• 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

Vermot de Pas: Classic Sale: Furniture and Works of Art , Paintings - From the 15th to the 20th century, 168538, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 101 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
10 JOUENNE Michel (1933-2021)

Reunion of two books on the artist: JOUENNE, Mers et oceans, 1992 and JOUENNE, Genese et jeunesse du monde, 1995 and two lithographs dated 2002 and 2003

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 64.00
11 Andre HAMBOURG (1909-1999)

Reunion of 7 works by the artist

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 281.60
12 Roger BEZOMBES (1913-1994)

Collection of 6 works on the artist:

EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
13

MILITARIA Set including L'armee francaise Years 1902 and 1904-1905 with dispatches by Roger de Beauvoir

EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
14

PARIS, a l'enseigne du Pot Casse, Collection SCRIPTA MANENT

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 358.40
15 [DORE]. DANTE ALIGHIERI.

[DORE]. DANTE ALIGHIERI. L'ENFER. with drawings by Gustave Dore, French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino,

1861 EUR 40.00 - 80.00 EUR 192.00
16 Alexandre DUMAS,

Alexandre DUMAS, Les Trois Mousquetaires, Compositions by Maurice LELOIR,

Paris 1894 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 128.00
17

Set of 7 miscellaneous 19th century books

19th century EUR 50.00 - 60.00 EUR 70.40
18 COLETTE.

COLETTE. Paris from my window.

Paris 1961 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 76.80
19 Edouard GOERG (1893-1969)

Le Livre de Job , translation by P. Dhorme,

Paris 1946 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 51.20
20 BECKFORD W.,

Vathek,

Paris 1962 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 25.60
21

Set of two books including: FRANCE (Anatole). Les Contes de Jacques Tournebroche,

Paris 1924 EUR 30.00 - 50.00 EUR 256.00
22 Louis GONSE Alfred de LOSTALOT,

Exposition universelle de 1889. Fine and decorative arts. L'Art francais retrospectif au Trocadero.

Paris (ca. 1890). EUR 40.00 - 50.00 EUR 25.60
23 Paul LACROIX,

XVIIIeme siecle lettres, sciences et arts, France 1700-1789,

Paris 1882 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
24

Set of 5 books including : The Holy Bible or Old and New Testaments

EUR 40.00 - 50.00 EUR 64.00
25

Set of various books: Derriere Le Miroir

EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 153.60
26 Kessel (J.):

Le Lion. Illustrated edition by Pierre Letellier.

EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 64.00
27 LETORT (Alain):

Tres admirable bestiaire fantastique ou l'on voit la veritable nature des animaux de la Lune et des autres planetes.

Honfleur (1973). EUR 30.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
28

L'Eclipse. Revue comique illustree. 5 vol.

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
29 NETTEMENT (Alfred):

La Semaine des Familles. Revue universelle sous la direction de M. Alfred Nettement.

1864 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
30

La RECREATION, schoolchildren's journal. 1833-1880.

1833-1880. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
31

ENFANTINA - Reunion de 6 vol. grand in-8 relies (etats divers): L'age d'or. Journal de l'enfance. 1843.

1843 EUR 60.00 - 80.00 EUR 64.00
32

ENFANTINA - Reunion of 4 vol. large in-8 bound (various states, foxing): -Epagny: Le bon genie des enfants. Traite d'education. 1843.

1843 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
33

ENFANTINA - L'Image. Illustrated monthly magazine of education, instruction and recreation. 1st year 1847 3rd year 1849.

1847 1849. EUR 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
34

JOURNAL des VOYAGES. 28 in-4 vol. in publisher's cloth or other period bindings (different bindings, various states...).

EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • 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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