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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. -
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
AntiquarianAuctions.com: Antiquarian Book Auction, 126, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 230 | Reid-Henry (Louise) & Reid-Henry (David) | COMMEMORATIVE PRINTS |
Mazoe | 1979 | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
| 231 | [Lock (Ron) & Quantrill (Peter) Compilers:] | THE 1879 ZULU WAR |
Natal | 2003 | USD 70.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | Kingdon (Jonathan) | EAST AFRICAN MAMMALS |
London | 1971-1982 | USD 350.00 - 350.00 | USD 172.50 |
| 233 | Rabinowitz (J.S.) | A HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CAPE YACHT CLUB 1904 -1990 |
Cape Town | 1995 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 234 | Sauer (Hans) | EX AFRICA |
London | 1937 | USD 60.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 235 | Finch-Davies (C.G.) & Kemp (A.) | THE BIRDS OF PREY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA De Luxe Collectors' Edition |
Johannesburg | 1980 | USD 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 236 | Wilson, (Yates) | MORE ALICE |
Cape Town, Johannesburg | 1959 | USD 55.00 - 55.00 | USD 46.00 |
| 237 | Eagar (Jon) | THE ROYAL AIR FORCE'S SOUTH AFRICAN AIRMEN. |
2024 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 238 | Burrows (John & Sandra) | FIGS OF SOUTHERN & SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA |
2003 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 239 | Smith (Edwin W. ) & Dale (Andrew Murray) | THE ILA-SPEAKING PEOPLES OF NORTHERN RHODESIA |
London | 1920 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 240 | Lindop (Barbara) | GERARD SEKOTO |
Randburg | 1988 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 241 | Marsh (John H.) | SKELETON COAST |
Cape Town | 1944 | USD 80.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 242 | Rodriguez, (Antonio) | DIEGO RIVERA |
Mexico | 1989 | USD 90.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |
| 243 | Stuart, (James) | THE JAMES STUART ARCHIVE OF RECORDED ORAL EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE ZULU AND NEIGHBOURING PEOPLES; |
Pietermaritzburg | 1976-2001 | USD 125.00 - 125.00 | USD 133.40 |
| 244 | Southey, (Joan) [Signed] | FOOTPRINTS IN THE KAROO: |
Johannesburg | 1990 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | USD 46.00 |
| 245 | Stone (Ida Mae) & Clayton (Harry) | SKETCHES (Early scenes in Natal and the Transvaal) |
Craighall Park | 1976 | USD 55.00 - 55.00 | Not Sold |
| 246 | [Arnold (Marion) Editor] | SOUTH AFRICAN BOTANICAL ART |
Cape Town | 2001 | USD 60.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 247 | Coetzee, (Colin G) | FORTS OF THE EASTERN CAPE |
Fort Hare | 1994 | USD 400.00 - 400.00 | USD 293.25 |
| 248 | Stewart, (James. (CE)). (Edited. Jack Thompson). | FROM NYASSA TO TANGANYIKA |
Blantyre, Malawi. | 1989 | USD 95.00 - 95.00 | Not Sold |
| 249 | Hardy (Thomas) | MACMILLAN'S POCKET HARDY |
London | 1921-1924 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 250 | Mitford-Barberton (Ivan & Raymond) | THE BOWKERS OF THARFIELD |
London | 1952 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 251 | Roosevelt (Theodore) | AFRICAN GAME TRAILS |
New York, | 1910 | USD 140.00 - 160.00 | USD 267.95 |
| 252 | A Colonial Officer (Harry Vernon Woon) | TWENTY-FIVE YEARS SOLDIERING IN SOUTH AFRICA |
York Street-London | 1909 | USD 200.00 - 200.00 | USD 92.00 |
| 253 | South African Photo-Publishing Company | PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOUTH AFRICA |
Cape Town | 1894 | USD 160.00 - 180.00 | USD 161.00 |
| 254 | Finch-Davies (Claude Gibney) & Kemp (Alan) | THE BIRD PAINTINGS OF C. G. FINCH-DAVIES (Limited Edition Collectors' Copy) |
Johannesburg | 1984 | USD 140.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |