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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
 
Galerie Bassenge: History, Geography, and Travel, 126GE, Berlin-Grunewald
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - October 07, 2025 - October 07, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Mare, Johann Karl | Grundriss der Koniglichen Haupt und Residenz Stadt Konigsberg ... grosser Plan mit 3 Legenden und Kartusche  | 
            Berlin | 1815 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,024.00 | 
| 227 | Menzel, Adolph von | Illustrations des oeuvres de Frederic le Grand  | 
            Paris und Berlin | -1882 | EUR 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 228 | (Mirabeau, Honore Gabriel Comte de Riquetti) | Atlas de la monarchie prussienne  | 
            London | 1788 | EUR 250.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | 
| 229 | (Nicolai, Christoph Friedrich) | Description des villes de Berlin et de Potsdam et de tout ce qu'elles contiennent de plus remarquable. Traduite de l'allemand  | 
            Berlin | 1769 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | 
| 230 | (Nicolai, Friedrich) | Beschreibung der Kgl. Residenzstadte Berlin und Potsdam und aller daselbst befindlicher Merkwurdigkeiten  | 
            Berlin | 1769 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,408.00 | 
| 231 | Nicolai, Friedrich | Beschreibung der Koniglichen Residenzstadte Berlin und Potsdam, aller daselbst befindlicher Merkwurdigkeiten und der umliegenden Gegend  | 
            Berlin | 1786 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | 
| 232 | Potsdam. Ansichten von Potsdam und der Umgegend  | 
            Berlin | 1850 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 233 | Preussen. Sammlung von 32 teils farbigen, teils kolorierten Lithographien auf Karton  | 
            Deutschland | um 1850-1860 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 614.40 | |
| 234 | Rellstab, Ludwig | Berlin und seine nachsten Umgebungen in malerischen Originalansichten  | 
            Darmstadt | 1855 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | 
| 235 | Rellstab, Ludwig | Berlin und seine nachsten Umgebungen in malerischen Originalansichten  | 
            Darmstadt | 1852 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | 
| 236 | Rellstab, Ludwig | Berlin und seine nachsten Umgebungen in malerischen Originalansichten  | 
            Darmstadt | 1854 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,536.00 | 
| 237 | Reymann, Gottlob Daniel | Topographischer Plan der Gegend um Berlin  | 
            Berlin | 1818 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | 
| 238 | (Richter, Christoph Gottlieb) | Gesprach im Reiche der Todten zwischen dem tapfern Prinzen, Ludwig Christian aus dem Stollberg Geuderischen Hause, und dem Hannss Carl v. Winterfeld  | 
            Frankfurt und Leipzig | 1758-1759 | EUR 250.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | 
| 239 | Schlesien. Konvolut von 5 teils kolorierten Kupferkarten und -ansichten  | 
            Verschiedene Orte und Verleger | 1650-1740 | EUR 750.00 - 750.00 | EUR 832.00 | |
| 240 | Schleuen, Johann David | Plan von der so genannten Insel Potsdam nebst den umliegenden Gegenden  | 
            Berlin | 1787 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 241 | Schmettau, Samuel Graf von | Plan de Berlin  | 
            Paris | 1758 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | 
| 242 | (Schmidt, Valentin Heinrich) | Wegweiser fur Fremde und Einheimische durch die konigl  | 
            Berlin | 1816 | EUR 250.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | 
| 243 | Schwartz, F. Albert | Ansichten von Berlin  | 
            Berlin | (um 1880) | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 460.80 | 
| 244 | Seutter, Matthaus | Berlin die Praechtigst  | 
            Augsburg | um 1738 | EUR 750.00 - 750.00 | EUR 640.00 | 
| 245 | Seutter, Matthaus | Eigentliche Abbildung und Prospecte derer Kirchen, Pallast, prachtigen publiquen Gebauen und Statuen so in der Konigl  | 
            Augsburg | um 1740 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 246 | Spiker, S(amuel) H(einrich) | Berlin und seine Umgebungen im 19. Jahrhundert  | 
            Berlin | 1833 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | 
| 247 | Spiker, Samuel Heinrich | Berlin und seine Umgebungen im neunzehnten Jahrhundert  | 
            Berlin | 1833 | EUR 250.00 - 250.00 | EUR 230.40 | 
| 248 | Springer, Robert | Berlin. Die deutsche Kaiserstadt nebst Potsdam und Charlottenburg mit ihren schonsten Bauwerken und hervorragendsten Monumenten  | 
            Frankfurt | 1883 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 128.00 | 
| 249 | Die Strassen-Brucken der Stadt Berlin  | 
            Berlin | 1902 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 250 | Wolfgang, Johann Georg | Christ-Konigliches Trauer- und Ehren-Gedachtniss des ... Herrn Friederichs, Ersten Christl  | 
            (Berlin) | -1723 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |