• Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
  • Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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ALDE: The Library of Peter Obergfell iI - Precious Books about Mountains, 100825, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 247 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 BAUD-BOVY (Daniel).

La Meije et les Ecrins.

Grenoble 1908 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,250.00
27 BAXTER (George) et MACGREGOR (John).

The ascent of Mont Blanc : a series of four views.

Londres 1855 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,500.00
28 BEATTIE (William) et BARTLETT (William Henry).

Switzerland ; illustrated in a series of views taken on the spot and expressly for this work.

Londres 1836 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
29 BEATTIE (William) et BARTLETT (William Henry).

Die Schweiz in Bildern, nach der Natur gezeichnet von W. H. Bartlett, Esq.

Londres 1840 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
30 BEAUMONT (elie De).

Notice sur les systemes de montagnes.

Paris 1852 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 438.00
31 BEER (Gavin Rylands de).

Collection d'articles sur la Suisse et les Alpes.

EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,000.00
32 BERALDI (Henri).

Balaitous et Pelvoux. 1 - Notes sur les officiers de la Carte de France. 2 - Un officier geodesien aux Pyrenees 1786-1795.

Paris 1907-1910. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,250.00
33 BERNUCCA (Francesco), LOSE (Friedrich) et LOSE (Carolina).

Viaggio pittorico e strorico al Monte Spluga.

Milan vers 1825. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,250.00
34 BERTHOUT-VAN-BERCHEM (Jacob Pierre).

Itineraire de la Vallee de Chamonix, d'une partie du Bas-Vallais et des montagnes avoisinantes.

Lausanne 1790 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,625.00
35 Bertolotti (Davide).

Viaggio in Savoia ossia Descrizione degli Stati Oltramontani di S.M. il Re di Sardegna.

Turin 1828 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 375.00
36 BIRMANN (Samuel).

La lac de Chede.

Bale 1826 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 688.00
37 BONNEY (Thomas George).

Lake and mountain scenery from the Swiss Alps.

Londres 1874 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
38 BOUILLE (Comte Fernand de).

Premiere ascension de l'Aiguille du Midi.

Nantes 1856 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 10,250.00
39 BOURRIT (Marc-Theodore).

Description des aspects du Mont-Blanc du cote de la Val-d'Aost, des glacieres qui en descendent, de l'Allee-Blanche, de Courmayeur, de la cite d'Aoust, des Marons ou Cretins, du Grand St. Bernard, des Reservoirs d'eau immenses au milieu des glaces, & de l

Lausanne 1776 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,500.00
40 BOURRIT (Marc-Theodore).

Description des glacieres, glaciers & amas de glace du duche de Savoye.

Geneve 1773 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,000.00
41 Bourrit (Marc-Theodore).

Description des Alpes Pennines et Rhetiennes.

Geneve 1781 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 750.00
42 BRIDEL (Philippe Sirice).

Essai statistique sur le Canton de Vallais.

Zurich 1820 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,250.00
43 BROCKEDON (William).

Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps by which Italy communicates with France, Switzerland and Germany.

Londres et Philadelphie 1828-1829. EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 3,750.00
44 Browne (James D. Howe)

Ten scenes in the last ascent of Mont Blanc.

Geneve et Paris 1980 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
45 BULWER (James Redford).

Extracts from my Journal.

Norwich 1853 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,000.00
46 BURNABY (Mrs Fred).

The high Alps in winter : or, Mountaineering in search of health.

Londres 1883 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
47 Burnet (Gilbert).

Some letters containing an account of what seemed most remarkable in travelling through Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, &c. in the years 1685 and 1686.

Rotterdam, 1687 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
48 CALLENDER (James Henry).

Memoranda during tour of the continent of Europe, made in later part of year 1834.

S. L. 1834 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,125.00
49 CAMP (Maxime du).

Voyage au Grand Saint-Bernard.

Paris 1879 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
50 CARELLI DE ROCCA CASTELLO (Jacques).

Une ascension au Mont-Blanc en 1843.

Varallo 1843 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 12,500.00
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.