Printed and Manuscript Americana

Date(s)

Thursday, January 29th, 2026

Auctions

Street Address

Freeman's Auctions
2400 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Freeman's - Philadelphia Sale #6465: Preview By Appointment

39.953916563303, -75.17917425

Printed and Manuscript Americana

Event Times

10am

Maps

WWII Operation Bigot map

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

Civil War Maps at Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction

Book Arts

The six shortlisted novels for the Booker Prize in their special bindings

Booker Prize Bindings 2025

Printing Press That Aided Chilean Independence Goes on Show

Antique Bookcases: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Auctions

Always Remember. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Boston Tea Party, Charlie Mackesy, and Graciela Iturbide: The Week in Rare Books

J. R. R. Tolkien’s 'The Lord of the Rings' Sold for Record $250,000

Major Auction of Oscar Wilde Manuscripts, Letters, and Photos at Bonhams

Exhibitions

Robert Seymour, The March of Intellect (London, 1828)

Development of Technology Through History of Printing at the Grolier

'Declaring the Revolution: America’s Printed Path to Independence' at The New York Historical

New Exhibition Explores 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling

Americana

Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea with inscription to Spencer Tracy

Hemingway Presentation Copy of 'The Old Man and the Sea' Inscribed to Spencer Tracy Sold for $83K

Bing Crosby 'White Christmas' Musical Arrangements and Scripts to Auction

Rufus King's Draft Constitution and Apple's Foundation Document to Auction

Rare Books

Robert Frost: A collection of five Christmas Poems for 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963

Christmas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Blockbooks, Ragtime, and John Ashbery Drawings at the Morgan 2026

Christ Church and Bodleian Libraries Secure Rare Copy of 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'

Photographs

Nina Crews, Illustration for The Neighborhood Mother Goose (Greenwillow Books)

New Exhibition Celebrates Photography in Children's Books

New York Melting Pot Photographs Go On Display

Unrecorded Photograph of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Rare Photo of the Week

Book People

Antique books

ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography 2026

Statue of Novelist Sylvia Townsend Warner Unveiled

Fine Books’ 10 Best Books About Books 2025

Visual Art

Part of the Winterthur celebrations

Yuletide at Winterthur Offers Literature-Inspired Festive Experiences

Original Works by Charlie Mackesy to Auction

Opening Bid of $10m for Frank Frazetta’s 'Conan the Conqueror (Berserker)' Cover Art