Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Updated October 17, 2026

What's in this auction

291 lots, mostly memorabilia & autographs (17), firearms & militaria (11), comics & books (3), sporting goods & outdoors (1). 291 lots have photos and 291 have full descriptions. Pre-sale estimates $300–$150,000 across 291 priced lots. Bidding is online through the auction house's catalog, closing November 5, 2026.

Highest-estimated lots

• Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). "On the Tendency of Species to fo — est. $100,000–$150,000
• Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preserva — est. $80,000–$120,000
• [Natural History]. Gould, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans. — est. $40,000–$50,000
• Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). [Geology of the Beagle:] The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. — est. $20,000–$30,000
• Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889). Autograph letter signed ("Jefferson Davis") to General P. G. T. Beaure — est. $20,000–$30,000

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In this auction (291 lots)

Categories: Memorabilia & Autographs (17) · Firearms & Militaria (11) · Comics & Books (3) · Sporting Goods & Outdoors (1) · Tools & Shop Equipment (1) · Pottery, China & Glass (1)

• Lot 0001 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the
• Lot 0002 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). [Geology of the Beagle:] The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs.
• Lot 0003 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South
• Lot 0004 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the
• Lot 0005 — [Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)]. "Geology." In: A Manual of Scientific Enquiry. Sir John F. W.
• Lot 0006 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). A Monograph on the Sub-Class Cirripedia, with figures of all the
• Lot 0007 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1885). A Monograph on the Fossil Lepadidae, or, Pedunculated Cirripedes of
• Lot 0008 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). "On the Tendency of Species to fo
• Lot 0009 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preserva
• Lot 0010 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preserva
• Lot 0011 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preserva
• Lot 0012 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
• Lot 0013 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
• Lot 0014 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preserva
• Lot 0015 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
• Lot 0016 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservatio
• Lot 0017 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the
• Lot 0018 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fe
• Lot 0019 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). "On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants." In: Journal of The Li
• Lot 0020 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. London: John Murray, 1875.
• Lot 0021 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. London: John
• Lot 0022 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Descent of Man in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871.
• Lot 0023 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray,
• Lot 0024 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Insectivorous Plants. London: John Murray, 1875.
• Lot 0025 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Effects of Cross and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom.
• Lot 0026 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species. London:
• Lot 0027 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Power of Movement in Plants. London: John Murray, 1880.
• Lot 0028 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Obs
• Lot 0029 — [Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), contributor]. Reade, A. Arthur (1851-1917), editor. Study and
• Lot 0030 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). A group of 37 titles, including:
• Lot 0031 — [Darwin, Charles (1809-1882), contributor]. A group of 13 titles, including:
• Lot 0032 — Darwin, Charles (1809-1882). Letter signed ("Ch. Darwin"), to Charles Kingsley, 30 April 1867.
• Lot 0033 — [Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)]. A large library of over 100 titles and ephemera by, about, or
• Lot 0034 — [Darwin Association]. -- [Lubbock, John William, Sir (1803-1865), his copy]. Pennant, Thomas
