• 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: Miscellaneous, 126VAR, Berlin-Grunewald

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025
Page Size: 270 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
483 Frankl, Viktor E.

Ein Psycholog erlebt das Konzentrationslager

Wien 1946 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 588.80
484 Hadol, Paul

Nouvelle carte d'europe dressee pour 1870

Paris 1870 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 358.40
485 Hiemer, Ernst

Der Pudelmopsdackelpinscher

Nurnberg 1940 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
486 Meinhof, Ulrike

Rote Armee Fraktion: Das Konzept Stadtguerilla

Amsterdam 1971 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 537.60
487 Ostendorf Franz und Ostendorf, Johannes

Funfzig Jahre Kolonie

Vechta in Oldenburg 1930 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 281.60
488 Stiefenhofer, Theodor

Konvolut von 5 Buchern aus seiner Bibliothek

Verschiedene Orte und Verlage 1913-1927 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
489 Vlaanderen, Andre

L'Europe en Sept. 1939.

Brugge 1939 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
490 Whole Earth Catalog

Whole Earth Catalog - Konvolut von 19 Ausgaben

Menlo Park, Ca. 1969-1983 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
491 Blumblacher, Christoph

Commentarius in Kayser Carl dess Funfften Halsgerichts-Ordnung

Salzburg 1704 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
492 Campbell, John

A political survey of Britain

London 1774 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
493 Custine, A. de.

La Russie en 1839.

Paris 1843 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,536.00
494 Eon de Beaumont, Charles d'

Les loisirs...sur divers sujets importans d'Administration, &c. pendant son sejour en Angleterre

Amsterdam 1775 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 256.00
495 Gesetzbuch

der Kriminal- und Korrektionsstrafen

St. Petersburg 1846 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 EUR 358.40
496 Hanot, H. G.

Tableau demonstratif de l'origine des principales fourrures

Paris 1917 EUR 2,200.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
497 Hertel, Johann Friedrich

Politische Schnupf-Tobacs-Dose

Frankfurt u. Leipzig (d. i. Jena 1739 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
498 Keynes, John Maynard

The general theory of employment interest and money

London 1936 EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 5,888.00
499 La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, F. A. F.

Plan de travail du comite

Paris 1790-91 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
500 List, Friedrich

Das nationale System der politischen Oekonomie, Band I

Stuttgart und Tubingen 1841 EUR 5,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 5,632.00
501 Rossig, Karl Gottlob

Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Oekonomie-, Polizey- und Cameralwissenschaften

Leipzig 1781-1782 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 EUR 230.40
502 Scheplitz, Joachim

Consuetudines electoratus et Marchiae Brandenburgensis

Leipzig 1617 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
503 Trenck, F. von der und Mirabeau, Honore Gabriel Comte de Riquetti

Examen politique et critique d'un ouvrage intitule, histoire secrete de la cour de Berlin

Berlin ohne Jahr 1789 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
504 Wolter, Theodor

Medulla justinianea tam theoretica

Hamburg 1666 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
505 Fuhry, Ernst

DFB-Plakat zum ersten Fussball-Landerspiel zwischen England und Deutschland.

Berlin 1930 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 704.00
506 Kartenspiel

Das Zigeunermadchen

Deutschland um 1800 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,408.00
508 Castro, Joseph Rodriguez de

Biblioteca espanola

Madrid 1781-1786 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 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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