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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Bonhams: History of Science & Technology, 31199, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025
Page Size: 270 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1001 PARACELSUS, PHILIPPUS, THEOPHASTUS BOMBASTUS VON HOHENHEIM. 1493-1541.

Von der frantzosischen kranckheit drey Bucher.

Frankfurt 1553 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,664.00
1002 FALLOPPIO, GABRIELE. 1523-1563.

De morbo gallico liber absolutissimus ... Additus etiam est in calce de Morbo gallico tractatus Antonii Fracanciani

Venice 1565 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 435.20
1004 TULP, NICOLAES. 1593-1674.

Observationum medicarum libri tres.

Amsterdam 1652 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,408.00
1005 PEMELL, ROBERT. D. 1653.

De morbis puerorum, or a Treatise of the Diseases of Children....

London 1653 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
1006 BAYFIELD, ROBERT. 1629-1690.

Tractatus de Tumoribus Praeter Naturam.

London 1662 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 243.20
1007 MALPIGHI, MARCELLO. 1628-1694.

De externo tactus organo anatomica observatio.

Naples 1665 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
1008 NORTHCOTE, WILLIAM. D. 1783.

The marine practice of physic and surgery including that in the hot countries, particularly useful to all who visit the East and West Indies or the coast of Africa.

London 1770 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 512.00
1009 PRINGLE, JOHN. 1707-1782.

Six Discourses, Delivered by Sir John Pringle, Bart. when President of the Royal Society.

London; 1783 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 140.80
1010 WATERHOUSE, BENJAMIN. 1754-1846.

A Synopsis of the Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice Of Medicine ... Part the First (all published).

Boston: 1786 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,088.00
1011 CURRIE, WILLIAM. 1754-1828.

An Historical Account of the Climate and Diseases of the United States of America.

Philadelphia: 1792 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 614.40
1012 GILLESPIE, LEONARD. 1758-1842.

Observations on the Diseases which Prevailed on board a Part of His Majesty's Squadron on the Leeward Island Station between Nov. 1794 and April 1796.

London 1800 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 896.00
1013 COXE, JOHN REDMAN. 1773-1864.

Practical Observations on Vaccination: or Inoculation for the Cow Pox.

Philadelphia: 1802 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,560.00
1014 HAYGARTH, JOHN. 1740-1827.

A Clinical History of Diseases. Part First: Being 1. A Clinical History of the Acute Rheumatism. 2. A Clinical History of the Nodosity of the Joints.

Bath: 1805 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
1015 TURNBULL, WILLIAM. Fl. 1779-1806

The naval surgeon; comprising the entire duties of professional men at sea. To which are subjoined, a system of naval surgery, and a compendious pharmacopoeia

London 1806 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,664.00
1016 WILLAN, ROBERT. 1757-1812.

On Cutaneous Diseases.

London 1808 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,600.00
1017 SACCO, LUIGI. 1769-1836.

Trattato di vaccinazione con osservazioni sul giavardo e vajuolo pecorino.

Milan: 1809 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 384.00
1018 JENNER, EDWARD. 1749-1823.

Two Cases of Small-Pox Infection communicated to the Foetus in Utero under peculiar circumstances, with additional remarks, - "Observations on the Distemper in Dogs." In: Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. Vol. 1. pp 263-275.

London 1809 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 243.20
1019 LAENNEC, RENE THEOPHILE HYACINTHE. 1781-1826.

Autograph manuscript signed ("R. T. H. Laennec D. M. P."), counter-signed by Bruno Cayol ("Bno. Cayol").

March 23, 1811 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,840.00
1020 PARRY, CALEB HILLIER. 1755-1822.

Elements of Pathology and Therapeutics.

Bath: 1815 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 537.60
1021 MARTIN, JOHN. 1789-1869.

An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, with an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of their Language.

London 1817 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 217.60
1022 BIGELOW, JACOB. 1787-1879.

American Medical Botany, Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States....

Boston: 1817-20. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,120.00
1023 PARSONS, USHER. 1788-1868.

Physician for Ships; Containing Medical Advice for Seamen and Passengers in Merchant Vessels...

Cambridge: 1820 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 435.20
1024 FRICK, GEORGE. 1793-1870.

A Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye.

Baltimore: 1823 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 960.00
1025 PARRY, CALEB HILLIER. 1755-1822.

Collections from the Unpublished Medical Writings.

London 1825 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
1026 LAENNEC, RENE THEOPHILE HYACINTHE. 1781-1826.

Traite de l'auscultation mediate ou traite diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du coeur.

Paris 1826 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 704.00
  • 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
  • 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