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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 -
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.
Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1049, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musculus (Wolfgang) | Commentarii in Evangelivm Ioannis, occasional marginalia in an early hand |
Basel, | 1554 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,905.00 |
| 2 | Zonaras (Joannes) | Compendium Historiarum |
Basel, | 1557 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 698.50 |
| 3 | Gruchius (Nicolas) | De Comitiis Romanorum Libri Tres |
Venice, | 1559 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 558.80 |
| 4 | Allen (William) | Historia del glorioso martirio di sedici sacerdoti |
Macerata, | 1583 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 609.60 |
| 5 | Lazius (Wolfgang) | De Gentium Aliquot Migrationibus |
Frankfurt, | 1600 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 6 | de Jesus (Tomas) | Stimulus Missionum |
Rome, | 1610 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 7 | Negrone (Giulio) | Regulae communes Societatis Iesu |
Cologne, | 1617 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,206.50 |
| 8 | French imprints.- Hilary (of Poitiers, Saint) | Sancti Hilarii Pictavorum Episcopi |
Paris, | 1652 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 635.00 |
| 9 | Waldensians.- Leger (Jean) | Histoire Generale des Eglises Evangeliques des Vallees de Piemont ou Vaudoises 2 parts in 1 |
Leiden, | 1669 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 609.60 |
| 10 | Polygamy.- [Lyser (Johann)], 'Theophilo Aletheo.' | Polygamia Triumphatrix, Lund, Sumtibus Authoris post 1682 |
Wittenberg, | 1684 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 279.40 |
| 11 | Sermons.- Fleetwood (William) | The Relative Duties of Parents, Husbands, Masters... Considered in Sixteen Sermons: With Three more upon the case of Self-Murther |
1705 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 12 | Liturgy.- Missale Cartusiensis Ordinis ex ordinatione Capituli Generalis... |
Lyon, | 1713 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 13 | Elsner (Jakob) | Observationes Sacrae 2 vol., engraved vignettes to titles |
Utrecht, | 1720-28 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 508.00 |
| 14 | Sermons.- Saurin (Jacques) | Nouveaux Sermons sur L'Histoire de la Passion de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ 2 vol., woodcut decoration on titles |
Rotterdam, | 1732 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 15 | [Challoner (Richard)] | Britannia Sancta |
1745 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 215.90 | |
| 16 | [Boyer d'Argens (Jean Baptiste)] | Lettres cabalistiques |
The Hague | 1754 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 |
| 17 | Sermons.- [Murray (James)] | New Sermons to Asses, ink ownership signature to front free endpaper |
1773 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 18 | Wassenberg (Everwinus, Dutch classicist and scholar 1742-1826) | Prolegomena in NT libros Sacros et Evangelium [Observationes in Matthaei evangelium] |
[1790] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 355.60 | |
| 19 | Sermons.- [Boyd (Adam)] | Keep Your Heart. A Sermon |
Augusta, | 1794 SS Quincy (Samuel) Twenty Sermons... Preached in the Parish of St. Philip | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 889.00 |
| 20 | Brief Account (A) | of the Coronation of His Majesty George IV |
1821 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 21 | Lodge (Edmund) | Portraits of Illustrious Personages of the Court of Henry VIII. Engraved in Imitation of the Original Drawings of Hans Holbein |
1828 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 22 | Gravina (Domenico Benedetto) | Il duomo di Monreale 2 vol. |
Palermo | 1859 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 825.50 |
| 23 | Verner (Sir William) | A Short History of the Battle of the Diamond |
1863 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 203.20 | |
| 24 | Conder (Lt. C.R.) | & H.H. Kitchener. Map of Western Palestine in 26 Sheets |
1880 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 482.60 | |
| 25 | Germain (Michel) | Le monasticon gallicanum |
Paris | 1882 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 139.70 |
![<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.")
![<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.")
