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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.
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  • 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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Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session IV

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session IV Total Sales (EUR) 101,115.00
Auction Date October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 44,740.00
Sale Number #63D High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 44,740.00
Total Lots 132
Sold Lots 119 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 49,680.00
% of Lots Sold 90.15% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 49,680.00
Unsold Lots 13 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 203.53%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
497 Damiano da Odemira

Damiano da Odemira, Libro da imparare giocare a scachi, et de bellissimi partiti, reuisti & recoretti, & con summa diligentia da molti famosissimi giocatori emendati. In lingua spagnola, & taliana, nouamente stampato. [dopo il 1524].

1524 EUR 3,900.00 - 3,900.00 EUR 10,836.00
424 Arena Filippo

Arena Filippo, La natura, e coltura de' fiori fisicamente esposta in due trattati [...]. Tomo primo (-terzo). In Palermo: appresso Angelo Felicella, 1767-1768.

1767 EUR 6,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 7,560.00
484 Cervantes Saavedra Miguel (de)

Cervantes Saavedra Miguel (de), The history of the most renowned Don Quixote of Mancha, and his trusty squire, Sancho Pancha... London: Thomas Hodgkin for John Newton, 1687.

1687 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,544.00
490 Coppola Giovanni Carlo

Coppola Giovanni Carlo, Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze nelle reali nozze de Serenis.mi Gran Duchi di Toschana Ferdinando II. e Vittoria principessa d'Urbino. In Firenze: per Amadore Massi e Lorenzo Landi, 1637.

1637 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
508 Donia Matteo

Donia Matteo, Raccolta di 4 operette in edizione originale. Panormi: Io. Antonius a Franc. excudebat, 1595.

1595 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,772.00
427 Artaria Ferdinando

Artaria Ferdinando, Guida da Milano a Ginevra pel Sempione... Milano: presso F. Artaria, 1822.

1822 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,394.00
429 Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator

Asburgo Lorena Ludwig Salvator, Die Liparischen Inseln und Ustica. Prag: Druck und Verlag von Mercy Heinrich, 1893-1898.

1800 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,268.00
506 Diedo Giacomo

Diedo Giacomo, Storia della repubblica di Venezia... In Venezia: Nella Stamperia di Andrea Poletti, 1751.

1751 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,268.00
417 Aldrovandi Ulisse

Aldrovandi Ulisse, De quadrupedibus digitatis viviparis libri tres et de quadrupedibus digitatis oviparis libri duo... Bonon: Apud Nicolaum Tebaldinum, 1645.

1645 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,142.00
462 Boschini Marco

Boschini Marco, La carta del navegar pitoresco... In Venetia: Per li Baba, 1660.

1660 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,016.00
520 Folengo Teofilo

Folengo Teofilo, Chaos del tri per uno... (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: per Giovanni Antonio. & fratelli da Sabbio: ad istantia de Nicolo Garanta, adi primo zener 1527.

1527 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,016.00
458 Bodenehr Gabriel

Bodenehr Gabriel, Atlas curieux oder Neuer und compendieuser Atlas... Augspurg: Herausgegeben und Verlegt von Gabriel Bodenehr, s.d. [ca. 1715].

1715 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,638.00
501 Della Torre Giovanni Maria

Della Torre Giovanni Maria, Gabinetto vesuviano [...] Edizione seconda. Napoli: presso Domenico Sangiacomo, 1796.

1796 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,638.00
391

Viaggi fatti da Vinetia, alla tana, in Persia, in India, et in Costantinopoli... In Vinegia: [eredi di Aldo Manuzio], 1543. (Al colophon:) In Vinegia: nelle case de figliuoli di Aldo, 1543.

1543 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,512.00
440 Bargagli Scipione

Bargagli Scipione, Descrizzione dell'entrata dell'illustriss., e reverendiss. monsig. Ascanio Piccolomini, alla possession del suo arcivescovado in Siena, il di xxj di novembre 1589. In Siena: appresso Luca Bonetti, 1590.

1590 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,512.00
491 Coronelli Vincenzo Maria

Coronelli Vincenzo Maria, [Historia del regno di Negroponte, e sue isole adiacenti...]. [In Venetia: 1695].

