• 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
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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.

Jeschke Jadi Auctions Berlin GmbH: Valuable Books, Prints and Historical Photographs - Day 2, 157b, Berlin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025
Page Size: 818 items in 33 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1106 Aviler, Augustin Charles d'

Ausfuhrliche Anleitung zu der gantzen Civil-Bau-Kunst

Ausgburg 1759 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
1107 Bardi, Pietro Maria

Esposizioni delle assonometriche dell'architetto Alberto Sartoris

Mailand 1932 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1108 Baumgarten, Siegmund Jacob

Uebersetzung der Al(l)gemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Gesel(l)schaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden.

Halle 1744-45 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 307.08
1109 Blondel, Jacques-Francois

De la Distribution des Maisons de Plaisance et de la Decoration des Edifices en general. Tome Second. Bd. 2 (v. 2)

Paris 1738 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1110 Botticher, Karl

Funfundvierzig Kupfertafeln zur Tektonik der Hellenen

Berlin 1862 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1111 Bonanni, Filippo

Numismata summorum pontificum templi Vaticani fabricam indicantia

Rom 1715 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1112 Bretez, Louis

La perspective practique de l'architecture contenant par lecons une maniere nouvelle, courte et aisee pour representer en perspective les ordonnances d'architecture et les places fortifiees

Paris 1751 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
1113 Cancrin, Franz Ludwig von

Grundlehren der Burgerlichen Baukunst nach Theorie und Erfahrung vorgetragen

Gotha 1792 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 383.85
1114 Cordemoy, Jean-Louis de

Nouveau traite de toute l'architecture, ou l'Art de bastir utile au entrepreneurs et aux ouvriers

Paris 1714 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1115 D'Aviler, Augustin Charles

Cours D'Architecture qui comprend Les Ordres De Vignole... Dictionnaire d'Architecture.

Paris 1693-1696 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
1116 Durand, Jean-Nicolas-Louis

Abriss der Vorlesungen uber Baukunst gehalten an der koniglichen polytechnischen Schule zu Paris

Karlsruhe und Freiburg 1831 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 639.75
1117 Durand, Jean-Nicolas-Louis

Sammlung von 98 gestochenen Tafeln aus zwei Werken

1817-1821 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1118 Eggers, Friedrich

Deutsches Kunstblatt

Leipzig 1850 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
1119 Gatigny, Estelle de

Architecture

O. O. (Paris) u.J., um 1870 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1120 Gilly, David

Handbuch der Land-Bau-Kunst vorzuglich in Rucksicht auf die Konstruktion der Wohn- und Wirthschaftsgebaude fur angehende Kameral-Baumeister und Oekonomen

Braunschweig 1818 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1121 Gilly, David

Handbuch der Land-Bau-Kunst vorzuglich in Rucksicht auf die Konstruktion der Wohn- und Wirthschaftsgebaude fur angehende Kameral-Baumeister und Oeconomen

Berlin 1797 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 767.70
1122 Grandjean de Montigny, A. und A. Famin

Architecture Toscane, ou palais, maisons, et autres edifices de la Toscane (

Paris 1815 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
1123 Hirt, Aloys

Die Baukunst nach den Grundsatzen der Alten

Berlin 1809 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1124 Klenze, Leo von

Sammlung architektonischer Entwurfe fur die Ausfuhrung bestimmt oder wirklich ausgefuhrt

Munchen u.a. 1830-1842 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,300.00 Not Sold
1125 Letarouilly, Paul

Edifices de Rome Moderne ou Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents, et autres MOnuments publics et particuliers les plus remarquables de la Ville de Rome

Luttich 1853 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
1126 Licht, Hugo

Die Architectur Berlins

Berlin 1877 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
1127 Maggi, Giovanni

Nuova Racolta di Fontane che si vedano nel alma citta di Roma, Tivoli e Frascati

Rom um 1645 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
1128 Behrens, Peter

Die Neubauten und Betriebseinrichtungen der Tabakfabrik in Linz

Salzburg 1936 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1129

Bilder av nybyggen

Helsinki. Centrallaget for Handelslagen i Finland m.b.t. 1936 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
1130

Deutscher Werkbund (Hg

Darmstadt um 1957 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • 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.