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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Ermeni komitelerinin amal ve harekat-i ihtilaliyesi [Armenian nationalist aspirations and revolutionary movements] |
[?Istanbul] | 1332 Rumi [1916/17]. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | Moses, of Khoren. | Patmut'iwn Hayoc' ew As?xarhagrut'iwn. Mosis Chorenensis Historiae Armeniacae libri III |
1736 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 609.60 | |
| 53 | Serpos (Giovanni de) | Compendio Storico di Memorie Cronologiche concernenti la Religione e la Morale della nazione Armena suddita dell'Impero Ottomano |
Venice | 1786 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 |
| 54 | Carruthers (Douglas) | Unknown Mongolia: A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria |
1913 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 55 | Collection of 16 Manuscripts on Palm Leaves |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 635.00 | |||
| 56 | Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart) | An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul |
1819 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 533.40 | |
| 57 | Neamet Ullah. | The History of the Afghans |
1829-36. | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 58 | Hedin (Sven) | Eine Routenaufnahme durch Ostpersien |
Stockholm | 1918-27. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 |
| 59 | [Bichurin (Nikita Yakovlevich)] | Iakinf. Zapiski o Mongolii [Notes on Mongolia] |
St. Petersburg | 1828 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 |
| 60 | [Chappuzeau (Samuel)] | Ladice, ou les Victoires du Grand Tamerlam [&] Suitte de Ladice... |
Paris | 1650 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 |
| 61 | [Lakshmi Sahasrastotra] |
1847 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 228.60 | ||
| 62 | Various cartographers (18th and 19th century) | Collection of 25 maps of the Far East |
18th and 19th century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 63 | Hall (Capt. Basil) | Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea |
1818 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | Hamilton (Capt. Alexander) | A New Account of the East-Indies...from the Year 1688 |
1739 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | |
| 65 | Heine (Wilhelm) | Die Expedition in die Seen von China |
Leipzig | 1858-59. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 66 | Diversi Avisi particolari dall'Indie di Portogallo ricevuti |
Venice | [1558/59]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 67 | Landon (Percival) | Nepal |
1928 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 431.80 | |
| 68 | M'Leod (John) | Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew |
1818 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 69 | Mundy (Captain Rodney) | Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes |
1848 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 177.80 | |
| 70 | Tennent (Sir James Emerson) | Ceylon |
1859 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 457.20 | |
| 71 | Valle (Pietro della) | The Travels ... into East-India and Arabia Deserta, imprimatur f. at beginning |
1665 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Various cartographers (19th century) | Collection of 7 folding maps |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | ||
| 73 | Desnos (Louis-Charles) | Atlas general et elementaire pour l'etude de la geographie et de l'histoire moderne |
1786 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 74 | Daly (Mrs. Dominic D.) | Digging |
1887 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 75 | Hobart Town Almanack (The), and Van Diemen's Land Annual for 1838 |
[1838]. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 |
![<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.")
