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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Seventeen items from Black Cat Press |
Skokie, IL | c.1970s-1980s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 202 | Nine volumes by Bela Blau |
Los Angeles | 1965-1986 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 203 | Powell, Lawrence Clark | Book Shops |
Los Angeles | 1965 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 204 | [Wall, Bernhardt] | Bernhardt Wall in Miniature |
Worcester, MA | 2007 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 205 | Eleven early miniature books form British presses |
London and Glasgow, mostly | 1816-1901 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 206 | Cheever, John | Expelled |
Los Angeles | [1987] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 207 | Puss in the Palace |
London | [c.1912] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 208 | Captain Boldheart's Voyage: A Holiday Romance [with] Fishing for a Discharge |
1982-1993 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 225.00 | ||
| 209 | Forty-five miniature books printed by foreign presses |
c.1930-1990 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 210 | Hearn, Lafcadio | Kwaidan |
Tustin, CA | 1969 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 237.50 |
| 211 | Fifteen miniature volumes printed by Richard J. Hoffman |
Van Nuys, CA | Various dates | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 212 | Five miniature books in Japanese |
Japan | 1965-1983 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 531.25 | |
| 213 | Two miniature Japanese scrolls |
Japan | Various dates | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 214 | Weber, Francis J. | Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States: A Personal Memoir |
San Fernando, CA | 1999 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 215 | Weber, Francis J. | Fifty-three miniature books by Monsignor Francis J. Weber |
Various places | Various dates | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 216 | Weber, Francis J. | Twenty-seven miniature books from the Junipero Serra Press |
San Buenaventura & San Fernando, CA | Various dates | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 217 | Khayyam, Omar and Edward Fitzgerald, trans. | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur |
Needham, Massachusetts | c.1916 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 218 | Kiyoh-Hinboh | Miniature Bookplate Sample Book |
Sagamihara-shi | 2006 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 219 | Ten miniature literature titles |
c.1800-1925 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 | ||
| 220 | Collection of Miniature Books from Log-Anne Press |
Santa Ana, California | 1973-1993 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 221 | 76 Miniature books plus ephemera printed by Lorson Books |
Fullerton, California | 1980-2013 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 875.00 | |
| 222 | Mason, W. | Crumbs From The Master's Table: Or, Select Sentences, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental |
New York | 1831 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 223 | 90 Miniature books from REM Miniatures |
New Britain, CT | 1965-2005 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 224 | Group of miniature books by Robert Merriam |
Conway, MA | 1975-1984 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 225 | Lord's Prayer |
Tokyo | [1980] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
