• 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: Old Prints and Manuscripts, 126AD, Berlin-Grunewald

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025
Page Size: 268 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1161 Marbach, Johann und Pappus, Johannes

Kirchen Ordnung

Strassburg 1598 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1162 (Mathesius, Johannes)

Historien, Historien, von des Ehrwirdigen in Gott Seligen thewren Manns Gottes, Doctoris Martini Luthers, anfang,| lehr, leben und sterben)

(Nurnberg) -1567 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
1163 Mathesius, Johannes

Historien, von dess ehrwurdigen in Gott seligen theuren Manns Gottes, D. Martin Luthers, Anfang, Lehre, Leben, standhaffter Bekenntnuss seines Glaubens, vnd sterben, ordentlich der Jarzal nach, wie sich solches alles habe zugetragen, beschrieben

Nurnberg 1600 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1164 Mathesius, Johannes

Postilla. Das ist Ausslegung der Sontags und furnembsten Fest Evangelien uber das gantze jar

Nurnberg 1567-1568 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
1165 Methodius, Pseudo-

De revelatione

(Basel) -1515 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,664.00
1166 Munster, Sebastian

Florence tres noble cite des Tuscans, figuree comme elle est de nostre temps

Um 1550 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1167 Nicolaus de Byarto

Dictionarius pauperum omnibus verbi divini predicatoribus pernecessarius

(Strassburg) -1516 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1168 Ortelius, Abraham

Ellas. Graecia, Sophiani

Antwerpen 1574-1587 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1169 Ortelius, Abraham

Indiae Orientalis insularumque adiacientium Typus

Antwerpen um 1575 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,048.00
1170 Ortelius, Abraham

Reliqua Britannicarum. Kolorierte Kupferkarte

Antwerpen ca. 1590 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 256.00
1171 Ortelius, Abraham

Silesiae Typus

Um 1590 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1172 Ovidius Naso, Publius

Opera, quibus in omnes metamorphoseos fabulas, praeter Lactantij argumenta, quoque accesserunt, Henrici Glareani et Longolij annotationes

Basel 1560 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 243.20
1173 Pausanias

Veteris Graeciae descriptio

Florenz 1551 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 512.00
1174 Petrus Lombardus

Sententiarum libri IIII

Lowen 1566 EUR 350.00 - 350.00 EUR 358.40
1175 Pfintzing, Melchior

Die geuerlicheiten und eins teils der geschichten des Ritters Tewrdannkhs

Augsburg 1519 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 7,680.00
1176 Plinius Secundus, Gaius

Naturalis historiae opus, ab innumeris mendis a Iohanne Caesario vindicatum

Koln 1565 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 EUR 358.40
1177 Plinius Secundus, Gaius d. A.

Historiae mundi libri triginta septem

Lyon 1548 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
1178 Plutarch

Vite di greco in latino et di latino in volgare et novamente con le sue historie ristam pate

Venedig 1525 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
1179 Rabelais, Francois

Les oeuvres

Antwerpen 1573 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,560.00
1180 Raemon, Florimond de

L'anti-christ et l'anti-papesse

Paris 1599 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1181 Ravenna, Petrus von

Compendium pulcherrimum Juriscanonici clarissimi juris utriusque Doctoris et Equitis Petri Ravennatis

Wittenberg 1504 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
1182 Ringhieri, Innocenio

Cento Givochi. Bologna, Anselmo Giaccarelli, 1551. - Erste Ausgabe dieser seltenen Sammlung von hofischen Gesellschaftsspielen der Renaissancezeit

Bologna 1551 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
1183 Roccha, Petrus

Graecae interrogationes de octo partibus orationis, quibus graeco sermone diligens praeceptor quam facillime studiosos discipulos interrogare poterit

Venedig 1543 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 243.20
1184 Rosslin, Eucharius

Kreuterbuch, von naturlichem Nutz, und grundtlichem Gebrauch der Kreutter

Frankfurt 1550 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 512.00
1185 Rudolph, Valentin

Zeitbuchlein. Darinnen grundtlich auffs kurtzest und einfeltigste angezogen

Erfurt 1586 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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