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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
Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2717, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Johannes Stadius | Ephemerides Anno 1554 usque ad Annum 1606 |
Cologne | 1581 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 628.32 |
| 227 | Johan Stoeffler & Jacob Pflaum | Almanach Nova |
Venice | 1513 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,514.60 |
| 228 | Johannes Stoeffler & Jacob Pflaum | Almanach Nova |
Venice | 1521 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,676.40 |
| 229 | Johannes Stoeffler | Expurgatio adversus Divinationum XXIIII Anni Suspitiones |
Tubingen | [1523] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,424.28 |
| 230 | Johannes Stoeffler | Ephemeridum Opus |
Tubingen | 1531 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,352.80 |
| 231 | Johannes Stoeffler | Ephemeridum Opus |
Venice | 1532 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 232 | Johannes Stoeffler | Ephemeridum |
Tubingen | 1533 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,011.68 |
| 233 | Johannes Stoeffler | Elucidatio Fabricae Ususque Astrolabii |
Paris | 1553 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,089.00 |
| 234 | Thomas Streete | Astronomia Carolina |
London | 1661 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,699.76 |
| 235 | Thomas Streete | Astronomia Carolina, Nova Theoria Motuum Coelestium |
Nuremberg | 1705 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 236 | Victorinus Strigel | Epitome Doctrinae de Primo Motu |
Leipzig | 1564 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 838.20 |
| 237 | Luis Freyre de Sylva | Efemerides Generales de los Movimientos de los Cielos por 64 Anos |
Barcelona | 1638 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,179.32 |
| 238 | Petrus Tartaretus | Expositio in Totam Logicam |
Lyons | 1500 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,370.32 |
| 239 | Theodosius of Bithynia (1st century BCE) Joannes Vogelin, trans. De Sphaericis Libri Tres |
Venice | 1529 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,682.24 | |
| 240 | Placido Titi | Continuatio Ephemeridum Caelestium Motuum |
Pavia | [1666] | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 241 | Pontus de Tyard | Deux Discours de la Nature du Monde, & de ses Parties |
Paris | 1578 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,185.16 |
| 242 | Pontus de Tyard | Ephemerides Octavae Sphaerae |
Lyon | 1562 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 243 | Johannes Virdung | Practica Teutsch |
Oppenheim | [1522] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,591.92 |
| 244 | Johannes Virdung | Tabulae Resolutae de Supputandis Siderum Motibus |
Nuremberg | 1542 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 245 | Adriaan Vlacq | Ephemerides Motuum Coelestium ad Annos volgaris aerae 1633, 1634, 1635 & 1636 |
Gouda | 1632 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,256.64 |
| 246 | Gottfried Wendelen | Eclipses Lunares ab Anno M.D. LXXIII. ad M.DC. XLIII |
Antwerp | 1644 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,530.24 |
| 247 | Johann Werner | Canones sicut Brevissimi, ita etiam Doctissimi, Complectentes Praecepta & Observationes de Mutatione Aurae |
Nuremberg | 1546 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,916.64 |
| 248 | John Wilkins | The Discovery of a World in the Moone |
London | 1638 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,052.56 |
| 249 | John Wilkins | A Discovery of a New World, or, a Discourse Tending to Prove that 'tis Probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon |
London | 1684 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 628.32 |
| 250 | John Wing | Astronomia Compendiaria, Containing New Tables of the Planetary Motions |
England | circa 1715 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,514.60 |
