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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
 
Desa Unicum: Contemporary Prints, 100125, Warszawa
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - October 01, 2025 - October 01, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan Dobkowski (b. 1942) | Untitled, 20th c.  | 
            20th c. | PLN 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | PLN 2,040.00 | |
| 2 | Jan Dobkowski (b. 1942) | Bez tytulu (zestaw 3 prac), 1984  | 
            1984 | PLN 1,800.00 - 2,600.00 | PLN 1,320.00 | |
| 3 | Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015) | Untitled, 1967  | 
            1967 | PLN 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015) | "M 74", 2005  | 
            2005 | PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | PLN 78,000.00 | |
| 5 | Wojciech Fangor (1922 - 2015) | "M 65", 1968/2001  | 
            1968/2001 | PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | PLN 20,400.00 | |
| 6 | Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017) | Teka "Katarsis", 1985  | 
            1985 | PLN 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 - 2017) | Untitled (Crowd), 1985  | 
            1985 | PLN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Roman Opalka (1931 - 2011) | "Detail 893147-918533", 1993  | 
            1993 | PLN 26,000.00 - 35,000.00 | PLN 26,400.00 | |
| 9 | Roman Opalka (1931 - 2011) | "A Polish Tank by the Brandenburg Gate" from the cycle "20 Years of Victory", 1965  | 
            1965 | PLN 10,000.00 - 14,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 - 2011) | Untitled, 1997  | 
            1997 | PLN 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | PLN 20,400.00 | |
| 11 | Jerzy Nowosielski (1923 - 2011) | Akt, lata 90. XX w.  | 
            lata 90. XX w. | PLN 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | PLN 6,000.00 | |
| 12 | Izabella Gustowska (b. 1948) | "Beyond Myself VI", 1985  | 
            1985 | PLN 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 13 | Ewa Kuryluk (b. 1946) | "With a Turtle", 1971  | 
            1971 | PLN 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | PLN 9,000.00 | |
| 14 | Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987) | "Saint Apolonia" Portfolio (a set of 4 prints), 1984  | 
            1984 | PLN 400,000.00 - 600,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Lucjan Mianowski (1933 - 2009) | "Nude in the Interior", 1974  | 
            1974 | PLN 2,400.00 - 2,800.00 | PLN 2,400.00 | |
| 16 | Roman Opalka "Opalka 1965/1 - [?]" (a record + album) | "Opalka 1965/1 - [?]" (a record + album)  | 
            PLN 3,000.00 - 0.00 | PLN 2,280.00 | ||
| 17 | Henryk Stazewski (1894 - 1988) | Tryptyk - 3 sztuki, 1984  | 
            1984 | PLN 1,800.00 - 2,400.00 | PLN 1,680.00 | |
| 18 | Henryk Stazewski (1894 - 1988) | Bez tytulu, 1974/1979  | 
            1974/1979 | PLN 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) | Untitled, 1976  | 
            1976 | PLN 20,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 20 | Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) | "Inscriptions", 2006  | 
            2006 | PLN 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | PLN 12,000.00 | |
| 21 | Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) | Bez tytulu, lata 90. XX w.  | 
            lata 90. XX w. | PLN 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | PLN 1,920.00 | |
| 22 | Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) | Untitled, lata 90. XX w.  | 
            lata 90. XX w. | PLN 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 | PLN 10,200.00 | |
| 23 | Jan Tarasin (1926 - 2009) | Bez tytulu, lata 90. XX w.  | 
            lata 90. XX w. | PLN 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | PLN 1,680.00 | |
| 24 | Jerzy Panek (1918 - 2001) | "Bialy kon", 1959/1991  | 
            1959/1991 | PLN 2,400.00 - 3,000.00 | PLN 3,840.00 | |
| 25 | Jozef Gielniak (1932 - 1972) | "Transitus", 1971  | 
            1971 | PLN 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | PLN 15,600.00 |