• 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
495 [Smith (Horace)]

Reuben Apsley

London 1827 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
496 Search (Edward) [Tucker (Abraham)]

The Light of Nature Pursued

London 1768 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
497 Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of)

Letters ...Published by Eugenia Stanhope,

Dublin 1774 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
498 Hill (Aaron)

The Works of the late Aaron Hill, Esq ... with an Essay on the Art of Acting

London 1754 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
499

[Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of)] to include [Anon] The Life of the late Earl of Chesterfield: or The Man of the World ... delivered in a Series of Letters to his Son, Printed:

Philadephia, 1775 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
500 Martin (Benjamin)

The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy, in a continued Survey of the Works of Nature and Art

London 1772-1782 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 650.00
501 [Anon]

De Re Rustica; or, The Repository for Select Papers on Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures

London 1769-70 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 234.00
502 [Moore (John)]

Zeluco Various Views of Human Nature, taken from Life and Manners, Foreign and Domestic in two volumes

London 1789 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
503 Cicero (Marcus Tullius)

Opera, quae supersunt, omnia, cum asconio & Scholiaste Veteri ... Isaacus Verburgius collegit ...,

Amsterdam 1724 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
504

[18th Century periodicals] to include Cumberland (Richard) The Observer

London 1786-1791 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
505 [Moore (John)]

Zeluco Various Views of Human Nature, taken from Life and Manners, Foreign and Domestic in two volumes

London 1789 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
506 [Austen (James)]

The Loiterer A Periodical Work, in two volumes, Printed for the author; and sold by Messrs. Prince and Cooke,

Oxford, 1790 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
507 [Various Authors]

A Collection of Poems ....by Several Hands

London 1758 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
508 Elphinston (James)

Education in four Books

London 1763 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
509 [Anon]

The Daily Journal or The Gentleman's and Tradesman's Complete Annual Accompt-Book

London 1764 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
510 [Anon]

Authentic Memoirs, Memorandums, and Confessions. Taken from the journal of his Predatorial Majesty, the King of the Swindlers

London [c.1800] GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 1,235.00
511 [Anon]

Prophecies Delivered by a Descendant from the Oracle of Delphos,

Dublin [1791] GBP 70.00 - 100.00 GBP 52.00
512 [Willoughby (Bertie, Earl of Abingdon)]

An Adieu to the Turf: A Poetical Epistle from the E---l of A------n to His Grace The A--------p of Y---k

London 1778 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
513 [Anon]

Sketches from Nature, in High Preservation, by the most Honourable Masters

London 1779 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
514 Hanway (Jonas)

Virtue in Humble Life

London 1777 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
515 Hurdis (James)

The Favourite Village: A Poem,

Bishopstone, Sussex 1800 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
516 Toland (John) and [des Maizeaux (Pierre)]

A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr John Toland

London 1726 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,170.00
517 [Anon]

The Aviary: Or, Magazine of British Melody

London [c.1745] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 234.00
518 D'Urfey (Thomas)

Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy; being a Collection of the Best Merry Ballads and Songs, Old and New

London 1719 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 585.00
519 [Sorel (Charles)]

The Comical History of Francion

London 1727 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 585.00
  • 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.