Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Swann, 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, 2025

Swann, 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, 2025

Swann, 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, 2025

Swann, 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-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000

Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Session I, 63A, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025

Page Size: 103 items in 5 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1		Raccolta di 8 opuscoli a stampa. Datati 1631-1803.	1700	EUR 280.00 - 280.00	EUR 504.00
2		Raccolta di campioni di stoffe e cataloghi di vendita per sartorie dei secoli passati. Probabilmente XVIII-XX secolo.	1800	EUR 160.00 - 160.00	EUR 214.00
3		Raccolta di 64 fotografie stereoscopiche in b/n o colorate e 3 dagherrotipi stereoscopici colorati, su vetro con carta nera di fondo. Fine XIX secolo e precedenti.	1870	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 3,528.00
4		Raccolta di oltre 100 tra opuscoli di ambito storico (anche Risorgimento), letterario, volantini di propaganda e pubblicazioni per nozze. Datati meta XIX secolo-inizio XX secolo.	1900	EUR 160.00 - 160.00	EUR 630.00
5		Raccolta di 43 opuscoli pubblicitari relativi a mezzi di trasporto, luoghi di villeggiatura, negozi, prodotti ecc. Datati Fine XIX-inizio XX secolo.	1900	EUR 160.00 - 160.00	EUR 819.00
6		Album di fotografie della Societa Anonima delle Miniere di Gennamari & Ingurtosu (Sardegna). Inizio XX secolo.	1900	EUR 140.00 - 140.00	EUR 328.00
7		Album di fotografie della Societa Idrovolanti Alta Italia. 1915/17.	1916	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 504.00
8		Raccolta di 31 curiosita Pirelli. Inizio '900 e anni '40, anni '50.	1930	EUR 120.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
9		Raccolta di 5 fotografie di artisti realizzate dallo Studio Manzotti. Con dediche autografe. Anni '30 del XX secolo.	1930	EUR 90.00 - 90.00	EUR 126.00
10		6 fotografie del transatlantico Rex, insieme ad una fotografia di Guglielmo Marconi. Datate 9-17 settembre 1932.	1932	EUR 240.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
11		Album di fotografie del Giubileo di re Giorgio V d'Inghilterra. 1935.	1935	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
12		Album fotografico della caserma berlinese della divisione Leibstandarte SS -- Adolf Hitler. 1939.	1939	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 2,142.00
13		Raccolta di 31 tra lettere, biglietti, fotografie e fotocartoline autografate di cantanti e musicisti, attori. XX secolo.	1940	EUR 130.00 - 130.00	EUR 428.00
14		Raccolta di 77 menu. XX secolo.	1940	EUR 100.00 - 100.00	EUR 227.00
15		Raccolta di fotografie e stampati di regime: periodo Seconda guerra mondiale. Anni '40 del XX secolo.	1940	EUR 180.00 - 180.00	EUR 693.00
16		27 fotografie e fotocartoline di attori, scrittori, atleti, presentatori, cantanti ecc. molte con firme e dediche autografe. XX secolo.	1950	EUR 100.00 - 100.00	EUR 202.00
17		Album di fotografie professionali della Raffaello e altri transatlantici. Anni '60 del XX secolo.	1960	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
18		Importante raccolta di autografi di famosi personaggi del calcio. Dagli anni '50 agli anni 2000.	1980	EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 3,528.00
19		Raccolta di documenti (lettere, buste, biglietti, inviti ecc.) autografi e a stampa, di noti artisti, con interventi artistici a collage. XX e XXI secolo.	1990	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
20	[D'Annunzio Gabriele]	[D'Annunzio Gabriele], 74 lastre in vetro relative all'occupazione della citta di Fiume. 1919-1920.	1919	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 2,772.00
21	D'Annunzio Gabriele	D'Annunzio Gabriele, Dedica autografa su libro Giovanni Episcopo. Napoli, Luigi Pierro 1892 (Secondo migliaio).	1892	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 378.00
22	D'Annunzio Gabriele	D'Annunzio Gabriele, Dedica autografa su libro La Riscossa Casa Editrice d'arte Bestetti e Tumminelli, Milano 1918.	1918	EUR 260.00 - 260.00	EUR 554.00
23	D'Annunzio Gabriele	D'Annunzio Gabriele, Fotocartolina con firma autografa. Datata Fiume 1920.	1920	EUR 90.00 - 90.00	EUR 504.00
24	D'Annunzio Gabriele	D'Annunzio Gabriele, Lettera autografa firmata, inviata a Domenico Bartolini. Datata 4 giugno 1931.	1931	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	EUR 504.00
25	Dali Salvador	Dali Salvador, Schizzo con dedica su libro Dali: a Study of his Life and Work del 1958. 1958.	1958	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold

Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.

Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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