• 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

Leland Little Auctions: Collectible Books, Maps, & Documents, 232155, Hillsborough, NC

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025
Page Size: 97 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
6001 Ansel Adams.

IMAGES 1923-1974.

Boston [1974]. Not Available USD 450.00
6002 A[dolph] Gorling, B[runo] Meyer, and A[lfred] Woltmann.

ART TREASURES OF GERMANY. A COLLECTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PICTURES OF THE GALLERIES...WITH PORTRAITS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED MASTERS...

Boston n.d. [1873?]. Not Available USD 180.00
6003 David Hockney and Hans Werner Holzwarth, eds.

David Hockney --- A Bigger Book.

Koln, Germany 2016 Not Available USD 2,040.00
6004 Man Ray.

ALPHABET FOR ADULTS.

Beverly Hills 1948 Not Available USD 1,440.00
6005 J[ohn] J[ames] Chalon.

TWENTY FOUR SUBJECTS EXHIBITING THE COSTUME OF PARIS, THE INCIDENTS TAKEN FROM NATURE. DESIGNED AND DRAWN ON STONE BY J.J. CHALON.

London 1822 Not Available USD 660.00
6006 Hans Holbein; D[avid] Deuchar.

THE DANCES OF DEATH, THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE: WHEREIN THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF THAT TYRANT IS EXHIBITED.

London 1803 Not Available USD 150.00
6007 John James Audubon; Marshall B. Davidson.

THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOR PAINTINGS BY JOHN JAMES AUDUBON FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA.

New York 1966 Not Available USD 450.00
6008 Alexander Wilson; Charles Lucian Bonaparte; Sir William Jardine, Bart.

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES.

London; Edinburgh, 1832 Not Available USD 600.00
6009 Charles F. Millspaugh.

AMERICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS; AN ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN PLANTS USED AS HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES: THEIR HISTORY, PREPARATION, CHEMISTRY, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS.

New York and Philadelphia [ca. 1887]. Not Available USD 1,800.00
6010 Ram Dass.

FROM BINDU TO OJAS.

[New Mexico] 1970 Not Available USD 660.00
6011 George P. Upton.

THE STANDARD OPERAS, THE STANDARD ORATORIOS, THE STANDARD CANTATAS, THE STANDARD SYMPHONIES.

Chicago Not Available USD 360.00
6012 [Terence].

PUBLII TERENTII AFRI COMOEDIAE.

Birmingham 1772 Not Available USD 150.00
6013 S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge.

CHRISTABEL: KUBLA KHAN, A VISION; THE PAINS OF SLEEP.

London 1816 Not Available USD 1,440.00
6014 Ezra Pound.

RIPOSTES OF EZRA POUND WHERETO ARE APPENDED THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF T. E. HULME WITH PREFATORY NOTE.

London 1912 Not Available USD 2,520.00
6015 Ezra Pound.

INSTIGATIONS OF EZRA POUND TOGETHER WITH AN ESSAY ON THE CHINESE WRITTEN CHARACTER BY ERNEST FENOLLOSA.

New York 1920 Not Available USD 1,320.00
6016 Ezra Pound.

MAKE IT NEW.

New Haven, CT 1935 Not Available USD 240.00
6017 Robert Frost.

A WITNESS TREE.

New York [1942]. Not Available USD 330.00
6018 Robert Frost; John O'Hara Cosgrave II, illus.

COME IN AND OTHER POEMS.

New York [1945]. Not Available USD 570.00
6019 Charles Perrault; Andrew Lang, ed.

PERRAULT'S POPULAR TALES.

Oxford 1888 Not Available USD 570.00
6020 A. A. Milne; Ernest H. Shepard, illus.

WINNIE-THE-POOH.

London [1926]. Not Available USD 1,080.00
6021 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]; John Tenniel, illus.

THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE.

Boston; New York 1872 Not Available USD 900.00
6022 Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]; John Tenniel, illus.

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, AND THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS.

New York 1885 Not Available USD 450.00
6023 Kay Thompson; Hilary Knight, illus.

ELOISE IN MOSCOW.

New York 1959 Not Available USD 1,200.00
6024 Lore Segal and Randall Jarrell, trans.; Maurice Sendak, illus.

THE JUNIPER TREE AND OTHER TALES FROM GRIMM.

New York 1974 Not Available USD 720.00
6025 Jane Austen; Hugh Thomson, illus.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

London 1894 Not Available USD 7,500.00
  • 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.