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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.
Forum Auctions: Online: Travel Books, Maps and Atlases, 1044, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 28, 2025 - August 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | [Forster (Major-General J. Burton) | ] "K.C.A.J." The Sportsman's Vade-Mecum for the Himalayas, frontispiece |
1891 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 252 | Bourrit (Marc Theodore) | A Relation of a Journey to the Glaciers in the Dutchy of Savoy |
1776 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 253 | Clementi (Mrs. Cecil) | Through British Guiana to the Summit of Roraima |
1920 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 254 | Conway (Sir William Martin) | Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas |
1894 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 255 | Cunningham (C. D. ) & Captain W. de W. Abney. | The Pioneers of the Alps |
1887 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 256 | Girdlestone (Rev. A. G.) | The High Alps without Guides: being a Narrative of Adventures in Switzerland |
1870 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 257 | Hunt (John) | The Ascent of Everest |
1953 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 258 | Hunt (John) | The Ascent of Everest |
1993 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 259 | Whymper (Edward) | The Ascent of the Matterhorn, half-title |
1880 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 260 | Workman (Fanny Bullock & William Hunter) | [Illustrations of Ice Wilds of Eastern Karakoram], |
1917. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 261 | Gem of the Pacific (The) | Colourful New Zealand ... To Commemorate the First Landing in New Zealand of H. J. Rapson on March 7th |
1938 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 262 | Various cartographers (18th and 19th century) | Collection of over 50 mining maps and plans |
19th and 20th century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 263 | Ross (Malcolm) | A Climber in New Zealand |
1914 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 264 | Brenchley (Julius L.) | Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curacoa among The South Sea Islands in 1865 |
1873 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 265 | Crozet (Julien Marie) | Crozet's Voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand, the Ladrone Islands |
1891 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 266 | Hockin (Rev. John Pearce) | A Supplement to the Account of the Pelew Islands... |
1803 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 267 | Keate (George) | An Account of the Pelew Islands |
1789 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 268 | Kolff (Dirk Hendrik) | Voyages of the Dutch Brig of War Dourga, through the...Moluccan Archipelago and...New Guinea |
1840 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 177.80 | |
| 269 | Nightingale (Thomas) | Oceanic Sketches |
1835 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 270 | Rosenberg (C.B.H. von) | Reistochten naar de Geelvinkbaai op Nieuw-Guinea in de jaren 1869 en 1870 |
The Hague | 1875 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 271 | Amundsen (Roald) | The South Pole |
1912 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 272 | Day (Alan Edwin) | Search for the Northwest Passage: An Annotated Bibliography, |
New York & London | 1986 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 127.00 |
| 273 | [Brown (R.N. Rudmose)] | The Voyage of the "Scotia" |
1906 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 274 | Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) | The Worst Journey in the World |
New York | 1930 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 275 | Crantz (David) | The History of Greenland |
1767 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 304.80 |
![<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.")
