• 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
  • 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

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
201 William Faulkner - Signed illustrator Neil Welliver and numbered 591 of 850 copies.

Hunting Stories.

1988 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
202 Robert Penn Warren with photogravures

All the King's Men

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 317.50
203 the illustrator Reynolds Stone.

Three (3) signed and numbered books with slipcases. 1) The Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 2) The Trial by Franz Kafka. 3) Moliere: Tartuffe and The Would-Be Gentleman.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 95.25
204

Three (3) signed and numbered books with slipcases. 1) The Romance of Tristan and Iseult with illustrations by Serge Ivanoff. 2) The Pathfinder by James Penimore Cooper.. ...

1960 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 95.25
205 Thomas Hardy.

Far From the Madding Crowd

1958 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.10
206 Ken Kesey with Ken Babbs.

Last Go Round

1994 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 95.25
207 Jim Harrison.

Just Before Dark

1991 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 95.25
208 Barry Moser.

Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear, illustrated

1990 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 95.25
209 Ken Kesey.

The Sea Lion

1991 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 95.25
210 Patti Perret.

Faces of Fantasy

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.10
211 John Irving

Four (4) John Irving signed first editions Includes: 1) Cider House Rules. 2) Last Night in Twisted River. 3) Avenue of Mysteries. 4) Until I Find You.

USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 127.00
212 Alice Hoffman/Anne Tyler

Three (3) signed first edition novels Include: 1) Alice Hoffman - Second Nature 2) Alice Hoffman - White Horses 3) Anne Tyler - The Amateur Marriage

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 50.80
213 John Irving

Five (5) John Irving signed books. 1) Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. 2) My Movie Business. 3) The Water-Method Man; The 158-Pound Marriage; Setting Free the Bears.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 50.80
214 Kurt Vonnegut

Nine (9) Kurt Vonnegut first editions Titles include: Bagombo Snuff Box; Armageddon in Retrospect; While Mortals Sleep; Bluebeard; Like Shaking Hands with God; God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian; ...

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 222.25
215 Ann Beattie.

Alex Katz

1976 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.70
216 Ken Kesey - Signed on front endsheet.

Kesey's Garage Sale.

1973 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 127.00
217 William T. Vollman.

Butterfly Stories

1993 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 50.80
218 Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane Starship).

Somebody to Love? A Rock and Roll Memoir

1998 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 63.50
219 Patricia Cornwell s

Four (4) Patricia Cornwell signed and numbered editions. 1) Black Notice. 2) Point of Origin. 3) The Last Precinct. 4) Unnatural Exposure.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 95.25
220 Ken Kesey

Three (3) Ken Kesey books. 1) Sailor Song. 2) The Further Inquiry. 3) Kesey's Jail Journal.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 127.00
221 Patricia Cornwall

Patricia Cornwall (5) signed first editions. 1) The Body Farm. 1994. 2) The Scarpetta Factor. 2009. 3) Dust. 2013. 4) The Front. 2008. 5) Point of Origin. 1998.

USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 50.80
222

Eight (8) first editions. 1) Patricia Cornwell - At Risk. 22) Emma Lathen - Pick Up Sticks. 3) Graham Greene - The Comedians. 4) Kit Craig - Gone. 5) Patricia Cornwell. ...

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 6.35
223

Six (6) first and limited editions books. 1) Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code. 2) Saul Bellow - Letters. 3) Sinclair Lewis - Main Street. 4) Adventure Stories from the Strand. ...

USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 63.50
224 Stephen Crane

1) Maggie, A Girl of the Streets

1974 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 50.80
225 Arthur Miller.

1) Time Bends

1987 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 50.80
  • 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.
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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.