• 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
102 WB FORMAN

Kunst ferner Lander,

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
103 W & B FORMAN

Art from faraway lands,

EUR 50.00 - 60.00 Unknown
104 W & B FORMAN

Exotic Art,

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
105

Set of 5 books: *Histoire de l'art et anthropologie, Nabilla OULEBSIR, April 2007 *Art Sauvage, Claude ROY *Arts premiers, Claude ROTY

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
106 Arthur BOURGEOIS, Alain & Francoise CHAFFIN editeur

Art of the Yaka and Suku

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
107

Pierre Dartevelle: Fifty years of collecting art of the Congo, publisher Lempetz

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
108

Congo Basin Initiates, Musee Dapper

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
109

Lot of two books: *Les Lega et leur art, Sur les traces d'un reveur egare au Congoland, Emile-Alexandre GEORGES *L'art secrets d'ivoire des Lega d'Afrique Centrale, Musee du Quai Branly

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
110

L'organisation du Zaire, by the Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Belgium, Jean-Sebastien LORENTY *Volume I: Introduction and bibliography, 1995 *Volume II: Sanza, xylophones, slit drums, 1995 ...

EUR 150.00 - 250.00 Unknown
111

Lot of two books: *Les tambours a fente d'Afrique Centrale, Jean-Sebastien LORENTY text, plates and maps

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
112

Set of 3 books: *Masterpieces from Central Africa, Tervuren Museum *Seats from Central Africa, Donatienne Van WASSENHOVE * Congo itineraire d'une passion, Photographs by Doctor Emile Muller, 1923-1938

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
113

Set of 4 books: * Bela hein, Grands inities des ivoires Lega, Bernard de GRUNNE * Sura dji, Visages et racines du Zair, Musee des arts decoratifs, 1982 (accidents) *Guba, Jean ELSEN & Ivan BAUR ...

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
114

Lot of two books: *Art d'Afrique Centrale entre ciel et terre: Luluwa, Constantin PETRIDIS *Le sensible et la force, Photographies de Hughes Dubois et sculptures Songye

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
115

Set of 3 books: * Inventing masks, Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende, Z. S. STROTHER *Statuary from the pre-dembe hunters, Daniel P. BIEBUYCK *Losa flechtwerke der Mbole, Mabiala MANTUBA-NGOMA

EUR 120.00 - 180.00 Unknown
116

Set of 2 books: *Les rites secrets des Primitifs de l'Oubanguy, A. M. VERGIAT (accidents and annotations) *Pende art, L. de SOUSBERGHE

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
117

Lot of two books: *Affinities of form, Diane M. PELERINE *Artists and Painters in traditional African cultures, Donna PAGE

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
118

Lot of two books: *Reves de beautes, sculptures africaines de la collection Blancpain, Bernard de GRUNNE *African Art and silicone chips, A life in science and art, Jay T. LAST

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
119

Set of two books: * L'art au futur anterieur, Lilianne and Michel DURAND-DESSERT *Art et Objets tribaux, Regards sur une collection, Philippe GUIMOT

EUR 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
120

Set of books on collections including : *Paul Tishman Collection

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
121

Lot of two books: *African Tribal Images, William FAGG (accidents and annotations) *Le regard et la seduction, Sculptures de l'Afrique noire, Gerald MINKOFF

EUR 60.00 - 90.00 Unknown
122

Set of books on collections, including: *Sir Henery Welcome collection *The John and Dominique Demenile collection *Jay C. Leff collection *Gustave and Franio Schindler *Herbert Baker - Tholas D. Slather - Lipchitz collection - Laurence Gussman colle

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
123

Set of 3 books: *Reves de beautes, Sculptures africaines de la collection Blancpain, Bernard de GRUNNE *Material journeys, Collecting African and Oceanic Art 1945-2000, Selections from the Genevievre McMillan Collection ...

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
124

Two bound books:

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
125

Set of three books on the arts of the Ivory Coast *Les yohoure de cote d'ivoire faire danser les dieux - Alain-Michel Boyer *L'art du continent noir afrique du Guimballa aux rives du Kongo, volume 1 , Burkhard Gottschalk ...

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
126

Three books:

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 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.