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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Unidentified author | Tree and undergrowth |
c.1900 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 52 | Sisteron | Le rocher de la Beaume |
c.1880 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 186.00 | |
| 53 | Eugene ATGET (1857-1927) (Attributed to) | Etude d'apres nature, arbres, Saint Cloud (?) |
c.1920 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 54 | Achille QUINET (1831-1900) | Etude d'apres nature, vaches s'abreuvant dans la rivieres, ecole de Barbizon |
c.1870 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 99.20 | |
| 55 | Achille QUINET (1831-1900), Constant Alexandre FAMIN (1827-1888), Adolphe BRAUN (1812-1877) and others | Etude d'apres nature , animal study, photographs of cows, sheep, bulls, peasants, peasant world, France |
c.1880-1900 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 56 | Photograph by Verignon | Ville de Hyeres |
c.1860 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 186.00 | |
| 57 | Unidentified artist | View of Genoa, Italy |
c.1870 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | Unidentified author (XIXdeg) | Navy, ships and frigates |
c.1870 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 59 | Marseille | General view of the Vieux Port |
c.1880 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 117.80 | |
| 60 | Cheddar Gorge. Cheddar Pinnacles, Cheddar High Rocks, September 1897 |
1897 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 61 | Unidentified author | The Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas, Greece |
c.1860 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 62 | Leon & Levy (1864-1913) | Album "Orient 1864-1865"- Egypt, sites and views, temple ruins: |
EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 63 | James Roberston (1813-1888) | Fountain of Ablutions, Yevi-Dyani Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey |
c.1860 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 64 | Pascal Sebah (1823-1886) | Panoramic View of Oulou Djami in Brousse, The Great Mosque, Turkey |
c.1860 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 65 | Algeria Sites and views: Tlemcen: "Porte de la Mosquee de Sidi el Haloui, |
EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 66 | LEHNERT & LANDROCK (1878-1948) - (1879-1966) | Sites and animated scenes: camel driver under palm trees, bedoin in an oasis, Tunisia |
c.1900 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 67 | War Dance, African Warriors |
c.1920 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 74.40 | ||
| 68 | Africa - Ethnology. Zulu warrior portrait |
c.1900 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 74.40 | ||
| 69 | Travel to South Africa - Views, sites, animated scenes and types : |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 70 | Madagascar. Group portrait of young Madagascans, three girls and a boy |
c.1900 | EUR 100.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 71 | Venezuela . Sites, views, types and animated scenes: |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 72 | Natural history - Primatology . Animal studies, exotic animals, monkeys: "colobus satana", "Troglodithes niger", "Troglodithes Tchego" ... |
c. 1880 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 73 | Exposition Coloniale Paris 1931. Photographs of exotic animals: giraffes, elephants, ostriches ... October, May, June |
1931 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 74 | Ornithology. Photograph of birds, duck, pelican, stork, heron, pheasant, ostrich ... |
c. 1900 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 75 | First World War (1914-1918) | Munitionette at the factory, portrait of young woman, shell making |
c.1916 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |