• 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
51 BUFFON, Georges-Louis-Marie Le Clerc (1707-1788)

Storia naturale generale e particolare

Venezia 1782-1791 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,664.00
52 HEVELIUS, Johannes (1611-1687)

Selenographia sive lunae descriptio

Danzica 1647 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,480.00
53 HEVELIUS, Johannes (1611-1687)

Prodromus astronomiae ... catalogus stellarum fixarum ... tabula motus lunae liberatorii [parte II:] Firmamentum sobiescianum, sive uranographia

Danzica 1690 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 44,800.00
54 SGOBBIS DA MONTAGNAN, Antonio de (ca. 1603)

Universale theatro farmaceutico

Venezia 1682 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 512.00
55 XIMENES, Leonardo (1716-1786)

Dissertazione intorno alle osservazioni solstiziali del 1775 allo gnomone della metropolitana fiorentina

Livorno 1776 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
56 PONTANO, Giovanni (1429-1503)

Amorum libri II. De amori coniugali. Tumulorum II.. Aurelii Nemesiani Eclogae

Venezia 1518 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 960.00
57 AZPILCUETA NAVARRO, Martin de (1492-1586)

Commento, o repeticion del capitulo: Quando. de consecratione

Coimbra 1550 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 358.40
58 [RUSCELLI, Girolamo] (1518-1566)

Secreti del reverendo donno Alessio piemontese

Venezia 1555 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,072.00
59 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867)

Oeuvres completes

Parigi 1868-1870 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
60 STENDHAL (1783-1842)

Memoires d'un touriste

Parigi 1838 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
61 FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880)

Un lotto dedicato alle prime edizioni dell'autore, che comprende:

Parigi 1884 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
62

[SPAGNA] - Delineations of the most remarkable costumes of the different provinces of Spain

Londra 1823 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,536.00
63 DUHAMEL du MONCEAU, Henri Louis (1700-1782)

La physique des arbres

Parigi 1788 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 960.00
64 BOSSI, Giuseppe (1777-1815)

Tavole anatomiche disegnate dal pittore Giuseppe Bossi ora per la prima volta pubblicate sotto la direzione del pittore Giuseppe Sogni e del pittore Giovanni Servi

Milano ca. 1839 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
65

[MAPPE- ORTELIUS] - Un lotto di 24 mappe in coloritura coeva, fra cui: Liguria overo riviera di Genova di Levante

EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
66 LIGORIO, Pirro (1512-1583)

Antiquae urbis imago

Roma XVIII secolo EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 768.00
67 MORO, Marco (1817-1855)

[VENEZIA - BRIZEGHEL] - Album delle principali vedute di Venezia

Venezia [circa 1850] EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,048.00
68 LE ROUGE, Georges Louis (ca. 1712-1790)

Recueil des cotes maritimes de France

Parigi 1766 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
69

[GERRITSZ VAN HAARLEM, Adriaen (attivo nel 1580. Questa mappa probabilmente pubblicata da sua moglie che dopo la sua morte ottenne un privilegio di 8 anni)]

Amsterdam ca. 1591 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 EUR 19,200.00
70 DE CHIRICO, Giorgio (1888-1978)

L'Apocalisse. 20 litografie originali.. Introduzione di Massimo Bontempelli

Milano 1941 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,816.00
71 Franco RUSSOLI (1923-1977)

[SCHWARZ] - Antologia internazionale dell'incisione contemporanea

Milano 1962 EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 3,584.00
72 CHAGALL, Marc (1887-1985) - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)

The Tempest

Monte Carlo 1975 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,584.00
73 LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)

Entre-deux ou propos toujours relies, ecrit et grave de la main de l'auteur

Parigi 1957-1964 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,072.00
74 MARINETTI, Filippo Tommaso (1876-1944)

[FUTURISMO] - Futurismo. Marciare non marcire

Roma [1927] EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 832.00
75

[FUTURISMO - MANIFESTI]...

EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,536.00
  • 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.