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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
ALDE: Literary Library of an Amateur, 101525, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | MERIMEE Prosper. | Une Correspondance inedite. |
Paris | 1897 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,750.00 |
| 152 | MICHEL Louise. | Contes et Legendes par L. M., institutrice. |
Paris | 1884 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 153 | MICHEL Louise. | Memoires ecrits par elle-meme. |
Paris | 1886 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 154 | MISTRAL Frederic. | Calendau. Pouemo nouveu. Traduction francaise en regard. |
Avignon | 1867 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 155 | MISTRAL Frederic. | Reunion de 3 titres en reliures uniformes. |
Paris | 1886-1889 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 156 | MOINEAUX Jules [et Georges COURTELINE]. | [Les Tribunaux comiques]. Monographie de police correctionnelle. |
Paris | 1912 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 157 | MONSELET Charles. | La Lorgnette litteraire. Dictionnaire des grands et des petits auteurs de mon temps. |
Paris | 1857 - 1870 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,875.00 |
| 158 | MONSELET Charles. | Les Creanciers. OEuvre de vengeance avec une cruelle eau-forte d'Emile Benassit. |
Paris | 1870 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 159 | MORENCY Suzanne Giroust, dite Mme de. | Illyrine, ou l'Ecueil de l'inexperience. |
Paris | 1799 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,250.00 |
| 160 | MUSSET Alfred de. | Un Spectacle dans un fauteuil. |
Paris | 1833 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 438.00 |
| 161 | MUSSET Alfred de. | Il ne faut jurer de rien, comedie en trois actes et en prose. Representee pour la premiere fois au theatre Francais le 22 juin 1848. |
Paris | 1849 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 162 | MUSSET Alfred de et George SAND. | Reunion de deux volumes. |
George SAND. Elle et Lui. Paris | 1859 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 750.00 |
| 163 | [NERVAL Gerard de]. | Recueil de pieces. |
Paris | 1826 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 164 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Couronne poetique de Beranger, recueillie par Gerard. |
Paris | 1829 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 165 | NERVAL Gerard de - Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE. | Faust, tragedie de Goethe. Nouvelle traduction complete, en prose et en vers, par Gerard. |
Paris | 1835 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 166 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Le Monde dramatique. Histoire des theatres anciens. Revue des spectacles modernes. |
Paris | 1835-1839 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 167 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Les Illumines. Recits et portraits. |
Paris | 1852 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 5,250.00 |
| 168 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Les Illumines. Recits et portraits. |
Paris | 1852 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 750.00 |
| 169 | NERVAL Gerard de. | La Boheme galante. |
Paris | 1855 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 170 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Le Reve et la Vie. |
Paris | 1855 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 171 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Le Prince des Sots. |
Paris | 1888 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 172 | NERVAL Gerard de. | Les Filles du feu. Sylvie - Octavie - Isis - Emilie. |
Paris | 1888 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 1,500.00 |
| 173 | NODIER Charles. | Dictionnaire raisonne des onomatopees francaises. Adopte par la Commission d'Instruction publique, pour les bibliotheques des lycees. |
Paris | 1808 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 174 | NODIER Charles. | Smarra ou les Demons de la nuit, songes romantiques, traduits de l'esclavon du comte Maxime Odin. |
Paris | 1821 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 175 | NODIER Charles. | Melanges tires d'une petite bibliotheque, ou Varietes litteraires et philosophiques. |
Paris | 1829 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |