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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
Autographs
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
Autographs
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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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | [WAGREZ, Jacques] | Boccacio Dekameron illustretet af Jacques Wagrez. Paa dansk ved S. Prahl |
Copenhagen | 1904 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 52 | BEDDIE, M. K. (editor) | Bibliography of Captain James Cook |
1970 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 53 | MORISON, Stanley | Four Centuries of Printing |
New York | 1949 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 54 | NICOLSON, Nigel (editor) | The Letters of Virginia Woolf |
London | 1983 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 55 | Joseph Hocking | Five adventure romance novels by Joseph Hocking |
London | 1920-1932 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 56 | IDRIESS, Ion L. | Tracks of Destiny |
1961 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 57 | DICKINSON, H. W. | James Watt. Craftsman & Engineer |
Cambridge | 1935 | AUD 80.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 |
| 58 | Four hardcover volumes from the History of Silver series |
London | 1959-1974 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 59 | A bound set of The Victorian Naturalist: The Journal and Magazine of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria |
Melbourne | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 60 | A quality lot of Australiana titles, comprising some 16 books, mostly hardcover |
AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | |||
| 61 | The S.A. White Ornithology Collection |
Originally published 1866-1870 | AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 825.50 | ||
| 62 | STRUTT, William | Victoria the Golden |
Melbourne | 1980 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 114.30 |
| 63 | NORMAN, W.H. | Exploration Expedition |
Melbourne | 1862 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 |
| 64 | Five books on Australian artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, especially Hugh Ramsay, Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton |
AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |||
| 65 | BARNETT, P. | Neville. Australian Book-Plates and Book-Plates of Interest to Australia |
Sydney | 1950 | AUD 500.00 - 750.00 | AUD 539.75 |
| 66 | Michael Zavros |
Bondi Junction | 2017 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 152.40 | |
| 67 | CHIUSOLE, Antonio | La Genealogica delle case Piu Illustri di Tutto il Mondo |
Venice | 1743 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 68 | George David Perrottet | Ten bookplates by George David Perrottet (1890-1971) |
1939 | AUD 250.00 - 300.00 | AUD 412.75 | |
| 69 | Bookplate for esteemed Australian artists Margaret Preston and her husband William |
1927 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 70 | Bookplate of George Collingridge (1847-1931), cartographic historian and owner of the Hornsby hacienda "Java le Grand" |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 114.30 | |||
| 71 | Two woodblock bookplates designed and printed by Australian artist Margaret Oppen (1890-1975) |
(1890-1975) | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 72 | Bookplate by Norman Lindsay for James Simeon Colebrook Elkington, an Australian public health advocate |
Circa 1900 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 73 | Lewis Roy Davies | Four bookplates designed and printed by Lewis Roy Davies (1897-1979) |
AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 | ||
| 74 | Francis William Mahony, aka Will Mahony | Four woodcut bookplates designed and printed by Francis William Mahony, aka Will Mahony, 1905-1989 |
circa 1930 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 75 | STREHLOW, T.G.H. | Journey to Horseshoe Bend |
Sydney | 1969 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
![<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.")