• 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
October 05, 2025 - October 05, 2025
Page Size: 103 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 John Frost (attrib.)

Pioneer Life in the West: Comprising the Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Clarke, the Whetzels, and Others, in Their Fierce Encounters with the Indians

Philadelphia, 1858 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 270.00
52 Fred. A. Ross

Slavery Ordained of God

Philadelphia, 1859 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 265.00
53 O.S. Fowler

The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology: With Over One Hundred Engravings, Together With a Phrenological Chart of Character

New York, 1859 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 52.00
54 William G. Stevenson

Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army: Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services

New York, 1862 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 135.00
55 Charles Mackay

The History of the United States of America

London, 1863 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 310.00
56 William D. Jones

Mirror of Modern Democracy: A History of the Democratic Party, From Its Organization in 1825 to Its Last Great Achievement, the Rebellion of 1861

New York, 1864 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 76.00
57 Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit. Containing Sermons Preached and Revised by C.H. Spurgeon. Vol. X

London 1865 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 94.00
58

Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of a collection of printed broadsides in the possession of the Society

London 1866 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 105.00
59 Thomas a Kempis

Of the Imitation of Christ; Four Books

Boston 1867 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 365.00
60 Thomas Baines

Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present: A History and a Description of the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Forming the North-Western Division of England, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

London, Liverpool 1867 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 130.00
61

The Illustrated London News, vol LII Jan. to June

London 1868 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 175.00
62 Homer

The Iliad of Homer; The Odyssey of Homer

Boston, 1870 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 130.00
63 BELDEN, George

Belden, the white chief, or, Twelve years among the wild Indians of the plains

Cincinnati / New York 1872 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 315.00
64 NAYLOR, S. [edit.]

Reineke Fuchs. In zwo?lf Gesa?ngen

Leipzig 1872 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 155.00
65 KENNY, D.J.

Illustrated Cincinnati a Pictorial Hand-Book of the Queen City. Comprising its Architecture, Manufacture, Trade; its Social, Literary, Scientific, and Charitable Institutions; its Churches, Schools, and Colleges; and All Other Principal Points of Interest

Cincinnati 1875 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 52.00
66 Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

London 1875 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 360.00
67 EDGAR, John George

Noble Dames of Ancient Story

Edinburgh / London [ca. 1875]. USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 72.00
68 Edward C. Bruce

The Century: Its Fruits and Its Festival. Being a History and Description of the Centennial Exhibition

Philadelphia 1877 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 72.00
69 DORE, Gustave

The Dore? Bible gallery: containing one hundred superb illustrations and a page of explanatory letter-press facing each

Philadelphia 1880 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 185.00
70 MICHAUD, Joseph-Franc?ois

History of the crusades

Philadelphia 1880 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 730.00
71 LANDSEER, Sir Edwin

The Landseer Series of Picture Books Containing Sixteen Coloured Illustrations, After Sir Edwin Landseer.

London; Edinburgh; New York [c 1880] USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
72 Author: George Q. Cannon

A String of Pearls: Second Book of the Faith-Promoting Series Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-Day Saints

Salt Lake City 1880 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 52.00
73 J.E. Chambliss

The Lives and Travels of Livingstone and Stanley, Covering Their Entire Careers in Southern and Central Africa

Boston 1881 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 90.00
74 John B. Gough

Sunlight and Shadow, or Gleanings from My Life Work

Hartford, Conn. 1881 USD 399.00 - 800.00 USD 48.00
75 Mark Twain

A Tramp Abroad

London, 1878 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 56.00
  • 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.