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Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$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 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM | [2 Volumes & Folio] Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand...  | 
            London | 1845 | NZD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | NZD 12,300.00 | 
| 106 | WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM [inscribed] | Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839-1844  | 
            London | 1845 | NZD 250.00 - 500.00 | NZD 172.00 | 
| 107 | WAKEFIELD, EDWARD JERNINGHAM | Adventure in New Zealand from 1839-1944  | 
            London | 1845 | NZD 150.00 - 300.00 | NZD 117.00 | 
| 108 | WAKEFIELD, EDWARD | New Zealand Illustrated  | 
            1889 | NZD 175.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | WILLIAM COLENSO | AUTOBIOGRAPHY [early typescript] [2 items]...  | 
            NZD 600.00 - 800.00 | NZD 800.00 | ||
| 110 | YATE, REV WILLIAM | [association copy] An Account of New Zealand;  | 
            London | 1835 | NZD 300.00 - 400.00 | NZD 234.00 | 
| 111 | HANDBOOKS. NEW ZEALAND [3x] The Handbook to The Bay of Plenty and Guide to the Hot Lakes. [two copies]...  | 
            1875 | NZD 80.00 - 120.00 | NZD 62.00 | ||
| 112 | LOUGHNAN, ROBERT ANDREW | The Settler's Handbook of New Zealand  | 
            Wellington | 1902 | NZD 50.00 - 100.00 | NZD 43.00 | 
| 113 | MOSLEY, M. | [box of] M. Mosley [compiler] - New Zealand International Exhibition. 1882...  | 
            NZD 200.00 - 250.00 | NZD 135.00 | ||
| 114 | STEVENS & BARTHOLOMEW'S | The New Zealand Directory for 1867-68  | 
            [1866/67] | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 923.00 | |
| 115 | UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND [3 Titles]...  | 
            Melbourne etc | 1884 | NZD 100.00 - 150.00 | NZD 62.00 | |
| 116 | VOGEL, JULIUS [3 items] | The Official Handbook of New Zealand...  | 
            London | 1875 | NZD 150.00 - 200.00 | NZD 117.00 | 
| 117 | COWAN, JAMES [signed] | The Maoris in the Great War  | 
            1926 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 271.00 | |
| 118 | GUDGEON, THOS WAYTH | The Defenders of New Zealand  | 
            Auckland | 1887 | NZD 200.00 - 300.00 | NZD 197.00 | 
| 119 | LIVERPOOL, CECIL GEORGE SAVILE FOLJAMBE, EARL OF | Three Years on the Australian Station  | 
            London | 1868 | NZD 400.00 - 600.00 | NZD 246.00 | 
| 120 | MAIR, CAPTAIN GILBERT | The Story of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864  | 
            Tauranga | 1926 | NZD 50.00 - 75.00 | NZD 55.00 | 
| 121 | MILITARY BADGE. N.Z. ARMED CONSTABULARY  | 
            NZD 250.00 - 450.00 | NZD 861.00 | |||
| 122 | ROOKES, CHARLES | [2ND WEST INDIA REGIMENT]  | 
            NZD 100.00 - 150.00 | NZD 62.00 | ||
| 123 | SMITH, S. PERCY | [2 titles] Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century...  | 
            Auckland etc | 1921 | NZD 100.00 - 200.00 | NZD 172.00 | 
| 124 | WHITMORE, MAJOR- GENERAL SIR GEORGE | The Last Maori War in New Zealand under the Self Reliant Policy...  | 
            London | 1902 | NZD 120.00 - 180.00 | NZD 74.00 | 
| 125 | WHITMORE, SIR GEORGE, S. | [2 titles] The Last Maori War in New Zealand under the Self-Reliant Policy...  | 
            London | 1902 | NZD 100.00 - 150.00 | NZD 105.00 | 
| 126 | ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C. | [2 by] Maori Music with its Polynesian Background...  | 
            New Plymouth | 1934 | NZD 150.00 - 200.00 | NZD 344.00 | 
| 127 | ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C. | [association copy] Maori Life in Ao-tea  | 
            1907 | NZD 100.00 - 150.00 | NZD 86.00 | |
| 128 | ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C. | Maori Life in Ao-tea  | 
            1907 | NZD 100.00 - 150.00 | NZD 160.00 | |
| 129 | BEATTIE, HERRIES | [association copy] Moriori The Morioris of the South Island  | 
            Dunedin | 1941 | NZD 100.00 - 150.00 | NZD 160.00 |