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.
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.

Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper, 93025a, London

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025

Page Size: 228 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Handel (George Frideric)	Messiah. An Oratorio in Score as it was originally perform'd,		1767	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 3,528.00
27	Congreve (William)	A Treatise on the General Principles, Powers, and Facility of Application of the Congreve Rocket System, as compared with Artillery,	Longman	1827	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 302.00
28	Andrews (John)	Andrews's Accurate Map of the Country, Twenty-Five Miles Round London, describing from an Actual Survey all the Gentlemen's Seats, Turnpike and Cross Roads, Towns, Villages, Cottages &c.,		1807	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
29	Bowles (Carington)	Bowles's New Pocket Plan of the Cities of London & Westminster, with the Borough of Southwark:		1792	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
30	Camden (William)	Britannia: Or, a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland	London	1772	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 756.00
31	Gardner (W. R.) engraver	Map of the Country Twelve Miles Round London,		1823	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
32	Saxton (Christopher),	Glocestriae sive Claudiocestriae Comitat (Claudy Caesaris Nomine ad huc Celebrat) Verus Tipus atq Effigies. No. Dni. 1577,		circa 1579	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	GBP 693.00
33		London &c. Actually Survey'd..., This survey was begun by Mr. Ogilby, and finished & humbly dedicated by Wm. Morgan...,	London	1904	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 529.00
34	Briet (Philippe)	Roma Gentium Domina [Roman Empire],		1667	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 252.00
35	Ruga (Pietro)	Pianta della citta di Roma con la indicazione di tutte le anticha e nuovi abbellimenti,	Rome	1843	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
36	Jansson (Jan)	Hispaniae Veteris Descriptio, hand-coloured engraving, engraved by Abraham Goos, inset of Cadiz, French text edition	Amsterdam	c. 1640.	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 50.00
37	Cavers (Colin) Photographer.	Assam: The Language of Tea	Assam	1990 -- 95.	GBP 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
38	Frith (Francis) and others.-	Darjeeling: An album of photos relating to the Ging Tea Estate			GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,008.00
39	[Steel Jnr (John)]	Reminiscence of Voyage on the S.S. City of Venice, Visit to Calcutta		1888	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,638.00
40	Tea Merchants & Grocers.	Invoices & Receipts,		c18th and early c. 19th	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 819.00
41	Lavedan (Antonio)	Tratado de los Usos, Abusos, Propriedades y Virtudes del Tabaco, Cafe, Te y Chocolate [Treatise on the Uses, Abuses, Properties and Virtues of Tobacco, Coffee, Tea and Chocolate].	Madrid	1796	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
42	Pechlin (Johann Nicolaus).	Theophilus Bibaculus sive de potu theae dialogus.	Frankfurt	1684	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
43		Photographic Views of the Soorispore Tea Company Gardens, Cachar.			GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 693.00
44	Travers (John)	A Letter to the Editor of the Courier Newspaper.....upon the subject ot Tea Duties		1834	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 101.00
45	Hancock (Thomas)	Hancock (Thomas) of Boston, [Mass.] Merchant Letter to Mr Thomas Hancock of Boston,	London	July 1740	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 252.00
46		Tuke Family Correspondence.		29 September 1849 to 23 October 1852.	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
47	Fraser (James Baillie)	Twelve plates from 'Views in the Himala Mountains',		1820	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 10,080.00
48	Daniell (Thomas)	Part of the Palace in the Fort of Allahabad, plate no.8 from 'Oriental Scenery. Twenty Four Views In Hindoostan',		1795	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,638.00
49	D'Oyly (Sir Charles)	Views of Calcutta and its Environs		[1848]	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 11,340.00
50	Becher, (Major General A.C.)	India and Afghanistan. Journal of A C Becher, serving on the North West Frontier during the 2nd Afghan war.		[1878-79]	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 378.00

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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-$12,000

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