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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.
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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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.
Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: Antiquarian Book Auction, BK33, Exeter
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | BURNS, Robert | The Soldier's Return... |
Edinburgh | 1857 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 27 | BURTON, Richard Francis (transl.) | The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night |
London | 1897 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 504.00 |
| 28 | CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED. A collection of 24 vols., incl: MILNE, A. A. |
London | 1926 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 567.00 | |
| 29 | FOLKARD, Charles (illust.) | CHILDRENS AND ILLUSTRATED. The Arabian Nights |
London | 1913 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 30 | MILNE, A. A. | CHILDREN'S, POETRY, MISC. The King's Breakfast |
London | 1925 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 37.80 |
| 31 | DAHL, Roald | James and the Giant Peach |
New York | 1961 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 50.40 |
| 32 | 'Lewis Carroll' | [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] Le Avventure d'Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] |
London | 1872 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 403.20 |
| 33 | 'Lewis Carroll' | [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] Three Sunsets and Other Poems |
London | 1898 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 239.40 |
| 34 | DULAC, Edmund (illust.) | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
London | [1909] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 252.00 |
| 35 | FLINT, William Russell | The Lisping Goddess |
Worcester | 1968 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 36 | FLORENCE PRESS. The Romaunt of the Rose rendered out of the French into English by Geoffrey Chaucer |
London | 1908 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 119.70 | |
| 37 | GILES [Ronald 'Carl'] | Daily Express & Sunday Express Cartoons, a run |
London | 1946-2021 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 38 | MACLEOD, Norman (ed.) | GOOD WORDS. Good Words, A Magazine for all the Week... |
Edinburgh & London | 1862 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 39 | HAKE, Thomas Gordon | Parables and Tales |
London | 1872 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 40 | HAMER, Sam Hield | The Wonderful Isles |
London | 1908 | GBP 25.00 - 35.00 | GBP 31.50 |
| 41 | HARBOUR, Jennie (Illust.) | Hans Andersen's Stories |
London | nd | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 88.20 |
| 42 | HASEGAWA, Takejiro (pub.) | Japanese Fairy Tale Series: Kachi-Kachi Mountain |
1886 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold | |
| 43 | RACKHAM, Arthur (illust.) | ILLUSTRATED & LITERATURE. Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irvine |
London | 1908 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 31.50 |
| 44 | MALCOLM, Fiona | ILLUSTRATED and CHILDREN'S. My Fairyland, A Child's Own Visions |
London | 1916 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 88.20 |
| 45 | MONTGOMERY, James | ILLUSTRATED, C19th. Five vols: Poems, ... |
London | 1860 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 126.00 |
| 46 | PALGRAVE, Francis Turner | ILLUSTRATED, C19th. Five vols: The Five Days Entertainments at Wentworth Grange |
London | 1868 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | GREENAWAY, Kate (illust.) | ILLUSTRATED, CATS. Dame Wiggins of Lee, and her Seven Wonderful Cats... |
Orpington | 1885 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 48 | ARNOLD, T. W. (transl.) | ILLUSTRATED. The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi |
London | 1908 | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | GBP 25.20 |
| 49 | Du Maurier, George | ILLUSTRATED. Trilby, A Novel |
London | 1895 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 12.60 |
| 50 | RACKHAM, Arthur (illust.) | ILLUSTRATED. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie |
London | 1910 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 189.00 |