Freeman's | Hindman: Books and Manuscripts, 6285, Philadelphia

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 27, 2025 - March 27, 2025

Page Size: 282 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Olive, Bill	[Black Panther Party] Happy Birthday Huey P. Newton	(Los Angeles)	1969	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
2	Dunbar, Paul Laurence	Collection of 3 Inscribed Books and 4 Autographed and Typed Letters, signed	New York	1896	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Unknown
3		From Our Yearly-Meeting, Held at Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, from the 17th, to the 21st Day of the 7th Month. 1737	Philadelphia	1737	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
4	Pemberton, James	Membership Certificate for the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery	Philadelphia	April 4, 1795	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
5	(Gill, John)	To the Inhabitants of the STATE of Massachusetts-Bay	(Boston)	(December 15, 1777)	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
6	(Johnson, Samuel)	Taxation No Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress	London	1775	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
7		Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774	Philadelphia	1774	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
8		Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings from January 1, 1776, to January 1, 1777	York-Town: [Pennsylvania]	1778	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Unknown
9	Mitchell, S. Weir	Hugh Wynne Free Quaker...	New York	1897	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
10		The North-American and the West-Indian Gazetteer...	London	1776	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
11	(Price, Richard)	Licentiousness Unmask'd; or, Liberty Explained	London	1776	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
12		Anno Regni Georgii III...An Act for Granting and Applying Certain Stamp Duties, and other Duties, in the British Colonies and Plantations in America...	London	1765	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	Unknown
13	(Moore, Richard, pseudonym)	(The New-York Pocket Almanack, For the Year 1766...)	(New-York)	1765	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
14	Archenholtz, J.M. von	The History of the Pirates, Free-Booters, or Buccaneers of America	London	1807	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
15	Barclay, Robert	An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, As the same is Held Forth, and Preached, by the People, called in Scorn, Quakers...	Newport, Rhode-Island	1729	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
16	[Boudinot, Elias] Barlow, Joel	The Vision of Columbus; A Poem in Nine Books	Hartford	1787	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
17	Bryce, James	The American Commonwealth	London and New York	1888	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
18	Burr, Aaron	The Trial of Col. Aaron Burr, on an Indictment for Treason...	Washington City	1807	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
19	Burr, Aaron	Autograph Note, signed	No place	no date ("Thursday Morning")	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
20	Belcher, Jonathan, and John Collier, and William Nesbitt	Manuscript Document, signed	Halifax, Nova Scotia	April 28, 1763	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
21	(Lymburner, Adam, or Francis Maseres)	A Review of the Government and Grievances of the Province of Quebec, Since the Conquest of it by the British Arms...	London	1788	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
22	Macdonald, John	Autograph Letter, signed	Earnscliffe, Ottawa	Sept(ember). 20, 1889	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
23	Childs, C.G.	Views in Philadelphia, and its Vicinity; Engraved From Original Drawings	Philadelphia	1827-30	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
24		Debates, Resolutions and other Proceedings, of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Convened at Boston, on the 9th of January, 1788, and Continued until the 7th of February following, for the Purpose of Assenting to and Ratifying the Const	Boston	1788	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
25	Binns, John	Declaration of Independence	(Philadelphia)	1819	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000

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