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Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 41. Rare First State of the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1595) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 63. The Largest of the Strada "Leo Belgicus" Editions (1632) Est. $3,250 - $4,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 71. Blaeu's Stunning Carte-a-Figures Map of the Americas (1640) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $6,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 172. 1775 Edition of the Landmark Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia and Maryland (1775) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 46. Doppelmayr's Fine Celestial Chart (1742) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 212. First Edition Ski Country Map by Pioneer Hal Shelton (1965) Est. $500 - $700Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 732. Ruscelli's Complete Atlas with 69 Maps and Updated Maps of the Continents (1599) Est. $8,000 - $9,500Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 329. Ortelius' Map of Iceland Surrounded by Sea Monsters (1585) Est. $11,000 - $13,000Old World Auctions (Nov 11): Lot 600. Heinrich Bunting's Rare Map of Asia in the Form of a Pegasus (1581) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old 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 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: L. Feininger, Collection of autograph letters to Alois J. Schardt, 1920-1955. Est: € 150,000-250,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: Flemish book of hours, Ghent-Bruges School around 1480-1500. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: F. de Wit, Atlas maior, around 1700. Est: € 50,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: A. Stieglitz, Camera Work, 48 volumes, 1903-1914. Est: € 60,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Merian & M. Zeiller, Sämtliche Topographien, 21 volumes, 1642-1736. Est: € 50,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: R. Indiana and R. Creely, Numbers, 1968. Est: € 4,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Salerno Breviarium, Latin manuscript on vellum, North Italy around 1470-1476. Est: € 40,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. S. Merian, Surinaamsche (&) europische Insecten, 1730. Est: € 30,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: M. Beckmann, Jahrmarkt, Portfolio of 10 signed etchings, 1922. Est: € 25,000Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 23Ketterer, Nov. 23: Justinianus, Infortiatum, 1475. Est: € 10,000Ketterer, Nov. 23: B. Besler, Hortus Eystettensis, around 1750. Est: € 28,000Ketterer, 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, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026Sotheby’s
Nelson, His Life and His Navy:
The Clive Richards Collection of Letters and Manuscripts
November 18, 2026
Bonhams: The Classics Paris, 31803, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 05, 2026 - November 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | Valette de Laudun | Journal d'un voyage a la Louisiane |
The Hague | 1768 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,040.00 |
| 228 | Joutel Henri | Journal historique du dernier voyage que feu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique |
Paris | 1713 | EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 229 | Chatelain Henri Abraham | Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud |
Amsterdam | 1719, or later | EUR 3,500.00 - 5,500.00 | EUR 6,240.00 |
| 230 | Cervantes Saavedra Miguel de | El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha |
Brussels | 1611 | EUR 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,200.00 |
| 231 | Agricola Georgius | De re metallica libri XII |
Basel | 1556 | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | Bretez Louis | Plan de Paris commence l'annee 1734 |
Paris | 1739 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 10,400.00 |
| 233 | Weis Jean-Martin | Representation des fetes donnees par la ville de Strasbourg pour la Convalescence du Roi |
Paris | [1745] | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 234 | Verne Jules | ДВАДЦАТЬ ТЫСЯЧЪ ЛЬЁ ПОДЪ ВОДОЙ |
Moscow | 1870 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 235 | Clemenceau Georges; Paderewski Ignacy Jan; Venizelos Eleftherios; Sonnino Sidney; Hikokichi Ijuin; Keishiro Matsui | Congres de la Paix Versailles 1919 |
1919 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 239 | Documents, correspondence, and photographs related to Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich |
1924-1929 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 240 | Documents related to the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich |
circa 1920s | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 241 | Correspondence concerning the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna |
mid-1920s-mid-1930s | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 242 | Correspondence concerning the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna |
1920s-1930s | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 243 | Correspondence concerning the illness and deaths of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna |
N/A | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 244 | Correspondence concerning the Anastasia Tchaikovskaya affair and the death of Empress Maria Feodorovna |
1920s-1930s | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 245 | Letters, papers and printed ephemera assembled in Antibes |
1929 onwards | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 246 | Correspondence and financial records relating to the White emigre movement |
N/A | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 247 | Nikolai Nikolaevich | Dossier relating to General Horvat and the Grand Duke's political activity |
1927-1928 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 248 | Financial and estate records of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich and White emigre organisations |
1920s-1930s | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 249 | Accounts relating to the Choigny estate and its sale |
late 1920s | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, 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 - £50,000Forum, Nov. 19: Crescenzi (Bartolomeo). Nautica mediterranea, 2 parts in 1, second edition, with rare engraved folding map, Rome, Bartolomeo Bonfadino, 1607. £15,000 - £20,000Forum, Nov. 19: Aristotle. [The Works], 10 vol.,, translated by Thomas Taylor, Printed for the Translator... by Robert Wilks, 1807-12. £6,000-8,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, 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]. £6,000-8,000Forum, Nov. 19: Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). I Dieci Libri dell'Architettura, translated by Daniele Barbaro, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1556. £7,000-10,000Forum, Nov. 19: Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, hardback issue, first printing, Bloomsbury, 1997. £50,000-70,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, 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. £15,000-20,000Forum, 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). £35,000-45,000Forum, 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. £15,000-20,000Forum
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
Thursday 19th NovemberForum, Nov. 19: Gersdorff (Hans von). Feldtbuch der Wund-Arzney, enlarged edition, Strassburg, Hans Schotten, 1540. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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.