• 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

Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session I, 63A, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025
Page Size: 103 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Duse Eleonora

Duse Eleonora, Lettera autografa siglata, inviata ad una amica. Non datata, ma inizio '900.

1900 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 554.00
27 Eleonora Alvarez di Toledo

Eleonora Alvarez di Toledo, 4 lettere. Una autografa firmata, le altre con firma autografa. Datate 1573-1575.

1574 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,386.00
28 Golgi Camillo

Golgi Camillo, Firma autografa su laurea in pergamena. Datata 22 marzo 1904.

1904 EUR 130.00 - 130.00 EUR 189.00
29 Leopardi Monaldo

Leopardi Monaldo, Tre lettere autografe firmate inviate ad un carissimo amico. Datate Recanati 1837.

1837 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,386.00
30 Leopardi Paolina

Leopardi Paolina, Due lettere autografe firmate inviate a don Luigi Palmieri. Datate Recanati 1847.

1847 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,386.00
31 Marconi Guglielmo

Marconi Guglielmo, Rullino originale con 26 sue immagini. Anni '30 del '900.

1930 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
32 Marconi Guglielmo

Marconi Guglielmo, Raccolta di fotografie di Guglielmo Marconi, delle sue radio e dell'Elettra. Anni '30 del '900.

1930 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
33 Morandi Giorgio

Morandi Giorgio, Biglietto autografo firmato. Datato Bologna, 30 dicembre 1963.

1963 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 214.00
34 Mussolini Benito

Mussolini Benito, Negativi originali di Benito Mussolini su vetro realizzati dal fotografo Mario Agosto. Anni '30 del XX secolo.

1930 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,071.00
35 Neruda Pablo

Neruda Pablo, Dedica e schizzo autografo su libro. Datati 1967.

1967 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 275.00
36 Ungaretti Giuseppe

Ungaretti Giuseppe, Il dolore. Milano: A. Mondadori, 1956.

Milano 1956 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,638.00
37

Raccolta di 13 pergamene. Testi profani e sacri. XII- XVI secolo.

1300 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 3,024.00
38

Raccolta di 12 pergamene. Datate 1229-1302. Solo una del 1781.

1300 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
39

Atto notarile pergamenaceo. Datato 30 agosto 1368.

1368 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 403.00
40

2 oroscopi manoscritti. Datati 1467.

1467 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
41

Privilegio pergamenaceo con firma autografa di Ercole I d'Este con capolettera miniato. Datato Ferrara 1494.

1500 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,772.00
42

Raccolta di 9 tra bolle papali, brevi, decreti ecc. Datati 1473-1567.

1500 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,772.00
43

Cartina pergamenacea del Marocco, celebrativa dei due celebri dominatori dei mari, il pirata Barbarossa e la piratessa Sayyida al-Hurra. XVI secolo.

1500 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 6,930.00
44 Ariosto Ludovico

Ariosto Ludovico, Mandrigali de Lud[ovico] Ario[sto]. Non datati, ma inizio XVI secolo.

1500 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 6,930.00
45

Raccolta di 35 pergamene. Datate 1291-XVIII secolo.

1500 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 819.00
46

Delineazione / delle / nuove mura / di / Genova / in cui sono definiti tutti li terreni comprati dal Governo per la fabbrica delle medesime mura nell'anno 1631 in 1632. Testo copiato nel 1790 dall'originale del XVII secolo.

1600 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,016.00
47

Serie di tutte le famiglie al numero di settanta aggregate alla nobilta Veneta nel corso della guerra di Candia [...]. XVII secolo.

1600 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 428.00
48

Scienza della Regola del Tre di Pico della Mirandola. Seconda meta del XVII secolo.

1650 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,394.00
49

1 Monte del Monte de' Paschi di Siena. Datato 4 settembre 1651.

1651 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 945.00
50

Diploma militare veneziano. Datato 16 febraro 1668, Candia.

1668 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 479.00
  • 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.