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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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Jerusalem. Die Heilige Stadt und Umgebung  | 
            (Monchengladbach) | -1910 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 217.60 | |
| 52 | Kircher, Athanasius | La Chine ...  | 
            Amsterdam | 1670 | EUR 3,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 53 | Mercator, Gerhard | Japonia. Grenzkolorierte Kupferkarte  | 
            Um 1611 | EUR 700.00 - 700.00 | EUR 537.60 | |
| 54 | Moithey, Maurille Antoine | Carte Generale De L'Empire De Russie comprise en Europe pour l'intelligence de la guerre presente entre L'Imperatrice, de toutes les Russies, et le Turc. Grenz- und flachenkolorierte Kupferstichkarte  | 
            Paris | 1805 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | EUR 204.80 | 
| 55 | Nieuhof, Johann | Het Gezantschap der Neerlandtsche Oost-indische Compagnie, aan den grooten tartarischen Cham, den tegenwoordigen Keizer van China  | 
            Amsterdam | 1670 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 56 | Oblast Amur | Typen der Bewohner des Amurgebietes nach der Natur Photographirt  | 
            O.O. | (um 1890) | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 4,864.00 | 
| 57 | Orientalische Historie. Sammelband aus 3 lateinischen Schriften  | 
            Berlin | 1671 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,024.00 | |
| 58 | Russland. Konvolut aus 5 Lithographien  | 
            Paris | 1839 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 358.40 | |
| 59 | Schmidt, Johann Marius Friedrich | Asien  | 
            Berlin | 1819 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | 
| 60 | Schwabe, Johann Joachim | Allgemeine Historie der Reisen zu Wasser und Lande (Band XVIII)  | 
            Leipzig | 1764 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 358.40 | 
| 61 | Stolpe, Carl und Straube, Julius | Plan von Constantinopel mit den Vorstadten, dem Hafen und einem Theile des Bosporus  | 
            Berlin | 1866 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 640.00 | 
| 62 | Tachard, Guy | Voyage de Siam  | 
            Amsterdam | 1688 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | EUR 307.20 | 
| 63 | Vietnam. Estado del cristinismo del reino de Tun-Kin  | 
            Madrid | 1841 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | EUR 537.60 | |
| 64 | Vietnam. Tonkin  | 
            Um 1910 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 65 | Wang, Ludwig und Meerscheidt-Hullessem, Friedrich von | In und um Peking wahrend der Kriegswirren 1900-1901  | 
            Berlin | 1902 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | 
| 66 | Wit, Frederick De | Northern Coast of Russia  | 
            1680 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | EUR 332.80 | |
| 67 | Wladiwostok. Leporello aus 7 kolorierten Fotografien  | 
            Wladiwostok | um 1930 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 960.00 | |
| 68 | Hernsheim, Franz | AUSTRALIEN UND OZEANIEN. Sudsee-Erinnerungen (1875-1880)  | 
            Berlin | -1883 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 320.00 | 
| 69 | Kramer, Augustin | Die Samoa-Inseln  | 
            Stuttgart | 1902-1903 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 384.00 | 
| 70 | Phillips, Arthur | Reise nach der Botany-Bay  | 
            Hamburg | 1791 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | 
| 71 | EUROPA A Balloon View of London as seen from Hampstead  | 
            London | um 1851 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,408.00 | |
| 72 | Die allerneuesten und grausamsten Schicksale der polnischen Dissidenten, mit Inbegrif des Turkenkrieges  | 
            Hamburg | 1769 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 73 | Andriveau-Goujon, Eugene | Carte de Physique & routiere de l'Italie  | 
            Paris | 1863 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 74 | Aveline, Pierre Alexander | Pignerol, Ville du Piemont, a la France  | 
            Paris | 1700 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | 
| 75 | Bacler d'Albe, Louis Albert Guislain | Carte generale du theatre de la guerre en Italie et dans les Alpes [und:] Carte generale du royaume de Sardaigne  | 
            Paris | 1802 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 2,816.00 |