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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Navari (Leonora) | Greece and the Levant: The Catalogue of the Henry Myron Blackmer Collection of Books and Manuscripts, half-title |
1989 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 202 | Newton (Charles Thomas) | Travels and Discoveries in the Levant |
1865 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 203 | Ockley (Simon) | The Conquest of Syria, Persia, and Aegypt |
1708 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 204 | Persian Gulf Pilot |
1942 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 | ||
| 205 | Philby (Harry St John Bridger) | The Empty Quarter |
1933; | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 206 | Russell (Alexander) | The Natural History of Aleppo |
1794 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,270.00 | |
| 207 | [Sandys (George)] | A Relation of a Journey begun Anno Dom. 1610...containing a Description of the Turkish Empire, of Aegypt, of the Holy Land... |
1621 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 635.00 | |
| 208 | Sandys (George) | Sandys Travailes: containing a History of the Originall and present State of the Turkish Empire... |
1652 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 209 | Schliemann (Dr. Henry) | Mycenae; a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns |
1878 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,524.00 | |
| 210 | Scott (C. Rochfort) | Rambles in Egypt and Candia |
1837 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 211 | Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de) | A Voyage into the Levant... |
1718 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 212 | [Two Photograph Albums] |
[c.1917] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 | ||
| 213 | Wild Flowers of the H. Land [Jerusalem] |
[late 19th-early 20th century]. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 214 | Amin (Mohamed, photographer) | The Holy Mosque at Mecca, text in Arabic & English |
1980 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 215 | Anonymous | [Album with 25 tomb tracings of Egyptian and Iranian portraits], black chalk on thin tracing paper |
[circa 1900 or later] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 95.25 | |
| 216 | [Bartlett (William Henry)] | Forty Days in the Desert |
1930 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 217 | [New Testament] |
Beirut | 1907 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 114.30 | |
| 218 | Chardin (Sir John) | The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies |
1686 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 219 | Dictionary of the Kuwaiti Vocabulary in Cartography, Dialects, and Social Environment |
1979 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 177.80 | ||
| 220 | [Dubai Creek] |
[c.1980s] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 221 | Fraser (James Baillie) | Travels and Adventures in the Persian Provinces on the Southern Banks of the Caspian Sea |
1826 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 222 | Germano de Silesia (Fra Domenico) | Fabrica overo Dittionario della lingua volgare Arabica, et Italiana |
1636 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 223 | Haldane (Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer L.) | The Insurrection in Mesopotamia |
1922 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 177.80 | |
| 224 | [Hejaz Railway. Royal Flying Corps] |
[c.1930-45] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 330.20 | ||
| 225 | Huber (Charles) | Journal d'un Voyage en Arabie (1883-1884) |
Paris | 1891 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 355.60 |
![<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.")
