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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Collection of Dresses (A) of Different Nations, Antient and Modern |
1757-72. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 352 | Du Chaillu (Paul B.) | The Land of the Midnight Sun |
New York | 1892 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 |
| 353 | Baedeker (Karl) | Russia |
Leipzig | 1914 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,794.00 |
| 354 | Bonus (A. R.) | The French Riviera, 1928 |
1906 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 355 | Terry (T. Philip) | Terry's Guide to Mexico, maps (some folding) |
Boston and Hingham | 1938 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 762.00 |
| 356 | Life in the Antarctic, Gowan's Nature Books, No. 10 |
London & Glasgow | 1907 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 101.60 | |
| 357 | Longworth (J.A.) | A Year Among the Circassians |
1840 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 358 | Malik (M. B. J.) | Hundred Years of Pakistan Railways, Karachi |
1962 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 359 | Morgan (Sydney, Lady) | Italy |
1821 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 361 | [Photograph Album] c.260 vintage photographic prints |
[c.1885-1895]. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | ||
| 362 | [Photograph Album] c.250 vintage photographic prints |
[c.1910]. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 203.20 | ||
| 363 | [Photograph Album] c.95 vintage photographs pasted onto thick card leaves |
c.1910-20. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 203.20 | ||
| 364 | [Photograph Album] c.500 vintage photographic prints |
[c.1932-38] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 365 | Rutter (Eldon) | The Holy Cities of Arabia |
1928 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 366 | Stanford (Edward) | Stanford's Library Map of the World On Mercator's Projection |
1886 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 367 | [Travel Diary] |
[c.1920s] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 368 | Rocque (John) | A Topographical Survey of the County of Berks |
1761 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 369 | Cary (John) | Cary's New English Atlas; Being a Complete Set of County Maps, from Actual Surveys |
1809 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 370 | Donne (Benjamin) | A map of the Western Circuit of England, containing the Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire |
[1784] | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 371 | Cross (Joseph) | Cross's New Plan of London |
1859 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 372 | Daw (Edmund, publisher) | Map of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts Kensington, delineating its Ecclesiastical & Parochial Divisions |
1846 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,794.00 | |
| 373 | Ellis (Joseph) | The London Guide or A Pocket Plan of the Cities of London & Westminster, & Borough of Southwark, with New Buildings, &c. to the Year 1772 |
1772 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 374 | Fairburn (John) | London and Westminster, detailed folding map of London by Mogg |
1799 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 375 | Homann (Johann Baptist) | Accurater Grundriss u: Gegend der Koenigl: Gross-Brittanniscen Haupt und Residentz-Stadt London wie auch Prospecte einiger Koenigl: Pallaeste u: Lust-Schlosser derselbeedirt |
Nuremberg | [circa 1710] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 376 | Illustrated London News (The) | Postal District Map of London issued with the Illustrated Times |
[1858] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 |
![<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.")
