• 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

Finarte: NAPOLI 2500: History of a city and its territory, 92925, Rome

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 29, 2025 - September 29, 2025
Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
176 Trojano Spinelli

Trojano Spinelli - Chronological table of the princes and most notable officials who have ruled and governed the provinces that now make up the kingdom of Naples, 1762

Naples 1762 EUR 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
177 Gio Antonio Summonte

Gio Antonio Summonte - History of the city and Kingdom of Naples by Gio. Antonio Summonte, a Neapolitan, where the most notable things that have happened from its construction to the present day are discussed., 1748

Naples 1748-1750. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 737.00
178

Defense of the Interested Parties in the Completed Tobacco Contract against D. Benedetto Graziola, 1772

[Naples ca.1772]. EUR 200.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
179 Vincenzo Tanara

Vincenzo Tanara - The economy of the citizen in the villa, 1745

Venice 1745 EUR 50.00 - 100.00 EUR 174.20
180 Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso - Works, 1724

Florence 1724 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 536.00
181 Francesco de' Ficoroni

Francesco de' Ficoroni - The stage masks and comic figures of ancient Rome, 1736

Rome 1736 EUR 280.00 - 400.00 EUR 375.20
182 Giovanni Vivenzio

Giovanni Vivenzio - History and Theory of Earthquakes [...] of Calabria and Messina, 1783

Naples 1783 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 1,005.00
183 Placido Troyli

Placido Troyli - General history of the Kingdom of Naples

Naples 1747-1754. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,474.00
184 Giuseppe Gioeni

Giuseppe Gioeni - An essay on Vesuvian lithology. Dedicated to Her Majesty the Queen of the Two Sicilies., 1790

Naples 1790 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 469.00
185

Of the volcanoes or fire-breathing mountains best known and most distinctly Vesuvius, 1779

Livorno 1779 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 938.00
186 Francesco Serao

Francesco Serao - History of the fire of Vesuvius which occurred in the month of May of the year MDCCXXXVII, 1738

Naples 1738 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 294.80
187 Michele Attumunelli

Michele Attumunelli - Of the eruption of Vesuvius which occurred in the month of August in the year 1779, 1779

Naples 1779 EUR 120.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
188 Scipione Breislak

Scipione Breislak - Memoir of the eruption of Vesuvius which occurred on the evening of June 15, 1794., 1794

Naples 1794 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,273.00
189 Giovanni Maria Della Torre

Giovanni Maria Della Torre - History and phenomena of Vesuvius presented by PDGio: Maria della Torre, 1755

Naples 1755 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 871.00
190 Maria Giuseppe Mecatti

Maria Giuseppe Mecatti - Historical-philosophical account of Vesuvius and in particular of what happened in this last eruption which began on 25 October 1751, 1752

Naples 1752 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 509.20
191 Maria Giuseppe Mecatti

Maria Giuseppe Mecatti - Historical-philosophical account of Vesuvius and in particular of what happened in this last eruption which began on 25 October 1751 and ceased on 25 February 1752 in the place called the Atrio del Cavallo., 1752

Naples 1752 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,876.00
192 Gaspare Paragallo

Gaspare Paragallo - Natural history of Mount Vesuvius divided into two books, 1705

Naples 1705 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 1,072.00
193 Andrea Pigonati

Andrea Pigonati - Description of the last eruptions of Mount Vesuvius from March 25, 1766, to December 10 of the same year., 1767

Naples 1767 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 737.00
194 Francesco Serao

Francesco Serao - History of the fire of Vesuvius which occurred in the month of May in the year 1737, 1738

Naples 1738 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 804.00
195 Michele Torcia

Michele Torcia - Report of the last eruption of Vesuvius which occurred in the month of August of this year 1779, 1779

Naples 1779 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,144.00
196

Journal of the Voyage of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, made in the month of May 1813 to Constantinople on the Frigate Minerva, 1813

EUR 200.00 - 220.00 EUR 1,474.00
197 Antonio Coppi

Antonio Coppi - Speech on the political history of the Kingdom of Naples, 1814

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,072.00
198

Chronological list of the Kings of Naples from the beginning that these regions took the form of a Kingdom until the year 1834., 1850

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
199

Chronicles of Mas'Aniello of 1647, 1850

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
200 Pages (1701)

Angelo Granito - Documents relating to the Conspiracy of the Prince of Macchia: Chronicles and other writings of Neapolitan history from the year 1700 to the year 1716 collected by AG, 1848

Naples 1848 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 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.