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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: The Collection of Roberto Agostinelli |A selection, from Tintoret to Giacometti. , pf2524, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 06, 2025 - October 06, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photographer Unknown | Selected Images of Artwork in Italian Museums (12 photographs) |
circa 1870. | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,397.00 | |
| 4 | Horst P. Horst | Lisa with Harp, Paris |
1939, printed later | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 9,525.00 | |
| 5 | Lillian Bassman | Barbara Mullen, Le Grande Vefour, Paris, 1949 |
1949, printed 1992 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 8,255.00 | |
| 9 | Michael Levin | Approaching Rains |
2012 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,143.00 | |
| 13 | Alexandre Noll | Untitled |
1960 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 762.00 | |
| 30 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Irises |
1987 | EUR 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | EUR 88,900.00 | |
| 33 | Hiroshi Sugimoto | Sea of Japan, Hokkaido |
1986 | EUR 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 35 | Lillian Bassman | It's a Cinch: Carmen, New York, Harper's Bazaar, 1951 |
1951, printed later | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 36 | Peter Beard | Veruschka von Lehndorf roping rhinos for eventual release at Darajani, Tsavo Park |
1964, printed later | EUR 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | Lillian Bassman | Barbara Mullen, Le Pavillon, New York, Harper's Bazaar, April 1950 |
1950, printed later | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | EUR 4,445.00 | |
| 45 | Walter Lees | Selected images of India and Bhutan (7 photographs) |
1996 | EUR 2,400.00 - 3,200.00 | EUR 1,651.00 | |
| 56 | Horst P. Horst | Fashion: Model in Surreal Location with Balls |
circa 1940. | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 57 | Chris Levine | Lightness of Being |
2008 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 12,065.00 | |
| 75 | William Klein | Nina + Simone, Piazza di Spagna, Rome 1960 (Vogue) |
1960, printed later | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 80 | Alan Aldridge | Chelsea girls, 1966 |
1970 (signed and dated later) | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 1,905.00 | |
| 84 | Peter Beard | Colonial East Africa |
1960, printed later | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 8,890.00 | |
| 88 | Irving Penn | Imperial Pink Bud (Top); Imperial Gold Bud (Bottom), New York |
1971, printed 2007 | EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 91 | William Klein | Hat + Five Roses, Paris (Vogue) |
1956, printed2000. | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 96 | Arnold Newman | Igor Stravinsky |
1960, printed later | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 4,064.00 | |
| 109 | Henri Cartier-Bresson | Marilyn Monroe during the filming of 'The Misfits' (2 photographs) |
1960 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 4,826.00 | |
| 113 | Louis Faurer | Bowing for the Vogue Collections |
1972, printed later | EUR 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | EUR 6,350.00 | |
| 115 | Travail du XIXe siecle | Selected Images of 19th Century Egypt (10 photographs) |
circa 1860s-1880s. | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 118 | Lawrence Schiller | Marilyn: Color 3, Frame 18, May 1962 |
1962, printed2012 | EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 762.00 |
