Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Dominic 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, 2025

Swann, 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, 2025

Swann, 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, 2025

Swann, 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, 2025

Swann, 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-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000

Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000

Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers: Web Sale #5 of Numismatic Books, 102225, Gahanna

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 22, 2025 - October 22, 2025

Page Size: 532 items in 22 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
151	Longman, W.	TOKENS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, CONNECTED WITH BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS.	New York	1916	Not Available	USD 48.00
152	Metcalf, D.M.	COINAGE OF THE CRUSADES AND THE LATIN EAST IN THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD.	London	1995	Not Available	USD 102.00
153	Modesti, Adolfo.	NUMISMATA IN LIBRIS.	Formello	1997	Not Available	USD 30.00
154	Montenapoleone Aste D'Arte S.r.l.	MONETE ITALIANE DELL'EVO CONTEMPORANEO.	Milan	1982--1988.	Not Available	Not Sold
155	North, J.J.	ENGLISH HAMMERED COINAGE. VOLUMES I AND 2: EARLY ANGLO-SAXON TO CHARLES II, C. 600--1662.	London	1963 and 1975	Not Available	USD 18.00
156	O'Connor, Patrick.	THE COINS OF QUEEN ISABEL II OF SPAIN: A DETAILED STUDY OF THE COINS, PATTERNS, AND MEDALS OF HER REIGN.	San Antonio	2017	Not Available	USD 30.00
157	Pagnon, A.	ART DE RECONNAITRE LES MEDAILLES FAUSSES DES VRAIES ANTIQUES ET LES DIVERS MOYENS QU'EMPLOIENT LES FAUSSAIRES POUR LES CONTREFAIRE ET LES PATINER; SUIVI D'UN CATALOGUE DE MEDAILLES FAUSSES FRAPPEES DANS DES COINS ANCIENS ET MODERNES.	Marseille	1857	Not Available	USD 12.00
158	Pedery Hunt, Dora de, and Elizabeth Frey.	MEDALS.	N.p.	undated.	Not Available	USD 12.00
159	Petrov, V. I.	CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES RUSSES, DE TOUS LES PRINCES, TSARS ET EMPEREURS...		1899	Not Available	USD 12.00
160	Puente Jeri, Pedro Eugenio de la.	LA AMONEDACION EN ORO DE LAS CECAS DE LIMA, CUZCO, POTOSI 1659--1979.	Lima	1994	Not Available	USD 60.00
161	Pridmore, F.	THE COINS OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS TO THE END OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE VI, 1952. PART 4: INDIA. VOLUME 1: EAST INDIA COMPANY PRESIDENCY SERIES C. 1642--1835.	London	1960--1975.	Not Available	USD 18.00
162	Rose, F.M.	CHOPMARKS.	Dallas	1987	Not Available	USD 114.00
163	Schwan, C. Frederick, and Joseph E. Boling.	WORLD WAR II REMEMBERED: HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS, A NUMISMATIC STUDY.	Port Clinton	1995	Not Available	USD 132.00
164	Serrure, Raymond, and Rue Richelieu.	MONNAIES, ANTIQUES, FRANCAISES & ETRANGERES JETONS, MEDAILLES ET MEDAILLONS DE DAVID D'ANGERS.	Paris	1895	Not Available	USD 18.00
165	Sobin, George, Jr.	THE SILVER CROWNS OF FRANCE 1641--1973.	Teaneck	1974	Not Available	USD 18.00
166	Spink Coin Auctions.	THE COLLECTION OF TOKENS FORMED BY T.A. JAN. PARTS 1 AND 2.	London	1983 and 1984	Not Available	Not Sold
167	Sweeny, James O.	A NUMISMATIC HISTORY OF THE BIRMINGHAM MINT.	Birmingham	1981	Not Available	USD 60.00
168	Vignale, Petro-Juan.	LA CASA REAL DE MONEDA DE POTOSI.	Buenos Aires	1944	Not Available	USD 30.00
169	Vinicius, Jose.	CATALOGO J. VINICIUS. DE MOEDAS DO BRASIL DE 1643 A 1974.	Sao Paulo	1974	Not Available	USD 18.00
170	Woodside, W. W.	COMMUNION TOKENS -- A BIBLIOGRAPHY.		1958	Not Available	USD 114.00
171	Adams, Edgar H.	ADAMS' OFFICIAL PREMIUM LIST OF UNITED STATES PRIVATE AND TERRITORIAL GOLD COINS.	Brooklyn	1909	Not Available	USD 18.00
172	Adams, Edgar H.	PRIVATE GOLD COINAGE OF CALIFORNIA, 1849--55. ITS HISTORY AND ITS ISSUES.		Undated reprint of 1913 edition.	Not Available	USD 12.00
173	Adams, Edgar.	UNITED STATES STORE CARDS.	New York	1920	Not Available	USD 12.00
174	Adams, Eugene H., Lyle W. Dorsett and Robert S. Pulcipher.	THE PIONEER WESTERN BANK --- FIRST OF DENVER: 1860--1980.	Denver	1984	Not Available	USD 24.00
175	Adams, John W.	UNITED STATES NUMISMATIC LITERATURE. VOLUME I: NINETEENTH CENTURY AUCTION CATALOGS.	Mission Viejo	1982	Not Available	USD 72.00

Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.

Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 75. The Second Printed Map of the North American Continent - Full Contemporary Color (1593) Est. $35,000 - $40,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 37. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $16,000 - $18,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 104. Important Revolutionary War Plan of Battle of Quebec in Contemporary Color (1776) Est. $4,000 - $4,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 43. Mercator's Map of the North Pole - the First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic (1606) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 237. Rare and Striking Bird's-Eye View of Lawrence, Kansas (1880) Est. $2,000 - $2,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 10. Rare Map from Atlas Maior with Representations of the Seasons in Contemporary Color (1662) Est. $14,000 - $17,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 374. Bunting's Map of Europe Depicted as the Queen of the World (1589) Est. $2,000 - $2,400

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 590. Willem Blaeu's Magnificent Carte-a-Figures Map of Asia (1634) Est. $2,750 - $3,500

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 647. The Earliest and Most Decorative Map of the East Coast of Africa (1596) Est. $3,000 - $3,750

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 710. Ruscelli's Complete, Third Edition Atlas with 65 Maps (1574) Est. $9,500 - $11,000

Old World Auctions (Nov 12):
Lot 696. Superb Hand-Colored Image of the Adoration of the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
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