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.
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.

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
26	J. F. de La Harpe	Abrege de l'histoire generale des voyages. 21 Bde.	Paris	1780	EUR 800.00 - 800.00	EUR 1,134.00
27		London. - The illustrated London News Colosseum View of London.	(London	um1843	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 756.00
28	Maximilian Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied	Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817. 2 Bde. (nur Textbande, ohne Tafelband!).	Frankfurt a. M.	1820-21	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
29	Luigi Mayer	Views in Egypt, from the original drawings in the possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his Embassy to Constantinople by Luigi Mayer.	London	1804	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 1,260.00
30	Pomponius Mela	De situ orbis, libri tres. Ad omnium Angliae et Hiberniae Codicum MSS. fidem summa cura et diligentia recogniti et collati; ...	Eton	1797	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 504.00
31	Merian. - (Zeiller, Martin)	Topographia Bavariae das ist Beschreib und Aigentliche Abbildung der Vornembsten Statt und Orth, in Ober und NiederBeyern Der Obern Pfaltz, ...	(Frankfurt a. M.)	1644 (d.i	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,520.00
32	Merian. - (Zeiller, Martin)	Topographia Hassiae et regionum vicinarum. Das ist Beschreibung der vorne(m)bsten Statte und Platze in Hessen, vnd den benachbahrten Landschaften, als Buchen, Nassau, Wetteraw, Westerwaldt, Wittgenstein, Lohngaw, vnd andern.	Frankfurt am Main	20 cm	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
33	Merian. - (Zeiller, Martin)	Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et vicinarum regionum. 2. Ausgabe.	(Frankfurt a. M.)	1645 (d.i. wohl	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 2,268.00
34	Joan Nieuhof	Gedenkwaerige Brasiliaense Zee- en Lant- Reize, behelzende al het geen op dezelve is voorgevallen. Beneffens een bondige beschrijving van gantsch Neerlants Brasil ....	Amsterdam	1682	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,197.00
35	Pockh, Johann Joseph	Der politische katholische Passagier, durchreisend alle hohe Hofe, Republiquen, Herrschafften und Lander der gantzen Welt. Band VI (von 10).	Augsburg	1720	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
36	Pockh, Johann Joseph	Der politische katholische Passagier, durchreisend alle Hofe, Republiquen, Herrschaften und Lander der gantzen Welt. Band X (von 10).	Augsburg	1722	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
37	(Roisecco, Gregorio)	Roma antica, e moderna o sia nuova descrizione di tutti gl'edifizj antichi, e moderni sagri, e profani della citta di Roma. 3 Bde.	Rom	1765	EUR 900.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
38		Rom. - Descrizione di Roma moderna formata nuovamente. Distinta in quattordici Rioni, abbellita con Figure nuove di Rame, & accresciuta di molte Notizie Istoriche.	Rom	1697	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 945.00
39	Ludwig Ross	Archaologische Aufsatze. Erste / Zweite Sammlung in 2 Bdn.	Leipzig	1855-61	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 378.00
40	Ludwig Ross	Reisen auf den griechischen Inseln des agaischen Meeres. 3 Tle. (von 4) in 1 Bd. Stuttgart und Tubingen		1840-45	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 491.40
41	Ludwig Ross	Reisen des Konigs Otto und der Koniginn Amalia in Griechenland. 2 in 1 Bd. Mit einer grenzkolor. lithogr. Faltkte. XIX, 256 SS.; VIII, 256 SS. Ln. mit Rt.			EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 630.00
42	Ludwig Ross	Reisen im Peloponnes. Erster Theil [alles !] Der ager Dentheliates, Phliasia, Sikyonia, Arkadien, Theile von Argolis, Threatis, Theile von Lakonika.	Berlin	1841	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 302.40
43	(Rossi, Michelangelo u. Pier Vincenzo; Hrsg.)	Descrizione di Roma moderna formata nuovamente. 2 Bde.	Rom	1707	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 529.20
44	Justus Roth	Der Vesuv und die Umgebung von Neapel. Eine Monographie.	Berlin	1857	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
45	M. Robert (Hrsg.) Sayer	Ruinen und Ueberbleibsel von Athen nebst andern merkwurdigen Alterthumern Griechenlands.	Augsburg	1782	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 819.00
46	Schubert, G. H. von und J. Roth	Album des heiligen Landes. 50 ausgewahlte Original-Ansichten biblisch wichtiger Orte, treu nach der Natur gezeichnet von J. M. Bernatz.	Stuttgart u. Leipzig	1855	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
47	(Struve, Johann Christian von)	Reise eines jungen Russen von Wien uber Jassy in die Crimm und ausfuhrliches Tagebuch der im Jahre 1793 von St. Petersburg nach Constantinopel geschickten Russisch=kaiserlichen Gesandtschaft.	Gotha	1801	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 327.60
48	Corbinian Thomas	Firmamentum firmianum, seu manuductio ad globum artificialem coelestem.	Augsburg	1731	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 6,930.00
49	Mariano Vasi	Itineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou description generale des monumens anciens et modernes .... Seconde edition Napolitaine.	Neapel	1824	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40
50	Constantin Francois Volney	Voyage en Syrie et en Egypte, pendant les annees 1783, 1784 & 1785. Seconde edition rev. et corr. 2 Bde.	Paris	1787	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 176.40

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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