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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. -
![<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.")
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Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’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.
PBA Galleries: History of Science - Illustrated Publisher's Bindings from the Morris-Levin Collection - Miniature Books - Children's Literature, 845, Berkeley
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philalethes | Two eighteenth-century English transcripts relating to Philalethes' Secrets Revealed |
c.18th century | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 2 | Basilius Valentinus | Eighteenth-century transcript in English relating to The Regulus of Antimony |
18th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 3 | Basilius Valentinus | Four eighteenth-century transcripts in French relating to The Regulus of Antimony |
18th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 4 | Allen, E.A. | The Prehistoric World: or, Vanished Races |
Cincinnati | 1885 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 5 | Four works on Anatomy |
1959-1993 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 6 | Physicians' Anatomical Aid |
Chicago | c.1888 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 7 | Eight volumes on anthropology |
1892-1955 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 | ||
| 8 | Cellarius, Andreas | Theoria Lunae, eius Motum per Eccentricum et Epicyclum Demonstrans |
Amsterdam | c.1661 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 9 | Cellarius, Andreas | Theoria Solis per Eccentricum sine Epicyclo |
Amsterdam | c.1661 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 10 | Sitter, Willem de | Four inscribed presentation copies of offprints on articles about astronomy by Willem de Sitter |
Amsterdam | 1906-1908 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 11 | Sitter, Willem de | Three inscribed presentation copies of offprints on articles about Jupiter by Willem de Sitter |
Amsterdam | 1906-1908 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 12 | Bancroft, Hubert Howe | The Book of the Fair: An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World's Science, Art and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 |
Chicago | 1893 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 212.50 |
| 13 | Bernard, Claude and Charles Huette | Precis Iconographique de Medicine Operatoire et d'Anatomie Chirurgicale |
Paris | 1848 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 14 | Wolstenholme, Gordon, editor | Man and His Future: A Ciba Foundation Volume |
Boston | 1963 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 15 | Three works relating to biology |
1886-1909 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 16 | Blumberg, Baruch S. | Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus |
Princeton | 2002 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 17 | Bomke, Hans | Erzeugung von Atom- und Ionenstrahlen |
Braunschweig, Germany | 1939 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 18 | Bowles, William | Introduccion a la Historia Natural, y a la Geografia Fisica de Espana, por D. Guillermo Bowles |
Madrid | 1789 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Brasher, Rex | Birds and Trees of North America |
New York | 1962 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 20 | Carson, Rachel | The Edge of the Sea |
Boston | 1955 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 21 | Chaumeton, Francois Pierre | Flore medicale decrite par MM. Chaumeton, Poiret, Chamberet, pinte par Mme. E. Panckoucke, Turpin |
Paris | 1814-1820 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 22 | Civiale, Jean | Dr. Civiale's chirurgische Therapeutik der Steinkrankheit |
Berlin | 1837 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 23 | Clock, Emma Graham | Wild Flowers From the Mountains, Canons and Valleys of California: A Selection of Favorite Blossoms... |
San Francisco | [1915] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Proceedings of a Symposium on Large-Scale Digital Calculating Machinery [with] High-Speed Computing Devices |
Cambridge; New York | 1948-1950 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 25 | Curie, Marie | Pierre Curie |
New York | 1923 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
