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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
Rossini: Photos - Themes 10, 168956, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 16, 2025 - September 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Amateur photographer | Portrait of a chemist, pharmacist (?) |
c.1900 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 24.80 | |
| 27 | Unidentified author (XIXdeg) | Portrait of a man, bodybuilding |
c.1900 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 198.40 | |
| 28 | Wilhelm von GLOEDEN (1856-1931) | Male Nudes, Four Nude Boys in Nature |
c.1900 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 496.00 | |
| 29 | Vincenzo GALDI (1871-1961) | Nude Study, Female Nude and Duck Outside, |
c.1900 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Vincenzo GALDI (1871-1961) | Nude Study, Female Nude, Woman Holding an Outdoor Owl |
c.1900 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 31 | Unidentified author (XIXdeg) | Study of female nudes indoors |
c.1880 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 32 | Pradier's Fisherwoman, Sculpture, March 1857 |
1857 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 33 | Ancient sculpture |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 192.20 | |||
| 34 | Rome |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 35 | Unidentified author | Basilica Santissima Annunziata dei Vestato, Genoa, Italy |
c.1870 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 36 | Eugene ATGET (1857-1927) (Attributed to) | Fontaine de Mars (fontaine du gros cailloux) rue Saint Dominique, Paris VIIIe |
c.1900 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 204.60 | |
| 37 | Eugene ATGET (1857-1927) (Attributed to) | Haudriette Fountain, rue des Archives, Paris IIIe |
c.1898 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 186.00 | |
| 38 | Studio Pierre PETIT | The Paris floods of 1910, "Le Pont de l'Alma", "La gare de Lyon", "Quai de la Rapee", "Avenue Montaigne", "Avenue Ledru-Rollin", "Rue de l'Universite", January 1910 |
1910 | EUR 300.00 - 350.00 | EUR 260.40 | |
| 39 | Exposition Universelle Paris 1900 |
1900 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 40 | Decorative Arts Exhibition 1925. Sites and views: Pavillon du Louvre, Tcheco-Slovaque, du Bon Marche, de Grande-Bretagne, de l'Asie Francaise, de l'Italie, de Belgique, Primavera du Printemps, Jardin des Alpes Maritimes, de la ville de Paris, Paris |
c.1925 | EUR 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 41 | Unidentified author | Chinese Art Exhibition, Salon de Chine |
c.1900 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | Unidentified author | Chinese Art Exhibition, Salon de Chine |
c.1900 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | |
| 43 | D.B - Photographer (XIX) | Wheelbarrow and wood, Fontainebleau, French Primitive |
1860 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 44 | Charles MARVILLE (1813-1879) | Life Study, Forest of Fontainebleau |
c.1860 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 446.40 | |
| 45 | Unidentified author | View of the Village, Church of Montgaillard, France |
c.1850 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 46 | Unidentified author | Farmyard |
c.1870 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 99.20 | |
| 47 | Barbizon School (Unidentified author) | Life Studies and Farmyards: Stubble Roofs and Haystacks |
c.1880 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 186.00 | |
| 48 | Unidentified artist | Landscape and Men with Rifles |
c.1860 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 49 | Charles BODMER (1854-1934) | Cutting wood, lumberjacks, Barbizon |
c.1880 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 192.20 | |
| 50 | Unidentified author | Park, reading on the wooden bridge |
c.1880 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |