June–July 2026 • Paris, London, New York

Books & Manuscripts

This June and July, Sotheby’s Book Week will feature a series of auctions across multiple sale locations, including Paris, London, and New York. The array of distinguished single- and various-owner sales will offer a wide range of material from medieval illuminated manuscripts to modern literature, including finely bound livres d’artistes and much more. Among the highlights in New York are eight recently recovered love letters from John Keats to Fanny Brawne and Andrew Wyeth's copy of Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian. Additionally, in advance of the United States’ 250th Anniversary this July, we will offer the Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin, the greatest private collection of Franklin material to come to market in over a century. With a large variety of books and manuscripts available at a broad range of estimates, we hope that all collectors, from the most seasoned bibliophiles to newcomers in the field, will find something that appeals to their tastes and interests.


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Auction Calendar

Exhibition Information

  • Jun13 Jun17

    Livres & Manuscrits

  • Jun20 Jun24

    Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, Part I

  • Jun20 Jun24

    Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Americana, Part II

  • Jun20 Jun24

    Highlights from The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin

  • Hours

    Monday–Friday | 10:00AM–6:00PMSaturday | 10:00AM–9:00PMSunday | 2:00PM–6:00PM

    Location

    83, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, France

Books & Manuscripts Available to Buy Now

Type: retail
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy | First Edition, First Printings
115,200 USD
Type: retail
Biblia Sacra utriusque Testamenti | Quentel’s Protestant Bible in Latin
15,000 USD
Type: retail
William Faulkner
Light in August First Edition
13,500 USD
Type: retail
Sylvia Plath
Untitled Portrait Of A Woman
150,000 USD
Type: retail
Album Of Watercolors Of Flowers, Fruit And Silkworms
196,500 USD
Type: retail
Gerard De Jode
Dutch Cordiform World Map
134,700 USD
Type: retail
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King First Edition
8,000 USD
Type: retail
Karl Marx
Das Kapital
131,000 USD
Type: retail
Ian Fleming
James Bond Casino Royale Inscribed First Edition
166,250 USD
Type: retail
George MacDonald Fraser
Flashman Novels | Each Signed by the Author
13,000 USD
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