Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.
Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839.
Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps April 16, 2026
Doyle, Apr. 16: Twelve miscellaneous volumes on Italian history and literature. $100 to $200.
Doyle, Apr. 16: A fine collection of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments. $4,000 to $6,000.
Doyle, Apr. 16: A Book of Hours of Rouen with eight miniatures. $30,000 to $45,000.
Doyle, Apr. 16: Einstein discusses General Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. $20,000 to $30,000.
Doyle, Apr. 16: An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale. $12,000 to $18,000.
Doyle, Apr. 16: Extraordinary color plates of the geology of St. Helena. $800 to $1,200.
Doyle, Apr. 16: The deluxe issue of Rorer's Mimpish Squinnies. $800 to $1,200.
Swann Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women April 23, 2026
Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.
Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.
Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.
Swann Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women April 23, 2026
Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.
Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.
Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.
Swann Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women April 23, 2026
Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.
Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.
Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.
Swann Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women April 23, 2026
Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.
Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.
Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Toronto Book Auctions: Announcing a (mostly book), auction scheduled for March 6th, 2024 at 2pm ET
- by Bruce E. McKinney
TBA: Helping book buyers and sellers to connect
Toronto Book Auctions, affiliated with one of the oldest independent bookstores in Canada, Acadia Art & Rare Books Est. 1931, a long-standing member of the Antiquarian Bookseller Association of Canada, has now posted a fresh auction of 450 lots that starts on March 6th at 2pm EST. Pre-bidding is now available at https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/319996_art-photo-signed-books-militarynonfiction/.
For those who haven’t encountered them, TBA first started offering online auctions in 2020 to broaden access for consignors and bidders for material consigned to them by Toronto’s book and antique collectors.! This is our 4th online sale Viva liveauctioneers!
We are offering:
Art & Photography book monographs (Lots: 1 to 120).
Photography Book Monographs with an emphasis on Chinese photo-books & Landscape photo-books (Lots: 121 to 220).
Wilbur Smith Signed 1st editions (Lots: 220 to 247).
Robertson Davies Signed 1st editions (Lots: 246 to 264).
Group lots from The Notable Trials Library (Lots: 265 to 280).
An extensive library of Military Fiction, Non-fiction & related Canadiana, all collected by a Toronto Lieutenant Colonel (Lots: 281 to 350).
Art & Photo books (Lots: 351 to 399); Artists' Books & Multiples (Lots: 400 to 420).
Art Prints and Photographs. (Lots: 421 to 449. Rauschenberg, Edward Weston, William Kurelek, & others)
As well, a few miscellaneous, including a few rare Japanese reference books (Lots 450 on)
While we have a wide variety of listings in our March 6th sale, there is something rather special, a WWI photo album of more than 300 photos about the Canadian Service Expedition Force – Siberia 1918-1919. In fact we are offering two albums.
As well we are offering “A signed Andy Warhol book with a drawing to the title page by the artist” and “A limited edition Giger book with a Signed print by the artist.
If you register to bid you can call or send us an email. Rest assured, we are committed to a satisfactory experience for both consignors and buyers!
Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.
Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.
Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.
Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.
Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue.
Sotheby’s Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections Open for Bidding 2-17 April
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.
S&D Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions Rare Maps, Prints & Art 1478-1882 April 16, 2026
SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Ptolemy. North Africa from Ulm edition. Unique copy. 1482-86.
SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Blaeu. Masterpiece world map. c.1659.
