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Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. - 
    
    
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
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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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| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Charles II.- Lely (Sir Peter) Manner of. | Portrait of King Charles II  | 
            [probably 18th century] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 | |
| 202 | Robinson (Sir William, engineer and architect, c. 1643-1712) | Autograph Letter signed to Arthur Moore  | 
            London | 9th May 1707 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 406.40 | 
| 203 | Drummond (George Drummond, 3rd of Blair Drummond 1705-65) and George Home of Blair Drummond. | Archive of legal papers relating to property in Scotland (Ballingrew, Perthshire etc.)  | 
            v.s. | v.d. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 | 
| 204 | Day book  | 
            1785 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 205 | 19 century familyCollection of deeds, documents business correspondence  | 
            1793-1914 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 206 | Austen (Francis Motley, son of Francis Austen and Anne Motley, of Kippington, Kent 1747-1815) | Lease and release to John Austen and Richard Heron of messuages  | 
            1830 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 101.60 | |
| 207 | EphemeraEclectic collection  | 
            n.d. [c. 1830] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 304.80 | ||
| 208 | MiscellanyCollection of letters  | 
            v.d., most 19th century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 889.00 | ||
| 209 | MiscellanyCollection of letters  | 
            v.d. 1836-1917 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 406.40 | ||
| 210 | MiscellanyCollection of letters  | 
            v.d. 19th century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 584.20 | ||
| 211 | Crimean WarRose (Major Baillie Rose, mounted officer in Brigade of Light Division, killed at the Alma in the Crimea) Autograph Letter signed  | 
            3rd June 1854 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 212 | Victorian Publisher's Contract Crowquill (Alfred, pseudonym of Alfred Henry Forrester,  | 
            v.s. | v.d. | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 95.25 | |
| 213 | Bookplate designs Montagu familyM[ontagu] (F[rederick Conway] 1805-91) 3 bookplate designs of a woman weaing a crown  | 
            1857 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 | ||
| 214 | Scientists/Physicians Collection of letters  | 
            v.s. | v.d. 1895- 20th century | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 215 | TheatreCollection of letters, fronts theatre programme etc.  | 
            v.s. | v.d. 1899- 20th century | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 95.25 | |
| 216 | German RoyaltyMarie (Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, later Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess Vladimir "Miechen" of Russia 1854-1920) Portrait photograph signed  | 
            1904 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,206.50 | ||
| 217 | Fawcett (Richard) | The Birth of the Christ  | 
            1966 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 95.25 | |
| 218 | IrelandChurch of Ireland. Articles of religion  | 
            1628 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 825.50 | ||
| 219 | Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) | Lucans Pharsalia: or The ciuill warres of Rome  | 
            1631 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 88.90 | |
| 220 | EducationOxfordshireAn Act for the setling of a Free-school in Witney in the County of Oxon, being erected and indowed by Henry Box, Citizen and Grocer of London  | 
            1664 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 221 | Royal BindingBook of Common Prayer (The), engraved title  | 
            1669 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,905.00 | ||
| 222 | Robertson (William) | Thesaurus linguae sanctae... Concordantiale Lexicon Hebraeo-Latino-Biblicum  | 
            1680 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 223 | LawModern Reports, or Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of... Charles II  | 
            1682 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 50.80 | ||
| 224 | Taylor (Jeremy) | The Rule and exercises of holy living  | 
            H[eptinstall]. | 1690 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 165.10 | 
| 225 | AnnotatedBible, GreekTe?s Kaine?s Diathe?ke?s hapanta. Novum Testamentum  | 
            1728 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 |