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Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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-$12,000Bonhams, 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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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 22, 2025 - August 22, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Sebald (W.G.). | Austerlitz. |
London | 2001 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 549.00 |
| 77 | Trollope (Anthony). | Framley Parsonage. |
London | 1861 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 219.60 |
| 78 | Austen (Jane). | The Novels of Jane Austen. |
London | 1892-93 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 427.00 |
| 79 | Ishiguro (Kazuo). An Artist of the Floating World. |
London | 1986 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 585.60 | |
| 80 | Buchan (John). | The Courts of the Morning. |
London | 1929 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 183.00 |
| 81 | Murdoch (William Gordon Burn). | A Procession of Scottish History. |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 390.40 | ||
| 82 | McCarthy (Cormac). | [The Border Trilogy]: All the Pretty Horses, 1993; |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 2,196.00 | ||
| 83 | McCarthy (Cormac). | The Orchard Keeper. |
London | 1966 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,098.00 |
| 84 | Capote (Truman). | Breakfast at Tiffany's. |
London | 1958 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 341.60 |
| 85 | Trollope (Anthony). | Doctor Thorne. |
London | 1858 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 1,342.00 |
| 86 | Kesey (Ken). | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. |
London | 1962 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 244.00 |
| 87 | Barnes (Julian). | Flaubert's Parrot. |
London | 1984 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 195.20 |
| 88 | Trollope (Anthony). | Collection of first editions in near-unifrom calf bindings, comprising: Lotta Schmidt: And Other Stories, 1867; |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 366.00 | ||
| 89 | Pynchon (Thomas). | V. |
London | 1963 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 390.40 |
| 90 | McCarthy (Cormac). | Child of God. |
London | 1975 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 610.00 |
| 91 | Greene (Graham). | The Power and the Glory. |
London | 1940 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 488.00 |
| 92 | Hartley (L.P.). The Go-Between. |
London | 1953 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 1,342.00 | |
| 93 | Trollope (Anthony). | A collection of first editions, comprising: Orley Farm, |
London: | 1862 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,037.00 |
| 94 | Murakami (Haruki). | Kafka on the Shore. |
London | 2005 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 366.00 |
| 95 | Bates (H.E.). | Love for Lydia. |
London | 1952 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 610.00 |
| 96 | Toole (John Kennedy). | A Confederacy of Dunces. |
London | 1981 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 610.00 |
| 97 | Signed by Nelson Mandela. | Schadeberg (Jurgen), Nelson Mandela and the Rise of the ANC. |
London | 1990 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 98 | Morrison (Toni). | Song of Solomon. |
London | 1978 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 268.40 |
| 99 | Trollope (Anthony). | The Small House at Allington. |
London | 1864 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 427.00 |
| 100 | Signed by Henry James. | Vogue (Le Vicomte E.-M. De). The Russian Novel. London: Chapman and Hall, 1913 |
London | 1913 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,159.00 |
![<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.")
![<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.")