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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
176 Masters, Edgar Lee

Spoon River Anthology

New York 1915 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
177 McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West

London 1985 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
178 McCarthy, Cormac

The Road

New York 2006 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
179 McCullers, Carson

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter [with] The Member of the Wedding

Bostin; Cambridge, Massachusetts 1940; 1946 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
180 McLuhan, Marshall

Distant Early Warning card deck

1969 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
181 McMurtry, Larry

Horseman, Pass By

New York [1961] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
182 McMurtry, Larry

Lonesome Dove - First Printing - signed

New York 1985 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,375.00
183 McMurtry, Larry

Lonesome Dove - signed

New York 1985 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
184 Melville, Herman

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

London 1847 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
185 Melville, Herman

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition, with a Sequel. By Herman Melville. Part I.

New York and London 1846 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
186 Michener, James A.

The Bridges at Toko-ri

[New York] [1953] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
187 Michener, James A.

Collectors, Forgers---And A Writer: A Memoir

New York 1983 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
188 Michener, James A.

The Fires of Spring

New York [1949] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
189 Michener, James A.

Four signed limited editions by James A. Michener

New York Various dates USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
190 Michener, James A.

Iberia: Spanish Travels and Reflections

New York [1968] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 237.50
191 Michener, James A.

Space

New York [1982] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
192 Michener, James A.

Tales of the South Pacific

New York 1950 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
193

Eight works by or about James A. Michener - two of which are signed

Various places Various dates USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
194 Miller, Arthur

After the Fall

New York 1964 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
195 Miller, Arthur

All My Sons: A Play in Three Acts

New York [1947] USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
196 Miller, Arthur

Death of a Salesman

New York 1949 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
197 Miller, Arthur

Death of a Salesman [with] The Crucible

New York 1949; 1953 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
198 Miller, Arthur

A View From the Bridge [with] Death of a Salesman

New York and elsewhere 1955; 1999 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 468.75
199 Miller, Madeline

Circe

New York/Boston/London 2018 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
200 Milton, John

Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. [with] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions.

Birmingham [1758] USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 593.75
  • 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.