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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
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Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Charles-Marie Leconte de Lisle | Poemes Barbares, one of 99 copies, from an edition limited to 119, wood-engraved illustrations after Paul Jouve |
Lausanne | 1929-31 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 952.50 |
| 202 | Rudyard Kipling | The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Books |
1894-5 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 203 | Rudyard Kipling | Rewards and Fairies |
1910 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 204 | Mera K. Sett | Omar Khayyam one of 250 copies |
Cambridge | 1914 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 533.40 |
| 205 | Alfred, Lord Tennyson | Idylls of the King, one of 350 deluxe copies signed by the artist, tipped-in colour plates by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale |
1911 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 330.20 | |
| 206 | Geoffrey Chaucer | The Romaunt of the Rose, one of 475 copies |
1908 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 952.50 | |
| 207 | Geoffrey Chaucer | The Canterbury Tales, 2 vol. including introductory essay by Peter Holliday, facsimile of the Golden Cockerel edition |
2010 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 139.70 | |
| 208 | Engraved by Robert Gibbings: A Portrait of Lady Hester |
Marlborough | 1987 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 609.60 | |
| 209 | Hugo van Lawick | Savage Paradise. The Predators of Serengeti |
1977 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 63.50 | |
| 210 | Suzanne Lucas | In Praise of Toadstools, 2 vol., number 2 of the de luxe edition signed by the author and specially-bound |
Mere | 1992-97 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 165.10 |
| 211 | Sir Edwin Lutyens, Jane Brown Fulbrook, editor | The Sketchbook, Letters, Specification of Works & Accounts of a House |
Marlborough | 1989 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 139.70 |
| 212 | E. Powys Mathers | Red Wise |
1925 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 304.80 | |
| 213 | William Morris | A Book of Verse, facsimile edition |
1980 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 165.10 | |
| 214 | Lewis Carroll | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass |
Marlborough | 2001 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 457.20 |
| 215 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
Marlborough | 2003 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 355.60 |
| 216 | Coex'ae Qgam | Qauqaua. A San Folk Story from Botswana |
Johannesburg | 1996 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 152.40 |
| 217 | Francesco Nardelli and Matthew Hillier | The Rhinoceros A Monograph signed by the artist and illustrator and with an original pencil drawing, Basilisk ... |
1988 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 218 | Christopher Logue, Brian Patten, Edward Lucie-Smith, John Fuller and Virginain Lawson | Broadsheets nos. 4, 6-8 and 10, 5 vol., each from an edition of 50 copies, signed presentation inscriptions from the authors and illustrator to Eleanor Hollack... |
1971-72 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 152.40 | |
| 219 | Thomas Tusser | A selection from Five hundred points of good husbandry |
1981 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 220 | William Trevor | Dreaming 3 copies |
Hatfield | 1973 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 304.80 |
| 221 | Andrea Argoli | Ptolemaeus parvus in genethliacis junctus Arabibus |
Lyons | 1680 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 215.90 |
| 222 | Max Born | The Restless Universe, second edition, signed by the author |
New York | 1951 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 304.80 |
| 223 | P.W. Bridgman | Reflections of a Physicist, autograph note signed by the author |
New York | 1950 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
| 224 | Ian Wilmut, A.E. Schnieke, J. McWhir, A.J. Kind and K.H.S. Campbell | Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells, in Nature. Vol 385, no. 6619 |
1997 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,651.00 | |
| 225 | Paul Dirac | The Principles of Quantum Mechanics |
Oxford | 1930 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,286.00 |
