• 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
201

BERLIN, BRANDENBURG, PREUSSEN UND DIE HISTORISCH DEUTSCHEN OSTGEBIETE. Allgemeine Dienstvorschrift fur die Konigliche Schutzmannschaft in Berlin

Berlin -1902 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
202 Artelt, Paul

Die Wasserkunste von Sans-souci

Berlin 1893 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
203

Berlin. Konvolut aus 14 kolorierten Kupfer- und Stahlstichen, 2 Chromolithographien und 1 Holzschnitt zu Berlin und Brandenburg

Berlin um 1840 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
204

Berlin. Konvolut aus 22 gestochenen und lithographischen Karten zu Berlin, teils auf Leinen aufgezogen

Berlin 1809-1930 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 704.00
205

Berlin. Neuester Plan von Berlin

Berlin und Gottingen 1849 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 563.20
206

Berlin und seine Bauten. Herausgegeben vom Architekten-Verein zu Berlin

Berlin 1877 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 140.80
207

Die Berliner Verkehrsmittel wahrend der Olympischen Spiele 1936

Berlin -1936 EUR 90.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
208

Breslau. Konvolut von 6 Kupferstichansichten

Verschiedene Orte und Verlage 1625-1824 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 281.60
209 Brose, Karl Heinrich

Manoeuver Plan der Gegend um Berlin

Berlin 1841 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
210 Colberg, Johann Friedrich

Abhandlung uber die Ausmittelungs-Grunde, Grosse und Anlage der Unterthanen-Gebaude auf die Verfassung der Unterthanen in der Mittelmark der Kurmark Brandenburg gerichtet

Berlin 1792 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
211 Dilschmann, Johann Ludwig

Die erste Chronik von Spandau. Diplomatische Geschichte und Beschreibung der Stadt und Festung Spandow

Berlin 1785 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
212 Engelbrecht, Martin

Prospecte von Breslau

Augsburg 1740 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,024.00
213 Entzelt, Christoph

Altmarckische Chronica, darinne begriffen, wer die Alte Marck und nachste Lander dabey seith der Sund-Fluth bewohnet hat, auch Anfang und Ursach der Marck zu Brandenburg, und ihre Veranderung, nebst Ankunfft, Stamm und Herkommen aller Marggraffen zu Brand

Salzwedel 1736 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 588.80
214

Flemig, Kurt. Georg Ecke. Buch- und Kunsthandlung. Antiquariat. Farbiges Kleinplakat

Berlin-Kreuzberg 1947 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 102.40
215 Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine von Preussen

Memoiren vom Jahre 1706 bis 1742

Braunschweig 1845 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 332.80
216

General-Karte von dem Preussischen Staate, in seiner jetzigen Begraenzung und Abtheilung, nach den von dem Statistischen Bureau zu Berlin mitgetheilten Nachrichten

Halle 1833 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 563.20
217 Giertz, Alexander

Bausteine zu einer Geschichte des Barnim sowie seiner Dorfer Petershagen und Eggersdorf

Petershagen 1901-1905 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 358.40
218

Guckkastenbilder. 3 kolorierte Kupferstiche zu Danzig

Augsburg um 1780 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 435.20
219 Homann, Erben Johann Baptist

Atlas Silesiae id est ducatus Silesiae

Nurnberg 1750 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,816.00
220 Homann, Johann Baptist

(Atlas Silesiae id est ducatus Silesiae generaliter quatuor mappis nec non specialiter XVI mappis tot principatus repraesentantibus geographice exhibitus)

Nurnberg 1736 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
221 Homann, Johann Baptist

Principatus Munsterbergensis

Nurnberg 1736 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
222 Humbert, C. J. von

Neuer Plan von der Insel Potsdam, wozu die vorhandenen Vermessungen der Eleven der konigl

Berlin 1800 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
223 Jack, Carl

General Karte von den Konig. Preussischen Staaten nach den neuesten und zuverlassigsten Hulfsmitteln auf das genaueste entworfen... 1799'

Berlin 1802 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 153.60
224

Landbuch des Churfurstenthums und der Mark Brandenburg, welches Kayser Carl IV

Berlin und Leipzig 1781 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
225 Lohmann, R.

Kurfurstin Elisabeth die Bekennerin und ihre beiden Sohne, oder Wie die Reformation in der Mark Brandenburg zur Geltung gekommen ist - eine Geschichte aus unserm lieben Konigshause (Separat-Abdruck aus Traugotts Kalender)

Neuruppin 1860 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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