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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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Baedeker, Karl | Sammlung von 15 Reisefuhrern  | 
            Leipzig | 1880-1943 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 281.60 | 
| 77 | Barbault, Jean | Konvolut von 5 Ansichten Roms aus "Les plus beaux monuments de Rome ancienne"  | 
            Rom | 1761 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | 
| 78 | Batty, Robert | Mit Fore-Edge-Painting in prachtvollem Maroquinband. Scenery of the Rhine, Belgium and Holland  | 
            London | 1826 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,400.00 | EUR 1,152.00 | 
| 79 | Beaurain, Jean de | Plan geometral de Gibraltar  | 
            Paris | 1756 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 80 | Beaurain, Jean-Baptiste Jacques de | Carte topographique de la plus grande partie du duche de Mantoue, levee sur les lieux par ordre du duc de Mantoue  | 
            Paris | 1734 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 81 | Bellin, Jacques Nicolas | Isles Britanniques  | 
            Paris | 1757 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | 
| 82 | Berger, Arthur | "Eigene Aufnahmen" und "Album" (Deckeltitel)  | 
            Deutschland | ca. 1900-1910 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 83 | Berger, Arthur | Fotoalbum Skandinavien, Schweizer Alpen, Sudfrankreich  | 
            Um 1910 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 84 | Blaeu, Johannes | Insulae Tremitanae, olim Diomedeae dictae  | 
            Amsterdam | 1663 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | EUR 192.00 | 
| 85 | Blaeu, Johannes | Porto Longone Forteresse de la Toscane, Dans l'Isle d'Elbe  | 
            Amsterdam | 1704 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | 
| 86 | Blaeu, Johannes und Mortier, Pierre | Carmagnoliae eiusquem vicorum nova et exactissima descriptio  | 
            Amsterdam | 1705 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 87 | Blaeu, Johannes und Mortier, Pierre | La ville de Livorne  | 
            Amsterdam | 1705 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 88 | Blaeu, Johannes und Mortier, Pierre | Parma. Kupferstich aus "Nouveau Theatre d'Italie"  | 
            Amsterdam | 1705 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 89 | Blaeu, Willem Janszoon | Cyprus Insula  | 
            Amsterdam | 1647 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 588.80 | 
| 90 | Bowyer, Robert | Moskow. Kolorierte Aquatinta  | 
            London | 1815 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 281.60 | 
| 91 | Calvi, Leopoldo | 3 Veduten italienischer Stadte  | 
            Um 1860 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 768.00 | |
| 92 | Chastillon, Claude | Topographie francoise ou representations de plusieurs villes, bourgs, chasteaux, maisons de plaisance, ruines & vestiges d'antiquitez du royaume de France  | 
            Paris | 1641 | EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,800.00 | 
| 93 | Chatelain, Henri Abraham | Carte du plan de Venise, l'etat de sa noblesse et ses differens digrez, avec quelques autres remarques curieuses sur cette superbe ville. Kolorierter Kupferstichplan  | 
            Amsterdam | 1719 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 384.00 | 
| 94 | Danckerts, Justus | Sammlung von 54 grenzkolorierten Kupferstichkarten  | 
            EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 4,352.00 | ||
| 95 | Dolomiten. - Album mit ca. 85 Silbergelatineabzugen  | 
            1911 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 96 | Dupre, Louis | Vue de l'Acropolis d'Athens  | 
            Paris | 1825 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 2,048.00 | 
| 97 | Duval, Pierre | Le Piemont et le Monferrat  | 
            Paris | 1677 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | 
| 98 | Florimi, Matteo | Bologna. Kupferstich  | 
            Siena | um 1600 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,152.00 | 
| 99 | Franckenberger, Reinhold | Chronologiae Scaligero-Petavianae breve compendium  | 
            Witteberg | 1661 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 100 | (Franzetti, Agapito, Hrsg.) | Raccolta di No. 320 vedute si antiche che moderne della citta di Roma e di alcuni luoghi suburbani  | 
            Rom | (um 1820) | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |