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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.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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  • 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.

OSENAT: Books and Manuscripts, 160548, PARIS

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
151 VAUCANSON (Jacques) .

Autograph letter signed to Henri Deidier.

Lavaur 1764 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 494.00
152

BEAUX ARTS and miscellaneous. - Set of around 50 items: Victor Baltard, Theophile Bra, Pierre Cardin, Camille Corot, ...

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 3,120.00
153

HISTORY. - Set of approximately 65 pieces: Charles Eugene Gabriel de La Croix de Castries, the Duc de Gesvres Louis-Joachim-Paris Potier,...

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,105.00
154

HISTORY. - Set of approximately 170 items. - Marshal-Duke Charles-Louis-Auguste Fouquet de Belle-Isle, Baron Pierre-Victor de Besenval, Louis XIV...

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,820.00
155

LITERATURE and miscellaneous. - Set of approximately 35 pieces. Theodore de Banville, Herve Bazin, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais...

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 3,770.00
156

LITERATURE. - Set of around 30 items: Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (concerning his article on Paul Feval's autobiographical cycle Les Etapes d'une conversion), Paul Eluard ...

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,235.00
157

MUSIC and show. - Set of 15 pieces: Andre Antoine, Hector Berlioz, Sarah Bernhardt, Maurice Chevalier, Alexandre Choron, Frederic Lemaitre, ...

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 650.00
158

SET of 8 pieces: Theodore de Banville, Florent Chrestien, Andre Gide, Paul Leautaud, Ernest Renan, Pierre Reverdy, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,560.00
159

SET of 9 pieces: Albert Calmette from the Pasteur Institute, Pascal Cordara-Antona, Michel Davidoff from the Russian Zoological Station in Villefranche-sur-Mer, ...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 650.00
160

SET of 2 pieces: Charles Colbert de Croissy, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 364.00
161

SET of 7 pieces: Maurice Barres, Emile Deschanel, Anatole France, Gustave Moreau, Marcel Pagnol, Raymond Poincare, Alfred de VIGNY.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 416.00
162

SET of ten pieces: Charles Gounod, Pierre Louys, Edmond Rostand, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve.

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 390.00
163

Set of 5 pieces: Francois Nourissier, Raymond Poincare, Camille Saint-Saens (letter to Jules Massenet about Manon), Michel Sicard (printed, Pres des murs.

Bei den Mauern 1994 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 286.00
164

ENSEMBLE of around 60 pieces: Louis Artus, Jacques Chardonne (some 15 letters), Edouard De Max, Marguerite Brunet dite mademoiselle Montansier, ...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 455.00
165

ENSEMBLE of some fifteen pieces: Hortense de Beauharnais, Emmanuel Cretet (marginal wetness and loss, sheet remarge), Isabelle II d'Espagne, ...

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,560.00
166

SET of 3 pieces: Isabelle II of Spain, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Auguste Rodin.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 234.00
167

SET of 6 pieces: Georges-Eugene Haussmann, Victor Hugo, Roger Martin Du Gard, etc.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 845.00
168

SET of 14 pieces: Sarah Bernhardt, Victor Hugo (1824), Marcel Bouilloux-Lafont, Pierre Louys, Philippe-Antoine Merlin dit Merlin de Douai, Louis-Antoine Pille...

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 845.00
169

SET of 10 pieces: Angel Anguiano, Michel-Eugene Chevreul, Clemence Royer, Emile Roux, Otto-Wilhelm Struve, Jules Tannery, Felix Tisserand.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 156.00
170

SET of approx 50 pieces: Henri Bremond, Jean Denoel, Jean Grenier, Leonce Rosenberg, Suzanne Tourte, etc.

EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 104.00
171

ENSEMBLE of 8 pieces: Jean Anouilh, Louis ARAGON, Maurice Barres, Jean Helion, Isabelle II d'Espagne, Jules Massenet, Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine Charles Nicolle, Charles Pougens, Maurice Ravel, etc.

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,690.00
172

SET of some fifteen pieces: Armand-Louis-Augustin de Caulaincourt, Niels Wilhelm Gade (short musical quotation on bristol), Joseph Haas, Friedrich Hegar...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 364.00
173

SET of some fifteen pieces: Henri Lebasque (8 letters), Giovanni Legrenzi, Jules Massenet, Paul Meurice, Marie Pleyel, Colonel Remy.

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,300.00
174

SET of approx. 50 items: Joseph-Charles de Bianchi Seccadenari Sighicelli (approx. 30 letters to his wife Olympe de Morard d'Arces, 1790-1791), Camille Corot, Hyacinthe Cordonnier de Belair dit Saint-Hyacinthe.

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 325.00
175

ENSEMBLE of a dozen pieces: Louis ARAGON, Maurice Barres, le comte de Chambord Henri d'Orleans, Jules-Elie Delaunay.

EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 312.00
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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.
  • 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.