• 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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Chorley's: The September Auctions, 92325, Gloucestershire

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 23, 2025 - September 24, 2025
Page Size: 353 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
370 Trafford (Sir Humphrey F. de)

The Foxhounds of Great Britain and Ireland Their Masters and Huntsmen

London 1906 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 104.00
371 Fleming (Ian)

[James Bond] to include From Russia with Love

London 1966 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 45.50
372 Seneca (Lucius Annaeus)

L. & M. Annaei Senecae Tragoediae: post omnes omnium editions recensionesque editae denuo & notis Tho. Farnabii illustratae

London 1624 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 195.00
373 Quillet (Claudius)

Callipaedia. A Poem. in four books. with some other pieces ... made English by N. Rowe

London 1712 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 143.00
374

[Pepysiana] An archive of manuscript documents relating to the Samuel Pepys heirs, the executor Hewer, and court cases arising thereof, comprising

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 325.00
375 [Aler (Paul)]

Gradus ad Parnassum; sive novus synonymorum, epithetorum, versum, phrasium poeticarum ac versuum Thesaurus

London 1738 GBP 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
376 Taylor (Jeremy)

A Choice Manual containing What is to be believed, practised and Desired or Praised for; the Praiers being fitted to the several Days of the Weeke;

London 1669. 16mo GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 169.00
377 Carter (Matthew)

Honor Redivivus: or, the Analysis of Honor and Armory

London 1673 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 169.00
378 March (John)

Actions for Slaunder, Or, A Methodical Collection under certain Grounds and Heads, of what words are actionable in the Law, and what not? ... added Awards or Arbitrements

London 1647 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 260.00
379

An Exact Collection of the Debates of the House of Commons held at Westminster October 21, 1680 ... with Debates of the House of Commons at Oxford

London 1689 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
380

[Bindings] A collection of pictorial bindings to include Pogany (Willy, illustrator) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

London 1910 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 182.00
381

[Binding] The Book of Common Prayer,

Oxford 1840 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 260.00
382 xDale (Alan)

Familiar Chats with the Queens of the Stage,

New York 1890 GBP 40.00 - 60.00 GBP 26.00
383

[London] Grand Panorama of London and the River Thames

London circa1860 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 260.00
384 [Anon]

False prophets discovered Being a true story of the lives and deaths of two weavers (late of Colchester) viz. Richard Farnham and John Bull; ...

London, 1642 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 520.00
385 Cartwright, (Chr[istopher])

Certamen Religiosum: or, A Conference between the late King of England, and the late Lord Marquesse of Worcester, ...

London 1652 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
386 Locke (John)

Some Thoughts Concerning Education

London 1693 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,105.00
387 Flavel (John)

Husbandry Spiritualiz'd, or, The heavenly use of earthly things consisting of many pleasant observations, pertinent applications, and serious reflections and each chapter ...

London 1714 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 169.00
388

[Almanacks] to include The Ladies Diary: or, The Woman's Almanack 1716-1719

London 1716-1719 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 156.00
389

[Binding] The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New

London 1676 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 585.00
390

[Binding] The Holy Bible [English, illustrated] containing the Old Testament and the New

London 1671 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 845.00
391

[Bindings, Holy Bible in English, illustrated] The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly Translated,

Oxford 1739 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 520.00
392 Carew (Bampfylde-Moore),

The Life and Adventures of Bamfylde-Moore Carew, commonly Called the King of the Beggars ...

London 1798 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 123.50
393

[Martin Luther, Bible in German] Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Heil[ige] Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments, Verteutschet durch D. Martin Luthern,

Hamburg 1713 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
394 Milns (William)

The Penman's Repository containing Seventy correct Alphabets, a valuable selection of Flourishes and a variety of Designs

London 1795 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • 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.