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    Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000
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    Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
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Sotheby Parke Bernet: Autographs, Travel and Americana, Literature, Fine Books and Hebrew Books., 3677,

Auction Details

Auction Date
October 15, 1974 - October 15, 1974
Page Size: 382 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
001 AMERICAN REVOLUTION, An early manuscript account of the Battle of.

2 January 1777

USD 300.00 - 400.00 175.00
002 [ARTISTS] A group of three letters by eminent artists, each framed, with a reproduction of the artist's work

USD 200.00 - 300.00 325.00
003 AUSTIN, STEPHEN F. Document signed. New Orleans

11th January 1836

USD 250.00 - 350.00 125.00
004 BARTON, CLARA Autograph manuscript diary of a trip from Evansville. Indiana to Louisville

May/June 1884

USD 400.00 - 600.00 600.00
005 *BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES Group of 2 Pieces

USD 125.00 - 175.00 200.00
006 [EINSTEIN, ALBERT] Portrait of Einstein by Josef Scharl Princeton

dated June 6, 1952.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
007 FULTON, ROBERT Lower part of an autograph letter signed

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
008 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER Printed circular letter signed. Treasury Dept.

29 March 1793

USD 150.00 - 200.00 100.00
009 IRVING, WASHINGTON Autograph letter signed Seville

15 April 1829

USD 125.00 - 175.00 150.00
010 JACKSON, ANDREW Autograph letter signed.

11 April 1838

USD 400.00 - 600.00 475.00
011 JEFFERSON, THOMAS and MADISON, JAMES Ship's papers signed.

15 January 1808

USD 350.00 - 500.00 550.00
012 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Printed document signed. Washington

8 May 1863

USD 350.00 - 500.00 425.00
013 MANN, THOMAS A fine correspondence, between Thomas Mann and Charles Neider, with letters from Mrs. Mann, Klaus and Monika Mann as well as correspondence relative to Neider's anthology On The Stature of Thomas Mann:.

1939--1955

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
014 MASSENET, JULES Autograph musical manuscript of Thais: poeme lyrique en 3 actes & 6 tableaux. Neufchatel

15 July 1892

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 20,000.00
015 MASSENET, JULES Autograph musical manuscript of Esclarmonde.

Dated 9 April to 6 July 1888

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 11,000.00
016 MASSENET, JULES Autograph musical manuscript of Werther: drame lyrique en 3 actes and 4 tableaux.

1885--1887

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 17,000.00
017 MASSENET, JULES Manon. Paris

[circa 1891]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 400.00
018 MENCKEN, H. L. A group of 14 typed letters signed, on American Mercury and his own Baltimore stationery, 1930--32 to Dr. Louis Gold.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 150.00
019 MUSIC *Puccini, Giacomo. La Boheme, Milan, copyright 1890, (piano score). Inscribed by Puccini to Sybil Sanderson (binding poor). *Massenet. Esclarmonde Paris, n. d., (piano score). Inscribed by Massenet to Sybil Sanderson (cover detached). With her copies of p

USD 125.00 - 175.00 375.00
020 [PRESIDENTS] A group of four presidential items, all framed with portraits and reproductions of the Presidential Seal

USD 200.00 - 300.00 375.00
021 MARCEL PROUST Autograph letter signed [Versailles]

[10 August 1906?]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 175.00
022 PROUST, MARCEL Autograph letter signed.

[December 1906--January 1907]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 275.00
023 PUCCINI, GIACOMO Five autograph letters signed.

1910--1921

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
024 PUCCINI, GIACOMO Group of Correspondence

USD 400.00 - 600.00 125.00
025 ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO Autograph musical manuscript, signed, of an instrucmental work for flutes and violins, entitled La Notte, with sections Preghiera and Caccia. Passy

1861

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,300.00
026 TRUMAN, HARRY S. Three typed letters, signed. White House Stationery

10 Sept. 1949, 7 August and 13 December 1950

USD 400.00 - 600.00 275.00
027 WASHINGTON, GEORGE Autograph letter signed.

