Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Date(s)

Thursday, November 5th, 2026

Auctions

Street Address

Freeman's - Chicago
1550 West Carroll Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607

Freeman's - Chicago Sale #6553

41.887538214242, -87.66580485

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

Event Times

10:00am (CST)

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Exhibitions

Benjamin Franklin, ink-stained draft of The Life of Benjamin Franklin, 1771-1789

Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition

New Exhibition Focuses on Process of Creating Medieval Books

Oor Wullie and the Broons 90th Anniversary Marked by New Exhibition

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Americana

Colonel Sanders' planner

Colonel Sanders' Personal Planner Sold for $30,000 at Auction

Colonel Sanders' Personal Working Planner Leads KFC Founder's Auction

JFK Autographs, Photographs, Ephemera, and Stamps to Auction

Photographs

The Who with mystery drummer, original photograph, 1973

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

Dr. Wakefield's Labrador, 'Even a Dog Enlists', and 'Windowsill Daydreaming': The Week in Rare Books

Billy Haines Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints to Auction

Visual Art

Peter Firmin, original Noggin the Nog artwork in colour for the cover of The Saga of Noggin the Nog - book 1, monogrammed with title to lower margin

Original Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, and Ivor the Engine Artwork to Auction

Vintage Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors

Original Iron Man First Appearance Cover Artwork to Auction

Rare Books

Actual cover of The Eternal Enemy by Michael Berlyn (Morrow, 1990)

Pulp Paperback Covers: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Thoughts on Bookselling in the Age of AI

Morgan Library Awarded $2.5m to Make Historic Manuscripts Accessible

Book People

Clay model of Herman Melville by sculptor Stefanie Rocknak

New Herman Melville Statue at New Bedford Whaling Museum

Marlene Dietrich’s Private Library Stars in Berlin Rare Book Fair

New Scots Scriever Appointed from Shetland

Auctions

The Mattachine Society's copy of Howl and other Poems signed by Allen Ginsburg

LGBTQ+ Culture and HIstory: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

The Collected Library - Online Auction

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