Books and Manuscripts

Freeman’s | Hindman March 27 Books and Manuscript auction in Philadelphia features almost 300 lots of printed Americana, literature, art, maps, and more, led by an incredible rarity of philosophical thought, a first edition of John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government ($20,000-$30,000). Other top lots include rare first printings of the Journals of the Continental Congress for 1774-76 ($20,000-$30,000), and the Stamp Act ($15,000-$25,000), a first edition of Joyce’s Ulysses ($15,000-$25,000), and the earliest known extant manuscript of William Blackstone ($8,000-$12,000). The sale offers a number of fine press productions including the Arion, Chelodiinae, and Kelmscott Presses, as well as...