• 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

Tessier & Sarrou and Associates: Online Sale. Publicity Posters, 170163, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 13, 2025 - October 13, 2025
Page Size: 378 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151 H.P.

Stop! ... Circuit de la Prairie in Caen on July 24. International speed races.

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 103.20
152 ANONYMOUS.

Le Petit Journal. Main French and foreign palaces and pavilions at the Exposition Universelle. 1900

Sceaux. 1900 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 77.40
153 SEMANT Paul de.

Le Journal publishes Vendus a l'ennemi by Theodore Cahu. Simultaneously Le Coupable by Francois Coppee. Circa 1880.

Paris. Circa 1880. EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
154 Text poster.

Public attention ... the Pinder circus, the only one, the real one... which won't be in your town for another month.

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 EUR 51.60
155 PISSARRO Paul-Emile.

8th A.A.A. Ball. Fete des Lumieres. 1930

1930 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
156 BECAN (CAHN Bernard dit).

Theatre des Varietes. Princesse Lily. Operetta in 3 acts by Jean Charles Vaumousse. Music by Victor Alix. Edition Marcel Labbe. 1921

Paris. 1921 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
157 E.R.

Edmonde Guy. Winter-Garten. Circa 1930.

Circa 1930. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
158 REINOSO.

Germaine Montero. Pathe records.

Paris. EUR 50.00 - 70.00 EUR 70.95
159 ANONYMOUS.

From photo HERMAN Leonard. Renato. Bel-Air records.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
161 BAILEY Peter (unsigned and without mention of the artist's name).

Bill Graham presents three dance concerts. The Jefferson Airplane. Fillmore Auditorium. 1966

1966 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
162 MOUSE Stanley & KELLEY Alton.

Mouse Studios. The Family Dog presents Quicksilver Messenger Service Great Society. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

1966 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
163 MOUSE Stanley & KELLEY Alton.

Mouse Studios. The Family Dog presents The Daily Flash Country Joe & The Fish. Light show : Ben Van Meter Roger Hillyard. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

San Francisco. 1966 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
164 MOUSE Stanley.

KELLEY Alton (Mouse Studios). The Family Dog presents: The Daily Flash Country Quick Messenger Service Joe & The Fish. Light Show: Ben Van Meter Roger Hillyard. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

San Francisco. 1966 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
165 MOUSE Stanley.

KELLEY Alton (Mouse Studios). Love concert. The Family Dog presents : Big Brother and the Holding Company. Light show: Bill Ham. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

1966 EUR 350.00 - 450.00 EUR 322.50
166 MOUSE Stanley.

KELLEY Alton (Mouse Studios). 2 posters. Keep California Green Tour. Dance concert. The Family Dog presents : The Sir Douglas Quintet, Everpresent Fullness. Light Show : Bill Ham. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

1966 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
167 WILSON Wes.

The Wonderland Tour. The Family Dog presents : The Grass Roots, The Daily Flash, The Sopwith Camel. Light Show: Bill Ham. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

1966 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
168 WILSON Wes.

The Family Dog presents: Hupmobile - 8 Tour. Love, Captain Beffheart and his magic band. Light show: Bill Ham. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

1966 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
169 WILSON Wes.

The Family Dog presents: The Laugh Cure Dance & Concert. The Blues Project, The Sons of Adam, Quicksilver Messenger Service. Light Show: Bill Ham. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

1966 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
170 WILSON Wes.

The Family Dog presents: The Blues Project, Great Society. Light Show: Tony Martin's Light Show. Avalon Ballroom San Francisco. 1966

1966 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
171 SHARP Martin.

Jimi Hendrix - Explosion. 1967

1967 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
172 MACLEAN Bonnie.

Bill Graham presents in San Francisco The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Clear Light, Blue Cheer. Light show: Holy See. Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco. Copyright 1967 Bill Graham. #95.

1967 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
173 GRIFFIN Rick & MOSCOSO Victor.

The Family Dog presents Jim Kweskin Jug Band Solid Muldoon. Light show: The Diogenes Lantern Works. Denver Colorado. 1967

1967 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
174 WILSON Wes.

Presented in San Francisco by Bill Graham The Doors The Sopwith Camel The Young Rascals. Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco. 1967

SF. 1967 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 38.70
175 FERGUSON Michael & HUNTER George.

The Family Dog presents Quicksilver Messenger Service The Charlatans Superband. Denver Colorado. 1967

1967 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
176 GRIFFIN Rick.

A Puff of Kief in the morning makes a man as strong as hundred. A Camel in the courtyard. Silkscreen. 1967Berkeley Bonaparte. NO. 12.

1967 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 38.70
  • 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):
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    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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    Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
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