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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | NODIER Charles. | Histoire du roi de Boheme et de ses sept chateaux. |
Paris | 1830 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 313.00 |
| 177 | PELADAN Josephin, dit le Sar. | Femmes honnetes ! |
Paris | 1885 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 178 | PELADAN Josephin, dit le Sar. | Semiramis, cinquieme tragedie du theatre de la Rose-Croix. |
Beauvais | 1897 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 179 | PERGAUD Louis. | L'Aube. |
Lille | 1904 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 180 | PERGAUD Louis. | Les Rustiques, nouvelles villageoises. |
Paris | 1921 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,250.00 |
| 181 | POE Edgar - Charles BAUDELAIRE. | Histoires extraordinaires.- Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires. |
Paris | 1884 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 3,500.00 |
| 182 | [REGNIER-DESTOURBET Hippolyte-Francois]. | Louisa ou les Douleurs d'une fille de joie. Par M. l'Abbe Tiberge. |
Paris | 1830 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 183 | [REGNIER-DESTOURBET Hippolyte-Francois]. | Un Bal chez Louis-Philippe. Par l'Abbe Tiberge, auteur de Louisa. |
Paris | 1831 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 184 | RELIURES JUMELLES.- MAC-NAB Maurice. | Poemes mobiles, monologues. Poemes Incongrus, suite aux Poemes Mobiles, contenant ses nouveaux monologues et dernieres chansons, avec une preface de Voltaire. |
Paris | 1889-1891 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 185 | [RENAN Ernest]. | Henriette Renan. Souvenir pour ceux qui l'ont connue. |
Paris | 1862 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,000.00 |
| 186 | RETTE Adolphe. | [Du Diable a Dieu]. Histoire d'une conversion. |
[1906] | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,188.00 | |
| 187 | Revue Wagnerienne (La). | La Revue Wagnerienne. |
Paris | 1885 - 1888 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 188 | RICHEPIN Jean. | La Chanson des gueux. Pieces supprimees. |
Bruxelles | 1881 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 189 | RICHEPIN Jean. | Paysages et coins de rues. Illustrations en couleurs dessinees et gravees sur bois par Auguste Lepere. |
Paris | 1900 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 190 | RIMBAUD Arthur. | Reliquaire, poesies. |
Paris | 1892 [1891] | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 2,250.00 |
| 191 | RIVAROL Antoine de -- DANTE. | L'Enfer. Poeme du Dante, traduction nouvelle. |
Londres et Paris | 1783 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 192 | ROEDERER Pierre Louis, comte. | Memoire pour servir a l'histoire de la societe polie en France. |
Paris | 1835 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 193 | ROLLINAT Maurice. | Dans les brandes. Poemes et rondels. |
Paris | 1877 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,563.00 |
| 194 | ROLLINAT Maurice. | Les Nevroses. |
Paris | 1883 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 195 | ROLLINAT Maurice. | L'Abime. Poesies. |
Paris | 1886 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 196 | SAINT-PIERRE Jacques Bernardin de. | La Chaumiere indienne. |
Paris | 1791 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 197 | SAINT-PIERRE Jacques Bernardin de. | Paul et Virginie, suivi de la Chaumiere indienne. |
Paris | 1839 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 198 | SAMAIN Albert. | Au Jardin de l'Infante. |
Paris | 1893 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 563.00 |
| 199 | SAND George. | Lelia. |
Paris | 1833 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,625.00 |
| 200 | SAND George. | Lettres d'un voyageur. |
Paris | 1837 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 813.00 |