• 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
176 Eltester, Otto Christian

Nachweisung der Ortentfernungen nach den Postkursen, nebst einer allgemeinen Portoberechnung, von Berlin ab auf alle Handlungsplaetze Deutschlands, und auf die vornehmsten Stadte in Europa ... Zweyte verbesserte und vermehrte Auflage

Berlin 1791 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
177 Emmius, Ubbo

Rerum Frisicarum historia, distincta in decades sex

Leiden 1616 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 768.00
178 (Furstenberg, Ferdinand von)

Monumenta Paderbornensia ex historia Romana, Francica, Saxonica eruta, et novis inscriptionibus, figuris, tabulis geographicis et notis illustrata

Amsterdam 1672 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,024.00
179 Gerning, J(ohann) J(saak)

Picturesque tour along the Rhine from Mentz to Cologne: with illustrations of the scenes of remarkable events, and of popular traditions

London 1820 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
180 Glafey, Adam Friedrich

Kern der Geschichte des Hohen Chur- und Furstlichen Hauses zu Sachsen

Frankfurt und Leipzig 1721 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
181 Helmold von Bosau und Arnold von Lubeck

Chronica Slavorum

Lubeck 1659 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
182 Homann Erben

Carte du Comte Ottingue

Nurnberg 1744 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 Not Sold
183 Hubbe, Karl Johann Heinrich und J. C. Plath

Ansichten der Freien Hansestadt Hamburg und ihrer Umgebungen

Frankfurt 1824-1828 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
184 Jonas, Emil (Hrsg.)

Erinnerungsbla?tter an die Verma?hlungs-Feierlichkeiten Ihrer Koniglichen Hoheiten der Kronprinzessin Victoria und des Kronprinzen Gustaf von Schweden und Norwegen und die silberne Hochzeits-Feier Ihrer Koniglichen Hoheiten der Grossherzogin Louise und de

Breslau 1882 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 179.20
185 Koppmann, Georg

Hamburg. 43 OFotografien in Silbergelatine auf Karton montiert

Hamburg 1884 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,560.00
186 Mader, Joachim Johann

Chronici Ditmari Episcopi Merspurgensis libri IIX

Helmstedt 1667 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 230.40
187 Hondius, Hendrick

Nova famigerabilis Insulae ac ducatus Rugi. Grenzkolorierte Kupferstichkarte

Amsterdam 1623 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 179.20
188

Minden. Panoramaansicht der Stadt Minden in 5 Fotografien

Minden um 1900 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 153.60
189 Quad, Matthias

Teutscher Nation Heiligkeitt

Koln 1609 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
190 Reinhard, Conrad Friedrich

Commentatio in qua fabula Ludovici II

Halle 1737 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
191

Le Rhin pittoresque ou choix des plus belles vues depuis Mayence jusqu'a Cologne

Frankfurt (um 1840) EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
192 Rossel, Karl

Album von Nassau

Wiesbaden 1864 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
193 Sagittarius, Caspar

Historia Johannis Friderici I

Jena 1678 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 256.00
194 Sagittarius, Caspar

Historia Johannis Friderici I

Jena 1739 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 128.00
195 Schmitz, Anselm

Rhein-Album

Koln 1877 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
196 Schotanus, Christian

Beschryvinge van de Heerlykheyd van Frieslandt

(Franeker) -1664 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
197 (Schreiber, Aloys)

Malerische Ansichten von Baden und seinen Umgebungen

Karlsruhe (ca. 1850) EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
198 Schultze, Gottfried

Neu-augirte und continuirte Chronica

Lubeck 1656 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 307.20
199 Suhr, Peter

Hamburg's Vergangenheit in bildlichen Darstellungen

Hamburg (um 1838-1856) EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
200 Weck, Anton

Der Chur-Furstlichen ... Haupt-Vestung Dresden

Nurnberg 1680 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 896.00
  • 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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