• 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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Chiswick Auctions: Photographica & Photography Books - Timed online, 90525, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 05, 2025 - September 05, 2025
Page Size: 212 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Photographer Unknown, c.1880-90 [possibly Coutinho Bros]

NATIVE HUTS AT ADEN, c.1880-90.

c.1880-90. GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 50.00
52 Burton Brothers (active 1866-1914)

TOPOGRAPHICAL VIEWS OF TASMANIA & NEW ZEALAND, c.1880s.

c.1880s. GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 227.00
53 Photographer Unknown, 1889

IPHIGENIA AS PERFORMED BY FRENCH SEAMEN ON A SHIP, 1889.

1889 GBP 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
54 Various Photographers, late 19th century

NEW ZEALAND VIEWS, late 19th century.

late 19th century GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,008.00
55 Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934) & Felice Beato (1832-1909)

A GROUP OF FOUR HAND-COLOURED ALBUMEN PRINTS, c.1880.

c.1880. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 176.00
56 Photographer Unknown, c.1899

HEAD OF A DECAPITATED MAN, CHINA, c.1899.

c.1899. GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 13.00
57

JAPAN INTEREST, c.1880s

c.1880s GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 101.00
58

PANORAMA OF CAPE TOWN, c.1900

c.1900 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
59

CANGO CAVES, NEAR OUDTSHOORN, SOUTH AFRICA, c.1900

c.1900 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 164.00
60

MISSIONARY ALBUM, UGANDA & RWANDA, 1880s-1890s

1880s-1890s GBP 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
61

PANORAMA OF DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA, c.1890

c.1890 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
62

INDUSTRIAL CYANOTYPES, c.1905

c.1905 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 88.00
63

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS, VOLUMES IX & X, 1865-1866

1865-1866 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
64 Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904)

ANIMALS IN MOTION: AN ELECTRO-PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION OF ANIMAL PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT, 1899.

1899 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 302.00
65

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, MANILA, c.1898-1900

c.1898-1900 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
66

WORLD WAR I INTEREST, c.1916-1918

c.1916-1918 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 101.00
67

IN THE SHADE, LONDON, KENSINGTON GARDENS, 14TH JULY 1935.

14TH JULY 1935. GBP 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
68 Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

UNTITLED, 1928

1928 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 479.00
69 Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986)

RENEE, PARIS, 1931.

1931 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 353.00
70 Bertram Park (1883-1972)

UNTITLED, 1920s

1920s GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 277.00
71 Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

A GROUP OF SIX MONOGRAPHS ABOUT CECIL BEATON, 20th century,

20th century GBP 20.00 - 30.00 GBP 139.00
72 Photograph Collection.- Vintage Dancers

Group of vintage autographs from the 1920s,

1920s GBP 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
73 Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976)

A FINE GROUP OF PORTRAITS OF US DIPLOMAT CHARLES ULRICK BAY, c.1950.

c.1950. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
74 Thurston Hopkins (1913-2014)

A CHEEKY LITTLE WINE, 16th JULY 1952.

16th JULY 1952. GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 126.00
75 Brian Griffin (1948-2024)

TONY BENN, 1990

1990 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 126.00
  • 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.