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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.
Chiswick Auctions: The Art of Nature, 1302, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 10, 2026 - February 10, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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| 58 | Joseph Bishop Pratt, (British, 1854-1910) after Heywood Hardy (British, 1842-1933) | titled 'In Reserve' (lower centre); further inscribed 'Painted by Hayward Hardy, |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 69 | Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S & Theodore Roosevelt, 1909 | A handwritten autograph letter in ink from President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) to Cherry Kearton, Nairobi, British East Africa, August 29th, 1909. |
1909 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,268.00 | |
| 70 | Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940) | Flashlight Photograph of a Maneless African Lion c.1909 |
c.1909 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 126.00 | |
| 71 | Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton | Herbert Spencer and Cherry Kearton in the Spencer Airship No.II |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 403.00 | |
| 72 | Kearton Brothers | Kearton Brothers |
N/A | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 113.00 | |
| 73 | Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940) | Photographs of Black Footed Penguins, Dassen Island, South Africa, c.1930 |
c.1930 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 176.00 | |
| 74 | Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940) | A Selection of Bird Studies c.1920s |
c.1920s | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 202.00 | |
| 75 | Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940) | A Selection of Photographs, Postcards and a Scrapbook relating to the Kearton Family's Famous Chimpanzees |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 76 | Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940) | A Collection of six silver gelatin photographs of wildlife |
N/A | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 101.00 | |
| 77 | Kearton Brothers | The Kearton's Personal Press Cutting's Archive |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 378.00 | |
| 78 | John Kearton | Quarto album in green cloth with silver gelatin prints approx 159, showing Richard Kearton's family, |
N/A | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 126.00 | |
| 79 | A Selection of 35mm Nitrate Cine Film from the archives of Cherry Kearton |
N/A | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 101.00 | ||
| 80 | Kearton | Collection of Publishing Contracts. |
N/A | GBP 120.00 - 180.00 | GBP 239.00 | |
| 81 | Kearton. From the Library and Collection, many signed and inscribed (80) |
N/A | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 630.00 | ||
| 82 | Richard Kearton F.Z.S, F.R.P.S | The Adventures of Jack Rabbit, first edition, 1911 and original manuscript. |
1911 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 113.00 | |
| 83 | Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940) | Selection of Patents, Photographs and Documents relating to Cherry Kearton's Advancements in Still and Cinematograph Camera Design |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 403.00 | |
| 84 | A Selection of Important Manuscripts relating to Cherry Kearton Including an unpublished Autobiography |
N/A | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,134.00 | ||
| 85 | Handwritten Journals, 1906-1960 |
1906-1960 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,142.00 | ||
| 176 | Favrat-Troyon ('Madame') | Botany: Favrat-Troyon ('Madame') Two drawings, with an engraving of an orangerie |
N/A | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 177 | Harrison | The Game Birds of the British Isles, 1st. ed. 1989 |
1989 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 178 | Roberts | Birds of S.Africa, Ltd ed. 1940 |
1940 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 179 | Sclater and Oldfield | Book of Antelopes, 4 vol. 1894-1900 |
1894-1900 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,016.00 | |
| 180 | Crealock | Deer-Stalking..Highlands of Scotland, Ltd ed.1897 |
1897 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 479.00 | |
| 181 | Babbage | Table of Logarithms. 1845 |
1845 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 182 | John Gould (British, 1929-2012) | Birds of Great Britain (1862-1873) |
Walter | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
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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.