• 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.
  • 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

Ader: Collectors' library: Africa, Oceania, Americas, Asia, 172144, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Date
November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025
Page Size: 491 items in 20 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
456

OCEANIE Nouvelles hebrides, Mondes et cultures, Jean GUIART

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
457

OCEANIA * Karl von den Steinen: Marquesans and their art. Primitive Ornamentation of the South Seas, III. Les collections, Editions Le Motu *Oceanic sculpture, Sculpture of Melanesia, Carl A. SCHMITZ...

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
458

MISCELLANEOUS *Close Up Novarro, Pierre Restany *Oriental carpets, History, Aesthetics, Symbolism, Robert de CALATCHI *Veroffentlichungen aus dem Koniglichen Museum fur volkerkunde, F. W. K. MULLER

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
459

OCEANIA *The naturalist and his Beautiful Islands , Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific, David Russell LAWRENCE *Art of Oceania, A descriptive catalog, Alfred BUHLER ...

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
460

OCEANIA *Connaissances des iles customs et moeurs des Papous, Jacques and Paule VILLEMINOT *Arts of the South Seas, Insulinde, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia, Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Douglas NEWTON ...

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
461

OCEANIA * Art & life in New Guinea, Raymond FIRTH *New Guinea : Big man island, E. S. ROGERS *Shields of Milanesia, Harry BERAN *Kamoro art, Tradition and innovation in a New Guinea culture, Dirk SMIDT ...

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
462

OCEANIA *Die Figurstuhle vom Sepik-fluss auf Neu-Guinea, Jan SODERSTROM *Eine Ethnographische sammlung aus dem ostlichen zentral Neu-Guinea, Dr Herbert TISCHNER ...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
463

EASTER ISLAND *Easter Island, False mysteries and real enigmas, Nicolas CAUWE *Easter Island, Henri LAVACHERY (accidents) *Fantasique ile de Paques, Des yeux regardent les etoiles, Francis MAZIERE - L'ile de Paques, Des deiux regardent les etoiles, Cat

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
464

MARQUISE ISLANDS *1791: Captain Marchand's voyage, The Marquesas and the Reunion Islands, Odile Gannier * The Marquesas Islands, Archipelago of memory, Eve Sivadjian ...

EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
465

HAWAII / MARQUISE ISLANDS * An account of the Marquesas islands, 1797-1799, William Pascoe CROOK * Hawaiian sculpture, J. Halley COX * Splendid isolation, Art of easter island, Adrienne L. KAEPPLER ...

EUR 250.00 - 350.00 Unknown
466

Set of auction catalogs on primitive arts: Africa, Oceania, Pre-Columbian, including : - Collection Verite sale, 2006

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
467

OCEANIA *Indonesian primitive art, Irwin HERSEY *The eloquent dead, Ancestral sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Jerome FELDMAN *Nias tribal treasures, Comsic reflections in stone, wood and gold, Delft exhibition ...

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
468

OCEANIA *A piere monument from the island of Nias, Jea-Paul BARBIER *Symbolism and motifs from South Nias, Jean-Paul BARBIER *Sunduk, carriers of souls *Memories of beauty, 2003 exhibition ...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
469

OCEANIA - Forgotten Islands of Indonesia, Nico de Jonge - Art of Island Southeast Asia, The Fred and Rita Richman Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Florina H. Capistrano-Baker -...

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
470

OCEANIA * War trophies or curios ? Barry CRAIG *New Guinea Highlands, Art from the Jolika Collection, John FRIEDE *Oceania Nera, Arte, Cultura e popoli della Melanesia, exhibition 1992

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
471

NEW GUINEA Les arts indigenes en Nouvelle-Guinee, Stephen CHAUVET, 1930

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
472

NEW GUINEA * The decorative art of Britisch New Guinea, A study in Papuan ethnography, Professor C. HADDON *Art and decoration of Central New Guinea, Barry CRAIG ...

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
473

OCEANIA * Neu-Guinea, Ernst FUHRMANN * Ozeanien, Kult und visionen, Ulrich MENTER *Reisen und Entdecken, Vom Sepik an den Main, Eva CH. RAABE ...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
474

Set of Christie's auction catalogs (annotations)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
475

Sets of exhibition catalogs from Michael Hamson and Galerie Meyer Oceanic Art galleries

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
476

Exhibition catalog set - Collecting New Guinea Art, Douglas Newton - Archipels, Fidji-Tonga-Samoa, Voyagerus & Curieux - Provenance Jean-Baptiste-Bacquart Tribal Art - Art of the Abelam, Michael Hamson - ...

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
477

OCEANIA *The Torres straight Collections of A. C. Haddeon, David R. MOORE

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
478

OCEANIA * Two years with the natives in the Western Pacific, Dr Felix SPEISER * Form Colour Inspiration, Oceanic Art from New Britain, Arnoldsche - Mutuaga, A nineteenth-Century New Guinea master carver, Harry BERAN ...

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
479

OCEANIA *Asmat, mythos und kunst im leben mit den ahnein, Klaus HELFRICH *Maleku, die insel der menschenfresser, Martin JOHNSON *Uber initiationen in Australien und Neu-Guinea, Felix SPEIZE ...

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
480

Oceania and the South Pacific: *Introduction to Sepik Art of Papua New Guinea, Gloria Stewart *The Arts of Papua New Guinea, James Sinclair - Oceanic Art, A celebration of form, George R. Ellis ...

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
  • 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.
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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.