• Lot 0035 — Darwin, Francis (1848-1925), editor. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. London: John Murray, 18
• Lot 0036 — Darwin, Francis (1848-1925), editor. The Foundations of the Origin of Species, A Sketch Written in
• Lot 0037 — [Barlow, Nora (1885-1989), her copies]. A small library of works on Charles Darwin from the
• Lot 0038 — Morgan, Thomas Hunt (1866-1945). A group of 19 titles, many from the library of William Morton
• Lot 0039 — Bohun Group Illuminators (active England, East Anglia, possibly Norwich, ca 1350s-1380s). A leaf fro
• Lot 0040 — Robert Boyvin workshop (fl. 1480-1536). Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript
• Lot 0041 — Leaf from a Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [France(?) late 13th century].
• Lot 0042 — Étienne Colaud Group (fl. 1480-1536). Prayerbook, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on
• Lot 0043 — Real Chancillería de Granada Carta Ejecutoria (in favor of Gabriel de Montalván), in Spanish,
• Lot 0044 — Real Chancillería de Granada Carta Ejecutoria (in favor of Domingo de las Muelas), in Spanish,
• Lot 0045 — [Artist Book]. Baskin, Leonard (1922-2000). Drawings for the Iliad. [New York: Delphic Arts], 1962.
• Lot 0046 — [Artist Book]. Dignimont, Andre (1891-1865), artist. -- Mac Orlan, Pierre (1882-1970). Le Chant de l
• Lot 0047 — [Artist Book]. -- [Ernst, Max (1891-1976), artist]. -- Crevel, René (1900-1935). Mr. Knife Miss
• Lot 0048 — [Artist Book]. Legat, Nikolait (1869-1937) and Sergei (1875-1905). Russki Balet v Karikatura. [Imper
• Lot 0049 — [Artist Book]. Manet, Édouard (1832-1883), artist. -- Mallarmé, Stephane (1842-1898).
• Lot 0050 — [Artist Book]. Matisse, Henri (1869-1954), artist. -- Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York:
• Lot 0051 — [Artist Book]. -- [Miro, Joan (1893-1983), Alexander Calder (1898-1976), Robert Motherwell
• Lot 0052 — [Artist Book]. Morin, Louis (1855-1938), artist. -- Prevost, Antoine Francois, Abbe (1697-1763). His
• Lot 0053 — [Artist Book]. Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973), artist. -- Aristophanes (448?-380? CE). Lysistrata. New
• Lot 0054 — [Artist Book]. Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973), artist. -- Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963). Picasso de 1916 a
• Lot 0055 — Ballard, J.G. (1930-2009). The Drowned World. London: Victor Gollancz, 1962.
• Lot 0056 — Bartoli, Pietro (1615-1700). Colonna Traiana, eretta dal senato, e popolo romano all'imperatore
• Lot 0057 — Bartoli, Pietro (1615-1700). Admiranda Romanarum antiquitatum. Rome: Johannes de Rubeus, 1693.
• Lot 0058 — [The Beats]. A large archive of materials related to the Beat Generation, including typescripts and
• Lot 0059 — [Binding]. [Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881)]. -- Maurois, Andre (1885-1967)]. Disraeli A Picture of
• Lot 0060 — [Binding]. Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). Alice’s Adventures in
• Lot 0061 — [Bindings]. Morand, Paul (1888-1976). Ouvert la nuit [and] Fermé la nuit. Paris: Librairie
• Lot 0062 — [Binding]. Trollope, Anthony (1815-1852). The Writings. Philadelphia: Gebbie and Company, 1900.
• Lot 0063 — [Book of Common Prayer, in English]. The Psalter or Psalmes of David. London: deputies of
• Lot 0064 — Boswell, James (1740-1795). The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly,
• Lot 0065 — Camden, William (1551-1623). Britannia sive florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae.
• Lot 0066 — Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista de (1525-1601). Antiquarum statuarum urbis Romae primus et secundus lib
• Lot 0067 — [Children’s Book]. Evans, Edith, illustrator. -- Hunter, Julia. A hitherto unpublished autograph
• Lot 0068 — Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106-43 BCE). Opera. Paris: Charles Estienne, Royal Typographer, 1555.
• Lot 0069 — Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and
• Lot 0070 — Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). Great Expectations. London: [C. Whiting for] Chapman and Hall, 1861.
• Lot 0071 — Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.
• Lot 0072 — Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). A group of 8 first editions, comprising:
• Lot 0073 — Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). The Works. Edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Arthur Dexter, and Th
• Lot 0074 — Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). Alice’s Adventures Under Ground.
• Lot 0075 — Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir (1859-1930). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: George Newnes,
• Lot 0076 — Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). A pair of typescript articles with holograph emendations in Doyle's
• Lot 0077 — [Economics]. Jevons, William Stanley (1835-1882). [read before the Economic Science and Statistics
• Lot 0078 — Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. Leipzig: Johann
• Lot 0079 — [Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)]. Rosso, Henry A. (1917-1999). Clipped article, headlined "If Nature I
• Lot 0080 — [Fine Press - Chiswick Press]. -- [Crane, Walter (1845-1915), illustrator]. Spenser, Edmund
• Lot 0081 — [Fine Press - Doves Press & Bindery]. Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). The Tragicall Historie of
• Lot 0082 — [Fine Press - Essex House]. Gray, Thomas (1716-1771). Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. London:
• Lot 0083 — [Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901), editor. Syr Perecyvelle of
• Lot 0084 — [Fine Press - Riccardi Press]. -- [Flint, William Russell, Sir (1880-1969), illustrator]. Chaucer,
• Lot 0085 — [Fine Press - Riccardi Press]. -- [Flint, William Russell, Sir (1880-1969), illustrator]. Malory,
• Lot 0086 — Franco, Giacomo (1550-1620). Habiti d'huomeni et donne venetiane. [Venice, 1610].
• Lot 0087 — Frost, Robert (1874-1963). A hitherto unpublished typed poem signed ("Robert Frost"), titled "Winter
• Lot 0088 — Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794). Essai sur l'etude de la literature. London: T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt,
• Lot 0089 — Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume the
• Lot 0090 — Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-1774). The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale. Salisbury: Printed by B. Collins for
• Lot 0091 — Guillermus Alvernus, Bishop of Paris (1180-1249). Rhetorica divina. Paris: Andre Bocard for Jean
• Lot 0092 — [Irving, Washington (1783-1859), et al.] Salmagundi or, the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Lan
• Lot 0093 — Jonson, Ben (1572-1637). Masques at Court. [Extracted from:] The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. London:
• Lot 0094 — Joyce, James (1882-1941). "Ulysses." In: The Little Review. Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap,
• Lot 0095 — Kerouac, Jack ("John") (1922-1969). The Town and the City. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company,
• Lot 0096 — Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936). The Jungle Book. -- The Second Jungle Book. London and New York:
• Lot 0097 — Lawrence, D.H. (1885-1930). Lady Chatterley's Lover. [Florence, Italy]: Privately printed, 1928.
• Lot 0098 — Le Carre, John (1931-2020). The Spy Who Came In from the Cold. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963.
• Lot 0099 — Lindbergh, Charles (1902-1974). Spirit of St. Louis [Den första atlantflygaren berättar].
• Lot 0100 — Louis XI, King of France (1423-1483). Manuscript document signed ("Louis XI"), Paris, 19 March 1478.
• Lot 0101 — Mandela, Nelson (1918-2013). In His Words: From Freedom to the Future. London: Little, Brown, 2003.
• Lot 0102 — [Manuscript]. "Serie Di tutto cio che e occorso Nel Caso del Battesimo conferito Da Anna Martini Ad
• Lot 0103 — [Manuscript - Persian]. -- [Sultan Abdülhamid II (1842-1918), his copy]. A manuscript from the
• Lot 0104 — Merian, Matthaeus (1593-1650) and Martin Zeiler (1589-1661). Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et
• Lot 0105 — [Milton, John (1608-1674), purportedly his copy]. -- Browne, William (ca 1590-1645). Britannia's Pas
• Lot 0106 — Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949). Gone with the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936.
• Lot 0107 — Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949). Typed letter signed ("Margaret") to Edwin Granberry, Atlanta, 9
• Lot 0108 — Mongez, Antoine (1747-1835). Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs et Camées, de la Galerie de Florence,
• Lot 0109 — [Napoleon I (1769-1821), et al]. An archive of 123 signed documents, Paris, 1785-1818, salvaged from
• Lot 0110 — [Natural History]. Gould, John (1804-1881). A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans.
• Lot 0111 — Newton, Isaac (1643-1727). Observations Upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St.
• Lot 0112 — [Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910]. Bible, in English. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New
