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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
Sothebys: By A Lady, N11906, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth I | A queen's defense of the realm, and the birth of the British Empire |
1587 | USD 500,000.00 - 700,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Jane Austen | A long and intimate autograph letter signed ("JA"), to Cassandra Austen |
1805 | USD 300,000.00 - 400,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 3 | Jane Austen | "Lines on Maria Beckford," autograph manuscript signed ("Jane Austen") |
ca. 1811 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,000.00 | |
| 4 | [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Sense and Sensibility," Austen's first published novel |
London | 1811 | USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | USD 76,200.00 |
| 5 | [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Pride and Prejudice"---Austen's masterpiece |
London | 1813 | USD 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | [Jane Austen] | First edition of "Mansfield Park," Austen's third novel |
1814 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,800.00 | |
| 7 | [Jane Austen] | "Emma," the extraordinary Edgeworth-Butler copy |
London | 1816 | USD 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | USD 279,400.00 |
| 8 | [Jane Austen]. | First editions, published posthumously, of Austen's final works |
London | 1817 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 9 | [Jane Austen] | The first American edition of "Pride and Prejudice" |
Philadelphia | 1832 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,510.00 |
| 10 | [Jane Wells] Loudon | Complete set of early editions of "The Ladies' Flower-Garden" and "British Wild Flowers" |
London | 1842-1849 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Autograph letter signed ("Ba."), "I have naturally a melancholy heart & a merry mind..." |
1846 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning | "Poems Before Congress": an important autograph manuscript |
N.p., | circa 1860 | USD 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | George Sand | A striking portrait of the author by Gaspard-Felix Tournachon Nadar |
circa 1864. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 16 | Virginia Woolf | Rare letter to her American publishers |
1920 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 | |
| 17 | Vanessa Bell --- [Virginia Woolf] | An exceptional encapsulation of the Bloomsbury Group |
1926 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 25,400.00 | |
| 18 | Virginia Woolf | "A Room of One's Own," first Hogarth edition, with Vanessa Bell jacket |
London | 1929 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | [J.D. Salinger] --- Jane Austen | Austen's novels, inscribed by Salinger to his longtime friend Beth Mitchell |
New York | [1940] | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Margaret Atwood --- Charles Pachter (illustrator) | A rare illustrated edition of the author's early poetry collection |
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan | 1964 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 21 | Joni Mitchell | Manuscript lyric sheet for Joni Mitchell's "The Dawntreader" ca. 1968 |
ca. 1968 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 22 | Madonna | Manuscript lyric sheet for early draft of "Erotica," ca. 1991 |
ca. 1991 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 | |
| 23 | J.K. Rowling | "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," an exceptional first edition |
London | 1997 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Agnes Martin | "Untitled," a group of four prints |
1998 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 | |
| 27 | Chanel | Success Story Set of 4 Mini Bags With Quilted Trunk, 2020 |
2020 | USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 30 | Jane Austen --- The Women's Prize | A complete set of Austen's six finished novels, extensively annotated by six critically acclaimed women authors, sold to benefit The Women's Prize |
New York | 2024 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
