• 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

PBA Galleries: History of Science - Illustrated Publisher's Bindings from the Morris-Levin Collection - Miniature Books - Children's Literature, 845, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025
Page Size: 324 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Cherolis, James Anthony

Work in Chemical Engineering: 124 Laboratory Experiment Report

1941 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
102 Glaister, John

A Study of Hairs and Wools belonging to the Mammalian Group of Animals, including a Special Study of Human Hair, Considered from the Medico-Legal Aspect

Cairo, Egypt 1931 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
103 Stillman, Jacob D.B.

The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography, with a Study on Animal Mechanics Founded on Anatomy and the Revelations of the Camera, in Which Is Demonstrated the Theory of Quadrupedal Locomotion

Boston 1882 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,062.50
104 Nahmias, Maurice E.

Le Cyclotron. La Desintegration de la Matiere et la Radiobiologie

Paris 1945 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
105

Three works on natural history

1886-1907 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
106 Nelson, Edward W.

Report upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska between the Years 1877 and 1881

Washington 1887 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
107 Neumann, John von

Four articles by John von Neumann [in] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Washington, D.C. 1934-1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,500.00
108 Stirling, James

Lineae tertii ordinis Neutonianae, sive illustratio tractatus D. Neutoni de enumeratione linearum tertii ordinis

Oxoniae [i.e. Oxford] 1717 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
109

Geological Map of Iran 1:2500000 with Explanatory Notes: Compiled by the Geological Staff of the Iran Oil Company

No place [Tehran?] 1959 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
110 Cushing, Harvey

The Life Of Sir William Osler

Oxford 1925 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
111 Osler, William

The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine

New York 1892 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
112 Parkinson, John

Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or, a Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our English ayre will permitt to be noursed up...

London 1629 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,750.00
113

Passport for Norbert Wiener

United States 1922 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
114

Philosophical Transactions: Giving Some Accompt of the Present Undertakings, Studies and Labours of the Ingenious in Many Considerable Parts of the World

London 1669-1670 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,375.00
115 Planck, Max

Greeting card inscribed with a message by Max Planck

1938 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
116 Planck, Max

Slip signed by Max Planck with his life advice

1927 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
117 Planck, Max

Zur Theorie des Rotationsspektrums

Leipzig 1917 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
118 Ruiz-Lopez, Hipolito and Jose Antonio Pavon y Jimenez

Florae Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus, Sive Novorum Generum Plantarum Peruvianarum, et Chilensium Descriptiones, et Icones = Descriptiones y Laminas de los Nuevos Generos de Plantas de la Flora del Peru y Chile

Madrid 1794 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
119 Sargent, Charles Sprague

The Silva of North America: A Description of the Trees Which Grow Naturally in North America Exclusive of Mexico

Boston 1891-1902 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
120 Schinz, Heinrich Rudolf

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Saugethiere. Nach den neuesten Systemen zum gemeinnutzigen Gebrauche entworfen, und mit Berucksichtigung fur den Unterreicht der Jugend bearbeitet

Zurich 1827 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
121

Four works on various scientific topics

1875-1935 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
122 Eidinoff, Maxwell Leigh and Hyman Ruchlis

Atomics for the Millions

New York [1947] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
123

Thirteen issues of the Sierra Club Bulletin

San Francisco 1893-1900 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
124 Silberstein, Ludwik

Vectorial Mechanics

London 1913 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
125 Sitwell, Sacheverell & Wilfred Blunt

Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books

London 1956 USD 500.00 - 800.00 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.