• Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. London, 1954-1955.FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS, ALL IN THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST STATE DUST JACKETS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Francesco Fontana. Novae coelestium terrestriumque rerum observationes... Naples: Gaffari, 1646. FIRST EDITION. Contains the first observations of spots on the surface of Mars.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776. FIRST EDITION of “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought” (PMM).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Benjamin Franklin. Mémoires de la Vie Privée de Benjamin Franklin, écrits par lui-méme… Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. FIRST EDITION OF FRANKLIN'S MEMOIRS IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Samuel Johnson, Jr. A School Dictionary… New Haven, [Connecticut]: Edward O'Brien, [1798]. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR, AN EXCEPTIONAL RARITY.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Joseph Smith, Jr. The Book of Mormon. Palmyra: Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the Author, 1830. FIRST EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Miguel de Cervántes Saavedra. El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid: Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. THE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IBARRA EDITION.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: James Joyce. Ulysses. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Designated a “Presentation Copy” in ink beneath Joyce’s signature.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [Photoplay]. Delos W. Lovelace. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. FIRST EDITION of "a most sought after title" (Davis).
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1993]. 40th Anniversary Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO HUGH HEFNER.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Neil Gaiman. Original manuscript for the "Neverwhere" BBC television miniseries. [London: Crucial Films, LTD., 1995-1996]. TYPESCRIPT "NEVERWHERE" WITH NEIL GAIMAN'S NOTES AND AMENDATIONS THROUGHOUT.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: [DICTIONARY]. Noah Webster. An American Dictionary of the English Language... New York, 1828. FIRST EDITION OF WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, UNCUT IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BOARDS
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: Stephen King. Full Dark, No Stars. Baltimore: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2010. WITH AN ORIGINAL TWO-PAGE COLOR ILLUSTRATION BY GLENN CHADBOURNE
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
    Heritage Auctions, Oct. 10:-11: H. G. Wells. The Time Machine: An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895 [but 1897]. With a SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC POSTCARD laid in.
  • Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 1. Rare First Edition of Oronce Fine Double-Cordiform World Map (1531) Est. $50,000 - $60,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 2. French Edition of "Rudimentum Novitiorum" with Woodcut Maps of the World and Palestine (1543) Est. $27,500 - $35,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 3. Complete Edition of Munster’s Cosmographia with over 100 Maps & Views (1560) Est. $32,500 - $40,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 4. Purchas' Important Collection of Voyages with 88 Maps, Including John Smith Map of Virginia (1625-26) Est. $55,000 - $70,000
    Old World Auctions (Oct. 10): Lot 5. Complete First Latin Edition of De Bry's "Grands Voyages," Parts I-IX (1590-1602) Est. $120,000 - $150,000
  • Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 42 - Meyer (Dr. Hans). Across East African Glaciers, limited edition of 50, 1891. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 2 - Agassiz (Louis). Etudes sur les Glaciers, 2 volumes, 1840. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 234 - Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1584]. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 288 - Florio (John). A Worlde of Wordes, or most Copious, and Exact Dictionary in Italian and English, 1598. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 289 - Cotgrave (Randle). A Dictionary of the French and English Tongues, 1st edition, 1611. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 368 - Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 1st edition, 1908. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 52 - Phillimore (R. H.). Historical Records of The Survey of India, 4 vols, 1st edition, 1945-58. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 92 - Albin (Eleazar). A Natural History of English Insects, 1st London, 1720. £2,500-3,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 99 - Leach (William Elford). Malacostraca Podophthalmata Britanniae, 1815-20 & 1875. £2,500-3,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 247 - Embroidered binding - Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, 1660. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 282 - Nightingale (Florence). Notes on Nursing, 1st ed., 2nd issue, [1860], signed presentation copy. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 66 - Ward (Rowland, editor). Great and Small Game of Africa, limited edition, 1899. £600-800
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 235 - Campo (Antonio). Cremona Fedelissima Citta, 1st edition, 1585. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 355 - Jewish playing cards. Artistic Palestine Play-Cards, Jerusalem: Duchifat Press, circa 1920. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 102 - America. Lea (P. & J. Overton). A New Mapp of America..., London: circa 1686. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 9: Lot 161 - North America. Laurie (R. H.), Map of the Southern Dominions belonging to the United States, 1823. £500-800

Old World Auctions: Maps and Atlases - bidstart 8/28, 199, Richmond

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 11, 2024 - September 11, 2024
Page Size: 770 items in 31 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
201

"A Map of Grind Stone Hill Farm Being the Estate of John Held Jr. Parrish of Kettle Creek Township of Weston County of Fairfield State of Connecticut...",

1929 USD 180.00 - 210.00 USD 156.00
202 Bohn, Carl Ernst

"Map of the City of Washington Established as the Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States of America", Bohn, Carl Ernst

1864 USD 300.00 - 375.00 USD 264.00
203 Finley, Anthony

"Florida", Finley, Anthony

1831 USD 475.00 - 600.00 USD 1,320.00
204 Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall

"Map of the State of Florida", Hinton, Simpkin & Marshall

1832 USD 220.00 - 250.00 USD 192.00
205 Meyer, Joseph

"Florida. Nach den Besten Quellen Bearbeitet", Meyer, Joseph

1850 USD 200.00 - 230.00 USD 216.00
206 Desilver, Charles

"A New Map of Florida", Desilver, Charles

1856 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 144.00
207 Poole Bros.

