Freeman's | Hindman: Books & Manuscripts, including Americana, 6493, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 15, 2026 - May 15, 2026

Page Size: 140 items in 6 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Thomas C. Schnelling; Robert Aumann; John Von Neumann; John Forbes Nash Jr.; Lloyd S. Shapley; Jean Ville; Emile Borel; Augustin Counot; Ernst Zermelo; Reinhard Selten; Abraham Wald; Herman Kahn; Albert Wohlstetter; Merrill M. Flood	[Game Theory]. A significant archive of works on game theory, comprising foundational texts by leading mathematicians.	Cambridge; Paris; Berlin; Princeton; Santa Monica; Baltimore; Easton, Pennsylvania	1913; 1921; 1924; 1928; 1944; 1950; 1953; 1957; 1958	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 25,600.00
27	Agatha Christie	Christie, Agatha (1890-1976). Murder on the Orient Express. London: Published for The Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co., Ltd., 1934.	London	1934	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 6,400.00
28	Samuel L. Clemens	Clemens, Samuel L. ("Mark Twain") (1835-1910). Autograph letter signed ("S.L. Clemens") to Hardinia Burnley Powell, York Harbor, 22 August 1902.	York Harbor	1902	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 2,048.00
29	Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex	Devereaux, Robert (1565-1601). Autograph letter signed ("Earl of Essex") to Richard Bagot, [Chartley Hall], December 1585.	Chartley Hall	1585	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
30	Arthur Conan Doyle	Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). The Hound of the Baskervilles. London: George Newnes, Limited, 1902.	London	1902	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,792.00
31	Arthur Conan Doyle	Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). A group of 4 titles, comprising:	London	1893; 1912; 1915; 1927	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 3,200.00
32	John Maynard Keynes	[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel to the Economic Consequences of the Peace. London: Macmillan and Co., 1922.	London	1922	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,024.00
33	John Maynard Keynes	[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.	London	1936	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,408.00
34	Adam Smith	[Economics]. Smith, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789.	London	1789	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,920.00
35	Albert Einstein	Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("A. Einstein"), to President Herbert Hoover, Berlin, 6 May 1929.	Berlin	1929	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 25,600.00
36	Albert Einstein	Einstein, Albert (1879-1955). Autograph letter signed ("Papa"), to his youngest son Eduard ("Tetel"), Cromer, Norfolk, England, n.d. [ca September 1933].	Cromer, Norfolk, England	c. 1933	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
37	Hermann Landshoff	[Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)]. -- Landshoff, Hermann (1905-1986), photographer. Photograph signed ("Albert Einstein"), to Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, 1947.		1947	USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	USD 15,360.00
38	William Faulkner	Faulkner, William (1897-1962). The Unvanquished. New York: Random House, 1938.	New York	1938	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 640.00
39	Gustave Flaubert	Flaubert, Gustave (1821-1880). Madame Bovary. Provincial Matters. Translated from the French by Eleanor Marx-Aveling. London: Vizetelly & Co., 1886.	London	1886	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,664.00
40	John Richard Green	[Fore-Edge Painting]. Green, John Richard (1837-1883). A Short History of the English People. London and New York: Macmillan and Co, 1894.	London; New York	1894	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,408.00
41	Oscar Wilde	[Fore-Edge Painting]. Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900). The Works. London: Collins, [1931].	London	1931	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,024.00
42	Francis I	Francis I (1494-1547). Manuscript document signed ("Francoys") to Jehan Prevost, Controller, 20 October 1540.		1540	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 896.00
43	George III	George III (1738-1820). Autograph letter signed ("George R.") to his son Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Weymouth, 5 September 1800.		1800	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 832.00
44	William Golding	Golding, William (1911-1993). Lord of the Flies. London: Faber and Faber, 1954.	London	1954	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,520.00
45	Thomas Hobbes	Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679), translator. The Iliads and Odysses of Homer. London: for William Crook, [1684].	London	1684	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 3,200.00
46	John Knowles	Knowles, John (1926-2001). A Separate Peace. London: Secker & Warburg, 1959.	London	1959	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,664.00
47	Harper Lee	Lee, Harper (1926-2016). To Kill A Mockingbird. Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960.	Philadelphia; New York	1960	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 6,080.00
48	W. Somerset Maugham	Maugham, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Liza of Lambeth. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897.	London	1897	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 512.00
49	W. Somerset Maugham	Maugham, W. Somerset (1874-1965). The Land of the Blessed Virgin. Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. London: William Heinemann, 1905.	London	1905	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
50	W. Somerset Maugham	Maugham, W. Somerset (1874-1965). [The Plays]. London: Heinemann. Comprising 28 titles in champagne wrappers and red cloth, 11 inscribed, comprising:	London	1912; 1913; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1930	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,664.00

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Book of Hours.- Heures de nostre dame a l'usaige de Romme, Paris, Antoine Chappiel pour Germain Hardouin, [1504]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, May 28: Colonna (Francesco). La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo, second edition, Venice, Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. £15,000-20,000

Forum, May 28: The Christ Child holding a crystal orb and surrounded by banderoles with devotional exhortations, on a leaf most probably from a Book of Hours, [Southern Netherlands, last decades of the fifteenth century]. £2,000-3,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Jackson (Shirley). The Haunting of Hill House, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Claude Fredericks, 1960. £2,000-3,000

Forum, May 28: Lennon (John). In His Own Write, first edition, first impression, signed by the author, 1964. £3,000-4,000

Forum, May 28: Doves Press.- Keats (John). [Poems], one of 200 copies on paper, Doves Press, 1914. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Rodrigues (João Barbosa). Sertum Palmarum Brasiliensium, 2 vol., first and only edition, Brussels, 1903. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Newton (Sir Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica…editio ultima, auctior et emendatior, Amsterdam, Sumptibus Societatis, 1714. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Kepler (Johannes). Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, wuibus astronomiae pars optica traditur, first edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1604. £5,000-7,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
28th May 2026

Forum, May 28: Tagliacozzi (Gaspare). De Curtorum Chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo, first edition, Venice, Gasparo Bindoni, 1597. £7,000-10,000

Forum, May 28: Lootsman (Jacobsz). The Lightning Colomne, or Sea-Mirrour, containing the Sea-Coasts of the Northern, Eastern and Western Navigation..., 1670. £8,000-12,000

Forum, May 28: Ribelles y Helip (José), Attributed to. An album comprising 33 finely executed watercolours of Spanish costume, bull-fighting scenes, and other genre subjects, [circa 1830]. £10,000-15,000