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Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, 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, 2025Swann, 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
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November 6, 2025Swann, 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
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November 6, 2025Swann, 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-$12,000Bonhams, 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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New England Book Auctions: Fine Books and Ephemera, 55, South Deerfield
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 14, 2025 - October 14, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106 | India & Oman. Meister. |
Vp | (1983); (1988) | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 107 | Book Reference. Group of 15 volumes. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 108 | Fine Press. Group of 8 volumes of bibliography and reference. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 108.00 | |
| 110 | Travel. Group of 10 volumes. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 84.00 | |
| 111 | Hemingway, Ernest | Green Hills of Africa. |
New York | 1935 | Not Available | USD 156.00 |
| 112 | Bewick, Thomas | A General History of Quadrupeds. |
Newcastle Upon Tyne | 1824 | Not Available | USD 108.00 |
| 113 | (Bewick, Thomas) | Thomson, David Croal. |
London | 1882 | Not Available | USD 120.00 |
| 114 | Moore's Irish Melodies. |
London | 1846 | Not Available | USD 48.00 | |
| 115 | Stevens, Henry | Ptolemy's Geography. |
London | 1908 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 116 | Group of about 30 newspapers, including the National Mirror, National Examiner, National Informer, Rampage and others. |
Vp | 1970s | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 117 | [Cooper, James Fenimore] | The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. |
Philadelphia | 1826 | Not Available | USD 168.00 |
| 118 | Berniera, Giovanni Angelo | L'Ezechia re di Giuda, Opera Politica Morale...8vo, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments; joints split, some margins stained, generally sound. |
Utrecht al Reno | 1706 | Not Available | USD 36.00 |
| 119 | Lossing, Benson J | Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States. |
Hartford or Philadelphia | 1866-68; 1895 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 120 | Civil War. Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. |
Washington | 1863 | Not Available | USD 60.00 | |
| 121 | Elwell, Newton W | Colonial Furniture and Interiors. |
Boston | 1896 | Not Available | Not Sold |
| 122 | Wright, Frank Lloyd | The Architectural Forum. |
New York | 1938 | Not Available | USD 48.00 |
| 123 | Salmon, William. | Polygraphice: or, The Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching, Limning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Guilding, Colouring, Dying, Beautifying, and Perfuming. |
London | 1680 | Not Available | USD 330.00 |
| 124 | Counter Culture. Doodle Bug. |
American | 1980s: 1967 | Not Available | USD 36.00 | |
| 125 | Photograph Album of India. |
India | 19th-century | Not Available | USD 36.00 | |
| 126 | Art. Group of 5 volumes, as listed below. |
Vp | vd | Not Available | USD 72.00 | |
| 127 | Hall, Hon. Judge | Letters from the West; containing Sketches of Scenery, Manners, and Customs...of the United States. |
London | 1828 | Not Available | USD 60.00 |
| 128 | [Boswell, James]. | The Speeches, Arguments, and Determinations of the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session in Scotland...By A Barrister At Law. |
London | 1767 | Not Available | USD 24.00 |
| 129 | Malamud, Bernard | The Natural. |
London | 1963 | Not Available | USD 228.00 |
| 134 | Vidal, Gore | Myra Breckinridge. |
Boston | 1968 | Not Available | USD 108.00 |
| 135 | The Sons of songs nu Noel Mayne. |
Vp | Vd | Not Available | USD 24.00 |
![<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.")
![<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.")