• 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 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
26 DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)

La Commedia. Commento di Christoforo Landino

Venezia 18 novembre 1491 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 10,240.00
27 DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)

Il Dante con argomenti, & dechiaratione de molti luoghi

Lione 1547 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,280.00
28 ALEXANDER, William (1767-1816)

[CINA] - The costume of China

Londra 1805 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,176.00
29 MOSCARDO, Lodovico (1611?1681)

Note overo memorie del Museo di Lodovico Moscardo

Padova 1656 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,304.00
30 TIRABOSCHI, Girolamo (1731-1794)

Storia dell'augusta badia di S. Silvestro di Nonantola

Modena 1784 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,048.00
31

[MINIATURA] - Entrata in Gerusalemme - Lettera iniziale "O" su pagina da corale lombardo, manoscritto miniato su pergamena

[Lombardia?] EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
32

[LAUREA] - Diploma di laurea "cum Lauda" di Giovan Battista Davini in filosofia e medicina Padova: 12 giugno 1675

EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,280.00
33 LITTA, Pompeo (1781-1852)

[ARALDICA] - Famiglie celebri italiane

Milano 1819-1898 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 4,224.00
34 LE ROUGE, Georges Louis (ca. 1712-1790)

Atlas portatif des militaires et des voyageurs

Parigi 1759 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
35 BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772)

Teatro della guerra marittima e terrestre fra la Gran Bretagna, le colonie unite, la Francia, la Spagna ed Olanda

Venezia 1781 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
36 LEOPARDI, Giacomo (1798-1837)

Canti

Firenze 1831 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,480.00
37 LEOPARDI, Giacomo (1798-1837)

Operette morali

Milano 1827 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 1,408.00
38 LEOPARDI, Giacomo (1798-1837)

Operette morali..Seconda edizione con molte aggiunte e correzioni dell'autore

Firenze 1834 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 960.00
39 LEOPARDI, Giacomo (1798-1837)

Canti

Napoli 1835 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,408.00
40 PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile (1807-1879)

L'Art Arabe d'apres les monuments du Kaire

Parigi [1869-]1877 EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 19,200.00
41 DE VOGUE, Charles-Jean-Melchior (1829-1916)

Le Temple de Jerusalem

Parigi 1864 EUR 900.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,088.00
42

[D'ANNUNZIO, PASCOLI, BOCCIONI, TRILUSSA - TEATRO] - Liber amicorum contenente numerosi scritti e dediche di importanti personaggi teatrali e letterari dell'epoca

1894-1937 EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 4,480.00
43 BAJ, Enrico (1924-2003) - Lewis CARROLL (1832-1898)

La Caccia allo Snark

Milano 1986 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 576.00
44 MATISSE, Henri (1869-1954)

Poemes de Charles d'Orleans manuscrits et illustres par Henri Matisse

Parigi 1950 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,408.00
45 POMODORO, Arnaldo (1926-2025) - Jorge Luis BORGES (1899-1986)

Siete Poemas Sajones

Verona 1974 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,760.00
46

[MOTHERWELL, CALDER, PEREZ-ROMAN, SIMA, MIRO, HUNDERTWASSER e YOSHIHARA] - Paroles Peintes III

Parigi 1967 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,280.00
47 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco Jose (1746-1828)

Los desastres de la guerra

Madrid 1863 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 EUR 38,400.00
48 PIRANESI, Francesco (1758-1810)

Il teatro d'Ercolano

Roma 1783 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,408.00
49 FALDA, Giovanni Battista (1643-1678) - Giovanni Francesco VENTURINI (1650-1711)

Le fontane di Roma nelle piazze e luoghi pubblici della citta

Roma 1691 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
50 FENELON, Francois de (1651-1715)

Les Avantures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse

Amsterdam, Rotterdam 1734 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 486.40
  • 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.