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
51	W. Somerset Maugham	Maugham, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Mimeograph typescript for "Looking Back." London: Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd., 1962.	London	1962	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 768.00
52	Margaret Mitchell	Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949). Gone with the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.	New York	1936	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,536.00
53		[Natural History]. Nissen, Claus. Herbals of Five Centuries. 50 Original Leaves... Zurich, Olten, and Munich: L'Art Ancien S.A.; Weiss-Hesse; and Robert Wolfle, 1958.	Zurich; Olten; Munich	1958	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 832.00
54	Horatio Nelson	Nelson, Horatio, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758-1805). Autograph letter signed ("Nelson") to Sir William Hamilton, Palermo, 8 June 1799.		1799	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,480.00
55	Kay Nielsen	Nielsen, Kay (1886-1957). East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914].	London; London; New York	1914; 1920; 1924	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 1,920.00
56	George Orwell	Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.	London	1949	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 5,440.00
57	Blaise Pascal	Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662). Traitez de l'Equilibre des Liqueurs et de la Pasanteur de la Masse de l'Air. Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1663.	Paris	1663	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 3,200.00
58	Alexander Pope	[Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)]. Serle, John. A Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden, As it was left at his Death: with a Plan and Perspective View of the Grotto. London: R. Dodsley for M. Cooper, 1745.	London	1745	USD 600.00 - 800.00	USD 576.00
59	Arthur Rackham	Rackham, Arthur (1867-1934). The Night Before Christmas. London: George C. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1931.	London	1931	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,432.00
60	Arthur Rackham	Rackham, Arthur (1867-1934). A group of 8 titles, comprising:	London; London; London; London; London; London; London; London	1905; 1908; 1912; 1913; 1913; 1918; 1920; 1939	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 4,800.00
61	Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882); Kenyon Cox (1856-1919)	Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882). -- Cox, Kenyon (1856-1919), illustrator. The Blessed Damozel. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1886.	New York	1886	USD 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
62	J.K. Rowling (b. 1965)	Rowling, J.K. (b. 1965). A group of the first 3 Harry Potter titles, all signed, comprising:	New York	1998; 1999	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,840.00
63	William Shakespeare (1564-1616)	Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio. London: Printed [by Robert R	London	1685	USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	USD 140,800.00
64	William Shakespeare (1564-1616)	Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). As You Like It. -- The Taming of the Shrew. -- All's Well That Ends Well. [Three complete plays extracted from: The Second Folio]. [London: Printed by Thomas Cotes, 1632].	London	1632	USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 12,800.00
65	William Shakespeare (1564-1616)	Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. [London: E. & J. Wright, 1807].	London	1807; 1904	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,920.00
66	Thomas Daniell (1749-1840); William Daniell (1769-1837)	[Travel & Exploration]. Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840) and William (1769-1837). A Picturesque Voyage to India; by the way of China. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and William Daniell, 1810.	London	1810	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 5,440.00
67	Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)	Warren, Robert Penn (1905-1989). All The King's Men. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946.	New York	1946	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 512.00
68	Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)	Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852). Autograph letter signed ("Wellington") to Sir James Graham, Brussels, 13 April 1815.		N/A	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 512.00
69	H.G. Wells (1866-1946)	Wells, H.G. (1866-1946). The Time Machine. London: William Heinemann, 1895.	London	1895	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 5,120.00
70	Christopher Wren (1632-1723)	Wren, Christopher, Sir (1632-1723). Manuscript document signed ("Cr. Wren") to Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, Whitehall, 10 July 1714.		N/A	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,792.00
71	Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)	Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952). An Oasis in the Badlands. 1905.		1905	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,536.00
72	Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)	Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952). The Scout. 1906.		1906	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,560.00
73	Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)	Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952). Women of the Desert, Navajo. 1906.		1906	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,664.00
74	Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)	Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952). Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods. 1909.		1909	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
75	Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)	Curtis, Edward S. (1868-1952), photographer. A pair of works, comprising two platinum photographs of Native American subjects.		N/A	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 768.00

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