• Lot 0113 — [The Red Cross]. An exceptional album of autographs, letters, and original artwork assembled to bene
• Lot 0114 — Pauling, Linus (1901-1994). The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and
• Lot 0115 — [Photography]. Steichen, Edward (1879-1973). -- Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967). Steichen The
• Lot 0116 — Plautus, Titus Maccius (d. 184 BCE). Ex Plauti comoediis XX quarum carmina magna ex parte in mensum
• Lot 0117 — Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). "The Raven." In: New-York Mirror. G.P. Morris and N.P. Willis, editors
• Lot 0118 — Pynchon, Thomas (b. 1937). Gravity's Rainbow. New York: The Viking Press, [1973].
• Lot 0119 — [Qur'an, in English]. The Alcoran of Mahomet, translated out of Arabique into French... and newly En
• Lot 0120 — Salinger, J.D. (1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951.
• Lot 0121 — [Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)]. Ireland, Samuel (1744-1800). Miscellaneous Papers and Legal Inst
• Lot 0122 — Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Hamlet. Prince of Denmark. A New bibliophile edition printed on sh
• Lot 0123 — Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968). The Jungle. New York: The Jungle Publishing Co., 1906.
• Lot 0124 — Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968). Pre-publication sheets and galley proofs for Oil! Pasadena: published b
• Lot 0125 — [Soviet Union]. Khrushchev, Nikita (1894-1971). An archive of 18 documents, letters and telegrams,
• Lot 0126 — [Soviet Union]. Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953). Typed document signed ("J. Stalin") as leader of the
• Lot 0127 — [Soviet Union]. Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940). Typed document signed ("L. Trotsky"), as People's
• Lot 0128 — Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1939.
• Lot 0129 — Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894). New Arabian Nights. London: Chatto & Windus, 1882.
• Lot 0130 — Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly. Boston: John P. Jew
• Lot 0131 — Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). A group of 4 titles, most first editions, comprising:
• Lot 0132 — Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863). Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848.
• Lot 0133 — [Travel & Exploration]. Beato, Felice (1832-1909). An album containing photographs of Mandalay, ca 1
• Lot 0134 — [Travel & Exploration - Challenger Expedition]. Channer, Arthur (1852-1929). Manuscript log and
• Lot 0135 — [Travel & Exploration]. Nieuhof, Jan (1618-1622). Het Gezantschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-Indische
• Lot 0136 — [Travel & Exploration] Pease, Alfred Edward, Sir (1857-1939). Travel & Sport in Africa. London:
• Lot 0137 — [Travel & Exploration]. Schliemann, Heinrich (1822-1890). A group of 5 first editions, comprising:
• Lot 0138 — [Travel & Exploration]. An album containing albumen prints of Egyptian scenes and landmarks by
• Lot 0139 — [Map]. Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1611). China. [Amsterdam, ca 1606-1627].
• Lot 0140 — [Map]. Mercator, Gerard/Jodocus Hondius. Iaponia. Amsterdam, ca 1613.
• Lot 0141 — [Map]. Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598). Aegyptus Antiqua. Antwerp, 1587.
• Lot 0142 — [Map]. Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598). Japoniae insulae descriptio. Antwerp, 1603.
• Lot 0143 — [Map]. Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598). Maris Pacifici. Antwerp, 1608-1612.
• Lot 0144 — [Map]. Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598). Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni typus. Antwerp, 1584.
• Lot 0145 — [Map]. Ptolemy, Claudius (ca 100-170). Undecima Asiae Tabula. Rome, 1478 or 1490.
• Lot 0146 — Turrecremata, Johannes de (1388-1468) and Nicolaus de Byard (fl. 1300). Quaestiones Evangeliorum de
• Lot 0147 — Vonnegut, Kurt (1922-2007). Player Piano. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.
• Lot 0148 — Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. (1922-2007). Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade. New York: A Seymour
• Lot 0149 — Williams, Tennessee (1911-1983). Typed letter signed ("Tennessee Williams") to Marilyn Monroe, [New
• Lot 0150 — [Witchcraft]. Manuscript document ("Cure for Witchcraft"), n.p., n.d. [ca 17th century?].
• … and 141 more lots

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