Nate D. Sanders Auctions: September 2025 Auction, 92525, Los Angeles

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025

Page Size: 94 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Fielding Lucas	''Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book'' First Edition from 1827 -- Scarce & Important Book in the History of America	Baltimore:	1827	Not Available	Not Sold
2	Timothy Marwood	Original Thomas the Tank Engine Artwork Hand-Drawn & Signed by Timothy Marwood		1995	Not Available	USD 125.00
3	Timothy Marwood	Original Thomas the Tank Engine Artwork Hand-Drawn & Signed by Timothy Marwood		1991	Not Available	Not Sold
4	Timothy Marwood	Original Thomas the Tank Engine Artwork Hand-Drawn & Signed by Timothy Marwood		1994	Not Available	Not Sold
5	Timothy Marwood	Original Thomas the Tank Engine Artwork Hand-Drawn & Signed by Timothy Marwood		1993	Not Available	USD 125.00
6	Charles Schulz	Original Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Strip from 1959 -- Beethoven Themed Strip		1959	Not Available	USD 25,000.00
7	Charles Schulz	Original Charles Schulz Hand-Drawn ''Peanuts'' Strip from 1960 -- Beethoven Themed Strip		1960	Not Available	USD 71,335.00
8	Bill Watterson	Bill Watterson Signed Limited Edition Lithograph of ''Calvin and Hobbes'' from 1992 -- Pristine Condition		1992	Not Available	USD 9,982.50
9	William Faulkner	William Faulkner First Edition, First Printing of ''Light in August'' -- In First Printing Dust Jacket	New York	1932	Not Available	Not Sold
10	Dashiell Hammett	Dashiell Hammett First U.S. Edition, First Printing of ''The Glass Key''	New York	1931	Not Available	Not Sold
11	Nathaniel Hawthorne	First Edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ''Twice-Told Tales'' -- One of Only 1,000 Printed, in Rare Original Binding	Boston	1837	Not Available	Not Sold
12	Joseph Heller	Joseph Heller Typed Letter Signed to the Air Force -- ''...[make] available to him any information about my military service that he wishes to obtain...''		1983	Not Available	Not Sold
13	Joseph Heller	Joseph Heller Typed Note Regarding His ''Catch-22'' Characters Yossarian & the Chaplain -- ''...Yossarian isn't Jewish and was not intended to be...''			Not Available	USD 125.00
14	Sinclair Lewis	Sinclair Lewis Signed First Edition, First Printing of ''Babbitt''	New York	1922	Not Available	Not Sold
15	Margaret Mitchell	Margaret Mitchell First Edition, First Printing of ''Gone With the Wind'' -- Housed in Rare First Printing Dust Jacket	New York	1936	Not Available	Not Sold
16	F. Rabelais M.D.	Two Volume Set Published in 1708 of ''The Whole Works of F. Rabelais M.D.''	London	1708	Not Available	Not Sold
17	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck's ''The Grapes of Wrath'' First Printing in First Printing Dust Jacket -- Near Fine Condition	New York	1939	Not Available	Not Sold
18	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Typed Letter -- ''...what I had suspected and did not quite trust, that I should back off and get my writing muscles strong...''		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
19	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Typed Letter -- ''...It's hell having to keep up with my own coreresponedence. [sic]...And don't forget that I owe you a lot of money...''		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
20	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Typed Letter -- ''...My work isn't any good but maybe it will be...We're going to Glastonbury to watch them dig up a thirteenth century bishop. That's fun in this country...''		1959	Not Available	Not Sold
21	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Typed Note Regarding Steinbeck Scholar Peter Lisca -- ''...he has not the slightest vestige of a sense of humor...''		undated	Not Available	Not Sold
22	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Typed Letter -- ''...I have always maintained the right to write any damn thing I feel like, not knowing what I'm going to feel like...''		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
23	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Typed Letter Requesting Landscaping for His Property		1958	Not Available	Not Sold
24	John Steinbeck	John Steinbeck Autograph Note -- ''This is a mess...What a mess is this room...''			Not Available	Not Sold
25	Elaine Steinbeck	Elaine Steinbeck Autograph Note Signed Regarding Arthurian Music		undated but likely 1958	Not Available	Not Sold

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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.
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.