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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
Sworders: Books, Manuscripts and Maps, A1231, Essex
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 02, 2025 - November 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | Jorge Welsh (ed.) | CHINA & PORCELAIN:1- Kinrande: Porcelain Dressed in Gold |
2020 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 201 | 90 volumes in the KING PENGUIN Series: Including many first editions |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | |||
| 202 | Milne, A. A., & E. H. Shepard | 1- The House at Pooh Corner |
GBP 300.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | ||
| 203 | Potter, Beatrix | The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck |
1908 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 204 | Lawrence,T.E. | Seven Pillars of Wisdom |
1935 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 205 | Grose, Francis | MILITARY ANTIQUITIES respecting A History of the English Army |
1801 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 206 | Shaw, G F & Dr. Goldsmith | The Panorama of Nature, or a Comprehensive View of Natural History and Botany |
R Edwards | nd. [1817] | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 207 | Baltz, Lewis | PHOTOGRAPHY: Collection, including: 1- San Quentin Point |
Berlin | 1986 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 208 | BAILEY, N | Dictionarium Britannicum |
London | 1736 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 209 | TOLKIEN, JRR | TOLKIEN, JRR: Folio Society, 3 WORKS |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 210 | Simond, L | TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHY: 1- Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain During the Years 1810 and 1811 |
Edinburgh | 1817 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 211 | Eliot, W G | A Treatise on the Defence of Portugal |
London | 1811 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
| 212 | Narrative of Voyages to Explore the Shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar |
London | 1833 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 212a | Fourteen Hertfordshire sale catalogues |
late 19th century to 1960s | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 213 | Gibbon, Edward | The History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire |
London | 1818 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 214 | 1- Punch Library of Humour |
no date (1910) | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 215 | FISH & FISHING, A Large collection |
Groombridge | 1862-1865 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 216 | BROGLIE, Louis Victor, Prince of (Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1929) | Quantum physics- Inscribed & Signed by: Recherches sur la theorie des quanta |
Paris | 1925 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 217 | [Storer, J. & Greig, I] | BRITISH TOPOGRAPH: 1- Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet |
1807-1811 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 218 | 9 volumes of the DRAWN IN PEN & PENCIL SERIES |
1855 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 219 | Beattie, W | 3 WORKS: TURKEY & THE EAST- 1- The Danube Illustrated In A Series of Views Taken Expressly for This Work by W H Bartlett |
no date, c1847 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 220 | Mixed:1- The Museum of Natural History |
nd, C1860 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | ||
| 221 | Chenier, M | MOROCCO & CORSICA- 1- The Present State of the Empire of Morocco |
1788 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 222 | Scott, Captain Robert F | The Voyage of the Discovery |
1905 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 223 | Lander, Richard | Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa |
Colburn | 1820 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown |
