• 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 Report
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
176

Gesangbuch der Stadt Windsheim. - Der des H. R. Reichs Stadt Windsheim neu-verbessertes Gesang Buch auserlesener Evangelischer Lieder ...

Windsheim, 1748 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 214.20
177 Manuel und Vincente Sabater Gimenez

Comitiva Regia en el casamiento de S. M. el Rey de Espana Don Alfonso XII. con S. A. I. y la Archiduquesa Da. Maria Christina de Austria, ...

Madrid 1880 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
178 Gaspar und Waldtner, Franz) (Glabotschnig

Leopoldi Magni et Joseph I. Caesarum invictissimorum victoriae praecipuae, cum Saeculo Proxime Elapso Adversus Christianitatis; Tum Id Temporis Adversus Imperii Hostes Obtentae ...

Augsburg 1728 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
179 Dionysius (d.i. Denis Godefroy) Gothofredus

Corpus iuris civilis in IIII partes. 4 Tle. in 1 Bd. Praeter veters titulorum ac legum indices ...

Lyon 1583 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
180 Louis-Felix Guinement de Keralio

Histoire de la guerre des Russes et des imperiaux, contre les Turcs, en 1736, 1737, 1738, & 1739, & de la paix de Belgrade qui la termina. 2 Bde.

Paris 1780 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 453.60
181 Johann Balthasar) (Haupt

Barbarische Grausamkeit derer Turcken und Tartarn gegen die in der Gefangenschafft sich befindende Arme Christen.

Frankfurt und Leipzig EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
182

Leben, Thaten, und betrubter Fall, des weltberufenen russischen Grafens, Burchards Christophs von Munnich... Aus sichern Nachrichten, biss auf den heutigen Tag, umbstandlich beschrieben.

Bremen 1742 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 352.80
183 Johann Gottlieb Hoffmann

Disputatio historica de secta Hoffmannistarum.

Leipzig 1700 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
184 Hollar, Wenzel

Theatru(m) mulierum sive varietas atq(ue) differentia habituum foeminei sexus, diversorum Europae nationum hodierno tempore vulgo in uso.

London 1643 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 453.60
185 Horapollon

Hieroglyphica graece & latine. Cum integris observationibus & notis J. Merceri & D. Hoeschelii, et selectis N. Caussini. Cur. J. C. de Pauw.

Utrecht 1727 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
186

Hungarisch- und Venetianisches Kriegs-Theatrum auf welchem die hochst-glucklichen Feld-Zuge in dem ... 1716. Jahre,...

Leipzig 1716-1717 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,071.00
187 (Antoine Henri Baron de) Jomini

Atlas du traite de grandes operations militaires.

Paris 1807 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
188 Immanuel Kant

Critik der reinen Vernunft. Zweyte hin und wieder verbesserte Auflage.

Riga 1787 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
189 Immanuel Kant

Critik der Urtheilskraft. 2. Aufl.

Berlin 1793 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 277.20
190 Immanuel Kant

Politische Meinungen, oder uber die Redensart diess mag zwar theoretisch wahr sein, ist aber in Praxi nicht anwendbar.

O. O. und Dr. 1794 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 453.60
191 Franz Christoph von Khevenhiller

Annales Ferdinandei oder Wahrhaffte Beschreibung Kaysers Ferdinandi des Andern mildesten Gedachtniss, Geburth, Aufferziehung und bisshero in Krieg und Friedens-Zeiten vollbrachten Thaten.

Leipzig 1721-26 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
192 Christoph Knoll

Prognosticon generale perpetuum. ein allgemeine Practica, auff alle und jede Jahr, biss ans ende der Welt ... in drey besondere Theyl unterschieden....

Gorlitz (1616). EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 819.00
193

Der Koran, oder insgemein so genannte Alcoran des Mohammeds, unmittelbahr aus dem Arabischen Original in das Englische ubersetzt, ...

Lemgo 1746 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 453.60
194

Kronungsdiarium Leopold II. - Vollstandiges Diarium der Romisch-Koniglichen Wahl und Kaiserlichen Kronung Jhro nunmehr allerglorwurdigst regierenden Kaiserlichen Majestat Leopold des Zweiten.

Frankfurt am Main 1791 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 630.00
195 Johann Caspar Lavater

Physiognomik. Zur Beforderung der Menschenkenntniss und Menschenliebe. Vervollstandigte neue Aufl. 4 Bde.

Wien 1829 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
196 Johann Caspar Lavater

Essays on physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind. Translated into English by Th. Holcroft. 3 Bde.

London 1789 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
197 Jacques Lenfant

2 Werke in 2 Banden.

Amsterdam 1724-31. EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
198 C. (d. i. Hesse) Lenning

Allgemeines Handbuch der Freimaurerei. 2. umgearb. Aufl. 3 Bde. und Erganzungsbd. in 4 Bdn.

Leipzig 1863-79 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
199 Gregorius Leti

La vie d'Olivier Cromwell. 2 Bde.

Amsterdam 1696 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
200 Benjamin Leuber

Nachdenckliche Sonnen-Wunder, oder historische anfuhrunge der Wunder-Zeichen, so sich vor und seind CHristi Geburth, biss hiehero an der Sonnen und Monden begeben.

Dresden 1664 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
  • 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.