"[Lot of 2] Florida Resorts Atlantic Coast Line - The Standard Railroad of the South [and] Florida Resorts - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad", Poole Bros.

1936-40 USD 160.00 - 190.00 USD 450.00
208

"[Lot of 2] Tampa... Florida's Distributing Center [on verso] Tampa - The Vacation Capital of South Florida [and] Map of the City of Tampa Florida and Vicinity",

1933-34 USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 84.00
209

"Scen-o-Tour Miami and Miami Beach",

1955 USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 216.00
210 Bry, Theodore de

"[The Solemn Ritual of Offering a Deerskin to the Sun] Was sie fur Ceremonien Halten wann sie der Sonnen Jarlich eine Hirschhaut Opffern", Bry, Theodore de

1591 USD 200.00 - 230.00 Not Sold
211 Le Moyne/De Bry

"[The French Discover Six Other Rivers] Wie die Franzosen Sechtz Andere Wasser Angetroffen Haben", Le Moyne/De Bry

1603 USD 200.00 - 230.00 USD 156.00
212 Jefferys, Thomas

"A Chart of the Entrance into St. Mary's River Taken by Captn. W. Fuller in November 1769 [on sheet with] Plan of Amelia Island in East Florida [and] A Chart of the Mouth of Nassau River... ", Jefferys, Thomas

1770 USD 2,750.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
213 U.S. Coast Survey

"Coast Chart No. 57 From Sapelo Island Georgia to Amelia Island Florida", U.S. Coast Survey

1877 USD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
214 Carey & Lea

"Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Georgia", Carey & Lea

1822 (circa) USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 360.00
215 Burr/Illman

"Georgia", Burr/Illman

1836 USD 240.00 - 300.00 USD 252.00
216 U.S. Corps of Engineers

"[5 Civil War Maps of Northern Georgia] American Civil War Army Maps 1863-5", U.S. Corps of Engineers

1874-77 USD 550.00 - 700.00 USD 660.00
217 U.S. Coast Survey

"Preliminary Chart of Savannah River Georgia from a Trigonometrical Survey...", U.S. Coast Survey

1855 USD 100.00 - 130.00 Not Sold
218

"Soldier's Map of Atlanta for Men and Women of the Armed Forces",

1943 (circa) USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 90.00
219 Bonne, Rigobert

"Carte des Isles Sandwich", Bonne, Rigobert

1787 (circa) USD 375.00 - 450.00 USD 420.00
220 General Land Office

"Map of the Territory of Hawaii Compiled from Data on File in the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey...", General Land Office

1914 USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 144.00
221

"The Hawaiian Islands",

1935 (circa) USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 216.00
222

"The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands",

1950 USD 275.00 - 350.00 USD 264.00
223 Railroad Companies, (Various)

"Panoramic Perspective of the Area Adjacent to Sun Valley Idaho Served Exclusively by Union Pacific Railroad", Railroad Companies, (Various)

1930 (circa) USD 400.00 - 475.00 USD 360.00
224

"Bird's-Eye View of Chicago as It Was Before the Great Fire",

1871 USD 140.00 - 170.00 USD 180.00
225

"Planevue Map of Downtown Chicago",

1947 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 108.00
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    October 8th-10th 2024
    Gonnelli: Menù di gala per l'incoronazione di Nicola II Romanov e di Aleksandra Feodorovna. Moskva, 1896. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Raccolta di 38 albumine, molte colorate a mano, di vedute della Cina, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Giappone e vari ritratti, 1880. Starting price 340 €
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    Gonnelli: Lucio Fontana. Milan: Achille Mauri, 1968. Starting price 400 €
    Gonnelli: Mucha Alphonse, Documents décoratifs, 1901-1902. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921. Starting price 460 €
    Gonnelli: Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. Venice: Bernardino da Cremona, 1491. Starting price 10000 €
    Gonnelli: Menabrea Luigi Federico, Sketch of the analytical engine invented by Charles Babbage Esq. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Starting price 5000 €
    Gonnelli: Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino. Florence, 1688. Starting price 1000 €
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