Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 8. Mariette's Rare and Decorative Map of the World Based on the Work of Hondius (1642) Est. $4,750 - $6,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 716. Bible Leaf with Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Magi (1490) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23

Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, around 1700. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23

Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23

Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23

Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, around 1750. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer, Nov. 23: J. Gris and P. Reverdy, Au soleil du plafond, 1955. Est: € 3,000
Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.

Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."

Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.

Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.

Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan.
Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026

Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026

Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026

Venator and Hanstein: History of Discovery and Research of the last Centuries, Part II, 186, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 24, 2026 - September 24, 2026

Page Size: 426 items in 18 pages

Auction Lot Books
Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		4 Books, including: Terry's guide to Cuba; Terry's guide to Mexico; Osgood's guide to the Middle States; Osgood's Maritime Provines		1927; 1923; 1877; 1875	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 177.80
2	Anson George	Voyage autour du monde	Amsterdam; Leipzig	1749	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 533.40
3	Ardenne de Tizac Jean Henri de	Chinesische Tierplastik und Tierbilder; Les Etoffes de la Chine	Berlin; Paris	1922; c. 1925	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 177.80
4	Reitsma S. A.; Seidenfaden Erik	11 Books, including: An Official Guide to East Asia; An Official Guide to Eastern Asia; Van Stockum’s Travellers’ Handbook for the Dutch East Indies; India, Burma, Ceylon and South Africa; Guide to Bangkok; A Handbook for Travellers in India Burma and Cey	Tokyo; The Hague; London; Bangkok; Paris; Canberra	1920; 1917; 1930; 1905; 1928; 1926; ND; c. 1936; 1943	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 635.00
5	Baker Samuel White	Die Nilzuflusse in Abyssinien	Braunschweig	1868	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 203.20
6		Die Ausweisung der Deutschen aus China	Bando	1919	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 419.10
7	Barth Heinrich	Reisen und Entdeckungen in Nord- und Central-Afrika	Gotha	1857-1858	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 889.00
8	Paulinus a Sancto Bartholomaeo	Darstellung der Brahmanischen-Indischen Gotterlehre, Religionsgebrauche und burgerlichen Verfassung	Gotha	1797	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 304.80
9	Bauer Fritz	Die deutsche Niger-Benue-Tsadsee-Expedition 1902-1903	Berlin	1904	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
10	Forrer M.; Coullery M.-Th.; Newstead M. S.; Robinson B. W.; Schneeberger R. F.; Ayres J.	8 Books, including: Japanese Prints; Netsuke (Selected Pieces); Japanese Sword-Fittings; Chinese Jades; Chinese Ceramics	Genf	1972-96	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 495.30
11		Reise-Erinnerungen aus Ost-Asien	Munich	1906	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
12	Bayern Therese	Reisestudien aus dem westlichen Sudamerika	Berlin	1908	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 279.40
13	Behme Fr; Krieger M	Fuhrer durch Tsingtau und Umgebung	Wolfenbuttel	1904	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 419.10
14	Behrmann Walter	Der Sepik (Kaiserin-Augusta-Fluss) und sein Stromgebiet	Berlin	1917	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
15	Bell Charles	Tibet past & present; The People of Tibet; The Religion of Tibet	Oxford	1924-31	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 457.20
16	Bellew Henry Walter	Journal of a political mission to Afghanistan	London	1862	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 635.00
17	Best Elsdon	Games and Pastimes of the Maori	Wellington	1925	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
18	Bjornstjerna Magnus	Das Britische Reich in Ostindien	Stockholm	1839	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 177.80
19	Blackwood Beatrice	Both sides of Buka passage	Oxford	1935	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 177.80
20	Tix Arthur; Buning Heinrich	Report on the study trip to America	Bochum	1936/37	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
21	Bock Carl	Unter den Kannibalen auf Borneo	Jena	1882	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 304.80
22	Bodemeyer Bodo von	Ueber meine Entomologischen Reisen	Stuttgart	1927	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 177.80
23	Boehm Gustav	Photographien aufgenommen und gesammelt von Gustav Boehm gelegentlich seiner Reise um die Welt	Offenbach	after 1901	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 889.00
24	Boerschmann Ernst	Pagoden	Berlin; Leipzig	1931	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 457.20
25	Boerschmann Ernst	Pagoden	Berlin; Leipzig	1931	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 419.10

Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th November

Forum, Nov. 19: The ‘Saxe-Meiningen Psalter’, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [northern France or adjacent southern Netherlands, second half of the thirteenth century]. £30,000 - £50,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000

Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th November

Forum, Nov. 19: Turing (Alan).- Alan Turing's Slide Rule, engraved initials "A.M.T. Noli Hoc Furari", alongside other ephemera, housed in early 20th-century letter box, [mid.1920s-40s]. £6,000-8,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000

Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th November

Forum, Nov. 19: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, later impressions, each vol. signed by the author, London, George Allen & Unwin, 1957-58. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, [1862]-73; plus a presentation copy of Gould's Introduction to the Birds of Great Britain (6). £35,000-45,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Galilei (Galileo). Istoria e Dimostrazioni intorno alle Macchie Solari e loro accidenti, comprese in tre lettere scritte all’illustrissimo signor Marco Velseri Linceo, first edition, Rome, 1613. £15,000-20,000

Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th November

Forum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Kitchin (Thomas). A New Universal Atlas, first edition with maps in full original hand-colouring, Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1796. £8,000-12,000

Forum, Nov. 19: Cassas (Louis François). Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, 2 vol., first edition, [Paris], 1799. £10,000-15,000
Heritage, Dec. 9: Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? First edition, author Brian Aldiss’ copy.

Heritage, Dec. 9: Robert A. Heinlein. Assignment in Eternity. First edition, inscribed by Heinlein to author “Doc” Smith.

Heritage, Dec. 9: Frank Herbert. Dune. First edition, inscribed by Herbert to his literary agent.

Heritage, Dec. 9: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. First edition, first impression, in an unrestored dust jacket.

Heritage, Dec. 9: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare, perhaps unique variant, English sheets bound in an American Osgood binding.

Heritage, Dec. 9: Isaac Asimov. The Naked Sun. First edition, inscribed by Asimov to Alex Berman, founder of Phantasia Press.