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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: Rare Books and Manuscripts, 23810, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - November 05, 2025 - November 05, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ATELIER BYZANTIN | Saint Luc evangeliste, miniature sur un feuillet provenant d'un Evangeliaire  | 
            [Empire byzantin] | [seconde moitie du XIIIe siecle] | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 2 | ATELIER BYZANTIN | Saint Matthieu evangeliste, miniature sur un feuillet provenant d'un Evangeliaire  | 
            [Empire byzantin] | [seconde moitie du XIIIe siecle] | EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 3 | ATELIER DE MAITRE FRANCOIS | Livre d'heures, a l'usage de Rome, en latin  | 
            [Paris] | [c. 1470] | EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 4 | ATELIER DE JEAN PICHORE | Livre d'heures, a l'usage de Paris, en latin et en francais  | 
            [Paris] | [c. 1500] | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 5 | ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321) | La comedia con la nova espositione di Alessandro Vellutello  | 
            Venise | 1544 | EUR 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 6 | AA, Pieter van der (1659-1733) | [ATLAS] - Nouvel Atlas, tres exact et fort commode (...) contenant les prinipales cartes geographiques, dresse suivant les nouvelles observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale des Sciences  | 
            Leide | [c.1714] | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 7 | BOURBON, Jacques de, dit le batard de (1466-1537) | La grande et merveilleuse et tres cruelle oppugnation de la noble cite de Rhodes  | 
            Paris | 1525 | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 8 | CAOURSIN, Guillaume (1430-1501) | Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio  | 
            [Rome] | [vers 1481-1483] | EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 9 | CASSIEN, Jean (vers 360- 435) | Monasticarum institutionum libri IIII  | 
            Anvers | 1578 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 10 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616) | Les Principales aventures de l'admirable Don Quichotte...  | 
            La Haye et Paris | 1774 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 11 | CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616) | El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha  | 
            Madrid | 1780 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 12 | CROISET, Jean (1656-1738) | Des Illusions du coeur dans toutes sortes d'etats et de conditions  | 
            Lyon | 1748 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown | 
| 13 | DENYS D'HALICARNASSE (vers 60 av. J.-C. - apres 8 av. J.-C) | Delle cose antiche della citta di Roma  | 
            Venise | 1545/6 | EUR 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 14 | [DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)] | Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la verite dans les sciences , plus La dioptrique, Les meteores et La geometrie qui sont des essais de cette methode  | 
            Leyde | 1637 | EUR 70,000.00 - 90,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 15 | [EVANGILES BILINGUES LATIN ARABE] | [Evangelium Arabicum cum latina incertineari versione cum figuris a Tempesta dediricatis, edite par Giovanni Raimondi]  | 
            Rome | 1591 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 16 | FABRIS, Salvator (1544-1618) | De lo schermo, overo scienza d'arme  | 
            Copenhague | 1606 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 17 | HEURES IMPRIMEES SUR VELIN | Heures a l'usage de Rome  | 
            Paris | 22 aout 1498 | EUR 17,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 18 | [HEURES IMPRIMEES SUR VELIN] Officium beate Marie virginis ad usum Romane ecclesie  | 
            Lyon | 26 aout 1501 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 19 | HEURES IMPRIMEES SUR VELIN. Horae dive virginis Marie secundum ritum ac consuetudinem...  | 
            Paris | [1524] | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 20 | [JARDIN DE PLAISANCE -- ANTHOLOGIE POETIQUE]. Le Jardin de plaisance et fleur de rethoricque  | 
            Paris | s.d. [circa 1518] | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 21 | [LA FAYETTE, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de, dite Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693)] | La Princesse de Cleves  | 
            Paris | 1678 | EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 22 | [LIVRE DE FETES] | Le Sacre de Louis XV, roy de France et de Navarre, dans l'eglise de Reims, le dimanche 25 octobre 1722  | 
            S.l. [Paris] | n.d. [1722] | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 23 | LUCRECE (Ier siecle av. J.-C.) | Di Tito Lucrezio Caro della Natura delle cose  | 
            Amsterdam [Paris] | 1754 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 24 | [LUTHER, Martin (1483-1546)] | Biblia. Das ist: die gantze heylige schrifft Teutsch. Sampt einem register, summarien uber alle capitel und schonen figuren  | 
            [Francfort] | 1574 | EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Unknown | 
| 25 | MAIMBOURG, Louis (1610-1686) | Histoire du grand Schisme d'Occident  | 
            Paris | 1678 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |