Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: First Editions, Signed & Antiquarian, 100825, DAVENPORT

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
Page Size: 400 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Ian Fleming.

The Spy Who Loved Me (007 James Bond)

London. 1962 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 444.50
2 Ian Fleming.

Thunderball (007 James Bond)

London. 1961 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 412.75
3 Ian Fleming.

Goldfinger (007 James Bond)

New York, 1959 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 476.25
4 John Irving.

The Water-Method Man

NY. 1972 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 190.50
5 John Irving.

Setting Free the Bears

NY. 1968 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 444.50
6 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works

1968 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 825.50
7 Kurt Vonnegut.

Palm Sunday

London. 1981 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 158.75
8 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Wampeters Foma & Granfalloons

1974 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 95.25
9 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Breakfast of Champions

1973 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 222.25
10 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Sirens of Titan

1990 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 285.75
11 Kurt Vonnegut.

While Mortals Sleep

2011 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 158.75
12 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Mother Night

1966 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 539.75
13 Kurt Vonnegut .

Look at the Birdie

2009 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 254.00
14 Kurt Vonnegut.

Slaughterhouse Five

1978 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 412.75
15 Kurt Vonnegut.

Dead-Eye Dick

1982 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 317.50
16 Kurt Vonnegut.

Timequake

1997 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 127.00
17 Fergus Fleming (Ian Fleming's nephew), editor

The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters edited

London. 2015 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 63.50
18 John le Carre.

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

NY. 1964 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 190.50
19 Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Seven (7) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. books.

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 95.25
20 George Bancroft.

Abraham Lincoln Memorial Address

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 190.50
21 Sue Grafton.

A' is for Alibi: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

NY. 1982 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 412.75
22 Sue Grafton.

B' is for Burglar: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

NY. 1985 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 381.00
23 Sue Grafton.

C' is for Corpse: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

NY. 1986 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 127.00
24 Sue Grafton.

D' is for Deadbeat: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

NY. 1987 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 158.75
25 Sue Grafton.

E' is for Evidence: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

NY. 1988 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 127.00
  • 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.