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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
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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.

Marc van de Wiele Auctions: October 2025 Auction, 100925, Brugge

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2025 - October 11, 2025
Page Size: 1390 items in 56 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1307 SAINT-YVES, Charles de

Nouveau traite des maladies des yeux. Ou l'on expose leur structure, leur usage, les causes de leurs maladies, leurs symptomes, les remedes & les operations de chirurgie qui conviennent le plus a leur guerison. Avec de nouvelles decouvertes

Amsterdam 1767 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
1308 SPIEGEL, Adriaan van de

Isagoges in rem herbariam libri duo

Lugduni 1633 EUR 90.00 - 160.00 EUR 184.80
1309 TEN RHIJNE, Willem

Disputatio medica de dolore intestinorum a flatu [...] sub praesidio [...] Francisci de le Boe Sylvii [...] subjicit Wilhelmus ten Rhyne, Daventriensis. Ad diem 19. Decembr. [...]

Leiden 1668 EUR 160.00 - 200.00 EUR 792.00
1310 [AA, Pieter van der (ed.)

De Aanmerkenswaardigste en Alomberoemde zee- en landreizen der Portugeezen, Spanjaarden, Engelsen en allerhande natien: zoo van Fransen, Italiaanen, Deenen, Hoogh-en Nederduitsen al van veele andere Volkeren. Voornamenlyk ondernomen tot Ontdekking van de

's Gravenhage - Leyden 1727 EUR 3,600.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 7,920.00
1311 [ALBUM BELGIQUE]

Souvenirs de la Belgique, album contenant douze vues des plus beaux monuments du pays et un plan de la ville de Bruxelles

Bruxelles ca. 1843 EUR 120.00 - 180.00 EUR 211.20
1312 ALLOM, Thomas

Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland, Illustrated from Original Drawings by Thomas Allom / Itineraire pittoresque au Nord de l'Angleterre; contenant soixante-treize vues des lacs, des montagnes, des chateaux, &c. des comtes de Westmorland, C

Londres 1833 (1834) EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
1313 [AVITY, Pierre d']

Les Estats Empires et principautez du Monde

Paris 1619 EUR 180.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
1314 NO LOT

NO LOT

Not Available Not Sold
1315 [CONGO]

Fotoboek Koloniaal Afrika met 237 originele zwart-witfoto's en postkaarten

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 290.40
1316 COOK, James

Reis naar de Zuidpool en rondom de Weereld met de schepen de Resolution en de Adventure in de jaren 1772/3/4 en 1775; Bijgevoegd Kapitein Furneaux's verslag. Vertaald door P.L. Paris

Utrecht en Amsterdam 1793 EUR 160.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1317 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, H.L.

Elemens de l'architecture navale, ou Traite pratique de la construction des vaisseaux.

Paris 1758 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,432.00
1318 FROGER, Francois

Relation d'un Voyage. Fait en 1695, 1696 & 1697 aux Cotes d'Afrique, Detroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Isles Antilles, ...

Paris 1700 EUR 280.00 - 360.00 EUR 448.80
1319 GRUNNE, Xavier de e.a.

Vers les glaciers de l'Equateur, le Ruwenzori, mission scientifique belge 1932

Bruxelles 1937 EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
1320 HILLS, Robert

Sketches in Flanders and Holland with some account of a tour through parts of those countries shortly after the battle of Waterloo.

London 1816 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
1321 [JAVA]

Souvenir de Java (c. 1870)

EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 5,280.00
1322 KLAPROTH, H.J.

Plates and maps to accompany the San Kokf Tsou Ran To Sets, ou Apercu general des trois royaumes, traduit de l'original Japonais-Chinois

Paris 1832 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 5,940.00
1323 KOLFF, Dirk Hendrik

Reize door den weinig bekenden zuidelijken Molukschen archipel en langs de geheel onbekende Zuidwest kust van Nieuw-Guinea gedaan in de jaren 1825 en 1826

Amsterdam 1828 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 343.20
1324 [LA CAVE, P.M.]

Hoekerschip De Vrouw Machtelyna voor de haven van Curacao / Hoekerschip Vrouw Machtelyna na het gevecht met Engels fregat Diamant voor Curacao, 1782

1782 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 396.00
1325 LAFITEAU, Joseph Francois

De Zeden der Wilden van Amerika

's Gravenhage 1731 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 316.80
1326 LAUGIER de TASSY, J.Ph.

Beschryving van het koningryk ende stadt Algiers, met den tegenwoordigen staat dier regeeringe, landt- en zeemacht [...] recht en koophandel [...] met een Lijst der genomene Hollandtsche schepen [trsl. from the French].

Amsterdam 1725 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1327 [LUCHTVAART]

Eerste Wereldoorlog in Nederland (1917-1918): Twee fotoalbums met militaire luchtvaart, noodlandingen en luchtfoto's.

1917-1918 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 858.00
1328 [LUCHTVAART - KLM]

Luchtvaartpioniers in Nederland: Twee bijzondere fotoalbums

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 501.60
1329 [LUCHTVAART - KLM]

Reis- en expeditiefotoalbum 'Per IJsvogel' Amsterdam-Batavia en terug

1932 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,188.00
1330 MIALHE, Pierre Toussaint Frederic (1810-1881)

Isla de Cuba Pintoresca

Havana 1839-1842 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,904.00
1331 OGAWA, Kazumasa

Costumes & customs in Japan

Yokohama (c. 1895) EUR 140.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • 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 Soldier 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.