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Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 16. Blaeu's world map on a polar projection in contemporary color (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 55. Illuminated lunar globe produced in East Germany (1977) Est. $750 - $900Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 594. Rare and decorative De Jode map of Africa (1593) Est. $7,500 - $9,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 127. The first printed map to focus on New England and New France (1565) Est. $4,500 - $5,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 298. Rare Texas oilfield map (1920) Est. $3,000 - $3,750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 656. Bible leaf with hand-colored image of Adoration of the Magi (1450) Est. $1,800 - $2,100Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 9. Blaeu's magnificent carte-a-figures world map (1641) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 214. Rare edition of view of the world from Silicon Valley (1984) Est. $600 - $750Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 34. Fascinating Japanese satirical map published just prior to WWII (1938) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 181. German edition of Catesby's scarce and important map of the Southeastern US (1755) Est. $3,750 - $4,500Old World Auctions (April 22): Lot 625. Complete set of Covarrubias's "Pageant of the Pacific" (1940-39) Est. $1,200 - $1,500 -
Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1153 Gerhard Mercator u. Jodocus Hondius. Atlas sive cosmographicae. Amsterdam, Hondius, 1606.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1378 Martin Höhlig, Collection of 100 photographs Berlin im Licht, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 192. Fragment of a late medieval liturgical music manuscript. 14th centuryJeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1394 Auguste Salzmann. Jérusalem. 40 salt paper prints. Paris, Baudry, 1856.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1143 Deluxe edition of Prince Waldemar of Prussia's travelogue about Sri Lanka, India and Nepal. Berlin, 1853.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1225. Koch-Gruenberg. Indianertypen (Indiantypesin the Amazon). Berlin 1906.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 862. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. Viro Amplissimo Nobilissimo. Amsterdam 1765.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 549. Francisco de Goya. Los desastres de la guerra. 80 Etchings. Madrid, 1923.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1033. Rösel von Rosenhof. Natural History of Frogs. Nuremberg, 1815.Jeschke Jádi
Rare Book Auction 159
Saturday April 25Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 13 Pomponius Mela. Cosmographi. Venice, Renner 1478.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 526 William Shakespeare. Hamlet. Cranach Press, 1928.Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 25: Lot 1022. Eugen Johann Christoph Esper. Butterflies Leipzig, 1829-1839. -
Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
April 16, 2026Doyle, Apr. 16: Twelve miscellaneous volumes on Italian history and literature. $100 to $200.Doyle, Apr. 16: A fine collection of Company school paintings of Mughal monuments. $4,000 to $6,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: A Book of Hours of Rouen with eight miniatures. $30,000 to $45,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: Einstein discusses General Relativity and the Unified Field Theory. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: An extraordinary letter from Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale. $12,000 to $18,000.Doyle, Apr. 16: Extraordinary color plates of the geology of St. Helena. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, Apr. 16: The deluxe issue of Rorer's Mimpish Squinnies. $800 to $1,200. -
Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Thomas Heywood. An Apology for Actors. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1612. $3,000 to $5,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Illuminated Islamic Devotional Manuscript. 19th century. Approx. 90 leaves with gilt-decorated title and 2 full page miniatures of Mecca and Medina. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Antiphonal in Latin. Manuscript on Parchment. Cologne, early 16th century. $7,000 to $9,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: Mohammed ibn Jafir Albategnius. De Scientia Stellarum Liber. Bologna: Victor Benati, 1645. $8,000 to $12,000.Swann, Apr. 23: Frank Herbert. Dune. Fine First Edition. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. $5,000 to $7,000.Swann, Apr. 23: William Shakespeare. Five Plays from the Second Folio. London: Thomas Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632. $6,000 to $8,000.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. First edition, first issue. $800 to $1,200.Swann, Apr. 23: Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities. With an A.L.S. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, first issue. $1,200 to $1,800.Swann, Apr. 23: Ursula K. LeGuin. The Left Hand of Darkness. Inscribed First Edition. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. $800 to $1,200.Swann
Fine Books Featuring Focus on Women
April 23, 2026Swann, Apr. 23: L. Frank Baum & Ruth Plumly Thompson. Five First Canadian editions including Ozma of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz; Glinda of Oz; [and others]. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Corita Kent. Different Drummer. 1967. Color screenprint; signed "Corita" in pencil on the lower edge. $1,000 to $1,500.Swann, Apr. 23: Bible in English. Tyndale-Taverner Translation. The Bugge Bible. The Holye Bible. London: Imprinted by John Daye and Willyam Seres, 1549. $1,500 to $2,000.
Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps & Documents, Travel & Ornithology, Music & Theatre, Ex-Libris, 12826, Gloucestershire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 28, 2026 - January 28, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amedeo (Luigi) | On the "Polar Star", 2 volumes, 1903 |
London | 1903 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 606.72 |
| 2 | Angus (W.) | The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in Great Britain and Wales..., 1787 |
February 1st, 1787 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 202.24 | |
| 3 | Atlases. A collection of approximately 30 volumes, mostly 19th-century |
19th-century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 164.32 | ||
| 4 | Banks (Joseph) | The Journal of Josseph Banks in the Endeavour, 2 volumes, 1980 |
Guilford | 1980 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 379.20 |
| 5 | Bartlett (William Henry, illustrator) | The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols., c. 1842 |
London | circa 1842 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 227.52 |
| 6 | Blanc (Henry) | A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia..., 1st edition...., 1868 |
London | 1868 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 126.40 |
| 7 | Britton (John and Brayley, Edward W.) | Beauties of England and Wales, 18 vols. in 25, pub. 1801-15 |
London | 1801 - 13 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 404.48 |
| 8 | Butler (Henry) | South African Sketches, 1st edition, 1841 |
London | 1841 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 404.48 |
| 9 | C. (C.) | Liverpool to London via Japan by C.C., Grimsby: privately printed by Albert Gait, c. 1910 |
Grimsby | circa 1910 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.80 |
| 10 | Cary (John) | Cary's Traveller's Companion..., 1st Jany. 1791 |
London | Jany. 1st 1791 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 530.88 |
| 11 | Hanway (Jonas) | Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, 1st edition, 1753, and others |
London | 1753 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 657.28 |
| 12 | Davidson (Robert J. & Isaac Mason) | Life in West China, 1st edition, 1905 |
London | 1905 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 404.48 |
| 13 | De Bry (Theodore) | Americae Pars Quinta, Frankfurt: Theodore De Bry, 1595 |
Frankfurt | 1595 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 884.80 |
| 14 | De Bry (Theodore) | Regnum Congo, Frankfurt: Durch Matthias Becker, 1609 |
Frankfurt | 1609 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 404.48 |
| 15 | Devon & Cornwall. Besley (Henry, publisher), | Views in Cornwall and Devonshire, 1861 |
London | 1842 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 214.88 |
| 16 | Earl (Barbara) | Trekking in Kashmir with a Family, - Or Without One..., 1st edition |
Lahore | 1930 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 227.52 |
| 17 | Ellis (Henry) | Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, 1817 |
London | 1817 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 404.48 |
| 18 | Eyre (Lieutenant Vincent) | Prison Sketches..., 1843 |
London | [1843] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 455.04 |
| 19 | Fermor (Patrick Leigh) | The Traveller's Tree, 1955, inscribed |
London | September 1955 reprint | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Henry (James Dodds) | Oil Fields of the Empire. A Survey of British Imperial Petroleum Questions..., |
London | 1910 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Illustrated London News. A broken run of 17 volumes, 1845 - 97 |
1845 - 97 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 606.72 | ||
| 22 | India. Album of 17 fine watercolour views of the Nilgiri Hills, India, 1860s-1880s |
circa 1860s-80s | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 23 | Jessen (Burchard Heinrich) | W. N. McMillan's Expeditions and Big Game Hunting, 1906 |
1906 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,264.00 | |
| 24 | London & River Thames. A large folio album of 344 prints and 2 watercolours, late 18th/early 19th c. |
circa 1700-1850 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,264.00 | ||
| 25 | London. Select Views of London and its Environs, 2 vols. in 1, 1804-05 |
London | 1804-05 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 176.96 |
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Heritage, May 13: Isaac Asimov. I, Robot. The dedication copy, inscribed to John W. Campbell, Jr.Heritage, May 13: Aldous Huxley. Brave New World. A fine copy, in a brilliant dust jacket.Heritage, May 13: Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Robert A. Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land. A fine copy, signed by the author.Heritage, May 13: Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Exceedingly rare true first American edition, first issue. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000. -
S&D Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
Rare Maps, Prints & Art 1478-1882
April 16, 2026SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Ptolemy. North Africa from Ulm edition. Unique copy. 1482-86.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Blaeu. Masterpiece world map. c.1659.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Unknown. Sea Flags printed on silk. Rare. c.1840.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Fredrik Kolstø. Aftenstemning ved Kysten. c.1890-t.SD Auctions, Apr. 16: Knut Yran. OL-plakaten Oslo 1952.