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![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/adccb263-2150-4bb1-90b4-f3e4f9d117ff.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/67ed1ed4-e535-4e60-b535-67f946723319.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. <i>Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue...</i> Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/53116972-b7d3-4f11-9768-ff58be34521c.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20:</b> [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. <i>Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue...</i> Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000.")
Sotheby’s
Book Week
November & DecemberSotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Tory, Geoffroy. L'Art et science de la vraye proportion des Lettres. Paris 1549. Seconde édition. In-8. Reliure de P.L. Martin. €7,000 to €9,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Gauguin, Paul. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Émile Bernard. [Le Pouldu août 1889]. Illustrée d'un croquis original. €10,000 to €15,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Portulan — Joan Martines, attribué à]. Carte portulan de la côte atlantique de l'Amérique du Sud. [Messine, vers 1570-1591.] €15,000 to €20,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: Zamora, Alonso de. Historia de la provincia de San Antonio del nuevo reyno de Granada... Barcelone, 1701. €10,000 to €15,000.Sotheby’s, Nov. 6-20: [Chastenet de Puységur, Antoine]. Détail sur la navigation aux côtes de Saint-Domingue... Paris, 1787. €5,000 to €7,000. -
Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Three Stories and Ten Poems. First edition, inscribed to his cousin, Ruth White Lowry. $60,000-80,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: CURTIS, Edward S. The North American Indian... Portfolio and two text volumes. $20,000-30,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Superb Illuminated Manuscript of Tennyson’s Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1910, by Alberto Sangorksi and in an exceptional Riviere binding. $40,000-50,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: A Remarkable Epistle from Robert Burns to Frances Dunlop, containing all lines of the first version of "Written in Friars Carse Hermitage" and 12 lines of the first version of "First Epistle to Robert Graham Esq." $20,000-30,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. First edition, limited issue, one of 100 copies signed by Faulkner. $10,000-15,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Of Human Bondage. First English edition, presentation copy, inscribed by Maugham, in the rare suppressed dust-jacket. $40,000-50,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: An Excessively Rare First Issue and Previously Unrecorded Copy of Shakespeare’s Third Folio. $40,000-60,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: AUDUBON, John James. Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana. (Plate CCXVII). $30,000-40,000Freeman’s, Nov. 13: HERBERT, Frank. Dune, 1965. First edition, inscribed by Herbert. $8,000-12,000 -
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-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, 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 - $40,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750Old 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 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
Chiswick Auctions: Photographica & Photography Books - Timed online, 90525, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 05, 2025 - September 05, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Group of Cased Images, 1840s-1860s |
1840s-1860s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 76.00 | ||
| 2 | Various Daguerreians, c.1840s-1850s | A selection of Daguerreotype portraits of children, |
c.1840s-1850s | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 139.00 | |
| 3 | Various Daguerreians, c.1850s | A selection of Daguerreotype portraits of gentlemen, |
c.1850s | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 277.00 | |
| 4 | Various Daguerreians, c.1840s-1850s | A selection of Daguerreotype portraits of ladies & gentleman, |
c.1840s-1850s | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 277.00 | |
| 5 | Ambrotypist Unknown, 1850s-1860s | PORTRAITS OF BOWER FAMILY MEMBERS. |
1850s-1860s | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | A Group of Cased Images, 1840s-1850s |
1840s-1850s | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.00 | ||
| 7 | AN INTERESTING GROUP OF CARTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAITS, c.1860-1880 |
c.1860-1880 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 403.00 | ||
| 8 | A Polytechnic Sized Rackwork Chromatrope Magic Lantern Slide |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 9 | VICTORIAN INTEREST, 1860s-1880s |
1860s-1880s | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 10 | Various Daguerreians, c.1850s | A selection of Daguerreotype family portraits of women, |
c.1850s | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 176.00 | |
| 11 | Various Photographers, 1880s-1920s | A GROUP OF INTERESTING CARTES DE VISITE AND CABINET CARDS, 1880s-1920s. |
1880s-1920s. | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 176.00 | |
| 12 | American Daguerreians, c.1850s | Two good American monochromatic quarter plate Daguerreotype portraits c.1850, |
c.1850s | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | CRIMEAN WAR INTEREST, FENTON, ROBERTSON, & BEATO, 1855 |
1855 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 428.00 | ||
| 14 | Edouard Denis Baldus (1813-1889) | LA TOUR SAINT-JACQUES, 1858. |
1858 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Charles Marville (1813-1879), Hippolyte Bayard (1801-1887), & Bisson Freres | A group of four photographic reproductions of artworks, |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 16 | Charles Reutlinger (1816--1881) | PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG FRENCH BOY IN MILITARY DRESS, c.1850s. |
c.1850s. | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 17 | PORTRAIT ALBUM INCLUDING A RARE CARTE-DE-VISITE OF BLACK AMERICAN MISSIONARY THOMAS LEWIS JOHNSON, 1870s-1890s |
1870s-1890s | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 454.00 | ||
| 18 | James Mudd (1821-1906) | PORTRAIT OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, 1861. |
1861 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | BRITISH INTEREST, c.1860s |
c.1860s | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 20 | BRITISH PORTRAITURE INTEREST, 1880s-1900 |
1880s-1900 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 101.00 | ||
| 21 | BRITISH HISTORY INTEREST, 1860s-1800s |
1860s-1800s | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 22 | Various Photographers, 1875-1895 | PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM OF BRITISH AND EUROPEAN VIEWS, c.1875-1895. |
c.1875-1895. | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 164.00 | |
| 23 | BRITISH INTEREST, c.1870s |
c.1870s | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 24 | James Valentine (1815-1880) | DURHAM FROM THE RAILWAY, c.1890. |
c.1890. | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 50.00 | |
| 25 | Francis Frith (1822-1898) | LUDLOW CASTLE, c.1892. |
c.1892. | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | Not Sold |
