• 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.
  • 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

Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Web Sale #5 of Numismatic Books, 102225, Gahanna

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 22, 2025 - October 22, 2025
Page Size: 532 items in 22 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201 Bowers, Q. David.

VIRGIL BRAND: THE MAN AND HIS ERA. PROFILE OF A NUMISMATIST.

Wolfeboro 1983 Not Available USD 42.00
202 Bowers, Q. David.

UNITED STATES COPPER COINS: AN ACTION GUIDE FOR THE COLLECTOR AND INVESTOR.

Wolfeboro 1984 Not Available USD 12.00
203 Bowers, Q. David.

UNITED STATES THREE-CENT AND FIVE-CENT PIECES: AN ACTION GUIDE FOR THE COLLECTOR AND INVESTOR.

Wolfeboro 1985 Not Available USD 12.00
204 Bowers, Q. David.

ABE KOSOFF: DEAN OF NUMISMATICS.

Wolfeboro 1985 Not Available USD 12.00
205 Bowers, Q. David.

THE NUMISMATIST'S COMPANION. Volumes 1 (Bedside), 3 (Lakeside), 4 (Weekend), 5 (Countryside), 6 (Traveling), 7 (Downtown) AND 8 (Topside).

Wolfeboro 1988--1994. Not Available USD 90.00
206 Bowers, Q. David.

A BUYER'S GUIDE TO THE RARE COIN MARKET.

Wolfeboro 1992 Not Available USD 18.00
207 Bowers, Q. David.

COMMEMORATIVE COINS OF THE UNITED STATES: A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA.

Wolfeboro 1992 Not Available USD 12.00
208 Bowers, Q. David [editor].

COLLECTING COINS AND MAKING MONEY: A PEEK AT THE 19TH CENTURY.

Wolfeboro 1996 Not Available USD 132.00
209 Bowers, Q. David.

A BUYERS' GUIDE TO SILVER DOLLARS AND TRADE DOLLARS OF THE UNITED STATES.

Wolfeboro 1996 Not Available USD 12.00
210 Bowers, Q. David.

LOUIS E. ELIASBERG, SR.: KING OF COINS.

Wolfeboro 1996 Not Available USD 18.00
211 Bowers, Q. David, Dr. Joel J. Orosz, and A. L. Drummond.

FOUR OF BOWERS AND MERENA GALLERIES' LITTLE EDITIONS.

All Wolfeboro 1997 Not Available USD 24.00
212 Bowers, Q. David.

AMERICAN COIN TREASURES AND HOARDS AND CACHES OF OTHER AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ITEMS.

Wolfeboro 1997 Not Available USD 30.00
213 Bowers, Q. David.

AMERICAN NUMISMATICS BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, 1760--1860, EMPHASIZING THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS B. SAGE.

Wolfeboro 1998 Not Available USD 96.00
214 Bowers, Q. David.

THE RARE SILVER DOLLARS DATED 1804 AND THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF EDMUND ROBERTS.

Wolfeboro 1999 Not Available USD 18.00
215 Bowers, Q. David.

THE TREASURE SHIP S.S. BROTHER JONATHAN: HER LIFE AND LOSS, 1850--1865.

Wolfeboro 1999 Not Available USD 24.00
216 Bowers, Q. David, and Mark Borckardt.

THE HARRY W. BASS, JR. MUSEUM SYLLOGE: A MUSEUM CATALOGUE, SYLLOGE, HISTORICAL INFORMATION, AND COLLECTING NOTES FOR THE NUMISMATIST.

Dallas 2001 Not Available USD 54.00
217 Bowers, Q. David.

MORGAN SILVER DOLLARS, 1878 TO 1921.

Atlanta 2004 Not Available USD 18.00
218 Bowers, Q. David.

COLLECTING RARE COINS, FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT.

Atlanta 2011 Not Available USD 12.00
219 Bowers, Q. David.

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES SILVER DOLLARS 1794--1804.

Wolfeboro 2013 Not Available USD 18.00
220 Bowers, Q. David, and Robert J. Galiette.

U. S. LIBERTY HEAD $20 DOUBLE EAGLES, THE GILDED AGE OF COINAGE.

Irvine 2014 Not Available USD 18.00
221 Bowers, Q. David.

ENGRAVERS, MINTERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF CIVIL WAR TOKENS.

Civil War Token Society 2018 Not Available USD 66.00
222 Bowers, David Q.

THE CIVIL WAR TOKENS OF RHODE ISLAND.

Civil War Token Society 2018 Not Available USD 18.00
223 Bowers, Q.

A GUIDE BOOK OF BARBER SILVER COINS.

Atlanta 2019 Not Available Not Sold
224 Bowers, Q.

A TUNE FOR A TOKEN.

2019 Not Available USD 30.00
225 Bowers, David Q.

1860 PRESIDENTIAL AND WEALTH OF THE SOUTH TOKENS AND RELATED CIVIL WAR TOKEN ISSUES CIRCA 1860--1862.

Civil War Token Society 2021 Not Available USD 24.00
  • 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.
  • 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
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