1695 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,512.00
418 Alighieri Dante

Alighieri Dante, [Comedia del divino poeta Danthe Alighieri, con la dotta & leggiadra spositione di Christophoro Landino...]. (Al colophon:) In Vineggia: per M. Bernardino Stagnino, 1536.

1536 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,386.00
414 Alberti Leon Battista

Alberti Leon Battista, Opuscoli morali [...] Tradotti, & parte corretti da m. Cosimo Bartoli. In Venetia: appresso Francesco Franceschi, 1568.

1568 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,197.00
465 Bramicelli Guglielmo

Bramicelli Guglielmo, Inni che si cantano tutto l'anno alle hore canoniche... In Venetia: appresso Giorgio Angelieri, 1597.

1597 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,197.00
493 Croce Giulio Cesare

Croce Giulio Cesare, Canto di Tirsi pastor del picciol Reno sopra le numerose famiglie della nobiliss. citta di Modona... In Bologna: presso gli heredi di Giouanni Rossi, 1595

1595 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 1,197.00
505 Denon Dominique Vivant

Denon Dominique Vivant, Viaggio nel basso e alto Egitto illustrato dietro alle tracce e ai disegni del Sig. Denon. Firenze: Giuseppe Tofani, 1808.

1808 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,197.00
517 Ferrario Giulio

Ferrario Giulio, Il costume antico e moderno [...] Dal Dottore Giulio Ferrario. Firenze: V. Batelli 1831-1845.

1831 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,197.00
499 De Rossi Giovanni Gherardo

De Rossi Giovanni Gherardo, Pitture di Antonio Allegri detto il Correggio esistenti in Parma nel monistero di San Paolo. Parma: nel regal palazzo co' tipi bodoniani, 1800.

1800 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,071.00
410

Description historique et geographique de la ville de Messine... A Paris: Chez Desnos, 1783.

1783 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 1,008.00
467 Brenner Domokos Antal Ignacz, Domokos Antal Ignacz

Brenner Domokos Antal Ignacz, Domokos Antal Ignacz, Histoire des revolutions de Hongrie... Tomo I [-VI]. A la Haye: Jean Neaulme, 1739.

1739 EUR 130.00 - 130.00 EUR 1,008.00
  • 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
  • University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 308 - Bob Dylan Handwritten & Signed Lyrics to "Just Like a Woman" With Jeff Rosen & JSA Authentication
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 455 - Isaac Newton Admiration For Judaism & Moral Continuity With Christianity! 350+ Words in his Hand - Extraordinary Content!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 219 - 371g Moon Meteorite, Incredible Find - Laâyoune 002
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 448 - Scarce Einstein AM on Unified Field Theory, 180+ Words & 11 Equations in His Hand! From His Published Article, "A Generalization of the Relativistic Theory of Gravitation"
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 159 - Woodrow Wilson Baseball Signed for WWI Red Cross Fundraiser, Ex. Forbes & PSA Authentic - Finest Known!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 84 - Lee Harvey Oswald ALS to Brother, Trying Desperately to Get out of Russia! Highly Important
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 152 - George Washington Signed Discharge for MA Solider Whose Regiment Was at Bunker Hill!
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 88 - Abraham Lincoln Fully Signed Military Appointment for Mexican War Vet & Respected Cavalryman
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 188 - Apollo XI Astronauts & Their Wives Signed Photo, Plus Crew Signed Cover, From Apollo XI Presidential Goodwill Tour Era, Pre-Cert Zarelli
    University Archives
    Rare Autographs, Manuscripts & Books
    Now through Nov. 19
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 265 - Martin Luther King, Jr. TLS Re: "Stride Toward Freedom" Film Rights To Literary Agent Marie Rodell
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 324 - John Lennon Signed Apple Records Check, PSA GEM MT 10! Possibly Finest Known
    University Archives, Nov. 19:
    Lot 79 - John & Jacqueline Kennedy Signed WH 1963 Christmas Gift Inscribed to Close Friend Joan Braden, PSA Authentic
  • 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.