• Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration Dominic Winter AuctioneersMay 14Printed Books & Maps, Travel, Atlases & Exploration
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    Dominic Winter, May 14: (Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie). Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, 2 vols, 1st edition, 1782-1822. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Gentlemen's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, by Sylvanus Urban, 11 volumes. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Shackleton (Ernest). The Heart of the Antarctic, 2 vols, 1st ed, presentation copy, 1909. £2,000-3,000
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    Dominic Winter, May 14: Drayton (Michael). Poly Olbion..., London: 1622. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob). Ouresiphoites Helveticus, 4 parts in 1, 2nd ed, 1723. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Roberts (Henry, after). Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia ..., [1784]. £500-800
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    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Maffei (Giovanni), Indiarum orientalium Occidentaliumque Descriptio..., 1589. £1,200-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, [1598]. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New..., 1613]. £2,000-3,000
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    Dominic Winter, May 14: Taylor (John). All the Workes of John Taylor the Water-Poet..., 1630. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, May 14: Pierpont Morgan Collection. Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1904 & 1906. £2,000-3,000
  • Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000. Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 4: Helena Bochoráková-Dittrichová, Z Mého Detství Drevoryty, Prague: Obzina, 1929. First trade edition, signed by the artist. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 10: Nancy Cunard, Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece, 1934. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 14: Margaret Fuller, Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845. First edition. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 17: Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition, 1959. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 28: Margaret Hill Morris, Private Journal Kept during a Portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, 1836. First edition. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 38: Anna Sewell, Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, 1877. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 43: Gertrude Stein, Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, signed presentation copy with photograph of Stein, 1912. First edition. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 48: Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket, 1927. $6,000 to $8,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 54: Katherine Dunham, large archive of material from her attorney, 1951-53. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 55: Margaret Fuller Signed Autograph Letter, New York City, 1846. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 92: Sonia Delaunay, illus. & Tristan Tzara, Juste Present, deluxe edition with original gouache, 1961. $20,000 to $25,000.
    Swann, May 15: Lot 93: Flor Garduño, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 2006. Limited edition. $6,000 to $8,000.
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    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Th. McKenney & J. Hall, History of the Indian tribes of North America, 1836-1844. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Biblia latina vulgata, manuscript on thin parchment, around 1250. Est: €70,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: M. Beckmann, Fanferlieschen Schönefüßchen, 1924. Est: €10,000
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    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: A. Ortelius, Theatrum orbis terrarum, 1574. Est: €50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: M. S. Merian, Eurcarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis, 1717-18. Est: €6,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: PAN, 9 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: €12,000
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    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: €15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Quran manuscript from the Saadian period, Maghreb, 16th century. Est: €10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: E. Hemingway, The old man and the sea, 1952. Presentation copy. Est: €3,000
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    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De re militari libri quatuor, 1553. Est: €3,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: K. Marx, Das Kapital, 1867. Est: €30,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 26: Brassaï, Transmutations, 1967. Est: €6,000
  • Leland Little, May 21: Signed Artist Proof of the Monumental G.O.A.T.: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
    Leland Little, May 21: Assorted Rare Publications Related to H.P. Lovecraft, Including The Recluse Signed by Vincent Starrett.
    Leland Little, May 21: Two Issues of The Vagrant, Including the First Appearance of H.P. Lovecraft's "Dagon" in Number Eleven.
    Leland Little, May 21: Rare First Printing of Anne of Green Gables, With ALS from the Author.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, In First Issue Jacket.
    Leland Little, May 21: The Limited Paumanok Edition of The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman.
    Leland Little, May 21: Beautifully Bound Limited Flaubert Edition of The Works of Guy de Maupassant.
    Leland Little, May 21: First Edition of Bonaparte's Celebrated American Ornithology, With Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Rare Complete Set of Jardine's The Naturalist's Library, With Hand-Colored Plates.
    Leland Little, May 21: Invitation to the Lincoln-Johnson National Inaugural Ball, March 4th, 1865.
    Leland Little, May 21: A Scarce Inscribed First Edition of James Baldwin's Nobody Knows My Name.
    Leland Little, May 21: Picasso's Le Goût du Bonheur, Limited Edition.

Potter and Potter Auctions: Celestial and Terrestrial Exploration, 178, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
April 18, 2025 - April 18, 2025
Page Size: 348 items in 14 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 BLIGH, William (1754-1817)

A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh...

London 1792 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,200.00
2 DOBBS, Arthur (1689-1765)

An Account of the Countries adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America...

London 1744 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 5,520.00
3 PARRY, William Edward, Sir (1790-1855)

A Complete Set of Parry's Four Voyages, Comprising: Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper

London 1821 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 13,200.00
4 SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922), PEARY, Robert (1856-1920), AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

Menu Signed at a Special Dinner, "In honour of Captain Roald Amundsen" SIGNED BY SHACKLETON, PEARY, AND AMUNDSEN...

