• 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.
  • 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.

Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: First Editions, Signed & Antiquarian, 100825, DAVENPORT

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 400 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
376

A Group of FIRST EDITION Books (with some SIGNED, see breakdown) Includes The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks by Robertson Davies,

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
377

Includes Offshore by A. Alvarez, Five Skies and The Hotel Eden

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
378 David R. Slavitt

[Short Stories] Includes Short Stories Are Not Real Life

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
379

[Writing, Short Stories, Literature] Books

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
380 Sarah Shankman

Keeping Secrets and Impersonal Attractions

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
381

A Very Venetian Murder, Murder Keeps A Secret, Murder Times Two, Murders and Acquisitions, Murder Saves Face and Murder Takes a Partner.

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
382 Sue Miller Kevin Canty

Includes The Good Mother, For Love, The Senator's Wife, The World Below, Inventing The Abbott's, The Arsonist, While I Was Gone), Lost In The Forest...

USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 50.80
383 Amy Tan and Gretchen Schields

1. The Moon Lady

New York : Toronto : New York : 1992 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 127.00
384

The Best American Mystery Stories

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 6.35
385 Jeffrey Deaver

1. The Stone Monkey. 2. The Empty Chair. 3. The Blue Nowhere. 4. Speaking in Tongues. 5. The Coffin Dancer. 6. A Maiden's Grave. 7. The Devils Teardrop ...

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 63.50
386

1. New Sealed Annie Leibovitz Pilgrimage 2. MONTANA SPACES: Essays and Photographs in Celebration of Montana Author: Kittredge, William, editor.

New York 1988 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 63.50
387

Assorted Books [First Editions, Collected Stories]

USD 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
388 Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman SIGNED First Editions

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 63.50
389

First Editions, Colorado & More

USD 75.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
390

First Editions

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
391 A. Alvarez

Two (2) A. Alvarez signed 1st US Random House and 1st UK Jonathan Cape editions. 1991.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 6.35
392 A. Alvarez

Two (2) A. Alvarez signed Random House editions with unclipped dust jackets. 1) Hers 1974 1st American. 2) The Savage God 1972 1st American.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.70
393 A. Alvarez

Three (3) A. Alvarez signed with unclipped dust jackets. 1) The Biggest Game in Town 1983. 2) Feeding the Rat 1988. 3) Hunt 1978.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 6.35
394 Joseph Heller

Three (3) signed Joseph Heller books. 1) God Knows Alfred A. Knopf 1984 . 2) God Knows Franklin Library, First Edition Society. 3) Closing Time. 1994 Simon and Schuster.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 63.50
395

1) The Human Factor - Franklin Library 1978 leaherbound. 2) Kenneth Clark - Civilisation Folio Society 1999 with slipcase. 3) Limited Editions Club - Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas. ...

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 95.25
396

Six (6) signed books. 1) Linda Hogan - People of the Whale; Power; Sightings; Dwellings. 2) Rick Moody - Garden State. 3) Susan Orlean - Saturday Night. ...

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 6.35
397 R. Crumb

R. Crumb's Yum Yum Book . 1975

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 63.50
398 Wiliam Kotzwinkle

Four (4) Wiliam Kotzwinkle books. 1) E, T. 1982 G. P. Putnam's 2) Hermes 3000 - 1972 Pantheon 3) Trouble in Bugland - 1983 Godine 4) Christmas at Fontaine's - 1982 Putnam's

USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
399 William Kotzwinkle

Six (6) signed books: The Bear Went Over the Mountain 1996 1st; Heart's of Wood 1986 1st; The Exile; 1987 1st; Queen of Swords 1983; Fata Morgana 1977 1st; Summer in the Secret Sea 1994.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.70
400 Len Deighton

Three (3) Len Deighton books: Spy Line 1989; Spy Hook 1988; Bomber 1970.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.10
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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-$12,000
    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
  • 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