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
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Auction Details

Auction Date: October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025

Page Size: 400 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	Reverend Richard Whately, D.D	Two books by the Anglican pastor Reverend Richard Whately, D.D., sometime Archbishop of Dublin and a moral philosopher opposed to convict transportation to the Australian colonies	London	1832	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 825.50
77		A nice group of eight books on T.E. Lawrence of Arabia: A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Under the Command of General Sir Edmund H.H. Allenby	London	1919	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 476.25
78		Six books on fly fishing for trout in Victoria: NICKLESS, Jeannie. Your Guide to Fishing the Upper Murray	Wagga Wagga	1993	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
79		Five books on tying flies for fly fishing for trout and salmon: DU BOIS, Donald. The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies.	New York	1960	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
80		Six books on fly fishing for trout and salmon: SAMERSKI, Helmut. The Trout Whisperer.	Launceston,	2004	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
81		A nice group of books on fly fishing for trout in Tasmania: SAUTELLE, John. 'Champagne' Fly Fishing.	Rosny Park	1990	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
82		A nice group of books on fly fishing for trout and salmon: GILMOUR, Don. Trout Fishing Guide Tasmania.	Launceston	2004	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
83	DENNIS, Jack H.	Western Trout Fly Tying Manual	Jackson Hole, Wyoming	1974	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
84		Five excellent books on tying flies for trout and salmon fly-fishing: GRIFFITHS, F.A.D. The Lure of Fly-tying.	Sydney	1978	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
85		Five excellent books on tying flies for trout and salmon fly-fishing: DRAPER, Keith. Trout Flies in New Zealand.	Wellington	1984	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
86		Four excellent books on tying flies for trout and salmon fly-fishing: WILLIAMS, A. Courtney. A Dictionary of Trout Flies and of Flies for Sea Trout and Grayling	London	1968	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
87		A collection of books on insects and aquatic invertebrates related to fly fishing: WILLIAMS, W.D. Key for the Identification of the Larger Invertebrates.	Tasmania	1965	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
88		Five excellent books on tying flies for trout and salmon fly-fishing: ROWNEY, G. Pursuit of Fly Tying	Melbourne	2000	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
89	David Scholes	Six excellent books on trout and salmon fly-fishing: Fly Fisher in Tasmania.		1993	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
90	Robert and Tony Sloane	Three books about fly-fishing by Robert and Tony Sloane	Rosny Park, Tasmania	1983-1989	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
91		Seven books on tying flies for trout and salmon fishing			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
92		Nine books on fly-fishing for trout and salmon from the de-luxe Derrydale Press limited edition series, uniformly bound in leatherette with gilded page edges, and marbled endpapers			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 127.00
93		Four books on custom building rods and tackle for fly-fishing for trout and salmon			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
94		Nine books on fly-fishing for trout and salmon, and a mixture of hardcover and softcover books			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
95		Seven books on fly-fishing for trout and salmon, and a mixture of hardcover and softcover books			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
96		A discontinuous collection of the Flyfisher's Annual from 1994 to 2003			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
97		Seven books on fly-fishing for trout and salmon, and a mixture of hardcover and softcover books			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
98		Thirteen books and pamphlets on fly-fishing for trout and salmon, comprising a mixture of hardcover and softcover books			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
99		Seven books on fly-fishing for trout and salmon, specifically within New Zealand			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
100		1) Garden & Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur	London	2008	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 38.10

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.
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.
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.