Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books Auction, 30626a, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 06, 2026 - March 06, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101236065 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra / Henry Lemarie | Don Quixote |
1978 | EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101337995 | Franz Kafka | Ein Hungerkunstler |
1924 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 5,450.00 | |
| 101361570 | Signed, Andrea Camilleri | L'Avvertimento |
2000 | Not Available | EUR 76.30 | |
| 101371143 | Edmund Dulac | Prinzessin Badura. Ein Marchen aus den Arabischen Nachten mit 10 Bildern von Edmund Dulac |
1920 | EUR 650.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101372120 | Dante Alighieri | Divina Commedia di Imola. L'Inferno del Duca Visconti - conservato alla Biblioteca Comunale di Imola |
2020 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | EUR 937.40 | |
| 101438904 | Gottfried Benn | Diesterweg |
1918 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101447360 | Demosthene & Richard Mounteney | Demosthenis Selectae Orationes |
1731 | Not Available | EUR 59.95 | |
| 101452977 | Else Lasker-Schuler / Franz Marc (illustrations) | Der Prinz von Theben |
1914 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101457349 | J. R. R. Tolkien | The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. The Two Towers. The Return of |
1962/1961 | EUR 3,600.00 - 4,400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101462602 | Gabriello Chiabrera (1552-1638) | Delle opere di Gabbriello Chiabrera |
1757 | EUR 2,700.00 - 3,300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101473937 | Marcel Proust; Karel Teige | Hledani ztraceneho casu. In Search of Lost Time (First Czech edition) |
1930/1927 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101487229 | Friedrich de la Motte Fouque / Illustrated by Arthur Rackham | Undine [Limited Signed Edition No 188/1000] |
1909 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101525901 | Marcus Tullius Cicero | Opera. Recensuit J. N. Lallemand |
1768 | EUR 2,600.00 - 3,100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101556123 | Paul Paun | Butelia de Leyda |
1935/1945 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101567526 | Signed, Ernest Hemingway | Men Without Women [UK 1st edition] |
1928 | EUR 5,900.00 - 7,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101572062 | . | Kupferstich-Sammlung aus Taschenbuchern (57 copperplates) |
1800/1830 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 61.04 | |
| 101577578 | Accio Plauto | Le commedie di M. Accio Plauto |
1783/1784 | EUR 550.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101590500 | Signed, Sir Rabindranath Tagore | The Wreck - Bernhard Tauchnitz (1st Edition) |
1921 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 436.00 | |
| 101610381 | Franz Kafka | Ein Landarzt. Kleine Erzahlungen |
1919 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 349.89 | |
| 101618380 | Charles Dickens | Bleak House (first UK edition with all first issue textual errors) |
1853 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 189.66 | |
| 101623117 | Percy Bysshe Shelley | The Sensitive Plant [with dust jacket and box] |
1911 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 167.86 | |
| 101625758 | Antoine Galland | Die Tausend und Eine Nacht |
1765 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101628848 | Signed, Yannis Ritsos | Diadromos kai Skala / Corridor and Staircase - First Edition - Kedros |
1973 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 109.00 | |
| 101629957 | Charles Baudelaire | Charles Baudelaire -- Gedichte in Vers und Prosa (1902) |
1920 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | Not Sold | |
| 101636769 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Sonnets from the Portuguese in Giulio Giannini Fine Binding |
1929 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 92.65 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Medical Incunabula: Petit (Jean)publisher & Kerver (Thielman)printer. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum, sm. 8vo, Paris [1498]Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Hugo (Victor) [Wraxall (Lascelles)]. Les Miserable, 3 vols., 8vo, L. (Hurst & Blackett) 1862, First Authorized English Translation (copyright).Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft). Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, L. (G. & W.B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Lane) 1823.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Cuisine: Anon. Cookery, Pastry, and Sweet Meats in three Books, Alphabetically Digested, 8vo 1710.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Lambert (Aylmer Bourke). A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation…, 2 vols. Sm. folio L. (Messrs. Weddell) 1832.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Botany: Curtis (William). Flora Londinensis: or Plates and Descriptions of such Plants as Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 2 vols. folio, London (B. White) 1777 – 1798.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Le Moire (J.M.) Maple Leaves, Canadian History and Quebec Scenery (Third Series) 8vo Quebec (Hunter, Rose & Co.) 1865. First Edn.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: The Earliest Extant Printed House Contents Sale Catalogue in Ireland: Baillie, Auctioneer, Abby Street. A Catalogue of the Goods and Stock of the late Edward Wingfield…Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: William III King of England. Autograph Letter Signed ("William R") to an unnamed correspondent [possibly Charles-Henri de Lorraine] discussing his strategy against the French forces during the siege of Namur.June 23rd, 24th & 25th 2026 Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: [Austen (Jane) (1785-1817]. Pride and Prejudice, 3 vols. sm. 8vo, L. (T. Egerton) 1813.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Heaney (Seamus). Ugolino, sm. folio D. (Dolmen) 1979, Limited Edn. No. 78/125 Copies, Signed by Seamus Heaney, Louis le Brocquy, Liam Miller and Andrew Carpenter.Fonsie Mealy’s, June 23-25: Voltaire (F.M. Avouet de). Petits Ouvrages, attribues a M. de Voltaire, sm. folio manuscript, dated 1776, containing 9 works. -
Bonhams, June 14-23: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presentation Gold Pocket Watch. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Presentation Copy of the First Issue of the Lincoln Douglas Debates Signed by Abraham Lincoln in Pencil to a Sangamon County Illinois Republican. Estimate: $150,000 - 250,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A Senate Resolution Signed in the Tense Days After the Union's Humiliating Defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Seven Passages to a Flight, an Artists Book with a Story Quilt by Faith Ringgold, the Publisher's Own Copy. Estimate: $80,000 - 120,000Bonhams, June 14-23: A New Charter for Virginia, A Response to the First Armed Rebellion in the American Colonies. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Earliest obtainable printing of the Bill of Rights. Estimate: $8,000 - 12,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Edward Curtis Orotone. Estimate: $7,000 - 9,000Bonhams, June 14-23: Owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: A Butter or Dessert Plate from FDR's State Dinner Service. Estimate: $3,000 - 5,000Bonhams, June 14-23: An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,500Bonhams, June 14-23: Containing the First Map to Name the Hudson River. Estimate: $20,000 - 30,000Bonhams, June 14-23: America's First Major Novelist, a Complete Chapter in Autograph Manuscript by James Fenimore Cooper. Estimate: $15,000 - 20,000Bonhams, June 14-23: The Only Full-Length Book by Jefferson, with the Justly Famous Map. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950