Saturday 9 June 1792

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 7,000.00
029 WHITMAN, WALT Autograph letter signed. London (Ontario)

17 June 1880

USD 400.00 - 600.00 425.00
030 WHITMAN, WALTER, Father of Walt Two documents signed. Huntington (Long Island)

24 May 1837

USD 400.00 - 600.00 400.00
031 WOLCOTT, OLIVER, Signer from Connecticut Two printed circular letters (27 April and 15 August 1793) and one manuscript letter, all signed.

USD 150.00 - 200.00 60.00
032 [AMERICAN REVOLUTION]. Sayer, Robert and John Bennett The Seat of Action between the British and American forces, or an Authentic Plan of the western part of Long Island with the engagement of the 27th August 1776 . . . London

1776

USD 400.00 - 600.00 600.00
033 AMERICAN REVOLUTION A sketch of the operations before Charlestown, the capital of South Carolina. London

[1780]

USD 400.00 - 600.00 375.00
034 [AMERICAN REVOLUTION] [Des Barres, J. F. W.] A plan of the Ports of York and Gloucester in the province of Virginia established by His Majesty's Army . . . on the 19th October 1781, surveyed by Captain Forge. London

1782

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,600.00
035 [ARKANSAS] An Act for the Admission of Arkansas into the Union.

April 20, 1836

USD 600.00 - 800.00 275.00
036 [ATLAS]. Moll, Herman Atlas

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,700.00
037 [ATLAS]. Popple, Henry A map of the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto.

USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 3,250.00
038 ATLAS. Speed, John The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. London

1676

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 7,750.00
039 ATLAS. Speed, John England fully described in a compleat sett of mapps of England and Wales with their Islands. London

1743

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 6,500.00
040 BURNEY, JAMES A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Seas or Pacific Ocean. London

1803--1807

USD 400.00 - 600.00 275.00
041 [CALIFORNIA] A Bill to Establish the Territorial Governments of Oregon, California, and New Mexico.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
042 CASTELL, WILLIAM A short Discoverie of the Coasts and Continent of America. London

1644

USD 350.00 - 500.00 300.00
043 COOK, Captain JAMES A voyage to the Pacific . . . in the Sesolution. Atlas only. London

1795

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
044 CORTES HERNANDO De Insulis Nuper inventis. Cologne. Novesiamus

1532

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,600.00
045 FADEN, WILLIAM A map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia . . . from surveys taken by the Honrble. William Bull [etc]. London

1780

USD 400.00 - 600.00 600.00
045a GALVAO [GALVANO], ANTONIO The Discoveries of the World . . . published in English by Richard Hakluyt . . . London

1601

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
046 GLOBE, MINIATURE Newton's Improved Pocket Celestial Globe.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 175.00
047 HAWKS, FRANCIS L. Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan . . . under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry. Washington

1856

USD 200.00 - 300.00 125.00
048 HUTCHINS, THOMAS A New Map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina. London

1778

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,100.00
049 JACKSON, W. H., and WILLIAM BELL A fine contemporary gilt album.

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 3,500.00
050 KENDALL, G. W. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. New York

1844

USD 125.00 - 150.00 110.00
051 LAS CASAS, BARTOLOME [The nine tracts in defense of the Indians]. Seville

1552--1553

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 850.00
052 LEWIS, MERIWETHER and CLARKE, WILLIAM Travels to the Source of the Missouri River. London

1814

USD 350.00 - 500.00 200.00
053 [MASSACHUSETTS] State of Massachusetts-Bay.

June 16, 1780

USD 150.00 - 250.00 125.00
054 MATHER, COTTON Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England . . ., in Seven Books. London

1702

USD 650.00 - 850.00 600.00
055 MELENDEZ, JUAN Tesoros verdaderos de las Yndias en la historia de la gran provincia de San Juan Bautista del Peru. Rome

1681--1682

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
056 [MINNESOTA] An Act Establishing the Territorial Government of Minasota [sic].

