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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.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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  • 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.

Bonhams: Americana, Exploration, and Travel, 30826, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 234 items in 10 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103 ADAMS, SAMUEL. 1722-1803.

Printed document accomplished in manuscript signed ("Saml. Adams"). Massachusetts, September 25, 1784

Massachusetts, September 25, 1784 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
104

State of Newhampshire...An Act Directing the Mode of Choosing Representatives in the Congress of the Unitedstates. [Exeter]: [Printed by Henry Runlet]

1790 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 896.00
105 MONROE, JAMES. 1758-1831.

Autograph manuscript (unsigned), a fragment from his notes concerning a Bill of Rights for France's Consitution. N.p., [June 1795].

USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
106 MADISON, JAMES. 1751-1836.

Letter signed ("James Madison"), as Secretary of State, to Cato West, Acting Governor of the Mississippi Territory, Washington, D.C., Department of State, December 6

1804 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
107 MACLURE, WILLIAM.

"Carte des Etats-Unis de L'Amerique Nord," accompanying "Observations sur la Geologie des Etats-Unis." In: Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle, vol 72

1811 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,816.00
108 MONROE, JAMES. 1752-1831.

Autograph draft letter (unsigned), as President, to Mrs. Susan Wheeler Decatur, widow of Commodore Stephen Decatur (1779-1820),

Washington D. C., October 11, 1823 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
109 PENDLETON LITHOGRAPHERS [JOHN AND WILLIAM].

A lithographed terrestrial table globe, twelve handcolored lithographed gores, polar calottes, laid down on a wooden sphere,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
110

Black Tern.

London [1836]. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 704.00
111 WILKES, CHARLES. 1798-1877.

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842.

Philadelphia 1845 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,176.00
112 LUCATT, EDWARD. 1815-1853.

Rovings in the Pacific , from 1837 to 1849; with a Glance at California.

London 1851 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 51.20
113

The Manual of the Corporation of the City of San Francisco, Containing a Map of the City.... San Francisco: G.K. Fitch & Co

1852 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,328.00
114 GRAY, ASA. 1810-1888. EDITOR.

United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. (Volume XV: Botany. Phanerogamia.)

New York 1854/1857. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,816.00
115 MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859; AND JAMES HALL. 1793-1868.

History of the Indian Tribes of North America.

Philadelphia 1868/1855/1868. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,120.00
116 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851.

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories.

New York 1856 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 17,920.00
117 [BECKER, WILHELM].

Album of the Finest Birds of all Countries.

Philidelphia [c. 1860]. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,536.00
118 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1814-1869. CUTTS, JAMES MADISON. 1837-1903.

Partially printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, appointing James Madison Cutts to the position of Captain in the Eleventh Regiment Infantry, 1 p, 440 x 347 mm,

City of Washington, 15 August 1861, USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,320.00
119

A Dance Card from Lincoln's Second Inauguration Ball,

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,584.00
120 VANDERBILT, CORNELIUS. 1794-1877.

Document Signed ("C. Vanderbilt") on verso, partially printed and accomplished in manuscript, a stock certificate granting Vanderbilt 3500 shares in the New York and Harlem Railroad Company,

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,040.00
121 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK; ET AL.

Autograph book belonging to activist and magistrate of New London George F. Tinker, who for 30 years hosted a Lyceum Course there, signed by Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Anna E. Dickinson, and other reformers,

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,536.00
122

Seeley, H. J. Photograph signed ("H. J. Seeley") on the mount, 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (235 x 185 mm) albumen silver print, on original 12 x 10 inches (305 x 255 mm) board mount, a full-length portrait of Barnum & Bailey Circus performer Otto Klein,

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
123

Typed Letter Signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") as Civil Service Commissioner, to Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart, complimenting Hart on an article he wrote and defending manufacturing magnates and their status in the United States, 1 p, 264 x 203 mm,

Washington D. C. January 4, 1895 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 588.80
124

Typed Letter Signed ("Franklin D Roosevelt") as Governor of New York, to Adolph Cianchetti, Esq., thanking him for his letter and extending a New Year's greeting.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 281.60
125 AOYAGI, YOKNEKO.

A 2-year autograph diary of Yoneko Aoyagi recording daily life at Poston Relocation Camp in Parker, Arizona, during the years 1943-1944,

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,352.00
126

A group of ephemera from a dinner celebrating General George Patton's return to Massachusetts.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 832.00
127

A RARE 1945 TICKER TAPE ANNOUNCING THE JAPANESE SURRENDER ENDING WORLD WAR II.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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.