• 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
76 STAZIO, Publio Papinio (45-96)

Sylvarum libri quinque. Thebaidos libri duodecim. Achilleidos duo. Orthographia et Flexus dictionum graecarum omnium

Venezia 1502 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,216.00
77 PETRARCA, Francesco (1304-1374)

Rime di Francesco Petrarca

Parma 1799 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,048.00
78 LONGO SOFISTA (III secolo)

Longou Poimenikon, ton kata Daphnin kai Chloen biblia tettara

Firenze 1598 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 6,400.00
79 DURER, Albrecht (1471-1528)

Les quatre livres..De la proportion des parties & pourtraicts des corps humains

Parigi 1557 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,560.00
80 KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680)

Arca Noe, in tres libros digesta

Amsterdam 1675 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,816.00
81 KIRCHER, Athanasius (1602-1680)

Turris Babel, sive Archontologia qua primo Priscorum post diluvium hominum vita

Amsterdam 1679 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 4,224.00
82 BOSSE, Abraham (1604-1676)

Traite des manieres de dessiner les ordres de l'architecture antique en toutes leurs parties

Parigi s.d. EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 768.00
83 DELORME, Philibert (1510?-1570)

Architecture

Parigi 1626 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,536.00
84 PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580)

Architettura

Venezia 1740-1748 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 3,584.00
85 PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580)

I quattro libri dell'architettura

Venezia 1570 EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
86 BORROMINI, Francesco (1599-1667)

Opus architectonicum equitis.. ex eiusdem exemplaribus petitum

Roma 1725 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 11,520.00
87 CASTELLANI, Enrico (1930-2017) - Jannis KOUNELLIS (1936-2017) - Giuseppe UNCINI (1929-2008) - Enrico BAJ (1924-2003) - Arnaldo POMODORO (n.1926) - Mimmo PALADINO (n.1948)

Dintorni di Alik

Belluno 2000 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,152.00
88

[DEPERO] - Un lotto dedicato all'artista che comprende sei opere: - Fortunato Depero pittore

Trento 1953 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 422.40
89 GROSZ, George (1893-1959)

Ecce homo

Berlino 1923 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,432.00
90 ROUAULT, Georges (1871-1958)

Eaux-fortes.. pour Les reincarnations du Pere Ubu

Parigi 1932 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 832.00
91 J.K. ROWLING (n. 1965)

Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale

Firenze 1998 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,176.00
92 SPINOZA, Baruch (1632-1677)

Opera posthuma

[Amsterdam] 1677 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,400.00
93 CIRILLO, Domenico (1739-1799)

Entomologiae Neapolitanae specimen primum

Napoli 1787 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
94 BAGATELLA, Antonio Gioseffo (1755-1829)

[MUSICA] - Regole per la costruzione de' violini, viole, violoncelli e violoni

Padova 1786 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 2,944.00
95 ZARLINO, Gioseffo (1517-1590)

[MUSICA] - Le istitutioni harmoniche

Venezia 1562 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,536.00
96 REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840)

Douze Bouquets Dessines et composes par P. J. Redoute lithographies par A. Prevost et Pointel du Portail

Parigi e New York [s.d., ma ca. 1835] EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
97 FAUTRIER, Jean (1888-1964) - Giuseppe UNGARETTI (1888-1970) - Francis PONGE (1899-1988)

Il taccuino del vecchio, manoscritto con correzioni, manoscritto definitivo, preceduti dai manoscritti definitivi di Auguri e del Monologhetto

Milano 1963 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,072.00
98 STINGEL, Rudolf (n.1956)

Instructions. Istruzioni. Anleitung. Mode d'emploi. Instrucciones

Milano 1989 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 832.00
99 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) - Tristan CORBIERE (1845-1875)

Les amours jaunes

Milano 1990 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 704.00
100 DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) - Tristan CORBIERE (1845-1875)

Les amours jaunes

Parigi, Milano 1978 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,480.00
  • 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.