• 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

Sloane Street Auctions: The September Fine Art Auction: to include Noble Estates, Old and Modern Masters, Sculpture and Jewellery, 92625, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 26, 2025 - September 26, 2025
Page Size: 64 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
286 Stefano Tofanelli (Italian, 1750-1812)

Dance to the Music of Time, after Nicholas Poussin

1787 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 379.50
362 Jankel Adler (Polish, 1895--1949)

Figures

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
369 Japanese, 19th/18th Century,

A group of woodblock prints To include a group of four and a single one To be sold without reserve

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 506.00
370 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

Shimabara deguchi no yanagi (Exit willow at Shimabara), from the series Kyoto meisho no uchi (Famous places of Kyoto) Inscribed verso, '2 Japanese prints by Hiroshige bought in Tokyo by H.C Lott in

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
371 Utagawa Kunisada II (Japanese, 1823-1880)

Two ukiyo-e woodblock prints from 'Life of Aristocracy in Kabuki Play', one depicting Children of Aristocracy, the other Studying With sketches in the print by Hiroshige II

1865 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
372 Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858)

24th station: Kanaya (Crossing a wide river), From the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido

GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,265.00
460 After Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

Still Life

1959 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 354.20
475 Giulio Paolini (Italian, b. 1940)

L'Exil du Cygne

1984 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 101.20
477 Elizabeth Keith (Scottish, 1887-1956)

Embroidering, Korea

1921 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 759.00
478 Leonor Fini (Argentinian, 1907-1996)

Le petit Prince Lithograph Edition 95 on Arches and 75 on Japon Signed in

GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 480.70
480 Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)

Noli Me Tangere

1969 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 607.20
510 Connor Brothers

Impossible is Nothing

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,012.00
519 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

L'Atelier de Cannes, cover for Ces peintres nos amis Vol. II,

1957 GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,644.50
520 Ian Fleming

You Only Live Twice

London 1964 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 480.70
521 Ian Fleming

The Man with the Golden Gun

London 1965 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 480.70
522 Ian Fleming

Thunderball

London 1961 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 404.80
523 Ian Fleming

For your Eyes Only

London 1960 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 822.25
524 Italian, 20th century

A large Castelli majolica tile depicting a figure resting by a river, with a bridge, villages and mountains beyond Signed 'A Guerrieri / Castelli' lower right To be sold without reserve Dimensions: (Frame)

GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 63.25
525 Ian Fleming

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

London 1963 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 404.80
526 Sebastiao Salgado.

Amazonia. SUMO Collector's Edition No.

GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,391.50
529 Horst P. Horst (German-American, 1906-1999)

Carmen Face Massage

1946, printed later GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,277.00
530 Norman Parkinson (English, 1913-1990)

The Art of Travel

1951 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 3,795.00
531 Norman Parkinson (English, 1913-1990)

Wenda Parkinson, Hyde Park Corner, Vogue

1951, printed before 1990 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
532 Jeff Bark (American, b. 1963)

Untitled (Rupi)

GBP 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
533 Michael Kenna (English, b. 1953)

Avonmouth Docks, Study

1987 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 227.70
  • 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.