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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. -
Pandolfini
Books, Manuscripts and Autographs
19 November 2026Pandolfini, Nov. 19: [da Capoferro, Ridolfo]. Scherma. Secolo XVII. Fascinating 17th-century fencing manuscript, richly illustrated. €4,000 to €6,000.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Lilio, Zaccaria. Orbis breviarium. Napoli, Ayolfus de Cantono, 1496. An important collection of ancient texts. €8,000 to €10,000.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Tolomeo. Geographia universalis. Basilea, Heinrich Petri,1540. A sought-after first Latin edition of Münster’s Geographia. €27,000 to €30,000.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Coronelli, Vincenzo. I palazzi di Venezia. [Venezia, presso l’autore, 1709]. Wide-margined copy of the rare first and only edition. €8,000 to €10,000.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Homann, Johann Baptist. Grosser atlas über die ganze Welt. Norimberga, Homann, circa 1720-30. Important 18th-century atlas. €20,000 to €25,000.Pandolfini
Books, Manuscripts and Autographs
19 November 2026Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Pigafetta, Antonio. Primo viaggio intorno al globo terracqueo ossia Ragguaglio della navigazione alle Indie orientali per la via d’occidente. Milano, 1800. €4,000 to €6,000.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Libro di Esther. 5491 [1730-31]. Rare example of a Megillah from the early 18th century. €3,000 to €4,000.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Manifattura Davide Berti e Fratelli. Mazzo di carte. Bologna, Al Mondo, [seconda metà del secolo XVIII]. A rare complete set of Bolognese cards. €5,000 to €7,000.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Allan, David. The opening of the Carnival at Rome. Paul Sandby, 1780. A complete set of four splendid engravings depicting the Roman Carnival.Pandolfini, Nov. 19: Borges, Jorge Luis e Arnaldo Pomodoro. Siete Poemas Sajones. Seven Saxon Poems. Verona, Plain Wrapper Press, 1974. A bibliographical masterpiece born from the meeting of Borges’s universe and Pomodoro’s art. €3,000 to €5,000. -
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
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ALDE, Nov. 25: BERTIUS (PETRUS). Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri septem. Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1618. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: BLAEU (WILHEM ET JOHAN). Toonneel des aerdrycx, oft Nieuwe Atlas. Tweede deel. [Amsterdam, Blaeu, vers 1650]. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: VAN NOORT (OLIVIER). Description du pénible voyage faict entour de l'Univers ou globe terrestre. Amsterdam, Cornelis de Claesz, 1602. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: STUART (JAMES) ET NICHOLAS REVETT. The Antiquities of Athens. Londres, John Haberkorn [puis John Nichols, et J. Taylor], 1762-1816. 4 vol. €5,000 to €6,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: Description de l’Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. Paris, 1820-1830. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: [MANUSCRIT ALCHIMIQUE]. AL-JALDAKI (‘IZZ AL-DĪN ‘ALĪ IBN MUḤAMMAD AYDAMIR). Kitab al-Misbah fi ‘Ilm al-Miftah [Le Livre de la Lampe sur les secrets de la Science des Clés]. 1717. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: NICOLAY (NICOLAS DE). Le Navigationi et viaggi, fatti nella Turchia. Venise, Francesco Ziletti, 1580. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: [PÉROU]. Colleción de yaravíes peruanos [Collection de yaravís péruviens]. Manuscrit daté de Lima le 8 février 1854. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: BROWN (PETER). New illustrations of zoology... Londres, Benjamin White, 1776. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: BULLIARD (PIERRE). Herbier de la France, ou collection complète des plantes indigènes de ce royaume. Paris, A. J. Dugour & Durand, 1780-[1793]. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: [DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (ANTOINE-JOSEPH)]. L'Histoire naturelle éclaircie dans une de ses parties principales, la Conchyliologie… Paris, De Bure l'aîné, 1757. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Nov. 25: RIEDEL (GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH). [Tabulæ regni animalis].: Augsbourg, Negot. Academia Cæs. Franc. s.d. [1780]. €2,000 to €3,000.
