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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Vasi (Giuseppe) | Prospetto del 'Alma Citta di Roma visto dal Monte Gianicolo |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 4,064.00 | ||
| 177 | Vasi (Giuseppe) | Five single sheet views of Rome |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,413.00 | ||
| 178 | After Mattheus Merian | Venetia |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 152.40 | ||
| 179 | Prout (Samuel), Follower of. | Pair of Venetian canal views |
[19th century] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 180 | Black (John R.) | Young Japan. Yokohama and Yedo |
1883 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,079.50 | |
| 181 | Photograph Album |
[c.1890] | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 508.00 | ||
| 182 | Photograph Album |
[c.1900]. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 183 | Sanson (Nicolas) | and others. Collection of 6 maps of Japan |
18th and 19th century (6) | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 184 | Titsingh (Isaac, translator) | Nipon O Dai Itsi Ran, ou Annales des Empereurs du Japon |
Paris and London | 1834 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 185 | Visits to Japan 1865-66 |
1869 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 279.40 | ||
| 186 | Bland (N.) | Mas'oud, Poete Persan et Hindoui. Lettre A. M. Garcin de Tassy, half-title |
Paris | 1853; and 2 other copies of the same 8vo | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | Buckingham (James Silk) | Travels in Palestine |
1822 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 188 | [Diary of a Missionary. Archaeological Trip to Syria and Palestine] |
[1871] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 241.30 | ||
| 189 | Fellows (Charles) | An Account of Discoveries in Lycia |
1841. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 190 | Feraud (Matelot, French artist active early to mid-19th century) | [View with Abbe Desmazure on horseback after parting from a group of Syrian tribal leaders |
19th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 191 | Hammer-Purgstall (Joseph von) | Histoire de L'Empire Ottoman |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 120.65 | ||
| 192 | Hyamson (Albert Montefiore) | Magnes (Rabbi Judah Leon) |
1946 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 193 | Irwin (Eyles) | A Series of Adventures in the course of a Voyage up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt |
1780 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 107.95 | |
| 194 | Jeruzalem Ingenomen: De Heilige Stad aan de Turken Ontrukt |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 95.25 | |||
| 195 | Kinnear (John) | Cairo, Petra, and Damascus |
1841 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 196 | Layard (Austen H.) | Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon |
1853 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 197 | Le Messurier (Colonel A.) | From London to Bokhara and A Ride through Persia |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 | ||
| 198 | Madden (R. R.) | Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine |
1829 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 199 | Maundrell (Henry) | A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem at Easter, A.D. 1697 |
1740 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 | |
| 200 | Moodie (J. W.) | Thirty-Five Day's March through Palestine, Syria, and Egypt |
Glasgow | [1888] | 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.")
