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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | Herman Melville | Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War |
New York | 1866 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,256.64 |
| 303 | Herman Melville | The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade |
New York | 1857 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,705.60 |
| 304 | Herman Melville | Mardi: and a Voyage Thither |
New York | 1849 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 711.48 |
| 305 | Herman Melville | Pierre; or, the Ambiguities |
New York | 1852 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,185.16 |
| 306 | Robert Louis Stevenson | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
London | 1886 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,116.80 |
| 307 | Henry David Thoreau | Excursions |
Boston | 1863 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,676.40 |
| 308 | Henry David Thoreau | Walden; or, Life in the Woods |
Boston | 1854 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,376.16 |
| 309 | Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace |
New York | 1886 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 11,734.80 |
| 310 | Vidocq, Fouche, et alia | Crime: A Collection of 6 Titles in 10 Volumes |
London | 1828-1830 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 586.08 |
| 311 | Samuel Beckett & Edward Gorey, illus. | Beginning to End |
New York | 1988 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,256.64 |
| 312 | William Blatty | The Exorcist, Signed First Edition |
New York | 1971 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,508.76 |
| 313 | Truman Capote | Breakfast at Tiffany's |
New York | 1958 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 3,017.52 |
| 314 | John Le Carre | The Spy Who Came in From the Cold |
London | 1963 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,089.00 |
| 315 | J.P. Donleavy | The Ginger Man |
Paris | 1955 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,173.48 |
| 316 | T.S. Eliot | The Waste Land, Allen Tate's Copy |
New York | 1922 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 7,711.44 |
| 317 | T.S. Eliot & E. McKnight Kauffer, illus. | Journey of the Magi, Advance Copy Inscribed to his Patron |
[London] | [1927] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,693.92 |
| 318 | F. Scott Fitzgerald | The Great Gatsby |
New York | 1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,688.08 |
| 319 | F. Scott Fitzgerald | The Great Gatsby |
New York | 1925 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,364.48 |
| 320 | Ian Fleming | The Man with the Golden Gun, Scarce First Issue Binding |
London | 1965 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,015.04 |
| 321 | Andre Gide | Les Cahiers d 'Andre Walter |
Paris | 1891 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,844.04 |
| 322 | Bram Stoker & Edward Gorey, illus. | Dracula |
New York | 1996 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,005.84 |
| 323 | Ernest Hemingway | The Fifth Column and First Forty-Nine Stories |
New York | 1938 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 7,040.88 |
| 324 | Ernest Hemingway | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
New York | 1940 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 13,411.20 |
| 325 | Ernest Hemingway | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
New York | 1940 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,179.32 |
| 326 | Henry James | The Portrait of a Lady |
London | 1881 | USD 2,400.00 - 3,400.00 | USD 5,029.20 |