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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000. -
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300. -
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. -
Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
Christies: Photographs, 23742, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 10, 2025 - October 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | 'Madam Adele,' Palmistry Sign, c. 1936 |
c.1936 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 | |
| 2 | ANDRE KERTESZ (1894--1985) | Satiric Dancer, Paris, 1926 |
1926, printed early 1970s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 | |
| 3 | MARGARET BOURKE--WHITE (1904--1971) | Hands Playing Violin and Cello, c. 1940s |
c.1940s | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,445.00 | |
| 4 | GEORGE HOYNINGEN--HUENE (1900--1968) | Horst Torso, Paris, 1931 |
1931, printed later | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 5 | EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) | Calla Lily, c. 1930 |
c.1930 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 48,260.00 | |
| 6 | ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864--1946) | Dorothy Norman, 1936 |
1936 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | GEORGE H. SEELEY (1880-1955) | Untitled (Portrait of a Woman), 1910 |
1910 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | ERNEST J. BELLOCQ (1873--1949) | New Orleans (Nude on a Wicker Chaise), c. 1911--1913 |
c.1911--1913, early 1970s | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 | |
| 9 | EUGENE ATGET (1857--1927) | Commissariat, Rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1922 |
1922 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 10 | EUGENE ATGET (1857--1927) | Fontaine de Diane, Versaille, c. 1920 |
c.1920 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 11 | EUGENE ATGET (1857--1927) | Interieur d'un appartement, La Cuisine, Rue Montaigne, c. 1910 |
c.1910 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 | |
| 12 | ANDRE KERTESZ (1894--1985) | Chairs, the Tuileries, 1925 |
1925 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 13 | TINA MODOTTI (1896--1942) | Glasses, 1924 |
1924 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 82,550.00 | |
| 14 | LASZLO MOHOLY--NAGY (1895--1946) | Photogram, 1923 |
1923 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | RUDOLF KOPPITZ (1884-1936) | Bewegungsstudie (Movement Study), 1925 |
1925 | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958) | Nude, 1934 |
1934 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 | |
| 17 | EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958) | Wind Erosion, Dunes at Oceano, 1936 |
1936, likely printed 1940s | USD 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 | USD 190,500.00 | |
| 18 | EDWARD WESTON (1886--1958) | Nude, 1934 |
1934 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | HENRI CARTIER--BRESSON (1908--2004) | Leonor Fini, Italy, 1933 |
1933, printed 1997 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 20 | BRASSAI (1899--1984) | Chez Suzy, 1932 |
1932, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 | |
| 21 | BRASSAI (1899--1984) | M.B. in a Gold Brocade Kimono, c. 1931 |
c.1931 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 22 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | Elmina Nettleton Soby, c.1930s |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 23 | MIKE DISFARMER (1884-1959) | A Group of Nine Portraits, Heber Springs, Arkansas, c. 1930-1940s |
c.1930-1940s | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | GORDON PARKS (1912-2006) | American Gothic, Washington D.C., 1942 |
1942, printed later | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 38,100.00 | |
| 25 | WALKER EVANS (1903-1975) | Penny Picture Display, 1936 |
1936, printed 1973 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,985.00 |
