• 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

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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025
Page Size: 107 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Alessio Segala

Via sicura del Paradiso, insegnataci da Giesu Christo N.Sig in quelle parole

In Brescia, 1622 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 120.00
2 Anders Sparrman; P Le Tourneur

Voyage au cap le Bonne-Espe?rance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres.

Paris, 1787 USD 1,950.00 - 4,000.00 USD 345.00
2 Anders Sparrman; P Le Tourneur

Voyage au cap le Bonne-Espe?rance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres.

Paris, 1787 USD 1,950.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
3 Adam Anderson Contributor(s): William Combe (Editor)

Andersons Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce: From the Earliest Accounts Containing an History of the Great Commercial Interests of the British Empire

Dublin, 1790 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 96.00
4 David Ramsay

The New Universal Gazetteer; or, Modern Geographical Index. Containing a Concise Description of the Empires, Kingdoms, Cities, Towns, Seas, Rivers...

Edinburgh, 1796 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 100.00
5 JOHNSON, Samuel.

A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and authorized by the names of the writers in whose works they are found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author,

London 1790 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 200.00
6 Francois Joseph de Pons

A Voyage to the Eastern Part of Terra Firma, or the Spanish Main, in South-America, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804

New-York, 1806 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 48.00
7 WEEMS, Mason L.

The life of George Washington: with curious anecdotes, equally honourable to himself, and exemplary to his young countrymen ...

Philadelphia 1809 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 125.00
8 Thomas Garnett Illustrator(s): W.H. Watts

Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles of Scotland; Particularly Staffa and Icolmkill

London, 1811 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 110.00
9 John Wesley

A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists

London 1816 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 160.00
10 Thomas Moore

Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance

London 1818 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 105.00
11 James Thomson Contributor(s): Patrick Murdoch (Biography); William Collins (Ode)

The Seasons, with the Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch, and an Ode on the Death of Mr. Thomson by Mr. William Collins

New York, 1820 USD 299.00 - 600.00 USD 20.00
12 Marcus Fabius Quintilianus Contributor(s): Johann Matthias Gesner (Editor); John Carey (Editor)

M. Fabii Quintiliani, De Institutione Oratoria, Libri Duodecim

London 1822 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 82.00
13 Samuel Rogers

Poems

London, 1827 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 72.00
14 James Beattie

The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius: and Other Poems

London 1827 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 74.00
15 Charles Caleb Colton

Lacon, or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those Who Think

Concord, N.H., 1828 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 38.00
16 Caroline Fry

The Listener

Philadelphia, (1832). USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 58.00
17 George Cruikshank Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

My Sketch Book

London 1834 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 135.00
18 Anonymous

The Mariners Chronicle: Containing Narratives of the Most Remarkable Disasters at Sea, Such As Shipwrecks, Storms, Fires and Famines, Also Naval Engagements, Piratical Adventures

New Haven 1835 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 260.00
19 William Withering Contributor(s): William MacGillivray (Editor)

A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants

London, 1835 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 140.00
20 State of Missouri,

Laws of the State of Missouri

City of Jefferson 1841-53. USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 210.00
21 RILEY, James

An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815

Hartford, Co. 1841 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 52.00
22 Charles Dickens Illustrator(s): Hablot Knight Browne (i.e. Phiz)

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

London 1844 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 210.00
23 Edgar Allan Poe; James Fenimore Cooper; William Cullen Bryant; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Grahams Magazine, Vol. XXVIII & XXIX

Philadelphia, 1846 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 60.00
24 George B. Cheever

The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth in New England, in 1620

New York, 1848 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 100.00
  • 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.