February 18, 1847

USD 600.00 - 800.00 600.00
057 [PAINE, THOMAS] Common Sense; addressed to the Inhabitants of America. Philadelphia

1776

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 11,000.00
058 [QUAKERS] Extract from the epistle of the Meeting for Sufferings in London. Philadelphia

dated the Sixth Day of the Seventh Month, 1751

USD 175.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
059 REMY, JULES Voyage au Pays des Mormons. Paris

1860

USD 100.00 - 125.00 60.00
060 SMITH, Capt. JOHN The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles. London

1632

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,300.00
061 [TEXAS] Joint Resolution for the Annexation of Texas to the United States.

February 13, 1845

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,250.00
062 U. S. CONSTITUTION Plan of the New Constitution for the United States of America. London

1787

USD 150.00 - 250.00 70.00
063 VENEZUELA An actual survey of the River Orinoco from the great mouth up to the city of Angostura taken in the years 1802 and 1803 by Alex Briarley, Master R. N. & Commander of the ship Edward Foote in the employ of Messrs. I. & A. Atkins. London

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 1,500.00
064 VERMONT. Allen, Ira The Natural and Political History of the State of Vermont. London

1798

USD 200.00 - 300.00 300.00
065 VIEWS. Allard, Carolus Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus . . . Des bewoonden Waerelds Steden en Dragten. Amsterdam

[circa 1700--1710]

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 6,000.00
066 VIRGINIA The Acts of the Assembly, now in force, in the colony of Virginia. Williamsburg

1752

USD 350.00 - 500.00 125.00
067 [WASHINGTON, GEORGE] A Message of the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of State of Such Laws, Decrees and Ordinances Respecting Commerce . . . Philadelphia

1794

USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
068 [AMERICAN AUTHORS] A group of 38 works by American authors, 1820--1850, mostly first editions in original cloth, some minor defects, foxing

USD 400.00 - 600.00 950.00
069 [AMERICAN AUTHORS] A group of about 100 volumes, first editions

USD 200.00 - 300.00 450.00
070 [AMERICAN AUTHORS] *Allen, Hervey. Anthony Adverse, 1933. First Edition. 8vo. Original cloth, fine in near perfect dust-jacket. *Marquis, Don. The Revolt of the Oyster, 1922. First Edition. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards (slightly soiled). *Ibid. Archy and Mehitabel, 192

USD 100.00 - 125.00 50.00
071 AMERICAN AUTHORS *Dos Passos, John. One Man's Initiation. London, 1920. First Edition of the author's first book. 8vo., original cloth, dust-jacket (slightly frayed, one short tear). *With six other Dos Passos works, first editions, some minor defects. *Wharton, Edith. Et

USD 100.00 - 125.00 100.00
072 [AMERICAN AUTHORS] A large collection of almost 300 works, editions

USD 150.00 - 200.00 325.00
073 [AMERICAN POETS] A group of first editions in 24 volumes

USD 175.00 - 250.00 190.00
074 [AMERICAN POETS] A group of works by Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, and Edward Arlington Robinson, including 15 first editions

USD 150.00 - 200.00 210.00
075 ANDERSON, SHERWOOD Group of First Editions

USD 125.00 - 150.00 300.00
076 BIERCE, AMBROSE A collection of 14 volumes, first editions

USD 175.00 - 250.00 300.00
077 [BIBLIOGRAPHY] A group of works on American literature

USD 150.00 - 250.00 125.00
078 [BIBLIOGRAPHY] A group of 33 volumes of bibliographies of individual authors

USD 150.00 - 250.00 275.00
079 [BIBLIOGRAPHY] *The McCutcheon Collection, 1925. *Minnich, H. C. William Holmes McGuffey and His Readers, 1936. *Ibid. Old Favorites From the McGuffey Readers, 1936 (spine chipped). *Johannsen, Albert. The House of Beadle and Adams, 1950. 2 vols. *Gaskell, Philip. John

