• 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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Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
206

QUEEN VICTORIA ROYAL COMMISSION 1848

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 221.00
207 TWISLETON, CORPORAL F.

[No 318, 2nd N.Z.M.R.] With the New Zealanders at the Front: A Story of Twelve Months'

Christchurch etc [1902] NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 123.00
208

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE NORTH AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES [Association copy]

Whangarei 1930 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 123.00
209 ALLEN, LIEUT-COL S.S.

2/ Auckland, 1918

Auckland etc 1920 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 221.00
210 ANNABELL, NORMAN

[association copy] Official history of the New Zealand Engineers During the Great War 1914-1919: a Record of the Work Carried Out by the Field Companies, Field Troops, Signal Troop, And Wireless Troop, During the Operations in Samoa (1914-15)

Wanganui 1927 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 295.00
211

ANZAC MEMORIAL 25th APRIL 1915. Sydney published by the Returned Soldiers Association 1917...

NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 123.00
212 AUSTIN, LIEUT-COL. W.S.

The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Wellington 1924 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 148.00
213 BETTY RHIND

[2 items] He Maharatanga [in memory of] the New Zealanders who fought and died in the Gallipolli campaign of the Great War: "An epic of heroism"...

London [1916] NZD 100.00 - 150.00 NZD 62.00
214 BRERETON, MAJOR C.B.

[12th Nelson Company N.Z.E.F.] Tales of Three Campaigns

London 1926 NZD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
215 BURTON, 2/LIEUTENANT O.E [Medaille d'Honneur]

The Auckland Regiment

1922 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
216

BY OFFICERS Regimental History of New Zealand Cyclists Corps in The Great War 1914 - 1918

Auckland etc 1922 NZD 200.00 - 50.00 NZD 197.00
217 BYRNE, LIEUT A.E.

Official History of the Otago Regiment NZEF in the Great War 1914-1918

Dunedin [1921] NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 135.00
218 BYRNE, LIEUT. J.R.

New Zealand in the Field 1914-18

Auckland etc 1922 NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 135.00
219 CARBERY, LIEUT.-COL. A D.

The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War 1914-1918

Auckland etc 1924 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 197.00
220 CUNNINGHAM, W.H; TREADWELL, C.A.L; HANNA, J.S.

The Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919

Wellington 1928 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 400.00
221 ELLIS, ROY F.

[4 titles] By Wires to Victory...

Auckland 1968 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 86.00
222 EPHEMERA

R.101 AIRSHIP MEMORIAL CARD. [2 items]...

NZD 50.00 - 100.00 NZD 31.00
223 FERGUSON, CAPTAIN DAVID

The History of the Canterbury Regiment NZEF 1914-1919

Auckland etc 1921 NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 98.00
224 FIELD, HARRY

A History of the Northland Regiment and its Forbears. "Pour Devoir"

Auckland 1960 NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 37.00
225 HARVEY, ELSIE

The Peace Recipe Book

NZD 80.00 - 100.00 NZD 49.00
226 LIVERPOOL, EARL OF [Arthur William De Brito Savile Foljambe]

The Voyages of His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ships "Maheno", "Marama and Maheno"...

NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 123.00
227 LUXFORD, MAJOR J.H. [signed by author]

With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine

Auckland etc 1922 NZD 250.00 - 350.00 NZD 160.00
228 MACKENZIE, CLUTHA [editor]

Chronicles of the NZEF

London August 30th, 1916 to No.12, February 14th 1917 NZD 200.00 - 250.00 NZD 123.00
229 MOORE, A. BRISCOE

The Mounted Riflemen in Sinai and Palestine

Auckland etc [1920] NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 135.00
230 N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, APIA SAMOA

The Pull-Thro'

NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 369.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.