• 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

Galerie Bassenge: History, Geography, and Travel, 126GE, Berlin-Grunewald

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025
Page Size: 250 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226 Mare, Johann Karl

Grundriss der Koniglichen Haupt und Residenz Stadt Konigsberg ... grosser Plan mit 3 Legenden und Kartusche

Berlin 1815 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,024.00
227 Menzel, Adolph von

Illustrations des oeuvres de Frederic le Grand

Paris und Berlin -1882 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
228 (Mirabeau, Honore Gabriel Comte de Riquetti)

Atlas de la monarchie prussienne

London 1788 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
229 (Nicolai, Christoph Friedrich)

Description des villes de Berlin et de Potsdam et de tout ce qu'elles contiennent de plus remarquable. Traduite de l'allemand

Berlin 1769 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
230 (Nicolai, Friedrich)

Beschreibung der Kgl. Residenzstadte Berlin und Potsdam und aller daselbst befindlicher Merkwurdigkeiten

Berlin 1769 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,408.00
231 Nicolai, Friedrich

Beschreibung der Koniglichen Residenzstadte Berlin und Potsdam, aller daselbst befindlicher Merkwurdigkeiten und der umliegenden Gegend

Berlin 1786 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
232

Potsdam. Ansichten von Potsdam und der Umgegend

Berlin 1850 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
233

Preussen. Sammlung von 32 teils farbigen, teils kolorierten Lithographien auf Karton

Deutschland um 1850-1860 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 614.40
234 Rellstab, Ludwig

Berlin und seine nachsten Umgebungen in malerischen Originalansichten

Darmstadt 1855 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
235 Rellstab, Ludwig

Berlin und seine nachsten Umgebungen in malerischen Originalansichten

Darmstadt 1852 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
236 Rellstab, Ludwig

Berlin und seine nachsten Umgebungen in malerischen Originalansichten

Darmstadt 1854 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,536.00
237 Reymann, Gottlob Daniel

Topographischer Plan der Gegend um Berlin

Berlin 1818 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
238 (Richter, Christoph Gottlieb)

Gesprach im Reiche der Todten zwischen dem tapfern Prinzen, Ludwig Christian aus dem Stollberg Geuderischen Hause, und dem Hannss Carl v. Winterfeld

Frankfurt und Leipzig 1758-1759 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
239

Schlesien. Konvolut von 5 teils kolorierten Kupferkarten und -ansichten

Verschiedene Orte und Verleger 1650-1740 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 832.00
240 Schleuen, Johann David

Plan von der so genannten Insel Potsdam nebst den umliegenden Gegenden

Berlin 1787 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
241 Schmettau, Samuel Graf von

Plan de Berlin

Paris 1758 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
242 (Schmidt, Valentin Heinrich)

Wegweiser fur Fremde und Einheimische durch die konigl

Berlin 1816 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
243 Schwartz, F. Albert

Ansichten von Berlin

Berlin (um 1880) EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 460.80
244 Seutter, Matthaus

Berlin die Praechtigst

Augsburg um 1738 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 640.00
245 Seutter, Matthaus

Eigentliche Abbildung und Prospecte derer Kirchen, Pallast, prachtigen publiquen Gebauen und Statuen so in der Konigl

Augsburg um 1740 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
246 Spiker, S(amuel) H(einrich)

Berlin und seine Umgebungen im 19. Jahrhundert

Berlin 1833 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
247 Spiker, Samuel Heinrich

Berlin und seine Umgebungen im neunzehnten Jahrhundert

Berlin 1833 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 EUR 230.40
248 Springer, Robert

Berlin. Die deutsche Kaiserstadt nebst Potsdam und Charlottenburg mit ihren schonsten Bauwerken und hervorragendsten Monumenten

Frankfurt 1883 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
249

Die Strassen-Brucken der Stadt Berlin

Berlin 1902 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
250 Wolfgang, Johann Georg

Christ-Konigliches Trauer- und Ehren-Gedachtniss des ... Herrn Friederichs, Ersten Christl

(Berlin) -1723 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
  • 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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