• 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.

De Baecque and Associes: Interiors and Decoration, 171500, Lyon

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 27, 2025 - October 27, 2025
Page Size: 66 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 MAROT (Pierre)

La Place Royale de Nancy

S.l. 1966 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 6.50
3

Documentation on the painter Jean Pierre Cassigneul: Catalogues (6) - Black and white photographs (8) - Exhibition or invitation cards (3)

EUR 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
4

GENLIS, [Stephanie Felicite Ducrest de Saint-Aubin], Countess of De L'Emploi Du Temps

Paris 1824 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 28.60
5

Set of four bound book handles, 19th century, various literature, volumes mainly In-8

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 247.00
6

Set of two bound book handles, mainly L'Univers

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 273.00
7 GUITRY (Sacha)

Twelve volumes: "Histoires de France", "Jean de la Fontaine", "Le bien aime", "Mozart", "Cinq comedies", "Deburau", "Mariette", "Beranger", ...

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 6.50
8

Set of three bound book handles, late 19th and early 20th century, including "Le Voleur" series, Elysee Reclus, E. Scribe, Rabelais...

late 19th and early 20th century EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 65.00
9 VOLTAIRE

Complete works

S.l. [Kehl]@ 1784-1789. EUR 10.00 - 20.00 EUR 78.00
10 COOK (James)

The Cook of youth, or extracts from the most recent voyages to distant regions.

Avignon 1806 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
11

Lot of four bound book handles (18th, 19th and early 20th century bindings), including Bossuet, Guitry, Histoire de Paris etc.

Joint @ EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 195.00
12 IACOBI BIDERMANI,

Epigrammatum libri tres

Romae 1642 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
13 Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU,

Jean-Baptiste ROUSSEAU, Selected Works

Amsterdam 1777 EUR 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
14 Jean-Baptiste CLARIS DE FLORIAN,

Galatee, Pastorale ; imitee de Cervantes

A Paris 1788 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
15

Set of menus, some with the coat of arms of the French Republic, including :

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
16

Two postcard albums.

Circa 1920. EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 14.30
17 MOLLIEN (Count)

Memoir of a Minister of the Treasury 1780 - 1815

Paris 1898 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 6.50
18 VALMONT de BOMARE (Jacques-Christophe)

Dictionnaire Raisonne Universel D'Histoire Naturelle

Paris 1768 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
19

Lot of three bound book sleeves including Atlas Colonial Francais, Galeries Historiques du Palais de Versailles and Histoire du Theatre, etc.

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
20 [FORBIN]

Memoire du comte de Forbin

Amsterdam 1748 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 214.50
21 GRANDMAISON (Philippe Augustin Thomas de)

La petite Guerre, or Treatise on the Service of Light Troops in the Field

S.l. [Paris] 1756 EUR 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
22 ANACREON

The Poetry of Anacreon of Teos

S.l. S.d. EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
23 LOUVET de COUVRAI (Jean Baptiste)

Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas

Paris 1884 EUR 50.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
24 BILLARD Raymond

La vigne dans l'Antiquite

Lyon 1913 EUR 10.00 - 20.00 EUR 6.50
25

Set of four bound book handles, 19th and 20th centuries, including Larousse, Dictionnaire National Bescherelle, Bible de Sacy etc.

EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 65.00
26

ARCEO FRANCISCO, De recta curandorum vulnerum ratione

Amsterdam 1658 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 130.00
  • 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.