• 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.
  • 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

Aguttes: Phoenix / Charity Sale of Manuscripts and Autographs for Peace and Lebanon, 169952, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Auction Details

Auction Date
September 18, 2025 - September 18, 2025
Page Size: 27 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Marie-Caroline de BOURBON-SICILES [Duchesse de BERRY (1798 -- 1870)]

Lettre autographe signee adressee a La Duchesse de Maille.

Venise le 18 juin 1845. Not Available Unknown
2 Albert CAMUS (1913 -- 1960). Ecrivain et philosophe, Prix Nobel 1957

Lettre autographe signee a sa << Chere Mme Quentin >>.

Lourmarin Mardi 25 aout 1959. Not Available Unknown
3 CHARLES VII, dit << le Victorieux >> (1403 -- 1461). Roi de France (1422-1461)

Tres rare piece signee.

Vierzon 1457 Not Available Unknown
4 Charles Nicolas COCHIN (1715 -- 1790). Graveur et dessinateur

Lettre autographe signee a son cousin

ce vendredi 7 mars 1788 >>. Not Available Unknown
5 Georges COURTELINE (1858 -- 1929). Romancier

Manuscrit autographe signe et complet d'une courte nouvelle intitulee << Journal du petit bicycliste -- Le Phenomene >>, soit 15 feuillets coupes et colles avec variantes, ratures et ajouts autographes

Vers 1895. Not Available Unknown
6 Jean DUBUFFET (1901 -- 1985). Peintre, sculpteur et plasticien

Lettre autographe signee adressee a Louis Paul Favre.

Sans lieu mercredi 19 >>, sans date. Not Available Unknown
7 Henri FANTIN-LATOUR (1836 -- 1904). Peintre

Envoi autographe signe a Adolphe Jullien.

Sans lieu ni date. Not Available Unknown
8 Louis de FRANCE, dit le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711). Fils aine de Louis XIV et de Marie-Therese d'AUTRICHE

Lettre autographe signee adressee au duc de Vendome

"Versailles ce 2 juin 1702 Not Available Unknown
9 Louis XVI [Louis-Auguste de FRANCE] (1754 -- 1793). Roi de France

Lettre signee adressee a son cousin le Cardinal Lodovico Calini.

Versailles le 31 janvier 1776. Not Available Unknown
10 Serge GAINSBOURG (1928.1991). Chanteur et parolier

Note autographe signee. Deux pages imprimees in-4 (21 x 30cm).

Sans lieu ni date Paris. 1986 Not Available Unknown
11 Charles de GAULLE (1890 -- 1970). Militaire, homme d'etat et ecrivain

Discours prononce a l'Ecole Nationale d'Administration le 17 novembre 1959.

Not Available Unknown
12 Andre GIDE (1869 -- 1951). Ecrivain, prix Nobel 1947

Important manuscrit autographe signe intitule << Moeurs litteraires : autour du tombeau de Catulle Mendes. Nouveaux Pretextes.

1911 Not Available Unknown
13 Victor HUGO (1802 -- 1885). Ecrivain et poete

Billet autographe signe de ses initiales.

Sans lieu ni date. Not Available Unknown
14 Dominique LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (1712 -- 1800). Archeveque et legislateur francais

Ensemble fort interessant de 4 belles lettres autographes signees, adressees a Thomas Couttes a Londres.

1794-1795. Not Available Unknown
15 [Collectif des hauts dignitaires du Mont Liban].

Supplique manuscrite envoyee a Alphonse de LAMARTINE

au Mont-Liban. Le 29 mars 1848 Not Available Unknown
16 Hubert LYAUTEY (1855 -- 1934). Marechal de France

Correspondance de 26 lettres et cartes autographes signees [a l'ecrivain et editeur Daniel Halevy].

1923-1934. Not Available Unknown
17 Stephane MALLARME (1842 -- 1898). Poete et critique d'art

Lettre autographe signee adressee au poete Ernest d'Hervilly.

Paris] 29 rue de Moscou lundi 25 janvier 1875. Not Available Unknown
18 Jacques MESRINE (1936 -- 1979). Criminel francais

Lettre autographe signee [El viejo] adressee a Janine Schneider.

Prison de Fleury-Merogis le 24 janvier 1977. Not Available Unknown
19 Frederic MISTRAL (1830 -- 1914). Ecrivain

Deux manuscrits autographes signes du poeme << Coucher de lunes >>, l'un en occitan, l'autre en francais.

La page de titre comporte un cachet a la date du 3 fevrier 1909 Not Available Unknown
20 Gerard de NERVAL (1808 -- 1855). Ecrivain et Poete

Billet autographe signe << Gerard >> adresse a Auguste Dumont.

Paris fin 1854. Not Available Unknown
21 Edith PIAF (1915 -- 1963). Chanteuse, paroliere et actrice

Lettre autographe signee et lettre signee adressees a Andre Legrand-Chabrier.

Paris le 23 octobre 1940 et 9 janvier 1941. Not Available Unknown
22 Pablo PICASSO (1881 -- 1973). Peintre, dessinateur et sculpteur

Lettre autographe signee adressee a Max Pellequer.

Villa << La Californie >> a Cannes le 16 octobre 1956. Not Available Unknown
23 Donatien Alphonse Francois de SADE [Communement appele Marquis de SADE] (1740 -- 1814). Homme de lettres

Lettre autographe adressee a Mlle de Rousset

Donjon de Vincennes mai 1779 Not Available Unknown
24 Paul VERLAINE (1844 -- 1896). Poete

Poeme autographe extrait de Dans les Limbes.

Fin 1892. Not Available Unknown
25 Boris VIAN (1920 -- 1959). Ecrivain, poete et parolier

<< Je me souviens de vous >> Manuscrit autographe.

Vers 1957. Not Available Unknown
  • 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.
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  • 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.