Auction Reports
Aguttes
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Asian Art: Library and Collection of a Connoisseur & Various Owners
- Auction Date
- 10/21/2026 - 10/21/2026
- Sale Number
- #102126
- Total Lots
- 102
- Sold Lots
- 38.0
- Lots Sold
- 37.25%
- Unsold Lots
- 64
- Total Sales (EUR)
- 7,759.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 11,780.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)
- 16,750.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 32,410.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)
- 45,900.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 16.90%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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| 114 | Kroes Jochem; Howard David Sanctuary | Chinese Armorial Porcelain for the Dutch Market; Chinese Armorial Porcelain II, Heirloom & Howard |
2007 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 509.00 |
| 118 | Volker T; Pierson Stacey; Kerr Rose; Mengoni Luis E; Wilson Ming; Le Corbeiller Clare; Frelinghuysen Alice Cooney; Strober Eva; Feller John Quentin; Jorg C J A; Kroes Jochem; Schiffer Herbert; Schiffer Peter; Schiffer Nancy; Mudge Jean McClure; Berg Maxin | 14 Books, including: Porcelain and the Dutch East India Company, as recorded in the Dagh-Registers of Batavia Castle |
1602-1682; 1560-1960; 1780-1880; 1600-1800; 1700-1800; 1644-1908 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 382.00 |
| 109 | Zhang Bai | Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China |
N/A | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 382.00 |
| 117 | Howard David; Ayers John; Howard David S; Fuchs Ronald W II; Howard David S; Sargent William R; Pinto De Matos Maria Antonia; Litzenburg Thomas V Jr; Bailey Ann T | 6 Books, including: Masterpieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Mottahedeh Collection in the Virginia Museum |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 356.00 |
| 125 | Tie Yuan; Wang Jianhua; Zhao Congyue | 5 Books, including: The Complete Collection of Porcelain of Jiangxi Province: The Ming Dynasty |
1912-1949 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 356.00 |
| 119 | Ayers John; Impey Oliver; Mallet J V G; Du Boulay Anthony; Smith Lawrence; Sargent William R; Castelluccio Stephane; Espir Helen; Picard R; Kerneis J-P; Bruneau Y; Farrington Anthony; Welsh Jorge; Martin Etienne; Delery Claire; Tsao Huei-Chung; Bertrand C | 12 Books, including: Porcelain for Palaces : The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750 |
1650-1750; 1688; 1690; 1700-1830; 1600-1834 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 331.00 |
| 116 | Howard David S; Ayers John; Wills John E Jr; Howard David Sanctuary; Wright Conrad Edick; Wilson Gillian; Watson Francis; Conner Patrick; Jourdain Margaret; Jenyns R Soame; Ten-Doesschate Chu Petra; Ding Ning; Porter David; Clunas Craig; Castelluccio Step | 13 Books, including: China for the West : Chinese Porcelain and Other Decorative Arts for Export Illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection |
N/A | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 318.00 |
| 166 | Truong Philippe; Stevenson John; Guy John; Crick Monique; Wood Donald A; Baptiste Pierre; Tingley Nancy; Young Carol M; Le Phan Huy; Honda Hiromu; Joseph Adrian M; Malik Adam; Sutaarga Amir; Mitchell William C; Lambrecht Miriam; Schicklgruber Christian; d | 16 Books, including: The Elephant and the Lotus |
14th–19th Centuries; 1900–1950 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 305.00 |
| 126 | Kerr Rose; Ayers John; Blumenfeld Robert H; Donnelly P J; Mowry Robert D; Bolas Gerald D; Scott Rosemary E; Hetherington A L; Mair Victor; Dainian Zhang; West Stephen H; Idema Wilt L; Barondes R de Rohan | 14 Books, including: Blanc de Chine : Porcelain from Dehua |
