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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: Modern Literature and Art Documentation, 126ML, Berlin-Grunewald
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3185 | Verhaeren, Emile | Die hohen Rhythmen  | 
            Leipzig | 1912 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 384.00 | 
| 3186 | Janssen, Horst | Brief an Mynher Henri Nannen zu Emden  | 
            Hamburg | 1988 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 153.60 | 
| 3187 | Janssen, Horst | Das Pfanderspiel (Vorzugsausgabe)  | 
            Gifkendorf | 1983 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 153.60 | 
| 3188 | Janssen, Horst | November, 2. Auflage  | 
            Krefeld | 1983 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 256.00 | 
| 3189 | Joyce, James | Ulysses  | 
            Basel | 1927 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 358.40 | 
| 3190 | Joyce, James | Ulysses  | 
            Zurich | 1930 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | 
| 3191 | Junger, Ernst | In Stahlgewittern  | 
            Hannover | 1920 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 2,176.00 | 
| 3192 | Junger, Ernst | In Stahlgewittern  | 
            Hannover | 1920 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | EUR 2,304.00 | 
| 3193 | Junger, Ernst | Das Waldchen 125  | 
            Berlin | 1925 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | 
| 3194 | Junger, Ernst | Feuer und Blut  | 
            Magdeburg | 1925 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 153.60 | 
| 3195 | Junger, Ernst | Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis  | 
            Berlin | 1928 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 384.00 | 
| 3196 | Junger, Ernst | Das abenteuerliche Herz  | 
            Berlin | 1929 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 166.40 | 
| 3197 | Junger, Ernst | Krieg und Krieger  | 
            Berlin | 1930 | EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | EUR 166.40 | 
| 3198 | Junger, Ernst | Luftfahrt ist not!  | 
            Leipzig | 1930 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | 
| 3199 | Junger, Ernst | Afrikanische Spiele  | 
            Hamburg | 1937 | EUR 220.00 - 220.00 | EUR 358.40 | 
| 3200 | Junger, Ernst | Geheimnisse der Sprache  | 
            Hamburg | 1939 | EUR 120.00 - 120.00 | EUR 192.00 | 
| 3201 | Junger, Ernst | Auf den Marmorklippen  | 
            Hamburg | 1941 | EUR 220.00 - 220.00 | EUR 192.00 | 
| 3202 | Junger, Ernst | Atlantische Fahrt (Kriegsgefangenen-Ausgabe)  | 
            London | 1947 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 128.00 | 
| 3203 | Junger, Ernst und Kubin, Alfred - Illustr. | Myrdun  | 
            Zurich | 1948 | EUR 250.00 - 250.00 | Not Sold | 
| 3204 | Junger, Ernst | Heliopolis  | 
            Tubingen | 1949 | EUR 220.00 - 220.00 | EUR 192.00 | 
| 3205 | Junger, Ernst | Heliopolis  | 
            Tubingen | 1949 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 256.00 | 
| 3206 | Junger, Ernst | Strahlungen  | 
            Tubingen | 1949 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 768.00 | 
| 3207 | Junger, Ernst | Strahlungen  | 
            Tubingen | 1949 | EUR 350.00 - 350.00 | EUR 320.00 | 
| 3208 | Junger, Ernst | Das Haus der Briefe  | 
            Olten | 1951 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 192.00 | 
| 3209 | Junger, Ernst | Glaserne Bienen  | 
            Stuttgart | 1957 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 179.20 |