• 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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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 23, 2025 - September 23, 2025
Page Size: 113 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
47

Veterinary interest

GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 64.40
48 [Locke, P]

" An Exmoor Scolding in the Propriety and Decency of Exmoor Language between Two sisters Wilmot Moreman and Thomasin Moreman as they were spinning and also an Exmoor Courtship

Exeter 1782 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 57.96
49

Engraving, Jan Kip after Leonard Knyff 'Brympton in Somerset - the seat of Sir Philip Sydenham'

GBP 20.00 - 40.00 GBP 12.88
50 Rowling, J K

"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The Original Screenplay"

2016 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
51 Rowling, J K

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"

1998 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
52 Potter, Beatrix

" The Tale of Mr Tod"

1904 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
53 [Barrett, Eaton Stannard]

"Little Hydrogen or The Devil on Two Sticks in London"

1819 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 51.52
54 Mallet, P H

"Histoire des Suisses ou Helvetiens ..."

a Geneve 1803 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 51.52
55

Holy Bible, The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

London GBP 20.00 - 25.00 GBP 12.88
56

Monsieur de Royaumont "The History of the Old and New Testament , extracted out of the Sacred Scripture and Writings of the Fathers...."

1699 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
57 Cust, Hon Sir Edward

"Annals of the War of the 18th Century"

1862 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 51.52
58 Spencer, Edmund

European and Eastern travel - 'Travels in Circassia, 1936'

1836 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 218.96
59 Parks, Fanny (Frances Susanna Archer 1794-1875)

'Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque during four and twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenana'

1850 GBP 250.00 - 450.00 GBP 1,159.20
60 Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge and Inglis C.M.

Natural History - to include 'Birds of an Indian Garden'

Calcutta 1936 GBP 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
61

"Mrs Beeton's Household Management - a Complete Cookery Book ..."

London and Melbourne GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 25.76
62

The Lonsdale Library "Shooting by Moor, Field and Shore"

GBP 15.00 - 25.00 Not Sold
63 Carrol, Lewis

Childrens books - "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

1894 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 579.60
64

"Culpeper's Herbal Improved - a New Family Herbal of all British and Foreign Herbs, Plants, Roots ..., etc which are at present known to be useful to man ...from the works of Gerard Parkinson

Culpepper Hill 1847 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
64A Lewis, C S

"The Great Divorce, a Dream"

1945 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 141.68
65 Knight, Charles

"The Works of Shakespeare"

GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 45.08
66 Nash, John (ills) de Giberne, Sieveking L. L.

"Bats in the Belfry the collected nonsense poems"

1926 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 32.20
67 Blackmore, C. E. (ills)

"Some Natural types of Spiritual things"

-1864 GBP 50.00 - 70.00 GBP 64.40
68 Britton, John

Antiquarian - "Bath and Bristol with the Counties of Somerset and Gloucester displayed in a series of views ..."

April 4th 1829 GBP 30.00 - 50.00 GBP 90.16
69 Sansovino, Francesco

"Dante Alighieri, "Dante con l'Espositione di Christoforo Landino, et D' Alessandro Vellvtello, Sopra la sua Comedia dell' Inferno, del Purgatorio, & del Paradiso: Con Tavole, Argomenti, & Allegorie, & Riformato, riueduto, & ridotto alla sua vera Lettura"

1578 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
70 Roberts, David

Travel mainly in the Far East - to include "The Holy Land"

London -1982 GBP 50.00 - 80.00 GBP 128.80
  • 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.