Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

The September 10 Freeman’s | Hindman Fine Books & Manuscripts auction in Philadelphia features almost 300 lots of printed and manuscript Americana, Literature, Artist Books, Travel & Exploration, and more. The sale is led by a fine example of the first official broadside printing of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ($30,000-$50,000), a handsome first octavo edition of Audubon's The Birds of America ($20,000-$30,000), and a first edition of Andre Level's monograph on the art of Pablo Picasso, including the signed lithograph ($20,000-$30,000). Other highlights include the scarce English edition of A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston,1770, recounting the...