• 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
126 CICOGNA, Giovanni Matteo (XVI sec.)

Il primo libro del trattato militare

Venezia 1567 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,280.00
127 DELLA PORTA, Giovanni Battista (1535-1615)

Magiae naturalis libri viginti

Rouen 1650 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,536.00
128 DELLA PORTA, Giovanni Battista (1535-1615)

La fisonomia dell'huomo et la celeste

Venezia 1652 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 704.00
129 Cristoforo, CLAVIO (1538-1612)

EUCLIDE (IV-III secolo a.C) - Elementorum libri XV

Roma 1603 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 358.40
130 FERRARI, Giovanni Battista (1584-1655)

Flora overo cultura di fiori

Roma 1638 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 2,048.00
131 FICORONI, Francesco de (1664-1747)

Gemmae antiquae litteratae

Roma 1757 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 204.80
132 FRISI, Paolo (1728-1784)

Cosmographiae physicae et mathematicae

Milano 1774-1775 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 281.60
133 GALENO (129-201)

De humoribus liber

Strasburgo 1558 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 243.20
134 GARZONI, Tommaso (1549-1589)

L'hospidale de' pazzi incurabili

Ferrara 1586 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 768.00
135 LA COURT VAN DER WOORT, Pieter de (1664-1739)

Les agremens de la campagne

Leida 1750 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 230.40
136 LECCHI, Giovanni Antonio (1702-1776)

Trigonometriae theorico-practicae planae et sphaericae

Milano 1756 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 230.40
137 LESCALLIER, Daniel (1743-1822)

Vocabulaire des termes de marine anglois et francois

Parigi 1777 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 332.80
138 SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro (1729-1799)

[MANOSCRITTO] - Lettera autografa

25 dicembre 1765 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 640.00
139

[MECCANICA] - Un lotto di tre volumi dedicati all'argomento molto difficili da trovare sul mercato: TADINI, Antonio (1754-1830)

Milano [1814- 1816] EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 179.20
140

[MUSICA] - Raccolta copiosa d'intermedi parte da rappresentarsi col canto, alcuni senza musica

Amsterdam 1723 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 1,152.00
141 SACCHI, Giovenale (1726-1789)

[MUSICA] - Della natura e perfezione della antica musica de' Greci

Milano 1778 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
142 TARTINI, Giuseppe (1692-1770)

[MUSICA] - Risposta di Giuseppe Tartini alla critica del di lui Trattato di musica di Mon. Le Serre

Venezia 1767 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 243.20
143 PALLADIO, Andrea (1508-1580)

Le terme dei romani

Vicenza 1785 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 EUR 448.00
144 PAPILLON, Jean Baptiste Michel (1698-1776)

Traite historique et pratique de la gravure en bois

Parigi 1766 EUR 500.00 - 800.00 EUR 576.00
145 PERI, Giovanni Domenico (1590-1666)

Il negotiante

Venezia 1649 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 422.40
146 PHILIPPI, Rodolfo Amando (1808-1904)

Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien

Cassel 1845-1851 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,216.00
147 PRONY, Gaspard Riche de (1775-1839)

Recherches physico-mathematiques sur la theorie des eaux courantes

Parigi 1804 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 281.60
148 REDI, Francesco (1626-1697)

Miscellanea di opere dell'autore: Osservazioni intorno agli animali viventi che si trovano negli animali viventi...

Firenze 1684 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 448.00
149 RONDELET, Jean-Baptiste (1743-1829)

Trattato teorico e pratico dell'arte di edificare

Napoli 1840-41 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 179.20
150 VITRUVIO, Marco Pollione (c.80-70 B.C.- c.15 B.C)

De architectura libri dece. Tradotto da Cesare Cesariano (c.1478-1543). Commento di Cesariano, Benedetto Giovio e Massimo Bono Mauro

Como 1521 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,328.00
  • 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.