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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | John Wing | Ephemerides of the Coelestial Motions for Six Years; beginning Anno 1702, and ending Anno 1707 |
London | 1702 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 586.08 |
| 252 | Vincent Wing | Astronomia Britannica |
London | 1669 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,844.04 |
| 253 | Vincent Wing | An Ephemerides of the Coelestiall Motions for VII Years, Beginning Anno 1652, ending Anno 1658 |
London | 1652 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 254 | Sebastianus Theodoricus | Novae Quaestiones Sphaerae |
Wittenberg | 1564 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,011.68 |
| 255 | Eugene Atget | Pendant l'Eclipse, 1912 |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,688.08 | ||
| 256 | Giovanni Aurelio Augurello | [Poemata: Iambicus. Sermonum. Carminum. Iambicus super Additus] |
Venice | 1505 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,591.92 |
| 257 | Pierre D'Avity | The Estates, Empires & Principallities of the World |
London | 1615 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,005.84 |
| 258 | Sir John Beaumont | Bosworth-field: With a Taste of the Variety of Other Poems |
London | 1629 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,132.56 |
| 259 | Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher | Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, with Sisterly Female Provenance |
London | 1679 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,017.52 |
| 260 | Edward Benlowes | Theophila, or Loves Sacrifice |
London | 1652 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,089.00 |
| 261 | Bible in English. Geneva Translation. The Bible. Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke |
London | 1608 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,916.64 | |
| 262 | Bible Leaf in Latin |
Italy | circa 1460 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,089.00 | |
| 263 | British Heraldry. Printed Album with Alphabetical Index and Hand Drawn Coats of Arms |
England | 17th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,023.36 | |
| 264 | Charles-Etienne Briseux | Traite du Beau Essentiel dans les Arts |
Paris | 1752 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,089.00 |
| 265 | Buonaccorso Buonaccorsi | Diploma Honoring Cardinal Buonoccorsi |
Italy | 1657 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 3,185.16 |
| 266 | Thomas Cartwright | A Confutation of the Rhemists Translation, Glosses and Annotations on the New Testament |
Leiden | in the yeare 1618 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,393.92 |
| 267 | Miguel de Cervantes | [Don Quixote in Portuguese] |
Lisbon | 1794 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 653.40 |
| 268 | Martin Chemnitz | Examen, das ist, Erorterung dess Trientischen Concilij |
Main | 1576-1577 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 711.48 |
| 269 | Angelus de Clavasio | Summa Angelica |
Venice | 1504 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 711.48 |
| 270 | John Cotton | A Practicall Commentary or an Exposition with Observations, Reasons, and Uses upon the First Epistle Generall of John |
London | 1658 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,424.28 |
| 271 | Joseph Cox | A Faithful Narrative of the Most Wicked and Inhuman Transactions of that Bloody-Minded Gang of Thief-takers, alias Thief-makers |
London | [1756? date trimmed from title] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,844.04 |
| 272 | Francesco Guicciardini | Piu Consigli et Avvertimenti in Materia di Republica et di Privata, Nuovamente Mandati in Luce |
Paris | 1576 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 273 | Habington, William | The Queene of Arragon |
London | 1640 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,787.84 |
| 274 | Ben Jonson | The Workes of Benjamin Jonson |
London | 1640 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,514.60 |
| 275 | Philip Melanchthon | Corpus Doctrinae Christianae |
Leipzig | 1562 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 921.36 |
