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.
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

Gros & Delettrez: Books and Manuscripts, 167934, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025

Page Size: 247 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Michel ADANSON.	Eclaircissement sur quelques articles d'un memoire remis. Manuscrit sur papier verge filigrane et regle		(ca 1750-1780).	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	EUR 1,625.00
2	AMPERE (Andre-Marie).	Manuscrit autographe scientifique.	s.l.n.d. [Paris,	1809-1828].	EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
3		MILITARIA. Cours d'Artillerie.		1876	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
4		AUTEURS JUIFS ALLEMANDS. ANNEES 20-30. ALLEMAGNE.	ANNEES 20-30.		EUR 400.00 - 500.00	EUR 625.00
5		DANDISME ET ECRITURE. Jules BARBEY d'AUREVILLY (1808-1889), ecrivain francais. Bel ensemble de pieces autographes.			EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
6		LITTERATURE POESIE XIXe. Auguste BARBIER. (1805-1885), poete, ecrivain et traducteur. Lot de documents et P. S. 2 LAS,	s.l. [Paris]	le 3 avril 1864 et 28 juillet (s.d).	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
7	Maurice BARRES. (1862-1923),	Maurice BARRES. (1862-1923), Une Carte de visite gravee avec autographe,	(s.l.	n.d).	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
8	BARRES Philippe (1896-1975)	BARRES Philippe (1896-1975), Lot de 2 LAS adressees au journaliste Andre Chaumeix.	Charmes	le 5 novembre 1923 et (s..) le samedi 5 aout 1923.	EUR 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
9		. Julia BARTET dite Mademoiselle Bartet (1854-1941),			EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
11		BUFFON (Georges-Louis, comte de). Lettre signee.	[Paris] Jardin du Roy	le 9 fevrier 1762.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 250.00
12	BUIRETTE DE BELLOY	BUIRETTE DE BELLOY (Pierre-Laurent) dit Dormont de Belloy. Lettre autographe signee. L.A.S.	(s.l.n.d. [Calais	apres 1765]).	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 187.50
13	Princesse de CANINO	Princesse de CANINO (Alexandrine de Bleschamp Bonaparte). Lettre autographe signee de la Princesse de Canino, veuve de Lucien Bonaparte. L.A.S. a M. et Mme de Grancours-Matis.	[Italie]	10 mai 1842.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 400.00
14	Francois-Rene de CHATEAUBRIAND	Francois-Rene de CHATEAUBRIAND. L.A.S., signee de son paraphe.	Paris	25 fevrier 1831.	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
15	Alphonse de CHATEAUBRIANT.	Alphonse de CHATEAUBRIANT. LAS. Le Petit Portail (Loire-Atlantique), 26 janvier 1914.		1914	EUR 180.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
16	COPPEE Francois	COPPEE Francois (1842-1908), 2 L.A.S., encre brune, soit 2 pp. au format petit in-12, <> a <>,	La Fraiziere	(s.d.).	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
17	Louis JOU.	Louis JOU. Les Baux, du 28 mai 1923 au 22 juillet 1923.		1923	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	EUR 187.50
18		CRITIQUES LITTERAIRES XXe. Lot de 2 pieces autographes,			EUR 80.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
19	DAUBENTON (Pierre).	DAUBENTON (Pierre). Lettres de Pierre Daubenton a Etienne-Francois Dutour de Salvert (1711-1784), 2 L.A.S. sur verge,	"Au jardin du Roi" et s.l. [Montbard]	17 janvier 1766 et 28 mars 1766.	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 400.00
20		THEATRE FRANCAIS. COMEDIE FRANCAISE. POESIE. LITTERATURE MODERNE. Petit lot de documents autographes et tapuscrit autour du milieu theatral des XIXe-XXe et de la litterature moderne.	XIXe-XXe		EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
21		Les Devoirs de l'ame fidelle.	[S.l.]	1679	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	EUR 2,125.00
22		POESIE XXe. LITTERATURE MODERNE. COMEDIE-FRANCAISE. Lot de 3 pieces, autographes et imprimee, en lien avec l'acteur de theatre et cinema Emile Drain (1890-1966)			EUR 200.00 - 250.00	EUR 237.50
23	Emile DRAIN (1890-1966)	Lot de plusieurs L.A.S., parfois accompagnees de leur enveloppes avec adresse et timbres,			EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
24	Jean DUBUFFET & Tony CURTIS.	Jean DUBUFFET & Tony CURTIS. Correspondance entre deux artistes.	Le Touquet et Paris	29 juillet 1963, 20 aout 1963 et 26 janvier 1964.	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
25		DUMAS FILS, Alexandre (1824-1895), le celebre romancier de la Dame aux Camelias. L.A.S.			EUR 300.00 - 400.00	EUR 375.00
27	Paul ELUARD.	Hugo vu par les auteurs Russes.		[fevrier 1952].	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold

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.
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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.