400-1400; 2009 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 280.00 |
| 107 | Harrisson-Hall Jessica; Scott Rosemary; Pierson Stacey; Dongbo Hu; Hongyan Zhang; Shulin Liu; Brankston A. D.; Yuping Zhu; Kerr Rose; Ebrey Patricia Buckley | 13 Books, including: Ming Ceramics in the British Museum |
2006 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 280.00 |
| 103 | 9 Books, including: Gongyi, Dangyangyu, Xing, Ding, Jizhou, Longquan, Dengfeng, Chaozhou et Yaozhou |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 | |
| 113 | Canepa Teresa; Butler Katharine; Butler Michael; Qingzhen Wang; Butler Michael; Curtis Julia B; Little Stephen; Scott Rosemary E; He Yuming; Spence Jonathan D; Wills John E Jr | 9 Books, including: Leaping the Dragon Gate : The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 254.00 |
| 112 | Miyata Etsuko; Shangraw Clarence; Von Der Porten Edward P; Sjostrand Sten; Lok Lok Sharipah; Van Der Pijl-Ketel C L; Jorg Christiaan J A; Flecker Michael; Jorg C J A; Goddio Franck; Carre Dominique; Desroches Jean-Paul; Goddio Franck; Welsh Jorge; Rinaldi | 12 Books, including: Portuguese Intervention in the Manila Galleon Trade |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 |
| 105 | Lin Bo-ting; Li Zhiyan; Kwan Simon; Wang Mason M.; Pierson Stacey; Li Huibing; Feng Xianming; Repetti Giovanni; Gu Wanfa; Tian Peijie; Kerr Rose; Powell Stuart; Kuhn Dieter | 13 Books, including: Grand View: Special Exhibition of Ju Ware from the Northern Sung Dynasty |
2003 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 |
| 104 | Watson William; Pierson Stacey; Mino Yutaka; Tsiang Katherine R.; Ho Chiumei; Gompertz G. St. G. M.; Po-Ch'ien Chu; Jen Chou; Fu Chang; Yang Meili; Jiayin Hu; Vok Ignazio; Tichaine Robert | 12 Books, including: Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art |
1993; 1994; 1997 | EUR 350.00 - 450.00 | EUR 254.00 |
| 115 | Sargent William R; Howard David Sanctuary; Beurdeley Michael; Hervouet Francois; Hervouet Nicole; Bruneau Yves; Howard David S; Gordon Elinor | 7 Books, including: Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum |
N/A | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 254.00 |
| 137 | Ackerman Phyllis; Allen Anthony J.; Hu Philip K.; Delacour Catherine; Ezkenazi; Kelley Clarence W.; Maucuer Michel; Kerr Rose; Kwan Simon; Sun Li; Jett Paul; McCarthy Blythe; Douglas Janet G. | 12 Books, including: Ritual Bronzes of Ancient China |
618-907; 1983-2000 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 254.00 |
| 128 | Pope John Alexander; Gerritsen Anne; Garner Harry; Gillette Maris Boyd; Macintosh Duncan; Yeo S. T.; Martin Jean; Bi Keguan; Lofgren Christer; Li Huibing; Zhou Yong; Zhou Qiang; Wood Frances; Wilkinson Endymion | 15 Books, including: Chinese Porcelains from the Ardebil Shrine |
1320-1820 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 254.00 |
| 189 | SAVILL Rosalind; ERIKSEN Svend; BELLAIGUE Geoffrey de; DAWSON Aileen; PLINVAL de GUILLEBON Regine de; SLITINE Florence; KJELLBERG Pierre; HONEY W. B.; SAVAGE George; LE DUC Genevieve; CURTIL Henri; WATERBROOK-CLYDE Keith; WATERBROOK-CLYDE Thomas; DAUTERMA | 14 Books, including: The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Sevres Porcelain |
1740-2002 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 229.00 |
| 106 | Pierson Stacey; Lu Chenglong; Yu Jiaodong; Yaw Lu; Feng Xianming; Treagar Mary; Mino Yutaka; Wirgin Jan; Koyama Fujio | 11 Books, including: Bright as Silver White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics from Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty |
N/A | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 191.00 |
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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 -
One of a Kind Auctions
Art, Literature, Royalty & Exploration
Special No Reserve Auction!
