October–December 2025 • Paris, London, New York

Books & Manuscripts

S otheby’s Book Week draws together numerous auctions in multiple countries, boasting many notable collects ions and works across a range of categories including important printed and manuscript Americana and other historical documents, exceptional examples of literature spanning continents and centuries, iconic illustrations, and much more. Through these sales, we are proud to bring to the market a remarkable array of material sure to appeal to seasoned collects ors as well as those new to this category.

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Books & Manuscripts Available to Buy Now

Type: retail
Margery Williams Bianco, William Nicholson
The Velveteen Rabbit | First Edition
30,000 USD
Type: retail
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire First Edition Signed by Rowling
4,330 USD
Type: retail
William Cary, John Cary
English Terrestrial Pocket Globe with Celestial Case
13,500 USD
Type: retail
Miguel de Cervantès
Don Quixote
6,500 USD
Type: retail
Jan Jansson
Dutch Decorative Wind Rose
5,700 USD
Type: retail
Johnathan Carver
Travels through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768
6,000 USD
Type: retail
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | First Edition Signed by the Author and Daniel Radcliffe
9,200 USD
Type: retail
Edmund Dulac, Edgar Allan Poe
The Bells and Other Poems | Signed by the Illustrator
12,500 USD
Type: retail
Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's | A Short Novel and Three Stories | First Edition
7,500 USD
Type: retail
Philip Lea
English Map of the Holy Land
5,800 USD
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