• Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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, 2025
    Swann, 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-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, 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 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750
    Old 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 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
    Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
Page Size: 269 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 CONDE (Louis de Bourbon, prince de) .

Letter signed "Louis de Bourbon" to Charles de Brosses.

Paris 1661 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 130.00
52 CONDE (Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, prince de) .

Visa signed as Colonel-General of the Infantry, countersigned by Brigadier Louis Reynaud de Boulogne, Chevalier de Lascours, as Secretary General of the Infantry (Paris, January 26, 1789, 10 lines), on a piece signed by Louis-Marie-Athanase de Lomenie de

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 91.00
53 DANTON (Georges-Jacques) .

Signed as Minister of Justice.

[Paris August 1792] EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 975.00
54 DUROC (Geraud-Christophe Michel) .

2 signed letters.

Russia 1812 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 520.00
55 GAULLE (Charles de) .

Letter signed to General Francois Ingold.

Paris 1945 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 195.00
56 GAULLE (Charles de) .

Letter signed to General Francois Ingold.

S.l. 1948 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 169.00
57 GAULLE (Charles de) .

Set of 2 autograph letters signed to his sister-in-law Cada Vendroux.

1949. S.l. 1949 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 780.00
58 GAULLE (Charles de) .

Letter signed "C. de Gaulle" to General Francois Ingold.

Paris 1959 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 260.00
59 GUISE (Henri de Lorraine, Duc de) .

Autograph letter signed to the Marquis de Villeroy, Nicolas de Neufville, first secretary of the king's commands.

S.l. ce xxvii. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 715.00
60 HENRI IV .

Autograph letter signed "Henry" to the future Duc de Sully, Maximilien de Bethune, with the latter's autograph apostille.

Fontainebleau vime avryl [1605] EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,950.00
61 Charrier-Moissard (Jean-Baptiste Lacroix de) .

Autograph letter signed to his brother the Marquis de Charrier-Moissard, "A bord de la fregate la Thetis," Port-Louis a l'Ile-de-France [now Mauritius], December 9, 1789.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 130.00
62 LANNES (Jean) .

Autograph letter signed to his father-in-law Francois-Scholastique Guehenneuc.

Lisbon 1803] EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,300.00
63 LATTRE DE TASSIGNY (Jean de) .

Photographic portrait, bust in uniform, 24 x 18 cm. Signed autograph dedication, in ink, on recto: "to my friend Pauchant, president of Rancourt-Verdun, very friendly and faithful...

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 91.00
64 LESSEPS (Ferdinand de) .

Autograph letter signed in two places to his "dear friend".

Cairo 1867 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 182.00
65 LOUIS XIV .

Letter signed "Louis" (secretary), countersigned by Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy as Secretary of State, addressed to Father Antonin Cloche, General of the Dominican Order.

Versailles 1707 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 286.00
66 MICHEL (Louise) .

Autograph letter signed "L.

Michel" to Paul Boquel . EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 390.00
67 MOY (de) family

Set of approximately 85 manuscript items. - CONDE (Louis-Henri-Joseph de Bourbon, prince de).

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 325.00
68 MURAT (Joachim) .

Piece signed "J.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 260.00
69 NAPOLEON III .

Letter signed "Napoleon" to General Charles-Guillaume Cousin de Montauban, Comte de Palikao.

Palais des Tuileries 1870 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 520.00
70 ORDRE DE MALTE, and ORDRE DE Saint-Lazare du Mont-Carmel .

Set of 2 printed booklets. - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

Lois [...] EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 39.00
71 ORLEANS (Gaston d') .

Signed document with 2 autograph lines, countersigned by the secretary of his commands, Leonard Goulas.

S.l. 1635 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 234.00
72 PROUDHON (Pierre-Joseph) .

Autograph letter signed to his future parents-in-law, M. and Mme Piegard.

Mons 1849 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 910.00
73 CHARRIER-MOISSARD and AUDIFFRET (families) .

Important collection of around 1,100 items, including around 800 letters.

17th-19th centuries . EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,235.00
74

REVOLUTION and miscellaneous. - Set of some twenty printed documents.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 65.00
75 RIVAROL (Claude-Francois de) .

Signed piece, countersigned by General Pierre-Auguste de Lajard and Jean-Paul de Vernege, with autograph apostille by Marquis Jean-Baptiste de Charrier-Moissard.

Paris 1816 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 130.00
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • 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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’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.