November 18, 2026One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 1 – Claude Monet ALS in Purple Ink from Giverny, with Original EnvelopeOne of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 5 – Camille Pissarro ALS from Eragny, 1894One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 340 – Space Shuttle Challenger 51-L Crew Photograph, Signed by All SevenOne of a Kind Auctions
Art, Literature, Royalty & Exploration
Special No Reserve Auction!
November 18, 2026One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 54 – Henry Fielding Signed Legal Affidavit as Magistrate, 1750One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 55 – Henry David Thoreau Autograph Manuscript Leaf, 1906 Manuscript EditionOne of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 56 – O. Henry ALS Signed “Sydney Porter,” Three PagesOne of a Kind Auctions
Art, Literature, Royalty & Exploration
Special No Reserve Auction!
November 18, 2026One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 57 – J.R.R. Tolkien from Oxford, 1964, with Original Mailing EnvelopeOne of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 254 – Ho Chi Minh Inscribed to a French Minister, with His Seal, 1955One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 286 – Fidel Castro, Che Guevara & Raúl Castro — Cuban Revolution Album, 1959One of a Kind Auctions
Art, Literature, Royalty & Exploration
Special No Reserve Auction!
November 18, 2026One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 288 – Toussaint Louverture Safe Passage from the Liberator of Haiti, 1799One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 300 – Georges Picquart, the Officer Who Unmasked the Traitor — Inscribed 1900One of a Kind, Nov. 18: Lot 317 – William Clark Signed Receipt as U.S. Agent for Indian Affairs, 1810 -
Arader Galleries
Extraordinary Works of Art & World History
December 5, 2026Arader, Dec. 5: Audubon Havell aquatint, Brown Pelican Standing, Plate 251 – State Bird of Louisiana. $100,000 to $150,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Bateman’s Orchids of Mexico and Guatelamal – The John Roland Abbey Example. $120,000 to $150,000.Arader, Dec. 5: A beautifully detailed manuscript Book of Hours – Use of Rome, published in Barcelona c. 1490. $100,000 to $150,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Braun & Hogenburg – The first atlas of the cities of the world with splendid original Renaissance color. $400,000 to $600,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Brookshaw’s Pomona Britannica – “One of the finest colour-plate books in existence.” $70,000 to $100,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Mark Catesby’s 2nd edition of the Natural History of Carolina… “The most famous colorplate book of American plant and animal life.” $150,000 to $200,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Gould’s Birds of Europe – The beginning of the great project. $80,000 to $120,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Joinville’s History of Louis IX – Bound for Marie de’ Medici, Queen Regent of France. $35,000 to $55,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Moran’s The Yellowstone National Park, framed in 15 parts – The foundational document of the National Park Service. $250,000 to $350,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum – From the father of modern atlas-making – The Martelli Example. $175,000 to $250,000.Arader, Dec. 5: The Foljambe Set of Pennant’s Zoology, with the maximum complement of plates. $50,000 to $70,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Ptolemy’s Geography 1511 edition, the first atlas with maps printed in red and black ink. $120,000 to $180,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Redoute Lillies wwith the plates bound alphabetically by genus in emulation of the rare large paper issue. $400,000 to $500,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Roberts’ Holy Land – “The finest illustrated travel book of the 19th century” – The apotheosis of the tinted lithograph. $90,000 to $120,000.Arader, Dec. 5: Vesalius’ De Humani Corporis – The renaissance of anatomy, the anatomy of the Renaissance. $350,000 to $450,000. -
Forum
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.