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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
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 01, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | O'Connell (John)ed. | Bindings: The Select Speeches of Daniel O'Connell, M.P. |
Dublin | 1854 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 302 | Heaney (Seamus) | Beowulf |
London | 1999 | EUR 350.00 - 420.00 | EUR 575.00 |
| 303 | Heaney (Seamus) & Hughes (T.) | One of 200 Copies The School Bag |
London | 1997 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 304 | Heaney (Seamus) | Wintering Out |
London | 1972 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 305 | Heaney (Seamus) | Door Into the Dark |
London | 1969 | EUR 280.00 - 350.00 | EUR 312.50 |
| 306 | Heaney (Seamus) | Field Work |
London | 1979 | EUR 350.00 - 420.00 | Not Sold |
| 307 | Heaney (Seamus) | One of 100 Signed Copies New Selected Poems 1966-87 |
London | 1990 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 700.00 |
| 308 | Heaney (Seamus) | The Spirit Level |
London | 1996 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 450.00 |
| 309 | Heaney (Seamus) | Electric Light |
London | 2001 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 310 | Clarke (R.D.)ed & Heaney (S.) | One of 10 Numbered Copies Austin Clarke Remembered |
Dublin | 1996 | EUR 180.00 - 250.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 311 | Heaney (Seamus) | Electric Light |
London | 2001 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 312 | Smith (Chas.) | The Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry |
Dublin | 1756 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 313 | Orpen (Goddard H.) | Ireland Under the Normans 1169-1216 |
Oxford | 1968 | EUR 120.00 - 170.00 | EUR 187.50 |
| 314 | McCarthy (Cormac) | The Crossing |
N.Y. | 1994 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 600.00 |
| 315 | McCarthy (Cormac) | Signed Limited Edition Cities of the Plain |
N.Y. | 1998 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 575.00 |
| 316 | Pim (Jonathan) | The Condition and Prospects of Ireland |
Dublin | 1848 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 317 | Ball (J. Elrington) | The Judges in Ireland, 1221-1921 |
N. York | 1927 | EUR 120.00 - 170.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 318 | [Mahon (Derek)] | A collection of Limited Edn. paperbacks, pamphlets, & hardback Books |
EUR 250.00 - 320.00 | EUR 250.00 | ||
| 319 | Thomson (Richard)ed. | With Engraved Plates A Faithful Account of the Processions and Ceremonies Observed in the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England |
London | 1820 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 320 | Heaney (Seamus) | Opened Ground, Poems 1966-1996 |
London | 1998 | EUR 280.00 - 320.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 321 | Heaney (Seamus) | Station Island |
N.Y. | 1985 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | EUR 237.50 |
| 322 | Heaney (Seamus) | Death of a Naturalist |
London | 1966 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 323 | Dillon Redshaw (Th.) | Lettered Copy Signed by Some of the Contributors Hill Field |
Minneapolis & Oldcastle | 1989 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 324 | O'Leary (Jos.) | The Law of Rent Charges, in lieu of Composition for Tithes in Ireland |
Dublin | 1839 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 325 | Locke (John) | An Essay Concerning Human Knowledge,... |
Lond. | 1817 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 187.50 |
