• 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
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Tennants Auctioneers: Books, Maps, Manuscripts

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books, Maps, Manuscripts Total Sales (GBP) 116,339.20
Auction Date August 22, 2025 - August 22, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 51,010.00
Sale Number #14258 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 76,790.00
Total Lots 135
Sold Lots 129 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 60,460.00
% of Lots Sold 95.56% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 90,940.00
Unsold Lots 6 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 127.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 Gould (John).

The Birds of Great Britain.

[1862]-1873 GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 24,400.00
121

Forty-two seventeenth century manuscript Calendars of Prisoners, comprising dates: March 1686, July 1686, July 1687, April 1688, August 1688,

GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 13,420.00
61 Ross (Sir John).

A manuscript journal/commonplace book of Sir John Ross, naval officer and Arctic explorer, including sketches and copied verse.

No date GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 9,760.00
45 Tolkien (J.R.R.).

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

1955 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 5,368.00
120

A bound collection of ten chapbooks, comprising: A Concise Abridgment of that Popular and Interesting Work, the Spirit of "The Book", or Memoirs of Caroline, Princess of Hasburgh, a Political and Amatory Romance. London: W. Mason, J. Johnston, 1812, hand-

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 3,050.00
82 McCarthy (Cormac).

[The Border Trilogy]: All the Pretty Horses, 1993;

GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 2,196.00
101 Modern Literature.

A large collection of 20th/21st literature, mostly first editions, many signed, including Vonnegut (Kurt), Slaughterhouse-Five, 1970;

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,952.00
2 Rock (Mick).

Psychedelic Renegades, with photographs of Syd Barrett.

2001 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,708.00
32 Milne (A.A.).

Winnie-the-Pooh.

1973 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,708.00
62 Bankes (Thomas).

A Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography...The Whole Forming a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels.

[1790?] GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,586.00
85 Trollope (Anthony).

Doctor Thorne.

1858 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 1,342.00
92

Hartley (L.P.). The Go-Between.

1953 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,342.00
114 [Sterne (Laurence)].

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

1760-1767 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,342.00
100 Signed by Henry James.

Vogue (Le Vicomte E.-M. De). The Russian Novel. London: Chapman and Hall, 1913

1913 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,159.00
106 Graves (Robert).

I, Claudius.

1934 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,159.00
123

A large collection of manuscript documents forming part of a family archive. The majority are autograph letters and manuscript diaries from the 19th and 20th centuries.

19th and 20th centuries GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,159.00
83 McCarthy (Cormac).

The Orchard Keeper.

1966 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,098.00
33 Milne (A.A.).

Winnie-the-Pooh.

1926 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 1,037.00
70 [Lewin (John William)].

[A Natural History of the Birds of New South Wales, Collected, Engraved and Faithfully Painted after Nature].

1838] GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,037.00
93 Trollope (Anthony).

A collection of first editions, comprising: Orley Farm,

1862 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,037.00
119

Greene (Graham). Our Man in Havana.

1958 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,037.00
19 Wood (Ronnie).

Wood on Canvas: Every Picture Tells a Story.

1998 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 976.00
47

[The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages

printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 976.00
46

[The Bible: that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in diuers Languages.]

1610 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 915.00
67 [Ray (John)].

Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium...[bound with]: Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis.

1660 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 854.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.