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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: Miscellaneous, 126VAR, 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 430 | Pelz, Henriette | Neues allgemeines Schlesisches Kochbuch fur burgerliche Haushaltungen  | 
            Breslau | 1834 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | 
| 431 | Propper, Lovica von | Waidmanns-Kuche  | 
            Koln und Neuss | 1871 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | 
| 432 | Schellhammer, Maria Sophia | Der Wohl-unterwiesenen Kochin zufallige Confect-Taffel  | 
            Berlin und Potsdam | 1732 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | 
| 433 | Schellhammer, Maria Sophia | Die wol unterwiesene Kochinn  | 
            Braunschweig | 1704 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | 
| 434 | Schellhammer, Maria Sophia | Die wol unterwiesene Kochinn  | 
            Braunschweig | 1704-1706 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | 
| 435 | Schreger, Odilo | Der vorsichtige und nach heutigem Geschmacke wohlerfahrene Speismeister  | 
            Augsburg | 1778 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold | 
| 436 | Werner, Christiane | Das grosse ... Frankfurter Koch- und Haushaltungsbuch  | 
            Frankfurt a. M. | 1805 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | EUR 563.20 | 
| 437 | Woltersdorf, Ernst Gabriel | Das Ganze der Brot-, Semmel-, Kuchen- und Pfefferkuchenbakkerei  | 
            Ilmenau | 1824 | EUR 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 438 | Zuckert, Johann Friedrich | Allgemeine Abhandlung von den Nahrungsmitteln, von den Speisen aus dem Thierreich, von den Speisen aus dem Pflanzenreich  | 
            Berlin | 1775 | EUR 800.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | 
| 439 | Armes du roy de France | princes du sang et autres ducs et pairs, mareschaux de France  | 
            Paris | 1654 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 460.80 | 
| 440 | Munzgallerie | Gallerie sammtlicher europaischen und ausser-europaischen Munzen  | 
            Leipzig | 1852 bzw. o. J. 1852 | EUR 240.00 - 240.00 | EUR 332.80 | 
| 441 | Tentzel, Wilhelm Ernst | Saxonia Numismatica  | 
            Dresden | 1705 bzw | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | 
| 442 | Basler Fastnacht | Sammlung von Kollektiva zur Baseler Fastnacht  | 
            Basel | 1867-1890 | EUR 100.00 - 100.00 | EUR 332.80 | 
| 443 | Bauer, Friedrich A. | Der Dienstboten-Freund  | 
            Augsburg | 1851 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 409.60 | 
| 444 | Joest, Wilhelm | Tatowiren, Narbenzeichnen und Korperbemalen  | 
            Berlin | 1887 | EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 1,920.00 | 
| 445 | Kunckel von Lowenstern, Johann | Der curieusen Kunst- und Werck-Schul  | 
            Nurnberg | 1759-1760 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 614.40 | 
| 446 | Harding, Edward | The Costume of the Russian Empire  | 
            London | 1811 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,792.00 | 
| 447 | Kretschmer, Albert | Deutsche Volkstrachten  | 
            Leipzig | 1870 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | 
| 448 | Mason, George Henry | The punishments of China  | 
            London | 1801 | EUR 950.00 - 950.00 | Not Sold | 
| 449 | Picard, Bernard | Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde  | 
            Amsterdam und Paris | 1783 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 450 | Suhr, Christoph | Hamburgische Trachten  | 
            Hamburg | um 1808-1812 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | 
| 451 | Eosander Freiherr von Gothe, Johann Friedrich Nilsson | Durch Anweisung und Erfahrung Geubter Soldat  | 
            Frankfurt | 1744 | EUR 750.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | 
| 452 | Fosse, Charles Louis Francois | Idees d'un militaire pour la disposition des troupes  | 
            Paris | 1783 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | 
| 453 | Hayne, J. C. G. | Abhandlung uber die Kriegskunst der Turken  | 
            Berlin und Stettin | 1783 | EUR 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 454 | Kameke, Hermann Friedrich | Die Preussische Feld-Artillerie  | 
            Berlin | 1847 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |