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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.
  • 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.

Catawiki B. V.: French Literature and Illustrated Auction, 110925c, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 09, 2025 - November 09, 2025
Page Size: 31 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97421266 Signe ; Paul Verlaine

[1/55 de tete sur Hollande avec un poeme autographe signe] Dedicaces

1894 EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
98231588 [reliure signee Marius Michel] Honore de Balzac / Julien Le Blant

Les Chouans [exemplaire ndeg2 sur Japon]

1889 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
98519491 [ANONYME. Attribue a A.C. de Caylus, a T.S. Gueulette ou a F. J. de P. Bernis]

Nocrion - Conte Allobroge

1747 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
98613282 Montesquieu

Lettres persanes

1721 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 Unknown
98627474 Richard Ranft / Elemir Bourges

Le Crepuscule des Dieux. [1/119; Reliure de Charles Septier]

1905 EUR 850.00 - 950.00 Unknown
98654312 Charles Asselineau / Manet / Courbet e.a.

Charles Baudelaire. Sa vie et son oeuvre. 5 portraits hors-texte par Manet, Courbet, e.a.

1869 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
98655567 Pierre ALECHINSKY

Comme a la maison [8 estampes signees par l'artiste]

1974 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 Unknown
98655581 Alfred de MUSSET / BIDA & Henri PILLE

Oeuvres completes [RELIURE AUX ARMES SIGNEE & SUITE de 42 PLANCHES en 3 ETATS]

1865/1866 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Unknown
98667615 Albert Samain, Emile Boizot

Xanthis [exemplaire unique avec suites, L.A.S., maquette et bon a tirer]

1917 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 Unknown
98668355 Charles Delort; Antoine Hamilton

Memoires du Comte de Grammont [reliure de Marcel Gambette]

1888 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 Unknown
98671065 Erasthene Ramiro / Louis Legrand

La Faune parisienne [Reliure Art Deco de Andree et Jeanne Langrand ; num. 1/130 avec suites]

1901 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
98675605 Alphonse Daudet / Pierre Brissaud

Les Contes du Lundi [Reliure signee Gonin; 1/80 sur Japon avec suite]

1928 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Unknown
98675677 Jacques de Voragine / Lunois

La Legende doree. [Reliure mosaiquee de Gruel ; 1/25 sur Japon avec double suite sur Chine]

1896 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 Unknown
98675705 Kano Tomonobu, Kadjita Hanko et Koubota Tosui

Fables choisies par Florian. Illustrees par des artistes japonais.

1895 EUR 800.00 - 900.00 Unknown
98675776 Modes de Paris

Petit Courrier des Dames. [185 planches]

1841/1840 EUR 700.00 - 800.00 Unknown
98677183 Albert Marquet / Charles de Brosses

Sejour a Venise / 31 gravures a l'eau-forte d'Albert Marquet

1947 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
98691778 Victor Hugo / Rodin, Eugene Carriere, Daniel Vierge, Willette, Dunki, Steinlein

Cinq poemes. Ornes de trente-cinq compositions. [1/10 sur Chine, Reliure signee Gauche]

1902 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 Unknown
98693037 Rabelais, Francois

Les Oeuvres de M. Francois Rabelais Docteur en medecine 2V

1721 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
98693156 Emily Bronte / Leon Masson

Wuthering Heights. Lithographies originales de Leon Masson

1947 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
98693394 Arthur Rimbaud / Carzou

Les Illuminations

1969 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 Unknown
98693707 Henri Barbusse / Edouard Chimot

L'Enfer. Edition definitive illustree de 24 eaux-fortes originales par Edouard Chimot

1921 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 Unknown
98694006 Lucie Paul-Margueritte / Wang Chao Ki

Le miroir magique [avec une belle aquarelle originale]

1932 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 Unknown
98694064 [Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne]

La Prevention nationale. action adaptee a la scene [avec 10 gravures]

1784 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 Unknown
98696511 Gustave Flaubert / Signe; Luc-Olivier Merson

La Legende de Saint Julien L'Hospitalier. Preface [inedite] par Marcel Schwob [avec L.A.S & Suites]

1895 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 Unknown
98702239 Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Le Petit Prince

1945 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
  • 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
  • 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