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Auction Name Fine Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (USD) 461,196.80
Auction Date November 13, 2025 - November 13, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 269,800.00
Sale Number #30942 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 406,300.00
Total Lots 222
Sold Lots 178.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 341,600.00
% of Lots Sold 80.18% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 511,900.00
Unsold Lots 44 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 90.10%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
191 SANGORSKI, FRANCIS. 1875-1912; SUTCLIFFE, GEORGE. 1878-1943. Binders and illustrators. OMAR KHAYYAM.

Rubaiyat.

[c1910]. USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 56,320.00
166 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

23 FIRST EDITIONS, ALL FIRST OR EARLY ISSUE, of The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter, with a later reissue of one tale

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,360.00
151 POTTER, BEATRIX. 1866-1943.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

February 1902]. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 14,080.00
174 ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA G. 1830-1894.

Verses ... Dedicated to Her Mother.

1847 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,800.00
117 MORRIS, WILLIAM. 1834-1896.

Gothic Architecture, A Lecture for the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society.

1893 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 12,160.00
216 WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892.

Drum-Taps.

1865 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,160.00
119 KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. 1929-1968.

Why We Can't Wait.

1964 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,240.00
49 BLAKE, WILLIAM, illustrator. 1757-1827; YOUNG, EDWARD. 1683-1765.

The Complaint and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts.

1797 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,680.00
115 KEATS, JOHN. 1795-1821.

Endymion. A Poetic Romance.

1818 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,680.00
118 SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. 1792-1822.

The Poetical Works. Edited by F.S. Ellis.

[1894]-1895. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 7,680.00
20 ARION PRESS. WHITMAN, WALT.

Leaves of Grass.

2014 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,400.00
60 BUCK, PEARL S. 1892-1973.

The Good Earth.

1931 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,400.00
105 HEYWOOD, THOMAS, translator. c1573-1641.

The Life of Merlin, sirnamedAmbrosius. His Prophesies, and Predictions interpreted.

1641 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,400.00
67 WARHOL, ANDY. 1928-1987; CAPOTE, TRUMAN. 1924-1984.

Black and white photograph of Truman Capote.

ca 1979. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,632.00
37 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. 1547-1616.

The First [-Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha.

1927-28. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,376.00
64 CAPOTE, TRUMAN. 1924-1984.

In Cold Blood.

1965 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,376.00
170 VAN RIJN, REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON. 1606-1669.

Drypoint etching

1648 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,376.00
57 BRUCKNER, ANTON. 1824-1896.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Anton Bruckner"), to "Dearest friend! Noble Patron!,"

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,120.00
30

A group of 7 works published by the Arion Press

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,864.00
107 HUNTER, DARD. 1883-1966.

Primitive Papermaking, An Account of a Mexican Sojourn and of a Voyage to the Pacific Islands in Search of Information, Implements, and Specimens relating to the Making & Decorating of Bark-Paper.

1927 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,864.00
33

A group of 8 works published by the Arion Press

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 4,608.00
89 FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. 1896-1940.

Tender is the Night.

1934 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,608.00
167

A group of 28 works relating to The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Potter's other works, including copies of her tales and other works, and related works and ephemera

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,608.00
5 ARION PRESS. YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER. DIEBENKORN, RICHARD, illustrator.

Poems of W.B.Yeats.

1990 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,352.00
104 HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961.

The Old Man and the Sea.

1952 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,352.00
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.