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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Andrea Palladio | The Architecture of Palladio in Four Books |
London | 1742 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 15,925.80 |
| 277 | Jean La Pautre | Oeuvres D'Architecture |
Paris | 1751 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,179.32 |
| 278 | Nicolaus Perottus [aka Niccolo Perotti] | Cornu Copiae Linguae Latinae |
Venice | 14 May 1489 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,699.76 |
| 280 | William Henry Pyne | The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle |
London | 1819 | USD 1,800.00 - 2,800.00 | USD 2,011.68 |
| 281 | Lazare Riviere | The Practice of Physick |
London | 1658 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 711.48 |
| 282 | Charles de Rochefort | Histoire Naturelle des Iles Antilles de l'Amerique |
Rotterdam | 1658 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 283 | Angelo Secchi, ed. | Memorie dell' Osservatorio del Collegio Romano |
Rome [and] Rome | 1859 and 1862-1872 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 284 | Sebastian Serlio | The First [-Fift] Booke of Architecture |
London | 1611 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,023.36 |
| 285 | Johann Sturm | De Amissa Dicendi Ratione Liri Duo |
Lyon | 1542 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 921.36 |
| 286 | John Taylor | All the Workes of John Taylor the Water Poet |
London | 1630 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 628.32 |
| 287 | Index Librorum Prohibitorum |
Italy | 1592-1666 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 8,382.00 | |
| 288 | Italian Medical Manuscripts |
Italy | 18th and 19th century | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 543.84 | |
| 289 | Latin Responsorial Songbook, Gradual. Graduale de Sanctis |
Rome | 1614 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,341.12 | |
| 290 | Sammelband of Hebrew Texts |
Continental Europe | late 17th-early 18th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 392.04 | |
| 291 | Book of Hours. Illuminated Prayerbook Manuscript in Latin |
Rome | mid- to late-15th century | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 31,851.60 | |
| 292 | Bible. New Testament in Latin and Hebrew |
Rome | 1668 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,005.84 | |
| 293 | Patent of Nobility. Ejecutoria de Hidalguia |
Ecija | 1589 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,849.88 | |
| 294 | Book of Hours, Use of Rome |
Paris | [1514] | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,318.08 | |
| 295 | Cook's First, Second & Third Voyages |
London | 1773, 1777 & 1784 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,370.32 | |
| 296 | John Rickman | Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean |
London | 1781 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,011.68 |
| 297 | Lionel Walter Rothschild | The Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighboring Islands: with a Complete History to Date of the Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions |
London | 1893-1900 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | Jean-Baptiste Tavernier | Collections of Travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies |
London | 1684 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,341.12 |
| 299 | Charles Brockden Brown | Wieland; or the Transformation, An American Tale |
New York | 1798 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,011.68 |
| 300 | Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol |
London | 1843 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,723.12 |
| 301 | Nathaniel Hawthorne | The Scarlet Letter |
Boston | 1850 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,849.88 |
