• 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
  • University Archives
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    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
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    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"
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    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
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider 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
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    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
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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 30, 2025 - October 01, 2025
Page Size: 277 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 ARISTOTELE (384-322 a.C.)

[UNIVERSITA DI PARIGI] - De natura, aut de rerum principiis

Parigi 1567 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 5,120.00
2 ORAZIO FLACCO, Quinto (65-8 a.C.)

[UNIVERSITA] - Poemata omnia...

Friburgo 1549 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 512.00
3 FLORI, Ludovico (1579-1647)

[ECONOMIA] - Trattato del modo di tenere il libro doppio domestico...

Palermo 1636 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 2,048.00
4 DIODATI, Luigi (1763-1832)

[ECONOMIA] - Dello stato presente della moneta nel Regno di Napoli e della necessita di un alzamento

Napoli 1790 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,536.00
5 FERRARI, Giovanni Battista (1584-1655)

De florum cultura libri IV

Roma 1633 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 7,680.00
6 FERRARIO, Giulio (1767-1847)

Il costume antico e moderno o storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni provata coi monumenti dell'antichita e rappresentata cogli analoghi disegni

Milano 1815 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
7 CAPIS, Giovanni (ca. 1550-1610)

Varon Milanes de la lengua de Milan, e Prissian de Milan de la parnonzia milanesa

Milano 1606 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,920.00
8 ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915)

A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise

[Londra] 1873 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,800.00
9 ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915)

The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America

New York [1866]-1869 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
10 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989)

Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis

Milano 1967 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,760.00
11 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989)

William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) - Romeo e Giulietta

Milano 1975 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,760.00
12 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989)

DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321) - La Divina Commedia

Verona 1963-1964 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,176.00
13 DE PISIS, Filippo (1896-1956)

Gaio Valerio CATULLO (84 a.C-54 a.C.) - I Carmi di Catullo scelti e nuovamente tradotti in versi da Vincenzo Errante e decorati con litografie da Filippo De Pisis

Milano 1945 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
14 BOETTI, Alighiero (1940-1994)

Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world

Ascoli Piceno 1977 EUR 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 20,480.00
15 MANZONI, Alessandro (1785-1873)

I Promessi Sposi Storia milanese del secolo XVII

Milano 1825-26 EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,760.00
16 FOSCOLO, Ugo (1778-1827)

Dei Sepolcri

Brescia 1807 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,816.00
17 MOLZA, Francesco Maria (1489-1544) - Benedetto, VARCHI (1503-1565) - Lodovico, DOLCE (1508-1568)

Terze rime del Molza, del Varchi, del Dolce et d'altri

[Venezia] 1539 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,328.00
18 RIBERA, Francisco de (1537-1591)

La vida de la madre Teresa de Iesus fundadora de las Descalcas, y Descalcos Carmelitas

Madrid 1602 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,792.00
19 SCALA, Giuseppe (1556-1585) - Giuseppe MOLETO (1531-1588)

[ASTRONOMIA - ASTROLOGIA] - Ephemerides.. ad annos duodecim, incipientes ab Anno Domini 1589

Venezia 1589 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,024.00
20

[ALCHIMIA - COSMESI - MANOSCRITTO] - Affascinante manoscritto di alchimia e cosmesi redatto da piu mani

1478 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,864.00
21

[FONDERIA - CATALOGO - BRASSFOUNDER CATALOGUE] - Catalogo commerciale di una fonderia inglese di ferro e ottone

EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 768.00
22 EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937)

Amelia Earhart fu una pioniera dell'aviazione americana

EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 960.00
23 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

Autografo del celebre Premio Nobel, con firma e dedica sotto la riproduzione di uno dei suoi ritratti piu celebri

1934 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,792.00
24 ARCHIMEDE (287-212 a. C.)

Opera non nulla a Federico Commandino Urbinate nuper in Latinum conversa, et commentariis illustrata

Venezia 1558 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 15,360.00
25 SENECA, Lucio Anneo Seneca (4 a.C.- 65)

Moralis [Opera philosophica]

Venezia 1490 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,072.00
  • 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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  • 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.
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
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    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
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    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
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    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider 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
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    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
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