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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
Genazym: Catalog of the Giants, 625, Monsey
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 07, 2025 - September 07, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Splendid Set of Machzorim for Yom Kippur in Leather Bindings with Silver Clasps |
Livorno | 1797 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 | |
| 52 | Early Siddur HaAr"i! |
Amsterdam | 1764 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 | |
| 53 | Magnificent Manuscript |
USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 54 | Masechtos from Bomberg's Historic Venice Talmud |
USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 125,000.00 | |||
| 55 | Maseches Sanhedrin and Shavuos of Chazon Ish |
USD 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 143,750.00 | |||
| 56 | Chassid Yaabetz's Commentary on Maseches Avos. |
Adrianople | 1555 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 | |
| 57 | The Pillar of Gemara Study Maharsha |
Basel | 1600 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 | |
| 58 | Minhagei Ashkenaz |
Austria | 1455 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | USD 55,000.00 | |
| 59 | The basis of all Ashkenazic customs! |
Riva di Trento | 1559 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 | |
| 60 | Zivchei Ratzon. Illustrated Fold-Out Plates. Singular Edition, Livorno, 1832 |
Livorno | 1832 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 | |
| 61 | Sefer Yesod |
Prague | 1596 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 | |
| 62 | First Edition of the Shl"a. Amsterdam 1648--1649 |
Amsterdam | 1648--1649 | USD 35,000.00 - 45,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 | |
| 63 | Meor Einayim by Rabbi Azariah min HaAdumim |
Mantua | 1574 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 | |
| 64 | Sefer Yesod: Toras HaOlah by the Rema |
Prague | 1570 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 23,750.00 | |
| 65 | Making Peace in Jerusalem. Letter from Maharil Diskin. Brisk, 1873 |
Brisk | 1873 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 45,000.00 | |
| 66 | Original Will of Rabbi Shmuel Salant Jerusalem, 1903 |
Jerusalem | 1903 | USD 7,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 | |
| 67 | Shmitah in Our Times |
Volozhin | 1876 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 | |
| 68 | Manuscript Toras Brisk |
Brisk | c. 1925 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 | |
| 69 | Double |
Radin, | 1931 | USD 20,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 | |
| 70 | Halachic Status of Descendants of Anusim of Spain and Portugal |
Piotrkow | c. 1925 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 | |
| 71 | The Rogatchover. A long, unknown letter of Chiddushei Torah in the handwriting of the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Rozin |
USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 | |||
| 72 | Mir Dynasty |
1923 and onward | USD 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 | ||
| 73 | The Decision That Transformed Israeli Politics!! |
Jerusalem | 1992 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,750.00 | |
| 74 | "Destined for Greatness" |
Kamenitz | 1936 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 22,500.00 | |
| 75 | Selichos |
Zhitomir | 1856 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |