• 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

Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionen: Books, Graphics modern and ancient Arts, Antiques - Day 1, 140A, 75172 Pforzheim

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Page Size: 1324 items in 53 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76

Biblia latina. Novum Testamentum, iuxta veterem & consuetam aeditionem, cum tabulis seu concordantiis Eusebianis, ad nostrorum numerorum facilitatem summa diligentia contractis, undique suis locis (quo sint inventu faciliores) adiectis asteriscis

(Antwerpen) -1526 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 650.00
77

Biblia latino-germanica

Konstanz 1751 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
78

Biblia neerlandica. Het nieuw Testament onzes Heeren Jesus Christus, met korte verklaringen op de duistere plaetzen

Utrecht 1732 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 91.00
79 Mariette,P.

Veteris (novi) testamenti figurae

(Paris) (um 1700) EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 715.00
80 Smits,W. (Hrsg.)

Biblia sacra Vulgatae editionis versione belgica, notis grammaticalibus, literalibus, criticis... elucidata

Antwerpen u. Amsterdam 1746 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
81 Bilger,J. (Pseud.: Viator,J.)

Veridicus Germanus. Der Teutsche Warsager. Das ist: Warhaffte Ursache dess Lobs und Preyss Gottes

Franckenburg (fing.) 1630 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
82 Biondo,F.

De Roma triumphante lib. X. Priscorum scriptorum lectoribus utilissimi, ad totiusque Romanae antiquitatis cognitionem pernecessarii

Basel 1559 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 468.00
83 Blois,L.de

Fasciculus mellifluarum precationum, ex operibus concinnatus

Koln 1609 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
84 Boccaccio,G.

Il Decameron, Di nuouo ristampato, e ricontrato in Firenze con testi antichi, & alla sua vera lezione ridotto dal Cav. Lionardo Salviati...

Florenz 1582 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 650.00
85 Boch,J.

Descriptio publicae gratulationis, spectaculorumet ludorum, in adventu... principis Ernesti archiducis Austriae... Accessit denique oratio funebris, in archiducis Ernesti obitum ijsdem provincijs luctuosissimum

Antwerpen 1595 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 390.00
86 Karl VI

Als haben Wir in Gnadigster Ansehung der dem allgemeinen Weesen hieraus erwachsenden Erspriesslichkeit... aus Koniglicher Gewalt und Macht, in Handwercks-Sachen folgende Satzungen zu genauer Beobachtung im vim legis publiciren zu lassen befunden...

Wien 1731 EUR 270.00 - 270.00 EUR 247.00
87 (Weber,I.)

Lebens-Geschichte, der weyland Durchleuchtigst

Koln 1693 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 364.00
88 Koecher,J.C.

Die drey letzte und vornehmste Glaubens-Bekenntnisse der Bohmischen Bruder, ihrer Seltenheit wegen von neuem ans Licht gestellet, und mit einem historischen Vorbericht von mancherley Glaubensbekenntnissen der Bohmischen Bruder

Ffm. u. Lpz. 1741 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
89 Bona,G.

Manuductio ad coelum. Medullam continens sanctorum patrum et veterum philosophorum

Ffm. 1694 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 520.00
90 Bonaventura Sanctus

De vita S. Patris Francisci, Liber I. Ad veteres libros, F. Henricus Sedulius... recensuit, et commentario illustravit

Antwerpen 1597 EUR 270.00 - 270.00 EUR 234.00
91 Bonaventura Sanctus

Sermones aurei atqu(e) subtiles de tempore et de sanctis cu(m) Com(m)uni sanctoru(m)... Diversique ab his aliqn impressis et sancto Bonaventurae falso adscriptis: a devio erroris accuratissime castigati atque emendati

(Basel) -1502 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
92 Bossuet,J.B

De nova quaestione tractatus tres. I. Mystici in tuto. II. Schola in tuto. III. Quietismus redivivus

Paris 1698 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
93 Botero,G.

Relationes de praecipuis rebuspublicis cum notis et indice authorum politicorum Iusti Reifenberg ICti denuo edidit Ludolphus Georgius Lunde

Helmstedt 1670 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
94 Boudon,H.M.

Deus solus, seu confoederatio inita ad honorem solius Dei promovendum, opusculum primo Gallice conscriptum... hodie honori et venerationi DD. Neo-Promotorum... Georgii Josephi Augustini Kuntsche,... & Caspar Scribani... inscriptum, & typo vulgatum

Olmutz 1676 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
95 Bourchier,T. u. F.Leydanus

Catalogus und ordentliche Verzeichnuss der Newgekronten anerthalbhundert streitbarn Barfusser Martyrer, welche alle in Engelland, Niderland, Flandern, Franckreich, Irland, Ungern unnd Oesterreich, in diesen unsern letzten und geschwinden Zeiten, von wegen

Ingolstadt 1584 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 201.50
96 (Boutauld,M)

Consilia sapientiae, seu epitome axiomatum Salomonis necessariorum potissimum ad vitam prudenter instituendam

Salzburg 1682 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
97 (Federspiel,J.A.v.)

Officia propria sanctorum ecclesiae et dioecesis Curiensi

Bozen 1773 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 195.00
98 Brandes,F.J. d.J. (d.i. J.Bersandius)

Venatio hominum. Sive artificium benevolentiae colligendae

Ffm. 1677 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.00
99 (Brenner,M.)

Ein Schrifftreicher inn sechss und sechsstzig Fragstuck verfaster Tactat, Vom Stand der Klosterlichen Jungkfrawen

Konstanz 1608 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 390.00
100 Briet,P.

Annales mundi, sive chronicon universiale secundum optimas chronologorum epochas ab orbe condito ad annum Christi,...

Augsburg u. Dillingen 1696 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 260.00
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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.
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  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Soldier Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic