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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 327 | Gayl Jones | Corregidora |
New York | 1975 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 328 | James Joyce | Tales Told of Shem and Shaun |
Paris | 1929 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,591.92 |
| 329 | James Joyce | Anna Livia Plurabelle |
New York | 1928 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,924.16 |
| 330 | James Joyce | Ulysses |
Paris | 1922 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 16,764.00 |
| 331 | Jack Kerouac | On the Road |
New York | 1957 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,029.20 |
| 332 | Ken Kesey | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
New York | 1962 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,265.12 |
| 333 | Rudyard Kipling | Kim, Rare First American Edition in Parts |
New York | December 1900-October 1901 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 334 | Harper Lee | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Philadelphia | 1960 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 13,411.20 |
| 335 | Cormac McCarthy | The Orchard Keeper, Inscribed to Sen. Howard Baker Jr. |
New York | 1965 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,272.64 |
| 336 | Cormac McCarthy | Two Inscribed First Editions, with a Short ALS |
New York | 1994 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 9,408.96 |
| 337 | Arthur Miller | Death of a Salesman |
New York | 1949 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,005.84 |
| 338 | Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind |
New York | 1936 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 26,822.40 | |
| 339 | John O'Hara | Butterfield 8 |
New York | 1935 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 100.32 |
| 340 | Thomas McDaniels Potter | Adventures in Fishing |
Long Beach, CA | 1924 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,849.88 |
| 341 | Thomas Pynchon | Three First Editions. Gravity's Rainbow |
New York | 1973 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,849.88 |
| 342 | J.K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
New York | 1998-10-01 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 23,469.60 |
| 343 | J.D. Salinger | The Catcher in the Rye, First Edition in the First State Jacket |
Boston | 1951 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,179.32 |
| 344 | Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Author's Album Containing Retained Copies of Letters |
January 1951-June 1956 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 43,586.40 | |
| 345 | Booker T. Washington | Up From Slavery |
New York | 1901 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,256.64 |
| 346 | James Brown | Self Portraits |
Naples | 1983 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 921.36 |
| 347 | Alexander Calder, illus. & Richard Wilbur | A Bestiary |
New York | 1955 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 543.84 |
| 348 | Enrico Castellani | Estroflessione |
Milan | 1968 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 349 | Yakov Chernikhov | Fundamentals of Contemporary Architecture |
Leningrad | 1930 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,173.48 |
| 350 | Le Corbusier & Pierre Jeanneret | L'Architecture Vivante, Printemps, No. 27 |
Paris | 1930 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 609.84 |
| 351 | Cesar Daly | L'Architecture Privee au XIXe Siecle, Third Series: Decorations Interieures Peintes |
Paris | 1877 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
