• 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
152

Lot of art books from Africa : *Les routes de l ivoire, Bernarnd NANTEE *L'afrique des routes, Musee du Quai Branly *African mythologies, G. PARRINDER *Art of Black Africa, Dr Elsy LEUZINGER ...

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
153

Various magazines on African art, including : *L'art negre, Vladimir MARKOV *L'ABCdaire des arts africains *La tete dans les etoiles, Pierre LOOS

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
154

Set of 3 books on African art: *Magies, Musee Dapper exhibition 1996-1997 *L'art d'etre un homme, Musee Dapper exhibition 2009-2010 *Hunters and warriors, Musee Dapper exhibition 1998

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
155

Set of 3 books on the Art of Africa: *Objets interdits, Musee Dapper exhibition, 1989-1990 *Inities, Congo Basin, Musee Dapper exhibition, 2013-2014 *Le Grand heritage, Musee Dapper exhibition, 1992

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Unknown
156

Set of 2 books on African art: * Head ornaments, Musee Dapper exhibition 2003-2004 *Masks, Musee Dapper exhibition, 1995-1996 (accidents)

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
157

Set of 3 books on African art: *Femmes dans les arts d'Afrique, Musee Dapper exhibition, 2008-2009

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
158 Raoul Lehuard

Lot of 3 works by Raoul Lehuard :

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
159

Congo Belge L' Etat independant du Congo, Brussels-Tervuren exhibition, 1897

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
160

Fetiches a clous du Bas-Zaire, Raoul Lehuard *Masken figuren Zaire, Bernhard GARDI *Der tote in der puppe, Niombo Katalo, 1990

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
161

Congo mythical mask, Marc Leo FELIX

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
162

Set of Brussels non-european art fair issues, between 2001 and 2014

EUR 20.00 - 30.00 Unknown
163

Set including : *Collecting african art in iberia and neibouring coutries 1963-1989 *Mario Menehini *The Tampang of Nepal by Brigitte Steinmann ...

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
164

6 volumes Kuaderni Poro, Venezia,Gulio. Bookplate of Raoul Lehuard. Volumes 1 to 8

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
165

Weule leitfaden der dolkerkunde, Dr Karl MEULE (accidents and annotations) Die Masken und geheimbunde afrikas, L. FROBENIUS Auf dem wede nach atlantis, L. FROBENIUS In search of art in Africa, 1899-1958, Frans M. OLBRECHTS

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
166

L'art negre, Sculpture, Pierre MUAUZE

EUR 70.00 - 100.00 Unknown
167

Set of booklets and books on African art, including : *L' ideal feminin dans l 'art africain, Galerie Lafayette, 2001 *Women Eternal, The female image in African art, Tambaran Gallery, 1991 *Miniature wood carvings, William FAGG

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
168

Set of exhibition catalogs : *Pecci Gallery *Punchinello Gallery * Raton-Hourde Gallery * The pace Gallery *Bernard Dulon Gallery * Visse Gallery

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Unknown
169

Set of exhibition catalogs :

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Unknown
170

Art of Africa *Burkina-Faso : 100 d'histoire, 1895-1995, Tome 1, Yenouyaba George MADIEGA - Burkina Faso : 100 d'histoire, 1895-1995, Tome 2, Yenouyaba George MADIEGA ...

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Unknown
171

Ghana - Ghana, Yesterday and Today, Musee Dapper exhibition, 2003 *Bronzes, La spirale du serpent, Maine DURIEU *During the Black Volta, Jean-Baptiste KIETHEGA - Lobi, Adrian SCHLAG

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Unknown
172

Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Christopher ROY

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
173

Exhibition catalogs : - Galerie Alain Dufour - Chapelle de la Visitation, Amiens - Musee Rietberg, Zurich Enclosed: - L'arbre et la statuaire Lobi, Marine DURIEU - Les Gan du Burkina-Faso, Daniela BOGNOLO ...

EUR 50.00 - 70.00 Unknown
174

Dogon, Images and traditions, Huib BLOM

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Unknown
175

Art d'Afrique Visions from the forest, The art of Liberia and Sierra Leone, Jan-Lodewijk GROOTAERS

EUR 40.00 - 60.00 Unknown
176

Les Tomas, Lieutenant F. BOUET, 1912. Ex-libris Raoul Lehuard (later binding).

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 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.