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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-$12,000Bonhams, 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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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.
AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 126, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verhoeff (Pieter Willemszoon) | INDIAE ORIENTALIS PARS IX. HISTORICAM DESCRIPTIONEM |
Frankfurt | 1612 | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 2 | Leo Africanus (Johannes) | DE TOTIUS AFRICAE DESCRIPTIONE LIBRI IX (1559) |
Tiguri | 1559 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Camoens (Luis de) | THE LUSIAD; OR THE DISCOVERY OF INDIA. AN EPIC POEM |
London | 1776 | USD 350.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Heylyn (Peter) | COSMOGRAPHIE, IN FOUR BOOKS. CONTAINING THE CHOROGRAPHIE AND HISTORIE OF THE WHOLE WORLD |
London | 1666 | USD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Kolbe (Peter) | NAAUKEURIGE EN UITVOERIGE BESCHRYVING VAN DE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP |
Amsterdam | 1727 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | [Kolbe (Peter)] | NIEUWE ALGEMENE BESCHRYVING VAN DIE KAAP DE GOEDE HOOP |
USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 7 | Schouten (Wouter) | OOST-INDISCHE VOYAGIE |
Amsterdam | 1676 | USD 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | Tirion (Isaak) | HEDENDAAGSCHE HISTORIE OF TEGENWOORDIGE STAAT VAN AFRIKA |
Amsterdam | 1763 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | USD 115.00 |
| 9 | Harris (William Cornwallis) | PORTRAITS OF THE GAME AND WILD ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA |
London | 1840 | USD 8,500.00 - 9,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | Ovington (John) | A VOYAGE TO SURATT, IN THE YEAR, 1689 |
London | 1696 | USD 2,250.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,777.25 |
| 11 | Van der Post (Laurens) | IN A PROVINCE - AND TWO OTHER IMPORTANT LAURENS VAN DER POST INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPIES |
London | 1934 - 1955 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | One Who Has Visited The Fields | THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA; with Notes of Journey there and Homeward, & some things about Diamonds and other Jewels (1872) |
New York | 1872 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 13 | Worsfold (W. Basil) | THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1912) (Presentation copy) |
London | 1912 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 517.50 |
| 14 | Bell (Frederick William) | THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSPIRACY; OR, THE AIMS OF AFRIKANERDOM (1900) (Presentation copy) |
London | 1900 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | Moorcraft (Paul L.) | CONTACT II : Struggle for Peace (1981) - LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION bound in ELEPHANT HIDE & with several IMPORTANT SIGNATURES |
Johannesburg | 1981 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,569.75 |
| 16 | "A Planter" (attributed to Richard Wade Jenkins). | SPORT IN CEYLON |
Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | 1888 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 17 | Boerhaave (Herman) | INDEX ALTER PLANTARUM QUAE IN HORTO ACADEMICO LUGDUNO-BATAVO ALUNTUR |
Amsterdam | 1727 | USD 1,250.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 18 | Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de) | INSTITUTIONES REI HERBARIAE |
Paris | 1700 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Carter (George) | A NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE GROSVENOR |
London | 1791 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 362.25 |
| 20 | Bosman (Willem) | A NEW AND ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE COAST OF GUINEA, |
London | 1721 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 332.35 |
| 21 | Barrow (John) | TRAVELS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA |
London | 1806 | USD 700.00 - 800.00 | USD 690.00 |
| 22 | Reunert (Theodore) | DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA (1893) |
London, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg | 1893 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | Von Herausgegeben (Uli); Bahmann (Anka) | NAMIBIA - A MAGICAL WORLD OF PRECIOUS STONES AND CRYSTALS (2001) |
Haltern | 2001 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | [edited by Dennis Edwards & Co.] | THE GOLD FIELDS OF SOUTH AFRICA (1890) |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 25 | Treue (Wilhelm) | THE HISTORY OF THE OTAVI MINING LTD. (1900--2000) |
Eschborn | 2000 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
![<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.")
![<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.")
