• 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

Ader: Autographs, Letters, and Manuscripts - Part II Part I, 171333, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 05, 2025 - November 05, 2025
Page Size: 252 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
454 NAPOLEON Ier.

NAPOLEON Ier. L.S. <>, Paris 8 avril 1809, au Vice-Roi Eugene de Beauharnais

Paris 8 avril 1809 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
455 [NAPOLEON Ier]

[NAPOLEON Ier]. Facture de POUPARD et DELAUNAY, 19 mars 1813

19 mars 1813 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
456 [NAPOLEON Ier]

[NAPOLEON Ier]. Facture de Mlles LOLIVE, DE BEUVRY et Cie, 11 avril 1813

DE BEUVRY et Cie 11 avril 1813 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
457 NAPOLEON IV

NAPOLEON IV (1856-1879) Prince Imperial, fils de Napoleon III. Dessin original

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
458 [Charles de NAVARRE, dit <<Charles le Mauvais>>

[Charles de NAVARRE, dit <> (1332-1387) roi de Navarre]. Piece manuscrite, 2 novembre 1378

2 novembre 1378 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
459

NEVERS. Liasse comprenant un dessin a l'encre et 3 P.S., dont 2 signees par le peintre Edme Le Courneur, Nevers avril-mai 1661

Nevers avril-mai 1661 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
460

NICE. Environ 27 documents manuscrits et quelques imprimes, 1727-1855

1727-1855 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
461

NORMANDIE. Environ 210 documents (certains en liasses), XVe-XIXe siecles

XVe-XIXe siecles EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
462

NORMANDIE. Environ 60 documents, XVIe-XIXe siecles

XVIe-XIXe siecles EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
463

NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS. Charte, Paris 10 avril 1377

Paris 10 avril 1377 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
464 Louis-Guillaume OTTO

Louis-Guillaume OTTO (1754-1817) diplomate. L.A., [prison du Luxembourg] 10 frimaire [II: 30 novembre 1793], a son epouse Fanny Otto

[prison du Luxembourg] 10 frimaire [II: 30 novembre 1793] EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
465 Gabriel-Julien OUVRARD

Gabriel-Julien OUVRARD (1770-1846) financier, munitionnaire des armees sous la Revolution, l'Empire et la Restauration. Manuscrit avec corrections pour un supplement a ses Memoires

munitionnaire des armees sous la Revolution EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Unknown
466

PACIFISME. 3 L.A.S. et 1 L.S. de pacifistes anglosaxons adressees a Charles Lemonnier (1806-1891), president de la Ligue Internationale de la Paix et de la Liberte, a Geneve

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
467 PAPES. PIE VI

PAPES. PIE VI (1717-1799). Bulle, Rome 5 mars 1776

Rome 5 mars 1776 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
468 PARIS. HOTEL DE BOHEME. 3 chartes, 1484-1493

PARIS. HOTEL DE BOHEME. 3 chartes, 1484-1493

1484-1493 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
469 Jean-Charles PICHEGRU

Jean-Charles PICHEGRU (1761-1804) general de la Revolution, il conquit les Pays-Bas

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
470 Jean-Charles PICHEGRU

Jean-Charles PICHEGRU. L.A.S., <> 5 complementaire III (21 septembre 1795), au conventionnel Jean-Francois Reubell, <>

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
471 [Alphonse comte de POITIERS

[Alphonse comte de POITIERS (1220-1271) frere de Saint Louis]. P.S. <>, Paris 13 avril 1481

Paris 13 avril 1481 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
472 Georges POMPIDOU

Georges POMPIDOU (1911-1974). 2 cartes postales signees, [janvier 1938], a Andre Fraigneau

[janvier 1938] EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
473

PRISON DE LA CONCIERGERIE. 2 pieces manuscrites, 1486-1527

1486-1527 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
474 Henri de PRUSSE

Henri de PRUSSE (1726-1802), general et homme d'Etat prussien, frere de Frederic le Grand. L.A. (minute avec corrections), Berlin 14 novembre [apres 1792], a un general

Berlin 14 novembre [apres 1792] EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
475

RELIGION. Manuscrit, XIVe siecle

XIVe siecle EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
476

RELIGION. Plus de 100 lettres de pretres, prelats ou predicateurs, la plupart L.A.S.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
477

REVOLUTION. 5 lettres, la plupart L.A.S., fevrier-juillet 1789

fevrier-juillet 1789 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
478

REVOLUTION. GARDES. 3 documents et 2 imprimes.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
  • 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.