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Rare Book Transaction History — 15,487,972 searchable records

The Rare Book Transaction History currently contains 15,487,972 bibliographic records and growing. Records come from current and historic auctions, recent and classic bookseller and collector catalogues and bibliographies. Bookseller catalogues include list prices while auction records include estimated and actual sales prices. Most records include full description provided at time. The database may be searched broadly for keywords appearing in any fields, or narrowly targeted by searching only specific or combination of specific fields such as author, title, year printed, place printed, etc.

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  • Gonnelli:Auction 63Books, Autographs & ManuscriptsOctober 7th-9th 2025 Gonnelli:Auction 63Books, Autographs & ManuscriptsOctober 7th-9th 2025
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    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: The Arabian Nights - Alf Laylah wa-Laylah. 1862. Starting price € 25.000
    Gonnelli: Depero futurista. 1927. Starting price € 9.000
    Gonnelli: Dalì, Alchimia dei Filosofi. 1976. Starting price € 3.800
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    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes. 1480. Starting price € 4.800
    Gonnelli: Cassini, De cometa. 1653. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli: Cataldi, Trattato della quadratura del cerchio etc. 1612. Starting price € 8.000
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    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
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    Gonnelli: Cavalieri, Geometria indivisibilibus. 1635. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Diophantus, Arithmeticorum libri sex. 1670. Starting price € 15.000
    Gonnelli: Fontana, Novae coelestium observationes. 1646. Starting price € 10.000
    Gonnelli:
    Auction 63
    Books, Autographs & Manuscripts
    October 7th-9th 2025
    Gonnelli: Galileo, Sidereus nuncius. 1610. Starting price € 100.000
    Gonnelli: Pico della Mirandola, Conclusiones nonagentae. 1532. Starting price € 7.000
    Gonnelli: Jansson's Waterworld. 1657. Starting price € 20.000
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers2 OctoberBeatrix Potter:The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster Dominic Winter Auctioneers2 OctoberBeatrix Potter:The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
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    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
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    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 1st privately printed edition, 1901. £40,000-£60,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). Squintina Tabby, Licensed dealer in Tea. £7,000-£10,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix Helen, 1866-1943). A pair of original illustrations from The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. £8,000-£12,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix, illustrator). A Happy Pair, 1st [and only] edition, 1890. £5,000-£8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter, c. 1920. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Fairy Caravan, 1st (autographed limited) edition, 1929. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, 1903, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £1,500-£2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, 1st deluxe edition, inscribed by Beatrix Potter. £3,000-£5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st deluxe edition, 1903, rare trial binding. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    2 October
    Beatrix Potter:
    The Private Collection of Thomas & Greta Schuster
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, December 1902. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Autograph Illustrated Letter Signed, 26 October 1936. £2,000-£3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 2: Potter (Beatrix). Signed and Inscribed ICAA Christmas Card, 1938. £1,500-£2,000.
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    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair17 and 18 Oct Rare Map, Book, and Autograph Fair17 and 18 Oct
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  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers1 OctoberPrinted Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris Dominic Winter Auctioneers1 OctoberPrinted Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Sherley (Anthony). Sir Anthony Sherley his Relation of His Travels into Persia, 1st edition, 1613. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Buc'hoz (Pierre-Joseph). Premiere [seconde] Centurie des Plances Enluminees, 2 volumes, 1775-81. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Chinese Export School. An album of 25 fine large botanical studies in watercolour, circa 1830-40. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: World. Schedel (Hartmann), Secunda etas Mundi, Nuremberg: 1493. £5,000 to £8,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Anderson (J. & G. A. Boulenger). Zoology of Egypt, 1898-1907. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Donovan (Edward). Natural History of the Insects of India, 1st edition, 1800. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue..., 1864-1907. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Wolley (John). Ootheca Wolleyana: an Illustrated Catalogue..., 1864-1907. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Shackleton (Ernest). South, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1919. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    1 October
    Printed Books & Maps, Travel & Natural History, Bewick Woodblocks & Ex-Libris
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Bell (Robert Anning, 1863-1933). Collection of 71 ex-libris by Robert Anning Bell. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 vols in 3, 1st quarto edition, 1855-56. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter, Oct. 1: M'Cormick (Robert). Voyages of Discovery, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1884. £800 to £1,200.