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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

De Baecque and Associes: Interiors and Decoration, 169259, Lyon

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 18, 2025 - September 18, 2025
Page Size: 36 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
539

Suite de huit photo-lithographies DALI Illustration de la Divine comedie "l'Enfer"

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 52.00
563

Le livre de l'oreiller

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 52.00
566 Marie TERGE

Lucey (Savoie)

1899 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
567 Harry ELLIOT (1882-1959)

Reunion de neuf estampes polychromes comprenant six scenes humoristiques avec des moines et trois scenes de vie quotidienne

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
568

Dans le gout de Paul RENOUARD (1845-1924)

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
574 GIRARD BARRERE et THOMAS

Globe terrestre en bois tournee et carton bouilli, logotise

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
578 J. FOREST, geographe et GIRARD, BARRERE et THOMAS Editeurs

Globe terrestre en carton bouilli, echelle 1/50.000.000, reposant sur un socle metallique

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 52.00
579 D'apres Caspar WOLF (1735 - 1783) et d'apres F. GANINET

Seconde chute du Staubbach dans la Vallee de Lauterbronnen

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
580

EMAILLERIE ALSACIENNE STRASBOURG pour CLAPION

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 156.00
581 Georges VERCHEVAL (ne en 1934)

Geometrisation de l'espace

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 65.00
582

Reunion de materiels de peche a la mouche seche et coulee comprenant : quatre moulinets dont un SHAKESPEARE SILENT et un autre MEPPS modele "Chut-Chut",...

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 130.00
587 Tchou, Editeur.

Mai 68 affiches. Grand in-folio qui reunit "les affiches anonymes des ateliers d'art populaire qui etaient destinees aux murs des rues, des usines et des facultes,...

1968 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 58.50
588

Reunion de deux globes terrestre, l'un en leger relief et reposant sur un socle metallique dore

Circa 1970/1980 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
588B

SFEROSCOPIO DEL PINO

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
594

Reunion de cinq estampes diverses comprenant :

EUR 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
595 J. FOREST, geographe et GIRARD, BARRERE et THOMAS Editeurs

Globe terrestre en verre et papier, echelle 1/50.000.000, reposant sur un socle en bois moulure et laque noir

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 130.00
597 J. FOREST, geographe et GIRARD, BARRERE et THOMAS Editeurs

Globe terrestre en bois tourne et papier, echelle 1/80.000.000

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
598 Joanny DREVET (1889-1969)

Porche de l'Eglise, LA GRAVE

1953 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 104.00
601 LENY (?)

Ferme au coucher de soleil

EUR 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
602 [BOTANIQUE]

Ensemble de quatre herbiers comprenant environ trois-cent cinquante vegetaux dont Euphorbiales, Dipsacales et divers ; nombreux specimens nommes, situes et dates de maniere manuscrite

Fin du XXe siecle EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 195.00
605

Abbe TH. MOREUX et edite par E. GIRARD, Geographe, MAISON FOREST

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 234.00
608

Reunion d'ouvrages et d'une boite a lettre factices, deux d'entre eux presentant les inscriptions "Histoire d'Ecosse Tom. II - Tom. III" et decouvrant une flasque a alcool

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 52.00
609 MAISON FOREST, 17 Rue Buci a Paris

Petit globe terrestre en verre et papier, logotise, reposant sur un socle en bois moulure

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 71.50
618 BISSON FRERES, Louis Auguste BISSON (1814-1876) dit Bisson aine et Auguste Rosalie BISSON (1826-1900) dit Bisson jeune

Cathedrale de Bale, Horloge et statue de Saint Jacques

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
647 Hans BAUMGARTNER (1911-1996)

Vieille femme poussant un chariot au bord d'un fleuve, circa 1950

circa 1950 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
  • 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
  • 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