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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Ohara (Dr. Fred S.) | HOMESPUN YARNS ARTIFICIALLY COLORED |
Springfield, IL | 1925 | USD 125.00 - 175.00 | Not Sold |
| 256 | Scrope (William) | THE ART OF DEER-STALKING |
London | 1897 | USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 51.75 |
| 257 | Sowerby (Arthur de Carle) | THE NATURALIST IN MANCHURIA |
Tientsin, China (Tianjin) | 1922 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | Artist - Redman (S.J.) | RHODESIAN PORTFOLIO |
Rhodesia | 1979 | USD 60.00 - 75.00 | Not Sold |
| 259 | Artist - Henderson (A.) | HORNET'S LIVE |
1979 | USD 60.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold | |
| 260 | Burden, (Matilda) | OU-KAAPSE MEUBELS: |
Stellenbosch | 2013 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 261 | Parkes, (Margaret), Allanson, (Sue) & Williams, (Vicky) [compilers & editors] | MORE MEMORIES OF KNYSNA: |
Knysna | 1996 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | USD 46.00 |
| 262 | Burnett (Major C.) | THE 18TH HUSSARS IN SOUTH AFRICA |
Winchester | 1905 | USD 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 263 | Thornton (Lt.-Col. L.H., CMG, DSO) & Fraser (Pamela) | THE CONGREVES FATHER AND SON |
London | 1930 | USD 120.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 264 | Jackson (Murray Cosby) | A SOLDIER'S DIARY IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902 |
London | 1913 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 265 | Butler, (Sir William F.) | THE LIFE OF SIR GEORGE POMEROY-COLLEY 1835-1881 |
London | 1899 | USD 100.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 266 | Brooke-Hunt (Violet) | A WOMAN'S MEMORIES OF WAR |
London | 1901 | USD 80.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 267 | Clammer (David) | THE LAST ZULU WARRIOR (Limited Edition) |
Cape Town | 1977 | USD 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 268 | Theal (George McCall) | WILLEM ADRIAAN VAN DER STEL |
Cape Town | 1913 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | USD 57.50 |
| 269 | Oosthuizen (Pieter) with the collaboration of Alan Peck | BOER WAR MEMORABILIA |
Edmonton | 1987 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 270 | Alexander (Sam) | PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENERY OF SOUTH AFRICA |
New York | 1880 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 271 | Marais, (Eugene N.) | THE SOUL OF THE APE [and] THE SOUL OF THE WHITE ANT |
Johannesburg | 1990 | USD 50.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 272 | Dobson, (Paul) | RUGBY IN SOUTH AFRICA: |
Cape Town | 1987 | USD 75.00 - 75.00 | Not Sold |
| 273 | Letty (Cythna) | WILD FLOWERS OF THE TRANSVAAL Signed Subscribers' Special Edition |
Pretoria | 1962 | USD 160.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold |
| 274 | Stirling (W.G.M) and House (J.A.) | THEY SERVED AFRICA WITH WINGS |
2004 | USD 170.00 - 170.00 | Not Sold | |
| 275 | Mieny (C.J.) | LEIPOLDT IN LONDON: DIE VORMINGSJARE |
Pretoria | 1980 | USD 60.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 276 | Liltved (William Rune) & Johnson (Steven D.) | THE CAPE ORCHIDS |
Cape Town | 2012 | USD 225.00 - 225.00 | Not Sold |
| 277 | Campbell (Ethel), Slater (Francis Carey) | 1.) THE VOORTREKKERS (1933) - Inscribed 2.) THE TREK : A POEM (1938) - Inscribed |
USD 65.00 - 65.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 278 | Cory (Sir George), Preller (Gustav), Blommaert (W.) | DIE RETIEF-DINGAAN-OOREENKOMS. Die Geskiedenis van die Strydvraag (1923) |
Kaapstad | 1923 | USD 60.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
| 279 | Jonkheid (K.) | DE GESCHIEDENIS DER TRANSVALERS (1897) - an original title from the very elusive A. von Levetzow printing press |
USD 90.00 - 90.00 | Not Sold |