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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 |
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| 101 | A collection of books on Printing and Book collecting including a couple of Australian related books |
AUD 125.00 - 250.00 | AUD 50.80 | |||
| 102 | A good lot of modern Australiana |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 103 | About 23 Australian Art Catalogues |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 444.50 | |||
| 104 | Robert Hall | Australian Bird Maps |
Hobart | 1922 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 762.00 |
| 105 | Poison Plants of New South Wales |
1942 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 106 | The Channel Country of South-West Queensland With Special Reference to Cooper's Creek |
AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 539.75 | |||
| 107 | Flies: Their Origin, Natural History, Tying, Hooks, Patterns and Selections of Dry and Wet Flies, Nymphs, Streamers... |
AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |||
| 108 | Len Deighton ( Compiler ) | Len Deighton's London Dossier |
London | 1967 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 109 | The Victorian Contractors' and Builders' Price-Book, Containing A Universal and permanent Price-List For Labor Only |
1859 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 539.75 | ||
| 110 | J E Bromby | Sermons on the earlier chapters of Genesis Preached in St. Paul's Church Melbourne |
Melbourne | 1880 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 111 | Charles Rowcroft | An Emigrant In Search Of A Colony |
London | 1851 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 112 | Charles M. Wetzel | Trout Flies: Naturals and Imitations |
Harrisburg, Pa | 1955 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 113 | Trout Fishing. A Season On Monaro |
Sydney, Australia | 1968 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 114 | Claude Leplastrier | Willoughby's Fifty Years. A Retrospect of the Jubilee Period of the Council of the Municipality of Willoughby for the Years 1865 to 1915 |
1916 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 115 | The Darling Downs Naturalist Journal Of The Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club |
1957 and 1961 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 116 | Six incomplete Volumes of Australia Illustrated Sold as is with some plates missing |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | |||
| 117 | About 30 books mostly early twentieth century with a few nineteenth |
early twentieth century | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 165.10 | ||
| 118 | Albert Einstein | The Meaning of Relativity Four Lectures Delivered At Princeton University, May, 1922 |
AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | AUD 1,651.00 | ||
| 119 | Hulbert Footner | The Substitute Millionaire |
New York | 1919 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 |
| 120 | Edith Wharton | The Buccaneers |
New York | 1938 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 121 | edited by Raymond E. Brown, S.S., Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. & Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm | The Jerome Biblical Commentary |
London | 1986 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 |
| 122 | A.S. Meek | A Naturalist In Cannibal Land |
London, United Kingdom | 1913 | AUD 150.00 - 200.00 | AUD 101.60 |
| 123 | Rebecca A. T. Stevens | The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art-To-Wear in America |
1996 | AUD 60.00 - 100.00 | AUD 38.10 | |
| 124 | 1. Woman Prayer Woman Song 1987 |
AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 38.10 | |||
| 125 | 1. Images From The Floating World The Japanese Print |
AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 63.50 |
![<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.")