USD 100.00 - 125.00 150.00
080 [BOOK COLLECTING] A group of 48 books

USD 100.00 - 175.00 190.00
081 BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN Group of 3 Pieces

USD 150.00 - 250.00 175.00
082 CATHER, WILLA April Twilights. Boston

1903

USD 150.00 - 200.00 175.00
083 CATHER, WILLA *The Troll Garden. New York, 1905. First Edition, First Issue, with pp. 155--56 tipped in. 8vo., original cloth (spine and corners slightly rubbed). *Alexander's Bridge, 1912. *O Pioneers!, 1913. *My Autobiography by S. S. McClure, (1914). *The Song of th

USD 200.00 - 300.00 300.00
084 [CLEMENS, S. L., Mark Twain] Portrait

signed and dated 1892

USD 350.00 - 500.00 175.00
085 [CLEMENS, SAMUEL L.] *Life on the Mississippi. Boston 1883. First American Edition. 2nd State. 4to., original cloth, slightly faded, spine frayed, inner front hinge starting. B.A.L. 3411. *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London 1884. First Edition. Later issue with publis

USD 125.00 - 150.00 70.00
086 COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE A group of first editions in 35 volumes

USD 650.00 - 850.00 1,000.00
087 [CRANE, STEPHEN] Maggie, A Girl of the Streets (A Story of New York) by Johnston Smith. [New York

[1893]

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 1,600.00
088 CRANE, STEPHEN *The Red Badge of Courage. New York, 1895. First Edition, First Issue. 8vo., original cloth very sligtly discoloured. A fine copy. *Maggie. New York, 1896. Second, revised Edition, 2nd State. 8vo., original cloth slightly discoloured, soiled, edges browne

USD 450.00 - 600.00 500.00
089 CUMMINGS, E. E. Group of First Editions

USD 150.00 - 200.00 200.00
090 DICKENS, CHARLES Group of 2 Pieces

USD 125.00 - 150.00 150.00
091 DICKINSON, EMILY *Poems [First], Second, Third Series. Boston, 1890, 1891, 1896. First Editions. 3 vols., small 8vo., original cloth, spines faded, slightly soiled. *Further Poems. First Edition. 8vo.; fine copy in d. w Boston, 1929.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 550.00
092 DREISER, THEODORE A group of first editions

USD 250.00 - 300.00 175.00
093 ELIOT, T. S. *The Waste Land. New York, 1922. First Edition. One of 1000. 8vo., original cloth (slight discoloration); two pages carelessly separated. *Four Quartets. New York, 1943.

USD 100.00 - 125.00 150.00
094 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO A group of works

USD 125.00 - 150.00 110.00
095 ENGLISH AUTHORS *Eliot, George. Silas Marner. London, 1861. 8vo. First Edition. Original cloth, gilt spine (slightly faded and stubbed). *Hudson, W. H. Green Mansions. London, 1904. 8vo. First Edition. Original cloth (slightly faded, 2 small stains, endpapers foxed).

USD 125.00 - 150.00 210.00
096 FAULKNER, WILLIAM The Marble Faun. Boston

[1924]

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,800.00
097 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Notes on a Horsethief. Greenville, Miss.

1950

USD 150.00 - 250.00 225.00
098 FAULKNER, WILLIAM Sanctuary. New York

1931

USD 150.00 - 200.00 225.00
099 FAULKNER, WILLIAM The Sound and the Fury. New York

[1929]

USD 150.00 - 250.00 225.00
100 FAULKNER, WILLIAM These 13. New York

[1931]

