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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Raffles (Sir Thomas Stamford) | and John Crawfurd. Description Geographique, Historique et Commerciale de Java et des autres Iles de l'Archipel Indien |
Brussels | 1824 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 |
| 302 | Met in Siam: Excursionist & Tourist Advertiser, A quarterly Devoted to Travel and Trade in Siam |
Bangkok | March 1926. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 303 | [4 Tibetan Manuscripts] |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 635.00 | |||
| 304 | [Blue Throated Moon Bird], tantric work on projection of Ego |
[probably late 19th century] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 | ||
| 305 | Bonneval (Claude Alexandre, Count) | Memoirs of the Bashaw Count Bonneval, from his Birth to his Death |
1750 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 306 | Comidas de Carbognano (Cosimo) | Primi Principi della Gramatica Turca ad uso dei Missionari Apostolici di Costantinopoli |
Rome | 1794 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 307 | Craven (Elizabeth) | A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople |
1789 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 308 | [Falconer (William, translator)] | Arrian's Voyage round the Euxine Sea |
Oxford | 1805 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 177.80 |
| 309 | MacFarlane (Charles) | Constantinople in 1828. A Residence of Sixteen Months in the Turkish Capital and Provinces |
1829 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 310 | Page (William) | Two views of the Bosphorus Strait, Turkiye |
[circa 1828-1840] | GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 311 | Rycaut (Sir Paul) | The History of the Turkish Empire |
1687 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 312 | Sagredo (Giovanni) | Memorie Istoriche de Monarchi Ottomani |
Venice | 1673 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 215.90 |
| 313 | Page (William 1794-1872) | Collection of 12 studies from a tour to Constantinople, via England, Switzerland and Italy |
[circa 1820-1830] | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 314 | Viguier (Pierre Francois) | Elemens de la Langue Turque |
1790 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 315 | Anson (George) | A Voyage Round the World |
1748 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 316 | Barrow (John) | Some Account of the Public Life and a Selection from the Unpublished Writings, of the Earl of Macartney |
1807 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 317 | Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) | Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur...Including Details of the Naval Operations in China |
1843 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 318 | Belcher (Capt. Sir Edward) | Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur .... including details of the Naval Operations in China |
1843 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 319 | Bulkeley (John) & James Cummins. | A Voyage to the South Seas |
Philadelphia | 1757 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 320 | [Callander (John, editor)] | A Collection of Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere |
1788 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 321 | [Campbell (John)] | The Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown, Esq ... containing His Observations on France and Italy; his Voyage to the Levant ... |
1739 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 | |
| 322 | Cook (Captain James) | The Journal of H.M.S. Endeavour 1768-1771 |
1977 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 323 | de la Harpe (Jean-Francois) | Abrege de L'Histoire Generale des Voyages |
Paris | 1780-86. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 324 | Hinchliff (Thomas W.) | Over the Sea and Far Away |
1876 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 325 | Morrell (Captain Benjamin) | A Narrative of Four Voyages to the South Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean |
New York | 1832. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
