Quinn’s to auction 300+ lots of rare and signed books, maps & prints, July 8

‘Just Friends and Brave Enemies,’ Harper & Row, 1962, by Robert F. Kennedy and inscribed by the author to Senator Stuart Symington. Stated first edition, near-fine condition with dust jacket. Estimate $800-$1,200

FALLS CHURCH, Va. – On Thursday, July 8, Quinn’s Auction Galleries will host an outstanding 317-lot auction of rare and signed books, antique maps, prints and autographs, with absentee and Internet live bidding available through LiveAuctioneers. Selections include works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dutch engraver/cartographer Henricus Hondius II. The art category features an unpublished Frederic Dorr Steele illustration titled The Slavering Hound, which was created for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles.

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