USD 175.00 - 250.00 275.00
  • Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE / LANDINO, CRISTOFORO. Comento di Christophoro Landino Fiorentino sopra la Comedia di Danthe Alighieri poeta fiorentino, 1481. €40,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. Il Convivio, 1490. €20,000 to €25,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LEGATURA – PLUTARCO. Le vies des hommes illustres, grecs et romaines translates, 1567. €10,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: TOLOMEO, CLAUDIO. Ptolemeo La Geografia di Claudio Ptolemeo Alessandrino, Con alcuni comenti…, 1548. €4,000 to €6,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: SPINOZA, BARUCH. Opera posthuma, 1677. €8,000 to €12,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. Borus Godunov, 1831. €30,000 to €50,000.
    Finarte
    Books, Autographs & Prints
    June 24 & 25, 2025
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - LECUIRE, PIERRE. Ballets-minute, 1954. €35,000 to €40,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MAJAKOVSKIJ, VLADIMIR / LISSITZKY, LAZAR MARKOVICH. Dlia Golosa, 1923. €7,000 to €10,000.
    Finarte, June 24-25: LIBRO D'ARTISTA - MATISSE, HENRI / MONTHERLANT, HENRY DE. Pasiphaé. Chant de Minos., 1944. €22,000 to €24,000.
  • Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.
    Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
  • Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
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    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: World. Van Geelkercken (N.), Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis..., circa 1618. £4,000-6,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Moll (Herman). A New Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain..., circa 1715. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 5 volumes bound in 6, 1st edition, 1923-31. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species, 2nd edition, 2nd issue, 1860. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, 6 volumes in 3, 1st quarto ed, 1855-56. £1,500-2,000.
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Saint-Exupéry (Antoine de, 1900-1944). Pilote de guerre (Flight to Arras), 1942. £10,000-15,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Austen (Jane, 1775-1817). Signature, cut from a letter, no date. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, with wraparound band, 1932. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Hobbit, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    June 18 & 19
    Printed Books & Maps, Children's & Illustrated Books, Modern First Editions
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Princess by the Sea (from Irish Fairy Tales), circa 1920. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: Kelmscott Press. The Story of the Glittering Plain, Walter Crane's copy, 1894. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, June 18-19: King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949). The Summer House, watercolour. £4,000-6,000
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
    18th June 2025
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
    Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.
  • ALDE, June 18: CHAPPE D'AUTEROCHE (JEAN). Voyage en Sibérie fait par ordre du Roi en 1761 contenant les mœurs…, Paris, 1768. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: HENNEPIN (LOUIS). Description de la Louisiane nouvellement découverte au Sud-Ouest de la Nouvelle France…, Paris, 1688. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LA BOULLAYE-LE GOUZ (FRANÇOIS DE). Les Voyages et Observations, Paris, 1653. €1,500 to €2,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LE BRUN (CORNELIS DE BRUYN DIT CORNEILLE). Voyage au Levant, c'est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l'Asie mineure..., Delft, 1700. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SAINT-NON (J.-CL. RICHARD, ABBÉ DE). Voyage pittoresque ou description du royaume de Naples et de Sicile, Paris, 1781-1786. €3,500 to €5,000.
    ALDE, June 18: (CALVIN JEAN). SÉNÈQUE. Annei Senecae..., Paris, 1532. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LACTANCE. De divinis institutionibus. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei. De phoenice carmen, Rome, 1468. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, June 18: POLITIEN (ANGE). Omnia opera, et alia quædam lectu Digna, Venise, 1498. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, June 18: SIDOINE APOLLINAIRE. Poema aureum ejusdemque Epistole, Milan, 1498. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    New York Book Week
    12-26 June
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Theocritus. Theocriti Eclogae triginta, Venice, Aldo Manuzio, February 1495/1496. 220,000 - 280,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, 1925. 40,000 - 60,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Blake, William. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Printed ca. 1381-1832. 400,000 - 600,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Lincoln, Abraham. Thirteenth Amendment, signed by Abraham Lincoln. 8,000,000 - 12,000,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, June 26: Galieli, Galileo. First Edition of the Foundation of Modern Astronomy, 1610. 300,000 - 400,000 USD