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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Kane (Elisha Kent) | The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, frontispiece |
New York | 1854 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 95.25 |
| 277 | Mawson (Douglas) | Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-14. Part 1. Narrative. Part 2. Cartography, Scientific Reports. |
Sydney | 1942 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 |
| 278 | Nansen (Fridtjof) | "Farthest North" being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Fram" 1893-96 |
Westminster | 1897 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 279 | Nares (Capt. Sir George S.) | Narrative of A Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 |
1878 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 609.60 | |
| 280 | Parry (William Edward) | Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, folding map frontispiece |
1821 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 281 | Parry (William Edward) | Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
1821 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 282 | Shackleton (Ernest H.) | South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 |
1919 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 283 | Various cartographers (18th and 19th century) | Collection of 16 maps of the polar regions |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 355.60 | ||
| 284 | Baedeker (Karl) | Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. Handbook for Travellers |
Leipzig | 1914 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 304.80 |
| 285 | [Boxhorn (Marcus Zuerius van) | ] Respublica Moscoviae et urbes |
Leiden | 1630 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 165.10 |
| 286 | Chappe d'Auteroche (Abbe Jean) | A Journey into Siberia |
1770 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 287 | Craven (Elizabeth) | A Journey through The Crimea to Constantinople |
1789 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 584.20 | |
| 288 | Crealock (Major-General Henry Hope, 1831-1891) | Sevastabol: The Evening Star that rises over Sevastapol at sunset |
1855 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 289 | Freygang (Wilhelm von) | Briefe uber den Kaukasus und Georgien, nebst angehangtem Reisebericht uber Persien vom Jahre 1812 |
Hamburg | 1817 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 177.80 |
| 290 | [Grimmel (Johann Elias) | ] [Map of the Gulf of Finland from Kronstadt to St. Petersburg], engraved map |
18th and 19th century (3) | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 291 | Klaproth (Julius von) | Travels in the Caucasus and Georgia, performed in the Years 1807 and 1808 |
1814 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 292 | Dobell (Peter) | Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia: with a narrative of A Residence in China |
1830 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 293 | Voyages chez les Peuples Kalmouks et les Tartares |
Berne | 1792 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 294 | Bellasis (George Hutchins), After. | A View of the Island of St Helena |
1806 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 38.10 | |
| 295 | Belfield (H. Conway) | Handbook of the Federated Malay States |
1906 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 296 | Keppel (Capt. Henry) | The Expedition to Borneo |
1846 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 297 | Maffei (Giovanni Pietro) | L'Histoire des Indes Orientales et Occidentales |
Paris | 1665 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | Marsden (William) | The History of Sumatra |
1783 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 299 | Money (J.W.B.) | Java; or, How to Manage a Colony |
1861 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 107.95 | |
| 300 | Pitkin (Wolcott H.) | Siam's Case for Revision of Obsolete Treaty Obligations: Supplement, spotting |
1919 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 6.35 |
![<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.")