1913 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 14,400.00
5 SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), his copy]. RYUKEI, Yano (1850-1931)

Young Politicians of Thebes: Illustrious Tales of Statesmanship

Tokyo(?) 1881-84 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,120.00
6

[NASA ASTRONAUTS]. All 10 Easton Press Limited Editions Signed by Astronauts, All with Easton Press COAs...

[Norwalk, CT] [1990s-2000s] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,360.00
7

[NASA MEMORABILIA]. [APOLLO 11]. Flown Swatch of Kapton Polymide Tape Taken from the Command Module, "Columbia"

[Ca. 1969] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 600.00
8 RAY, P. H. (1842-1911)

[ALASKA]. Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska in Response to the Resolution of the House of Representatives of Dec. 11, 1884...

Washington, D. C. 1885 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 330.00
9 AMADEO, PRINCE LUIGI, DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI (1873-1933)

Farther North than Nansen Being The Voyage of the Polar Star

London 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 840.00
10 AMEDEO, Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933)

On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea

London 1903 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 240.00
11 AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

"The Northwest Passage" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Gjoa" 1903-1907...

London 1908 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 210.00
12 AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

My Life as an Explorer

Garden City 1927 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,020.00
13 [AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928) and ELLSWORTH, Lincoln (1880-1951), subjects]

Air Pioneering in the Arctic. The Two Polar Flights of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth

New York 1929 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,560.00
14 AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872-1928)

Pair of First Editions, including: My Life as an Explorer...

Garden City 1927 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
15

[ANTARCTIC WHALE FISHERY]. [VARIOUS AUTHORS]. Four Volumes of This Monumental Report on the Antarctic Whale Fishery in 25 Original Parts...

Cambridge 1934-56 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 510.00
16 STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur (1879-1962)

[ARGONAUT PRESS]. The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher In search of a passage to Cathay and India by the North-West...

London 1938 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
17 ARMSTRONG, Sir Alexander (1818-1899)

A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage; with Numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure...

London 1857 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,020.00
18 BACK, George (1796-1878)

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835

London 1836 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 540.00
19 BACK, George (1796-1878)

Narrative of an Expedition in H. M. S. Terror, Undertaken with a View to Geographical Discovery on The Arctic Shores, in the Years 1836-7

London 1838 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,020.00
20 BARRINGTON, D[aines] (1727 (?)-1800)

The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted...

New York 1818 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 300.00
21 BARROW, John, Sir (1764-1848)

A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions; Undertaking Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific

London 1818 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 240.00
22 BARROW, John, Sir (1764-1848)

Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time...

London 1846 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
23 BEECHEY, Captain Frederick William (1796-1856)

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific in Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom...

London 1831 USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,440.00
24 BEECHEY, Captain Frederick William (1796-1856)

A Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole, Performed in His Majesty's Ships Dorothea and Trent, Under the Command of Captain David Buchan, R. N.; 1818...

London 1843 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 780.00
25 BELCHER, Captain Sir Edward (1799-1877)

The Last of the Arctic Voyages; Being a Narrative of The Expedition in H. M. S. Assistance... in Search of Sir John Franklin, During the Years 1852-53-54

London 1855 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 480.00
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    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • GonnelliAuction 59Antique prints, paintings and mapsMay 20th 2025 GonnelliAuction 59Antique prints, paintings and mapsMay 20th 2025
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    Gonnelli: Pietro Aquila, Psyche and Proserpina,1690. Starting price 140€
    Gonnelli: Jacques Gamelin, Memento homo quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris, 1779. Starting price 300€
    Gonnelli: Giorgio Ghisi, The final Judgement, 1680. Starting price 480€
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    Gonnelli Goya y Lucientes Francisco, Los Proverbios.1877. Starting price 1000 €
    Gonnelli: Domenico Peruzzini, Long bearded old man, 1660. Starting price 2200€
    Gonnelli: Enea Vico, Leda and the Swan,1542. Starting price 140€
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    Gonnelli: Andrea Del Sarto [school of], San Giovanni Battista, 1570. Starting price 25000€
    Gonnelli: Carlo Maratta, Virgin Mary and Jesus, 1660. Starting Price 1200€
    Gonnelli: Louis Brion de La Tour, Sphére de Copernic Sphere de Ptolemée / Le Systême de Ptolemée. Le Systême de Ticho-Brahe…, 1766. Starting price 180€
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    Gonnelli: Marc’Antonio Dal Re, Ville di Delizia o Siano Palaggi Camparecci nello Stato di Milano Divise in Sei Tomi Con espressevi le Piante…, Tomo Primo, 1726. Starting price 7000€
    Gonnelli: Katsushika Hokusai, Bird on a branch, 1843. Starting price 100€
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