• 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.
  • 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

Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Important Numismatic Literature, 174, Gahanna

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 04, 2025 - October 04, 2025
Page Size: 499 items in 20 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
477

Sotheby & Co. THE PALACE COLLECTIONS OF EGYPT

USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
478

Stack's. THE MAGNIFICENT HERMAN HALPERN COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES LARGE CENTS

New York March 16--17, 1988 USD 600.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
479

Stack's. PUBLIC AUCTION SALES. JOHN J. FORD, JR. COLLECTION

New York, etc. 2003--2013 USD 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
480

Stack's Bowers Galleries, with Sotheby's. THE D. BRENT POGUE COLLECTION. MASTERPIECES OF UNITED STATES COINAGE PARTS I--V

New York 2015--2017 USD 400.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
481 Strobridge, William H.

CATALOGUE OF RARE COINS AND MEDALS, ANCIENT AND MODERN

New York December 15--17, 1863 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 360.00
482 Strobridge, Wm. H.

CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE MEDALS AND COINS, COMPRISING THREE COLLECTIONS OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE, AS SET FORTH IN THE INTRODUCTION

New York December 12--14, 1872 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 840.00
483 Strobridge, William Harvey

A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE SEAVEY COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF LORIN G. PARMELEE, OF BOSTON

Cambridge 1873 USD 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,000.00
484 Strobridge, William Harvey

A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE SEAVEY COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, THE PROPERTY OF LORIN G. PARMELEE, OF BOSTON

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
485

Superior Galleries. THE ROBINSON S. BROWN, JR. COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS 1793--1857

West Hollywood September 30--October 1, 1986 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
486

Superior Galleries. THE JACK H. ROBINSON COLLECTION OF LARGE CENTS AND HALF CENTS

Beverly Hills January 29--30, 1989 USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
487 Tayman, Barry D., et al

MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOS, AND NOTES ON COINS, TOKENS, AND MEDALS OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD IN NORTH AMERICA

USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 78.00
488

United States Government. UNITED STATES MINT. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Washington January 23, 1837 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 390.00
489

United States Government. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Washington January 31, 1848 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 132.00
490

United States Government. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1860

Philadelphia 1860 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 132.00
491

Various. GROUP LOT OF EARLY U.S. NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES AND FIXED PRICE LISTS

Various locations 1859--1902 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 180.00
492

Various. GROUP LOT OF EARLY 20TH-CENTURY U.S. NUMISMATIC AUCTION CATALOGUES AND FIXED PRICE LISTS

Various locations 1906--1946 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 168.00
493 Vattemare, Alexandre

NUMISMATIQUE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE

(Paris) -1864 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 510.00
494 Vlack, Robert A.

EARLY ENGLISH COUNTERFEIT HALFPENCE STRUCK IN AMERICA

No place of issue 1974 USD 150.00 - 150.00 USD 120.00
495 Vlack, Robert A.

AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE FRENCH BILLON COINAGE IN THE AMERICAS

N.p. 2004 USD 100.00 - 100.00 USD 156.00
496 Wilson, Cal.

WILSON'S NUMISMATIC REPOSITORY

(Fremont) (1982--1988) USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 168.00
497 Woodward, W. Elliot

CATALOGUE OF SELECTED SPECIMENS FROM THE AMERICAN PORTION OF THE FINOTTI COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, THE PROPERTY OF W. ELLIOT WOODWARD, OF ROXBURY, MASS.

New York November 11--14, 1862 USD 400.00 - 400.00 USD 600.00
498 Woodward, W. Elliot

CATALOGUE OF THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF AMERICAN COINS, MEDALS, &C.

New York May 17--21, 1864 USD 200.00 - 200.00 USD 156.00
499 Wright, John D.

THE CENT BOOK: 1816--1839

St. Joseph 1992 USD 300.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
500 Wurtzbach, Carl.

(COMPLETE SET OF MASSACHUSETTS COLONIAL SILVER MONEY)

Lee 1937 USD 500.00 - 500.00 USD 570.00
  • 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.
  • 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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