Courtesy of Heritage Auctions Volume III of the Journals of Congress, with the signatures of John Langdon and Gunning Bedford, Jr. Bidding begins at $10,000. Heritage Auctions will hold its first Rare Books Signature sale of 2021, June 9–10. Among a wide range of books and works on paper, one of the most significant lots to come to auction during this sale is the complete 13-volume set of the Journals of Congress, which cover proceedings from 1774 to 1788. “This set covers the first 13 United States congresses, including the two Continental Congresses and the Constitutional Convention,” said James Gannon, Director of Rare Books at Heritage Auctions. “It was put together by someone who was able to track down volumes from the private collections and personal libraries of Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War statesmen.”