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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
Doyle New York: Photographs - Contemporary Fine Art, 9068, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 24, 2025 - September 24, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | JOEL MEYEROWITZ and others | JOEL MEYEROWITZ and others, The New Color, 10 American Photographers, 1981 |
1977-79; printed 1981. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | MICHALS, DUANE (b. 1932) | Duane Michals, Mr & Mrs Peter and Judith Price |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 53 | MORGAN, BARBARA (1900-1992) | Barbara Morgan, Martha Graham: Letter to the World (Kick), 1940 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 54 | MORGAN, BARBARA (1900-1992) | Barbara Morgan, Martha Graham: Letter to the World (Kick), 1940 |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 55 | ORKIN, RUTH (1921-1985) | Ruth Orkin, American Girl in Italy, Florence, 1951, Plazza Republica, Jinx Allen Passi Craig |
1951 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,440.00 | |
| 56 | ORKIN, RUTH (1921-1985) | Two estate prints by Ruth Orkin |
1960s, 1979, both printed after 1985. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 768.00 | |
| 57 | PARKS, GORDON (1912-2006) | Two fine Gordon Parks images |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,408.00 | ||
| 58 | PENN, IRVING (1917-2009) | Irving Penn, Young Orangutan and Coconut, New York, Oct 12, 2004 |
2004, printed 2004. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 | |
| 59 | PENN, IRVING (1917-2009) | Irving Penn, Colette, Paris, 1951 |
1951, printed 1984. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 60 | POLIAKOV, LEV (b. 1934) | Lev Poliakov, four images of Russia |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 128.00 | ||
| 61 | RITTS, HERB (1952-2002) | Herb Ritts, Fred From the back, The Body Shop, 1985 |
1985, likely printed 1980s. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 608.00 | |
| 62 | RONIS, WILLY (1910-2009) | Willy Ronis, Avenue Simon Bolivar, Paris, 1950 |
1950, printed later. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,664.00 | |
| 63 | RONIS, WILLY (1910-2009) | Willy Ronis, Le Nu Provencal, 1949 |
1949, printed later. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | ROSENTHAL, JOE (1911-2006) | Joe Rosenthal, Raising the Flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945 |
1945, printed 1945. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,400.00 | |
| 65 | ROSS, JUDITH ROY (born 1946) | Judith Joy Ross, The Stewart Sisters, H.F. Grebey Junior High School, Hazleton, Pennsylvania 1992 |
1992, printed 2008. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,664.00 | |
| 66 | SALGADO, SEBASTIAO (b. 1944-2025) | Sebastiao Salgado, Fallen Worker, Kuwait Oil Fields, 1991 |
1991, printed later. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 | |
| 67 | SANDER, AUGUST (1876-1964) | August Sander Sekretarin beim Westdeutschen Rundfunk in Koln 1931 |
1931, printed 1978. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,160.00 | |
| 68 | SCHULKE, FLIP (1930-2008) | Flip Schulke, Ali Underwater, 1961 |
1961, printed later (likely 2010) | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 69 | SCHULKE, FLIP (1930-2008) | Flip Schulke, Demonstrators Arrive at Washington's (DC) Union Station. Washington, DC, August 1963 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 70 | SIDIBE, MALICK (d. 2016) | Malick Sidibe, Vues de dos, 2003 |
2003 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 71 | SISKIND, AARON (1903-1991) | Aaron Siskind, Savoy Dancers---Harlem Document, circa 1936 |
circa 1936, printed later (likely 1980s) | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | SISKIND, AARON (1903-1991) | Aaron Siskind, Street scene, Shoe shine---Harlem Document, circa 1936 |
circa 1936, printed later (likely 1980s) | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 544.00 | |
| 73 | SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918--1978) | W. Eugene Smith Female Spokeswoman for White Superiority, from The Ku Klux Klan, 1951 |
1951, likely vintage. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 74 | SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918--1978) | W. Eugene Smith, Little Juanita---Eugene Smith's daughter, 1948 |
1948, likely printed 1950s | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 768.00 | |
| 75 | SMITH, W. EUGENE (1918--1978) | W. Eugene Smith Woman, Minimata Japan, 1971 |
1971, likely printed 1970s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 640.00 |