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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.
  • Doyle
    Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
    November 25
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  • 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.

Nosbüsch & Stucke: Valuable Books, Autographs, and Prints, 30a, Berlin

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025
Page Size: 601 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Riem, Johannes; Werner, J. E.

Der Praktische Bienenvater, in allerley Gegenden, oder: Allgemeines Hulfsbuchlein furs Stadt- und Landvolk, zur Bienenwartung...

Leipzig 1803 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Unknown
52 Cramer, Johann Andreas

Anleitung zum Forst-Wesen, nebst einer ausfuhrlichen Beschreibung von Verkohlung des Holzes, Nutzung der Torfbruche etc.

Braunschweig 1766 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Unknown
53 Nordlinger, Hermann

Querschnitte von hundert Holzarten.

Stuttgart und Tubingen 1852 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Unknown
54 Riem, Johann

Auserlesene Sammlung vermischter oekonomischer Schriften; oder Neue Zugaben zur practisch-okonomischen Encyclopadie.

Dresden 1790-1798 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Unknown
55 Riem, Johann

Riemisch-Leopoldische practische Landwirtschaft ...

Breslau und Leipzig 1802 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Unknown
56 Riem, Johann; Reutter, Gottlob Sigismund

Okonomisch-Veterinarische Hefte von der Zucht, Wartung und Stallung der vorzuglichsten Haus- und Nutzthiere.

Leipzig 1799-1802 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Unknown
57 Archimedes

Des unvergleichlichen Archimedis Kunst-Bucher oder heutigs Tags befindliche Schrifften...

Nurnberg 1670 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 Unknown
58 Endter, Christian Ernst

Die langst gewunschte Cur, des so furchterlichen, und von vielen vor unheilbar geachteten Schaarbocks...

Hamburg 1764 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Unknown
59 Marx, Marcus Jacob

Bestatigte Krafte der Eicheln, in einem Schreiben an den Herrn Doctor Leopold Auenbrugger zu Wien.

Hannover 1776 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Unknown
60 Vieussens, Raymund

Neurographia universalis.

Lyon 1684 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 Unknown
61 Bidloo, Govert

Anatomia Humani Corporis.

Amsterdam 1685 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Unknown
62 Keele, K. D. und Pedretti, Carlo

Leonardo da Vinci. Atlas der anatomischen Studien in der Sammlung ihrer Majestat Queen Elizabeth II. in Windsor Castle.

Gutersloh 1980 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
63 Walter, Johann Gottlieb

Geschichte einer Frau, die in ihrem Unterleibe ein verhartetes Kind zwey und zwanzig Jahre getragen hat.

Berlin 1778 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Unknown
64 Bateman, Thomas

Abbildungen von Hautkrankheiten, wodurch die characteristischen Erscheinungen der Gattungen und Arten nach der Willan'schen Classification dargestellt werden.

Weimar 1830 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Unknown
65 Heyfelder, Johann Ferdinand

Beobachtungen uber die Cholera Asiatica auf einer in Folge hohern Auftrags in die von jener Krankheit heimgesuchten Gegenden unternommenen Reise ...

Bonn 1832 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Unknown
66

Dispensatorium Brandenburgicum, Seu Norma, Iuxta quam In Provinciis Marchionatus Brandenburgici, Medicamenta Officinis familiaria dispensanda ac praeparanda sunt, ...

Berlin 1698 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Unknown
67 Schott, Caspar

Technica curiosa, sive mirabilia artis, libris XII.

Nurnberg 1664 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 Unknown
68

Fotosammlung Sonder-Kraftfahrzeuge fur das Fernmeldewesen.

Berlin u.a. um 1950-1955 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Unknown
70 Lohneysen, Georg Engelhard

Bericht vom Bergwerck, wie man dieselben bawen vnd in guten wolstande bringen sol, sampt allen dazu gehorigen arbeiten, ordnungen und Rechtlichen processen.

Ohne Ort um 1660 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
71 Schluter, Christoph Andreas

Grundlicher Unterricht von Hutte-Werken, worin gezeiget wird, wie man Hutten-Werke auch alle dazu gehorige Gebaude und Oefen aus dem Fundament recht anlegen solle...

Braunschweig 1738 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
72 Zunner, Johann David (Hrsg.)

Corpus iuris & systema rerum metallicarum, oder Neu-verfasstes Berg-Buch, bestehend aus allerhand, so alten als neuern Collectaneis von Bergwercks-Sachen.

Frankfurt 1698 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
73

Die Vacuum Bremse.

Wien ca.1878 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Unknown
74 Zang, Johann Heinrich

Die vollkommene Buttner- oder Kuferlehre.

Schweinfurt 1805 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Unknown
75

Hand- und Adressbuch der deutschen Musikinstrumenten-Wirtschaft.

Berlin 1940 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Unknown
76

Franz Dahlem & Co. Buntpapier-Fabrik Aschaffenburg. Katalog mit 690 montierten Original-Papiermustern.

1927 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Unknown
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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.
  • 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.