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.
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

Venator and Hanstein: Old Books, Autographs, and Manuscripts, 181, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 26, 2025 - September 26, 2025

Page Size: 563 items in 23 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	William Allen	Picturesque views on the river Niger, sketched during Lander's last visit in 1832-33.	London	1840	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 945.00
2	Johann Anderson	Nachrichten von Island, Gronland und der Strasse Davis, zum wahren Nutzen der Wissenschaften und der Handlung.	Frankfurt und Leipzig	1747	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
3	George Anson	A Voyage round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. ... Compiled by Richard Walter... 12th Edition.	London	1767	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 327.60
4	Francois) (Blondel	Beschryving van de beroemde, en van ouds vermaarde Vrye Keiserlyke Ryks- en Krooning-Stad Aken,	Leiden	1727	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
5	Gabriel Bodenehr	Geographische Vorstellung der so genandten kleinen Tartarey wie auch einiger LandCarten, Plans und Prospect wo derzeit sich das Kriegs Theatrum eroffnet ...	Augsburg	o.J.(um1739)	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 1,386.00
6	(Selina) Bracebridge	Notes descriptive of a panoramic sketch of Athens, taken may, 1839. Sold in aid of the funds of the London Benevolent Repository.	London	1839	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 819.00
7	Mason, W. H.	[Panorama View of Brighton] - Koloriertes Aquatinta-Panorama nach H. Wilds mit Ansicht der Kuste von Brighton,	London	1833	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 945.00
8	Antonio Bulifon	Raguaglio istorico. Dell'incendio del Monte Vesuvio succeduto nel mese d'Aprile MDCLXXXXIV.	Neapel	1696	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
9	Antonio Carvalho da Costa	Corografia Portugueza, e descripcam topografica do famoso reyno de Portugal. 3 Bde.	Lissabon	1706-12	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 378.00
10	Josiah) (Conder	The modern traveller. A popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical, of the various countries of the globe. 33 Bde.	London	1824-1839	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,008.00
11	James Cook	Neueste Reisebeschreibungen, oder Jakob Cook's dritte und letzte Reise welche ...	Nurnberg u. Leipzig	1786	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 415.80
12	Daniell, Thomas and William	Picturesque voyage to India by the way of China.	London	1810	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 4,536.00
13	Olfert Dapper	Naukeurige beschryving der eilanden, in de archipel der Middelantsche Zee,	Amsterdam	1688	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,764.00
14	Johann Hermann) (Dielhelm	Denkwurdiger und nutzlicher Antiquarius des Elb-Stroms,	Frankfurt a. M.	1741	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 491.40
15	Johann Hermann) (Dielhelm	Denkwurdiger und nutzlicher Rheinischer Antiquarius,	Frankfurt a. M.	1739	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 302.40
16	Edward Dodwell	Views in Greece.	London	1821	EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 8,190.00
17	Karl (Illustr.) Grunwedel	Illustrirter Spaziergang durch Munchen. La promenade illustree dans Munich.	Munchen	1864	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
18	William Hamilton	Beobachtungen uber den Vesuv, den Aetna und andere Vulkane; in einer Reihe von Briefen ... Aus dem Englischen.	Berlin	1773	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
19	Hammer (-Purgstall), Joseph von:	Umblick auf einer Reise von Constantinopel nach Brussa und dem Olympos, und von da zuruck uber Nicaa und Nicomedien.	Bupapest	1818	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 327.60
20	Robert Havell	Panoramic view of Corfu.	London	1836	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 1,764.00
21		Italien. - Souvenirs d' Italie (Einbandtitel). - Album mit insgesamt 80 montierten, ungeordnet zusammengestellten Ansichten italienischer Stadte, Landschaften, Platze, ...		Ca.1835-50	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
22	Friedrich Albert Klebe	(Reise auf dem Rhein durch die teutschen und franzosischen Rheinlander nach Aachen und Spaa. 2. verm. u. verb. Aufl.)	Frankfurt am Main	1806	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 226.80
23	J(ohn) Knox	A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.	London	1767	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 491.40
24	Henri Koster	Voyages dans la partie septentrionale du Bresil depuis 1809 jusqu'en 1815. Traduits de l'Anglais par M. A. Jay. 2 Bde.	Paris	1818	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
25	Jean de La Caille	Description de la ville et des Fauxbourgs de Paris en vingt planches, ...	Paris	1714	EUR 800.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,512.00

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.
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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.