• 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.
  • 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

Desa Unicum: Old Master and Modern Prints, 102725, Warszawa

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 27, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Page Size: 110 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Janina Konarska (1902 - 1975)

Cielak, okolo 1935

1935 PLN 4,500.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
2 Janina Konarska (1902 - 1975)

Procesja Bozego Ciala

PLN 2,000.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 1,800.00
3 Wanda Telakowska (1905 - 1985)

"Polska", 1933

1933 PLN 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 PLN 9,000.00
4 Wanda Telakowska (1905 - 1985)

Zaglowka, 1934

1934 PLN 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 PLN 6,000.00
5 Bogna Krasnodebska-Gardowska (1900 - 1986)

Weronika, 1924

1924 PLN 2,200.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,280.00
6 Bogna Krasnodebska-Gardowska (1900 - 1986)

Droga krzyzowa. Stacja XI (Jezus do krzyza przybity), 1926

1926 PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
7 Bogna Krasnodebska-Gardowska (1900 - 1986)

"Zima", 1935

1935 PLN 2,200.00 - 3,500.00 PLN 2,280.00
8 Janina Giedroyc-Wawrzynowicz (1902 - 1995)

Salome

PLN 1,800.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
9 Janina Giedroyc-Wawrzynowicz (1902 - 1995)

"Swider"

PLN 1,800.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
10 Irena Nowakowska-Acedanska (1906 - 1983)

"W pracowni"

PLN 900.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 960.00
11 Wanda Korzeniowska (1873 - 1939)

Odwiedziny trzech przyjaciol u Hioba, przed 1935

1935 PLN 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
12 Zofia Stryjenska (1891 - 1976)

"Na kujawach" z cyklu "Costumes Paysans. Pologne", 1933

1933 PLN 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 3,600.00
13 Zofia Stryjenska (1891 - 1976)

"Slaskie" z cyklu "Costumes Paysans. Pologne", 1933

1933 PLN 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 PLN 2,880.00
14 Tamara Lempicka (1894 - 1980)

Kobieta w czerwonym turbanie , okolo 1956

1956 PLN 45,000.00 - 60,000.00 PLN 66,000.00
15 Tamara Lempicka (1894 - 1980)

"Printemps"

PLN 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 PLN 38,400.00
16 Bronislawa Rychter-Janowska (1868 - 1953)

On the way to the church

PLN 800.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 1,440.00
17 Alicja Halicka (1894 - 1975)

The Place de la Concorde in Paris, 1955

1955 PLN 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
18 Alicja Halicka (1894 - 1975)

"Les enfants du ghetto" z 24 ilustracjami litograficznymi artystki, 1925

1925 PLN 1,600.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
19 Maria Hiszpanska-Neumann (1917 - 1980)

"Sw. Cyryl" z cyklu "Legendy Panonskie", 1970

1970 PLN 800.00 - 1,500.00 PLN 2,160.00
20 Maria Hiszpanska-Neumann (1917 - 1980)

Kosciol sw. Jakuba w Sandomierzu, 1953

1953 PLN 600.00 - 1,000.00 PLN 960.00
21 Krystyna Wroblewska (1904 - 1994)

"Stara Cerkiew w Worochcie"

PLN 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 PLN 3,120.00
22 Krystyna Wroblewska (1904 - 1994)

"Ojcze Nasz", 1950

1950 PLN 600.00 - 1,000.00 PLN 600.00
23 Cyprian Kamil Norwid (1821 - 1883)

"Pythia", 1863

1863 PLN 16,000.00 - 30,000.00 PLN 18,000.00
24 Leon Wyczolkowski (1852 - 1936)

"Kosciol Bozego Ciala w Krakowie", 1903

1903 PLN 5,500.00 - 8,000.00 PLN 5,760.00
25 Leon Wyczolkowski (1852 - 1936)

Autoportret, 1902

1902 PLN 9,000.00 - 14,000.00 PLN 9,000.00
  • 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.
  • 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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