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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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, 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 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
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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.
Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 110625, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albert WAINWRIGHT (1898-1943) | The Procession of the Magi |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 2 | Arthur Symons (ed) and Aubrey Beardsley illustrations | The Savoy |
London | 1896 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 3 | Geoffrey C. Warren and Harry Clarke (illustrations) | Elixir of Life [Usige Beatha] Being a Slight Account of the Romantic Rise to Fame of a Great House |
Dublin | 1925 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 4 | Harry Clarke illustrations | The History of a Great House....Containing some interesting observations |
London | [c.1925] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 5 | Johannes Poulsen and Kay Nielsen (designs) | Gennem de Fagre Riger |
Copenhage | 1916 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 6 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Kay Nielsen (illustrations) | Eventyret Das Marchen |
Copenhagen | 1949 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 7 | Fire at the Tower of London Air.-The Good Old Days of Adam and Eve |
Great St. Andrew Street | [c.1841] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 8 | Henry Lemarie illustrations | Les Quinze joies de mariage |
Paris | [1946] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 9 | Carl Otto Czeschka (1878-1960) illustrations | Die Nibelungen. Dem deutschen Volke wiedererzahlt von Franz Keim |
Vienna and Leipzig | [1909] | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 10 | Romer Wilson (ed) and Kay Nielsen (illustrations) | Red Magic. A Collection of the Worlds Best Fairy Tales from All Countries |
London | 1930 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 11 | (Poetry) Ariel Poems Volumes One to Ten |
1927 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | ||
| 12 | Albert Wainwright illustrations | Three works |
[Leeds and London] | [1920] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 13 | (Yorkshire Publishing and Poetry) Eight works |
Leeds | 1925 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 14 | (Signed) Edmund Joseph Sullivan (1869--1933) | Thirteen works |
London | 1901 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 15 | (Dylan Thomas interest) Botteghe Oscure IX |
Rome | 1952 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 16 | (Signed) Roald Dahl Danny The Champion of the World |
London | 1975 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown | |
| 17 | (Signed and Inscribed) Roald Dahl The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more |
London | 1977 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 18 | THEOPHRASTUS. (ca 371-ca 287 B.C.) | De Historia Plantarum... [edited by] Joannes Bodaeus a Stapel... |
Amstelodami | 1644 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown |
| 19 | John Locke | An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
London | 1731 | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | Unknown |
| 20 | [Ornament Design] Jugendstil Ornamentik der Gegenwart |
Plauen | [c.1906] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 21 | A. H. Mackmurdo | Wren's City Churches |
London and Aylesbury | 1883 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 22 | A. A. Milne | (Signed) The Secret and Other Stories |
New York; London | 1929 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 23 | J. Griffyth Fairfax and Lionel Lindsay illustrations | (Signed Presentation Edition) The Troubled Pool and Other Poems |
London | 1911 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 24 | [Carr family of Frognal and Eshott Heugh, Felton, Co. Northumberland] An Early 19th Century Sketchbo |
GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |||
| 25 | Carr family of Frognal and Eshott Heugh, Felton, Co. Northumberland An archive of family papers and indentures |
1899 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
