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: Western Americana, with Gold Rushers, God-Fearers, Gunslingers, and Anglers., 847, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025

Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Berger, Lawrence, editor	Archania: History and Register		1929	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
102		California Guide Book...: The Lands of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad Companies...	San Francisco	[c.1882]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
103	Capron, Elisha S.	History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil... with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama.	Boston; Cleveland, Ohio	1854	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
104		Five Blueprints of Early Depression Era Weber Dam Modifications	Placerville, CA	1929	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
105		Five items on fishing in California		1930-1938	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
106		Five volumes on maps of California		1942-1987	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,250.00
107	Hall, Ansel F.; Clarence King	Handbook of Yosemite National Park [with] Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada	New York and London; New York	1921; 1926	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
108		Illustrated Hand-book of California: Her Climate, Trade, Exports, &c. &c., Agricultural and Mineral Wealth	London	1870	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
109	Letts, J. M.	A Pictorial View of California; Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes	New York	1853	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
110	Letts, J. M.	A Pictorial View of California; Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes with Information and Advice Interesting to All, Particularly Those Who Intend to Visit the Golden Region by a Returned Californian	New York	1853	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
111		Naval Sketches of the War in California [with] The California Star [and] Monterey: Adobe Capital of California		1939-1968	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
112		Pacific Bank Handbook of California	San Francisco	1888	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
113		Panoramic View of Lone Pine, California		c. 2000	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
114	Paulson, L. L., ed.	Hand-Book and Directory of Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Mateo Counties, Including a Map of each County	San Francisco	1875	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,375.00
115	[Pinney, G.W.]	The New Education. Objections to the System as Taught in the University of California, Together with the Memorial of the California State Grange and Mechanics' Deliberative Assembly	Oakland	1874	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
116	Porter, Bruce, et. al.	Art in California: A survey of American art with special reference to Californian painting, sculpture and architecture past and present particularly as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition	San Francisco	1916	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
117	Putnam, Claude G.	Southern California's Sunshine Empire and Golden Coast [wrapper title]	San Bernardino, CA	1963	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
118	Ryan, William Redmond	Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines	London	1850	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
119	Ryan, William Redmond	Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines	London	1850	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
120	Seyd, Ernest	California and its Resources: A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant	London	1858	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
121		Three gelatin silver photographs of a power house and saw mills at Westwood, California	Westwood, CA	1914-05-01	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
122		Transients in California	San Francisco	1936	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
123	Trask, John B. with Dr. A. Kellogg and Robert E. C. Stearns	Three works on the Geology of California		1855-1908	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 468.75
124	Trask, John B.	Four reports by John B. Trask on the Geology of California	Sacramento	1853-1856	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,625.00
125	Truman, Ben C.	Tourists' Illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of California Adjacent to and Upon the Lines of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads	San Francisco	1883	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00

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.