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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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
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    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
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    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
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    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
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    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
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    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
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    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
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    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic

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
201 SHERWILL (Markham).

Courte esquisse historique de la vallee de Chamounix, commencant par la fondation du Prieure en 1090, et tiree de documents originaux mis pour la premiere fois par ordre chronologique.

Geneve 1837 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
202 Sinigaglia (Leone).

Climbing Reminiscences of the Dolomites.

Londres 1896 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,500.00
203 Smith (Albert).

The story of Mont Blanc.

Londres 1853 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
204 Smith (Albert).

The story of Mont Blanc.

Londres 1853 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
205 SONKLAR (Karl Edler von Innstadten).

Die Gebirgsgruppe der Hohen Tauern, mit besonderer Rucksicht auf Orographie, gletscherkunde, Geologie und Meteorologie.

Vienne 1866 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 375.00
206 STANYAN (Abraham).

An account of Switzerland, written in the year 1714.

Londres 1714 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 188.00
207 STRAUB (Georg).

Vue de la Vallee de Salenche et du Montblanc.

Zurich vers 1830. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
208 Studer (Gottlieb).

Topographische Mittheilungen aus dem Alpengebirge.

Berne et Saint-Gall, 1843 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 813.00
209 TALFOURD (Thomas Noon).

Vacation rambles and Thoughts : comprising the recollections of three continental tours in the vacations of 1841, 1842, and 1843.

Londres 1845 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
210 TEN-HAMME (Joe Diericx de).

Guide du touriste. Vingt-cinq Belges au Mont Blanc. Itineraires detailles de 12 et de 15 jours en Suisse.

Bruxelles 1869 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 313.00
211 TERRET (Regis).

Autour du Mont Blanc et du Mont Rose. vacances de 1870.

Villefranche-sur-Saone 1873 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
212 TERRY (Henry John).

Mont-Blanc.

Vers 1865. EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 125.00
213 THIOLY (Francois).

Excursion en Savoie et en Suisse, Vallee de Sixt, ascension du Buet et du Brevent. Vallee de Chamonix, montanvert et la Mer de glace, la Tete Noire, Martigny et Saint-Maurice.

Geneve 1859 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,250.00
214 THOMPSON (Stephen).

Swiss scenery.

Londres 1868 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
215 TISSIERE (Pierre Germain).

Guide du botaniste sur le Grand St-Bernard, suivi des bulletins des travaux de la Societe Murithienne.

Aigle 1868 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
216 TOPFFER (Rodolphe).

La vallee de Trient.

Geneve 1837 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 313.00
217 TOPFFER (Rodolphe).

Voyage aux Alpes et en Italie.

Geneve 1837 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,500.00
218 TOPFFER (Rodolphe).

Voyages en Zig-Zag ou excursions d'un pensionnat en vacances dans les cantons Suisses et sur le revers Italien des Alpes.

Paris 1844 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
219 TOPFFER (Rodolphe).

Premires voyages en zigzag ou excursions d'un pensionnat en vacances dans les cantons suisses et sur le revers italien des Alpes.

Paris 1859, 1854 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 563.00
220 TROYE (Jean-Baptiste).

A short account of Mont Blanc and the Valley of Chamouni ; with an historical sketch of the city of Geneva ; serving to illustrate the models of these two places.

Londres 1817 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 500.00
221 Tscharner (Peter Conradin von).

Wanderungen durch die Rhatischen Alpen. Ein Beytrag zur Charakteristik dieses Theils des schweizerischen Hochlandes und seiner Bewohner.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
222 Tuckett (Elizabeth).

How we spent the summer or a "voyage en zig zag" in Switzerland and Tyrol with some members of the Alpine Club.

Londres 1866 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 500.00
223 TUCKETT (Francis Fox).

Hochalpenstudien Gesammelte Schriften.

Leipzig 1873 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 500.00
224 Tyndall (John).

Mountaineering in 1861. A vacation tour.

Londres 1862 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 250.00
225 (VALLEE D'AOSTE).

Album de la vallee d'Aoste.

Aoste vers 1860. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,625.00
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    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.
  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.