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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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, 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 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
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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.
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, BK33, Exeter
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ANTHONY, Gordon | BALLET. Russian Ballet, camera studies... |
London | 1939 | GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | GBP 18.90 |
| 2 | BENESCH, Otto | The Drawings of Rembrandt |
London | 1954-57 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 163.80 |
| 3 | BOOK AUCTION RECORDS |
Folkestone | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 6.30 | ||
| 4 | CERAMICS & FINE ART. Reference works. BURSCHEL, Carlo and Heinz Scheiffele |
2006 | GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | GBP 25.20 | ||
| 5 | CHINA China at the Inception of the Second Millenium, Art and Culture of the Sung Dynasty |
2000 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 6 | MONTGOMERY, Charles F. | FURNITURE, REFERENCE. American Furniture The Federal Pariod... |
London | 1967 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | HIPKINS, Alfred James | Musical Instruments Historic |
Edinburgh | 1888 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 163.80 |
| 8 | HOBSON, R. L. | The Wares of the Ming Dynasty |
London | 1923 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | IRELAND, John | Hogarth illustrated from his own manuscripts |
London | 1812 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 56.70 |
| 10 | KABLUS, Oscar | Vom Werden deutscher filmkunst |
Altona-Bahrenfeld | 1935 | GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | LEE, Man-Fong (compiler) | Paintings and Statues from the collection of President Sukarno of the Republic of Indonesia |
Jakarta | 1964 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | 'MONUMENT DU COSTUME', 1774-1789 |
Paris | 1774 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | NOTT, Charles Stanley | Chinese Jade throughout the ages |
London | 1936 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 14 | [PIROLI, Tommaso] | Le Antichita di Ercolano, Pitture Tomo Primo & Secundo |
Rome | 1789 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 163.80 |
| 15 | CHAFFERS, William | PORCELAIN AND ART REFERENCE |
London | 1906 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | RUSKIN, John | The Stones of Venice |
Orpington | 1886 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 17 | SHAW, Henry | Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages |
London | 1843 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 126.00 |
| 18 | SHEET MUSIC, early C19th |
early C19th | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 19 | SOLON, Marc Louis Emmanuel | A Brief History of Old English Porcelain and its Manufactories |
London | 1903 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | [VELDE, W. van de] | ROBINSON, M. S. Van de Velde, A Catalogue of the Paintings of the Elder and the Younger Willem van de Velde |
Greenwich | 1990 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 88.20 |
| 21 | ALLINGHAM, William | The Music Master, ... |
London | 1855 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 441.00 |
| 22 | ARDIZZONE, Edward (illust.) | Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel |
London | nd [1948] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | BLAIR, Claude (ed.) | The Crown Jewels, The History of the Coronation Regalia in the Jewel House of the Tower of London |
London | 1998 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 403.20 |
| 24 | BUCHANAN, Robert | Wayside Posies: Original Poems of the Country Life... |
London | 1867 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 69.30 |
| 25 | [MACLAREN, Archibald] | BURNE-JONES, Edward (illust.), The Fairy Family |
London | 1857 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 214.20 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
