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Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025
Page Size: 533 items in 22 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Camus, Albert

The Plague

London [1948] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
27 Capote, Truman

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

New York [1965] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
28 Carver, Raymond

Five volumes of poetry by Raymond Carver

New York; London 1985-1996 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
29 Carver, Raymond

Four volumes of poetry from Raymond Carver

1976-1988 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
30 Carver, Raymond

Three works by Raymond Carver signed by Tess Gallagher and others

Various places Various dates USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 137.50
31 Cather, Willa Sibert

April Twilights

Boston 1903 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
32 Cather, Willa Sibert

My Antonia

Boston and New York 1918 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,000.00
33 Cather, Willa Sibert

O Pioneers!

Boston & New York 1913 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
34 Cather, Willa

A Lost Lady

New York 1923 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
35 Cather, Willa

My Mortal Enemy

New York 1926 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
36 Cather, Willa

Not Under Forty

New York 1936 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
37 Cather, Willa

The Professor's House

New York 1925 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
38 Cather, Willa

Shadows on the Rock

New York 1931 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
39 Cather, Willa

Shelf of Willa Cather

1903-1997 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
40 Cather, Willa

The Troll Garden

New York 1905 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
41 Cisneros, Sandra

The House of Mango Street

New York 1994 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
42 Conrad, Joseph

The Rover

London [1923] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
43 Conrad, Joseph

Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories

Edinburgh and London 1902 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
44 Conroy, Pat

The Water is Wide

Boston 1972 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
45 [Cooper, James Fenimore]

The Deerslayer: or, the First War-Path. A Tale

Philadelphia 1841 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,750.00
46 Cowley, Malcolm

Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920's

New York [1981] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
47 Coxe, Arthur Cleveland

The Lady Chace: A Ballad

Philadelphia 1877 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
48 Wilkinson, Sarah

The Turtle Dove; Or, Cupid's Artillery Levelled Against Human Hearts, Being a New and Original Valentine Writer

London No date [before 1811] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
49 Cummings, E.E.

CIOPW

New York 1931 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 875.00
50 Dahl, Roald

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

New York [1964] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.