• 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
26 Danckerts, Justus

Recentissima novi orbis sive Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis tabula

Amsterdam um 1700 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 640.00
27 Homann, Johann Baptist

Americae mappa generalis

Nurnberg 1746 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 179.20
28 Marquier, Francisco Louis

La Habana

1840 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
29 Paz Soldan, Mariano Felipe

Atlas geografico del Peru

Paris 1865 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,088.00
30 Rossi, L(ouis)

Six ans en Amerique (Californie et Oregon)

Paris und Brussel 1863 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
31 (Schwabe, Johann Joachim)

Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande (Band XVI)

Leipzig 1758 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 332.80
32 Spence, James Mudie

The Land of Bolivar or war, peace and adventure in the Republic of Venezuela

London 1878 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 153.60
33 Urrabieta, Vicente

Vista del puerto de la Habana

Madrid 1854 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
34

ASIEN Allerhand so lehr- als geistreiche Brief, Schriften und Reise-Beschreibungen, welche von denen Missionariis der Gesellschaft Jesu aus beyden Indien, und andern uber Meer gelegenen Landern, meistentheils von A. 1730 bis 1740 in Europa angelangt seynd

Wien 1748 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 12,800.00
35 Anville, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon de

Konvolut von 9 Kupferstichkarten aus "Atlas general de la Chine, de la Tartarie chinoise, et du Tibet"

Paris 1750 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
36 Blaeu, Johannes

Arabia

Amsterdam 1661 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,432.00
37 Blaeu, Johannes

China veteribus sinaru regio nunc incolis tame dicta

Amsterdam um 1640 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 384.00
38 Blaeu, Johannes

Pecheli sive Peking

Amsterdam 1655 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
39 Bonne, Rigobert

L'empire de la chine d'apres l'Atlas chinois avec les isles du Japon

Paris um 1776 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 179.20
40 Clouet, Jean-Baptiste Louis

La Asia dividida segun lo dilatado de sus principales partes cuyos puntos principales estan delinados sobre las ultimas observationes

Paris 1776 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
41 Danckerts, Justus

Accuratissima et maxima, totius Turcici Imperii tabula

Amsterdam 1690 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 332.80
42 Danckerts, Justus

Exactissima Asiae delineatio in praecipas regiones

Amsterdam um 1700 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 307.20
43 Danckerts, Justus

Iudea sive terra sancta quae Israelitarum

Amsterdam 1698 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 281.60
44 Danckerts, Justus

Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae

Amsterdam 1690 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 512.00
45 Duval, Pierre

L'Asie ou sont exactement decrites toutes les costes de la Mer, suivant les dernieres navigations et le dedans du Pais ...

Paris 1684 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
46 Heine, Wilhelm

Die Expedition in die Seen von China, Japan und Ochotsk unter Commando von Commodore Colin Ringgold und Commodore John Rodgers, im Auftrage der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten unternommen in den Jahren 1853 bis 1856

Leipzig 1858 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
47 Heine, Wilhelm

Reise um die Erde nach Japan an Bord der Expeditions-Escadre unter Commondore M. C. Perry in den Jahren 1853, 1854 und 1855 unternommen im Auftrage der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten

Leipzig 1856 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
48 Homann, Johann Baptist

Der Hollaendisch-Ostindianischen Compagnie Weltberuhmte Haupt-Handels und Niederlags-Stadt Batavia, in Asien auf dem grossen Eyland Iava in dem Konigreich Iacatra Nord-Westlich gelegen

Amsterdam 1733 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
49 Homann, Johann Baptist

Novissima totius terrae sanctae sive promissionis descriptio

Nurnberg um 1720 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
50

Japan. - Illustriertes Lackalbum mit 43 fest montierten, kolorierten Vintage-Photographien, als Leporello gebunden

Wohl Tokio um 1900 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 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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