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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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$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 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950 -
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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.
Galerie Bassenge: Literature and book illustration 17th–19th centuries, 126LIT, Berlin-Grunewald
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arndt, Ernst Moritz | LITERATUR UND BUCHILLUSTRATION. Reisen durch einen Theil Teutschlands, Italiens und Frankreichs in den Jahren 1798 und 1799 |
Leipzig | 1801-1803 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 2002 | Arnim, Ludwig Achim von | Sechs Erzahlungen |
Neumark | 1835 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 2003 | Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques | Reise durch Italien nach den Originalbriefen des Grafen von Caylus abgedruckt |
Paris und Mainz | 1802 | EUR 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 2004 | (Bauberger, Wilhelm) | Die Beatushohle |
Stafa | 1836 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 204.80 |
| 2005 | (Beauharnais, Fanny de) | Launen des Schicksals oder die bezauberten Knoten |
(d. i. Berlin) | -1799 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 2006 | Berger, Julia | Sophia oder die Folgen des Leichtsinns und der Unwirthlichkeit eine wahre Geschichte Muttern, Jungfrauen und Gattinnen geweiht |
Bremen | 1807 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 2007 | Bewundernswurdige Geschichte eines adelichen Findelkindes, nebst sonderbaren Begebenheiten, welche mit diesem Wundermadgen bis zu ihrer Vermahlung mit eines hohen Prinzen sich zugetragen |
Frankfurt und Leipzig (d. i. Regensburg | 1772 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 256.00 | |
| 2008 | Brentano, Clemens | Der Goldfaden eine schone alte Geschichte, wieder herausgegeben |
Heidelberg | 1809 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 2009 | (Burger, Gottfried August) | Des Freih. v. Munchhausen wunderbare Reisen und Abentheuer zu Wasser und zu Lande |
Gottingen und Berlin | 1840 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 409.60 |
| 2010 | Burger, Gottfried August | Gedichte |
Gottingen | 1778 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 281.60 |
| 2011 | Burger, Gottfried August | Gedichte |
Gottingen | 1789 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 192.00 |
| 2012 | Butler, Samuel | Hudibras |
London | 1764 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 2013 | (Caraccioli, Louis-Antoine) | Briefe uber die Sitten der Franzosen, und uber die Thorheiten und Ausschweifungen jetziger Zeiten |
Lubeck | 1791 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 2014 | (Dahnert, Johann Carl) | Beytrage zum Nutzen und Vergnugen aus der Sittenlehre, den schonen Wissenschaften und der Haushaltungskunst |
Greifswald | 1753-1754 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold |
| 2015 | (Dalberg, Carl Theodor von) | Von dem Bewustseyn als allgemeinem Grunde der Weltweisheit |
Erfurt | 1793 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 281.60 |
| 2016 | (Dalberg, Wolfgang Heribert von) | Der Monch vom Carmel |
Berlin und Leipzig | 1787 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 204.80 |
| 2017 | Dickens, Charles | The mystery of Edwin Drood |
London | 1870 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold |
| 2018 | (Dulaurens, Henri-Joseph) | Der Gevatter Matthies |
Berlin | 1779 | EUR 250.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold |
| 2019 | Eichendorff, Joseph von | Erste illustrierte Ausgabe. Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts |
Berlin | 1842 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 704.00 |
| 2020 | Eichhorst, Florentin | Romantische Miszellen |
Dresden | 1796 | EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | EUR 179.20 |
| 2021 | Einbande. - Fore-edge Painting. Hafenszene |
England | um 1788 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 256.00 | |
| 2022 | Einbande. - Weisser Moireseidenband mit goldgepragtem Deckeltitel, gelbem Seidenlesezeichenbandchen und dreiseitigem Goldschnitt sowie reliefgepragten hell-turkisblauen Feinseidenspiegeln |
England | um 1900 | EUR 160.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2023 | Evers, Franz | Hohe Lieder |
Berlin | 1896 | EUR 120.00 - 120.00 | EUR 102.40 |
| 2024 | Falsch und Aecht | Nicht im KVK. Roman in zwei Banden |
Stuttgart | 1860 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 358.40 |
| 2025 | Favole scelte - Ausserlesene Fabeln |
Augsburg | 1718 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
