathala, Etienne-Louis-Denis. | The Destruction of the Bastille. A Tribute to the Patriarch of Liberty: The Marquis de Lafayette's Personal Gift to President George Washington of a Drawing of the Demolished Bastille... |
1789 | USD 500,000.00 - 800,000.00 | USD 1,996,000.00 |
| 128 | Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). | Hooping Crane |
1834 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 95,250.00 |
| 34 | [Washington, Bushrod] (Hamilton, Alexander, and James Madison, and John Jay). | The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, As Agreed Upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 |
1788 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 53,975.00 |
| 108 | (Walton, Izaak). | The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing... Fine First Edition of Izaak Walton's Angling Classic |
1653 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 34,925.00 |
| 132 | Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). | Wood Ibis |
1834 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 34,925.00 |
| 129 | Audubon, John J. | Passenger Pigeon |
(1834). | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 95 | [Homer] Chapman, Geo(rge). | The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts In his Iliads, and Odysses... |
(ca. 1616). | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 130 | Audubon, J(ohn). J(ames). | Purple Heron |
1835 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 150 | Sonnerat, (Pierre). | Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine, Fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781... |
1782 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 149 | Ramusio, Giovanni Battista. | Delle Navigationi et Viaggi... |
1565-83. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 138 | Galilei, Galileo. | Opere di Galileo Galilei linceo nobile Fiorentino... |
1655-56. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 3 | [Barclay, James]. | The Voyages and Travels of James Barclay. Containing Many Surprising Adventures, and Interesting Narratives |
1777 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 118 | [Cuvier, Georges] Edwards, George. | A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some other Rare and Undescribed Animals... |
(1743-51). | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 106 | Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel L.). | The Writings of Mark Twain |
1929 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 11 | [Franklin, Benjamin] Prince, Thomas, and Joseph Sewall, and Cotton Mather, and Ebenezer Pemberton. | A Sermon Delivered by Thomas Prince, M. A. on Wensday, October 1, 1718. At His Ordination, to the Pastoral Charge of the South Church in Boston, N. E. in Conjunction with the Reverend Mr. Joseph Sewall. ... |
1718 | USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,033.00 |
| 60 | (Josephus, Flavius). | De antiquitate Judaica. De Bello Judaica |
1480 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,033.00 |
| 71 | [Hague, Theodore] Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius. | Commentaria in Bibliam |
1497-(1498). | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 104 | Twain, Mark (Clemens, Samuel L.). | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) |
1885 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,715.00 |
| 1 | (Cooper, Anna Julia). | A Voice from the South. By a Black Woman of the South |
1892 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,398.00 |
| 136 | Freud, Sigm(und). | Die Infantile Cerebrallahmung |
1897 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 90 | Fitzgerald, F. Scott. | The Great Gatsby |
1925 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,763.00 |
| 139 | Halley, Edmund. | Astronomi dum Viveret Regii Tabulae Astronomicae Accedunt de usu Tabularum Praecepta |
1749 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 140 | Kepler, Johannes. | Tabulae Rudolphinae. Or the Rudolphine Tables, Supputated to the Meridian of Uraniburge, ... |
1675 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,445.00 |
| 32 | Bright, Clarence E. | Personal Archive of Letters and Ephemera. Archive of Clarence E. Bright, longtime Manager of the Pearson Printing Office, the sole printer of Supreme Court Decisions from 1891-1946 |
ca. 1913-75. | USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 61 | Kempis, Thomas a, and Johannes Gerson. | Imitatio Christi and De meditatione cordis |
1486 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
