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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
Giquello: Antiquarian and Modern Books, 168461, rue La Boetie, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | BUFFON (comte de) | Histoire naturelle |
Paris | An VII-An XI [1799-1803] | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,453.00 |
| 186 | CABINET DES FEES (Le), ou Collection choisie des contes des fees, et autres contes merveilleux |
Amsterdam et Paris [puis Geneve] | 1785-1789 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 187 | [CASENEUVE (Pierre de)] | La Catelogne francoise |
Toulouse | 1644 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | CENT NOUVELLES NOUVELLES (Les) |
Cologne | 1701 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 885.00 | |
| 189 | [CHASSEPOL (Francois de)] | Histoire des grands vizirs Mahomet Coprogli Pacha et Ahcmet Coprogli Pacha |
Paris | 1676 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,011.00 |
| 190 | [MASON (George Henry)] | CHINE. - The Punishments of China |
Londres | 1801 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 758.00 |
| 191 | CHOISEUL (duc de) | Memoires de M. le duc de Choiseul, ancien Ministre de la Marine, de la Guerre, & des Affaires etrangeres, ecrits par lui-meme, et imprimes sous ses yeux, dans son Cabinet, a Chanteloup, en 1778 |
A Chanteloup, et a Paris | 1790 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 227.00 |
| 192 | COLONNA (Francesco) | Le Songe de Poliphile, ou Hypterotomachie |
Paris | 1888 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 632.00 |
| 193 | COLUMELLE | De re rustica libri XII |
Lyon | 1548 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 194 | CONDORCET | Eloge de M. de Fourcroy, lu a la seance publique de l'Academie royale des Sciences le 4 mai 1791 |
Paris | s.d. [1791] | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 190.00 |
| 195 | CORNEILLE (Pierre) | Le Theatre |
Imprime a Rouen, et se vend a Paris | 1663 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 632.00 |
| 196 | [HANCARVILLE (Pierre-Francois Hugues, dit le baron d')] | CURIOSA. - Monumens du culte secret des dames romaines ; d'apres une suite de pierre gravees sous leurs regnes, pour servir de suite a La Vie des douze Cesars |
Rome | 1787 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 758.00 |
| 197 | DEGRANGE (Edmond) | L'Arithmetique pratique, analisee et demontree dans tous ses developpemens et dans ses differentes applications a tous les usages du commerce, de la banque, de la finance, des arts et metiers |
Paris | 1808 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 198 | DELAFOSSE (Jean-Charles) | Nouvelle iconologie historique ou Attributs hieroglyphiques [...] |
Paris | 1771 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 199 | DENON (Dominique Vivant) | Planches du voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte |
S.l. [Paris] | n.d. [An X (1802)] | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 569.00 |
| 200 | [DIDEROT (Denis)] | L'Histoire et le secret de la peinture en cire |
S.l. | n.d. [1755] | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 201 | DU FAIL (Noel, seigneur de La Herissaye) | Les Contes et discours d'Eutrapel |
Rennes [Paris] | 1598 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 531.00 |
| 202 | EDGEWORTH (Maria) | Education pratique |
Geneve; Paris | An VIII [1799] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 203 | FENELON | Les Aventures de Telemaque |
Paris | 1785 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 366.00 |
| 204 | FETES. - Le Sacre de Louis XV, Roy de France & de Navarre, dans l'Eglise de Reims |
octobre MDCCXXII | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,918.00 | ||
| 205 | FETES. - Relation de l'arrivee du Roi au Havre-de-Grace |
19 septembre 1749 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 1,264.00 | ||
| 206 | FILICAJA (Vincenzo da) | Opere |
Venise | 1781 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 207 | GOMBERVILLE (Marin Le Roy de) | La Doctrine des moeurs |
Paris | 1646 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 253.00 |
| 208 | [GOSMOND DE VERNON (Augustin)] | Histoire des campagnes du Roy |
Paris | 1751 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 253.00 |
| 209 | GRAMAYE (Jean-Baptiste) | Africae illustratae libri decem, in quibus Barbaria |
Tournai | 1622 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |