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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
 
Christies: Arts of Asia online, 23499, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | Published by UNAC Tokyo, ed. by Masaomi Unagami | A COMPLETE SET OF YU-ICIHI (YU-ICHI INOUE); CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF THE WORKS 1949-1985 (VOL. 1-3)  | 
            1998; 2000; 1996 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 163 | TORII KIYOHIRO (ACT. 1737-1776) | Dancer  | 
            circa 1750s | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,270.00 | |
| 164 | ISODA KORYUSAI (1735-1790) | Lovers next to a lamp  | 
            USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 165 | KATSUKAWA SHUNSHO (1726-1792) | Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV  | 
            1780 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 166 | UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825) | A group of two prints  | 
            USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 167 | KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806) | Komurasaki and Gonpachi  | 
            circa 1801 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 168 | KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1754-1806) | Parody of an imperial carriage scene  | 
            circa 1798 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 169 | KITAGAWA SHIKIMARO (CIRCA 1810S) | Hanazuma of the Matsubaro, Sakura and Miyako  | 
            3rd month 1813 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 170 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | A group of five beauty prints  | 
            USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,048.00 | ||
| 171 | VARIOUS ARTISTS | A group of five prints  | 
            USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 889.00 | ||
| 172 | UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825) | A group of two surimono prints of Danjuro  | 
            circa 1820s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,286.00 | |
| 173 | UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1769-1825) | Parody of Act Four of the play Genpei Nunobiki no Taki  | 
            circa 1795-1801 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 174 | KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848) | No. 35 Yoshida Station  | 
            USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,270.00 | ||
| 175 | KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848) | Toyoyama of the Okamotoya, kamuro Yamaji and Nishiki  | 
            USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,016.00 | ||
| 176 | KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848) | Monkeys reaching for moon in the water  | 
            USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 177 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason  | 
            circa 1835-36 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 | |
| 178 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Tokaido Ejiri Tago no ura ryakuzu (Tago Bay near Ejiri on the Tokaido)  | 
            circa 1830-31 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 | |
| 179 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Joshu Ushibori (Ushibori in Hitachi Province)  | 
            circa 1830-31 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 180 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Kanagawa oki nami ura (Under the well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa) ["Great Wave"]  | 
            USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 508,000.00 | ||
| 181 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Gaifu kaisei (Fine wind, clear weather) ["Red Fuji"]  | 
            late 1831 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 228,600.00 | |
| 182 | KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) | Sanka hakuu (Storm below the summit) ["Black Fuji"]  | 
            late 1831 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 114,300.00 | |
| 183 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Horse mackerel, freshwater prawns, and seaweed  | 
            circa 1832-33 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 | |
| 184 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Sea bream and sansho pepper  | 
            1832 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 | |
| 185 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Kanbara yoru no yuki (Evening snow at Kanbara)  | 
            circa 1834 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 | |
| 186 | UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) | Awa, Naruto no fuha (Wind and waves at Naruto, Awa Province)  | 
            circa 1853 | USD 8,500.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 24,130.00 |