• 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
151 Schenck, Peter

Konvolut von 5 Kupferstichkarten

Amsterdam um 1700 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 384.00
152 Schilling, Diebold

Beschreibung der Burgundischen Kriegen

Bern 1743 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
153 Schliep, Henri

Ur-Luxemburg

Luxemburg 1895 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 128.00
154

Der siegreich geendigte Romisch-Kayserliche, Pohlnische, Muscowitische und Venetianische XV

Leipzig 1699 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,560.00
155 Stark(e), Mariane

Briefe uber Italien in den Jahren 1792-1798

Giessen 1802 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 128.00
156 Streit, F. W.

Atlas von Europa

Berlin 1837 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
157 Stridbeck der Jungere, Johann

Sammelband mit 185 gestochenen Ansichten, Planen und Karten europaischer Stadte

Augsburg um 1700 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
158 Tardieu, Pierre Francois

St. Petersbourg

Paris 1753 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 832.00
159 Taube, Friedrich Wilhelm von

Historische und geographische Beschreibung des Konigreiches Slavonien und des Herzogthumes Syrmien, sowol nach ihrer naturlichen Beschaffenheit, als auch nach ihrer itzigen Verfassung und neuen Einrichtung in kirchlichen, burgerlichen und militarischen Di

Leipzig 1777-1778 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
160 Tirion, Isaac

Algemeene Kaart van de westindische Filanden

Amsterdam 1753 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
161 Trassler, Adolph

Andenken an Grafenberg und Freiwaldau

Troppau um 1850 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 409.60
162

Ukraine. Bombardement de Sebastopol

Paris um 1850 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 384.00
163

Unpartheyische Geschichte des gegenwartigen Kriegs zwischen der Pforte, Russland und den theilnehmenden Machten

Leipzig 1788-1789 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 153.60
164

Venedig. 8 Ansichten. Kupferstiche und Radierungen

Venedig um 1735-1751 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,280.00
165

Views of London. Fotoalbum

London ca. 1890 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
166 Villeneuve, Cecile

Schweiz. Album mit 15 Lithographien

Paris um 1885 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
167 Wagner, Johann Christoph

Christlich- und turckischer Staedt- und Geschicht-Spiegel

Augsburg 1687 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,088.00
168 Wolff, Oscar Ludwig Bernhard

Die Donau

Leipzig 1843 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 256.00
169 Yemeniz, Eugene

Voyage dans le royaume de Grece

Paris 1854 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
170 Becker, Gottfried Wilhelm

Die Reise in den Harz

Leipzig 1837 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
171 Beehr, Matthias Johann

Rerum Mecleburgicarum libri octo

Leipzig 1741 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 243.20
172 Bunting, Heinrich

Newe, volstendige, Braunschweigische und Luneburgische Chronica

Magdeburg 1620 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
173 Delkeskamp, Friedrich Wilhelm

Panorama des Rheins und seiner nachsten Umgebungen von Mainz bis Coln

Frankfurt 1825 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
174 Dreyhaupt, Johann Christoph

Pagus neletici et nudzici, oder diplomatisch-historische Beschreibung des Saal-Creyses, und aller darin befindlichen Stadte, Schlosser, Aemter, Ritterguther, adelichen Familien, Kirchen, Closter, Pfarren und Dorfer etc

Halle 1755 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
175

Eisenach. Carte des environs d'Eissenac

Frankreich 1750 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 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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