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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. -
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300. -
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. -
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
Duke's: Avenue Auction, 90225, Dorchester
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 02, 2025 - September 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481 | DAVID RUSSELL, | 'THE SECRET CARNIVAL' |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 78.00 | ||
| 482 | A COLLECTION OF FILM AND TV CHILDRENS BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 483 | A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY INTEREST BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 26.00 | |||
| 484 | A QUANTITY OF BOOKS, SOME SPORTING INTEREST |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 485 | A COLLECTION OF DANDY AND BEANO BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 45.50 | |||
| 486 | A COLLECTION OF TINTIN BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 286.00 | |||
| 487 | A COLLECTION OF ANNUALS AND BOOKS FOR BOYS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 45.50 | |||
| 488 | A COLLECTION OF GIRLS CRYSTAL ALBUMS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 | |||
| 489 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 490 | A COLLECTION OF ASSORTED BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 78.00 | |||
| 491 | ENID BLYTON | A COLLECTION OF ENID BLYTON |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 364.00 | ||
| 492 | A COLLECTION OF TOTS ANNUALS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 493 | A COLLECTION OF GIRLS ANNUALS AND SIMILAR |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 | |||
| 494 | A COLLECTION OF EAGLE AND GIRL ANNUALS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 | |||
| 495 | A COLLECTION OF KNOCKOUT ANNUALS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 496 | A COLLECTION OF GILES ANNUALS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 497 | A COLLECTION OF DAN DARE BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 65.00 | |||
| 498 | A COLLECTION OF MOTORCYCLING BOOKS AND MAGAZINES |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 169.00 | |||
| 499 | A COLLECTION OF JUST WILLIAM AND BILLY BUNTER BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 65.00 | |||
| 500 | GERARD BRANDT: | HET LEVEN EN BEDRYF VAN DEN HEERE MICHIEL DE RUITER |
1691 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 143.00 | |
| 501 | A COLLECTION OF BOOKS |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 104.00 | |||
| 502 | WALTER SCOTT: | WAVERLEY NOVELS, SET OF 48 |
Edinburgh, | 1833 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 503 | A COLLECTION OF DORSET BOOKS |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 39.00 | |||
| 504 | GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE and HISTORICAL CHRONICLE |
1749 and later | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 221.00 | ||
| 505 | WILSON S. ARMISTEAD: | 'TROUT WATERS' |
London | 1920 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 39.00 |