Rare Books & Prints
Quinn’s Books, Prints and Maps division specializes in fine & rare books, maps, autographs & manuscripts & other ephemera.
Civil War Book Catalog Auction | November 14th
Quinn’s Auction Galleries is proud to present our American Civil War Book Auction featuring a single owner collection of books and printed material pertaining to the Civil War, handpicked over a lifetime and containing many first editions and titles long out of print, contemporaneous and modern, including regimental histories from most states in the Union, hundreds of personal reminiscences, military histories, official reports, and battle accounts; seminal biographies of figures such as Jeb Stuart, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson; bound volumes of New York Tribune and Harper’s Weekly; early printing of Uncle Tom’s Cabins; some signed works; poetry, genre fiction, juvenile books. Choice offerings from the catalogs of specialty publishers Neale and Morningside Bookshop. Rich in historical significance, a collection of enormous depth and breadth, assembled with a scholar’s dedication to this extremely popular area of collectibles.
For a third party shipping list and other shipping inquiries please contact shipping@quinnsauction.com.
Please note: 27% Buyer’s Premium. Credit card charges are subject to approval for high value invoices.
Open Preview: Monday to Friday, November 5th to November 13th 10:30am to 5:00pm No appointment necessary.
Absentee Bidding on HiBid ends at 11:40 AM EST on November 14th, 2024
Live Bidding will begin on LiveAuctioneers at 12:00 EST on November 14, 2024
For a third party shipping list and other shipping inquiries please contact shipping@quinnsauction.com.
Please note: 27% Buyer’s Premium. Credit card charges are subject to approval for high value invoices.
Open Preview: Monday to Friday, November 5th to November 13th 10:30am to 5:00pm No appointment necessary.
Absentee Bidding on HiBid ends at 11:40 AM EST on November 14th, 2024
Live Bidding will begin on LiveAuctioneers at 12:00 EST on November 14, 2024
Quinns Book Shelf Lot | August 29th
Quinn’s Auction Galleries is pleased to present our latest Book Auction on Thursday August 29th at 12:05 PM EST.
This auction features a wide range of genres as wells as Signed Books, Sets, large and small lots, etc.
In person preview BY APPOINTMENT ONLY beginning Tuesday August 20th and ending August 28th, M-F 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM EST. If you do not have an appointment you will not be allowed to enter the gallery to preview. If you would like to make an appointment or have questions please contact Andrew@Quinnsauction.com. SHIPPING FOR BOOK AUCTIONS Contact shipping@quinnsauction.com for our shipping partner list. Please note 27% buyers premium for our book auction.
Pick up will be BY APPOINTMENT ONLY starting on September 3, 4 and 5 from 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM. No FRIDAY OR WEEKEND PICKUP AVAILABLE. If you do not have an appointment you will not be allowed to pick up your items. Please bring your own packing materials to pack your items yourself. You will be able to schedule an appointment upon receipt of your invoice.
Summer Rare Book Auction | July 16
Quinn’s Auction Galleries is proud to present our Summer Rare Book Catalog Auction featuring American manuscripts, signed books, fine bindings and much more.
This auction features a unique part of American and Military History – a draft of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. This collection of raw cables saved from destruction by Charles A. Jensen show several Japanese communiques leading up the Surrender Ceremony as well as a early version of the Instrument of Surrender, dated August 31, 1945, that closely resembles the final copy that was signed on September 2, 1945.
Included in this auction are notable works of such as one of the early works on the Louisiana Purchase by St. George Tucker, in which Tucker suggest using the new land as a colony for slaves, a complete set of the Pacific Railroad Survey, and a exceptional copy of Huck Finn in an early state. Additionally in this auction are several Persian and Islamic Illuminated leaves as well as several Civil letters and ephemera that should interest all collectors of Americana. Lastly, we have several signed books and Presidential signatures, such as Charles Lindbergh, John Dos Passos, Robert Frost, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson to name a few. For a third party shipping list and other shipping inquiries please contact shipping@quinnsauction.com.
Please note: 27% Buyer’s Premium. Credit card charges are subject to approval for high value invoices.
Open Preview: July 2nd and 3rd; July 8th to 15th from 11 AM-5 PM EST, Monday through Friday.
Live Bidding on Live Auctioneers and Invaluable begins: Tuesday July 16th at 12:00 PM ESTAbsentee Bidding via HiBid, WILL CONCLUDE at11:40am EST on July 16th.
Pickup will begin the following day on July 17th at 11 AM.
This auction features a unique part of American and Military History – a draft of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. This collection of raw cables saved from destruction by Charles A. Jensen show several Japanese communiques leading up the Surrender Ceremony as well as a early version of the Instrument of Surrender, dated August 31, 1945, that closely resembles the final copy that was signed on September 2, 1945.
Included in this auction are notable works of such as one of the early works on the Louisiana Purchase by St. George Tucker, in which Tucker suggest using the new land as a colony for slaves, a complete set of the Pacific Railroad Survey, and a exceptional copy of Huck Finn in an early state. Additionally in this auction are several Persian and Islamic Illuminated leaves as well as several Civil letters and ephemera that should interest all collectors of Americana. Lastly, we have several signed books and Presidential signatures, such as Charles Lindbergh, John Dos Passos, Robert Frost, Herbert Hoover, Woodrow Wilson to name a few. For a third party shipping list and other shipping inquiries please contact shipping@quinnsauction.com.
Please note: 27% Buyer’s Premium. Credit card charges are subject to approval for high value invoices.
Open Preview: July 2nd and 3rd; July 8th to 15th from 11 AM-5 PM EST, Monday through Friday.
Live Bidding on Live Auctioneers and Invaluable begins: Tuesday July 16th at 12:00 PM ESTAbsentee Bidding via HiBid, WILL CONCLUDE at11:40am EST on July 16th.
Pickup will begin the following day on July 17th at 11 AM.