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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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November 25Doyle
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/cc3f4f98-f195-4049-aca6-329c27fdd27c.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.")
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | WAUGH, Evelyn | ILLUSTRATED. Wine in Peace and War, with decorations by Rex Whistler |
London | nd [1947] | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 25.20 |
| 52 | INGELOW, Jean | INGELOW, Jean. Poems... |
London | 1867 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 88.20 |
| 53 | KIMURA, Mary G. | A Day With Mitsu |
Tokyo | 1894 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 54 | KIPLING, Rudyard | Just So Stories |
London | 1902 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 69.30 |
| 55 | LANG, Andrew (ed.) | The Pink Fairy Book |
London | 1897 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 94.50 |
| 56 | LENNON, John | A Spaniard in the Works |
London | 1965 | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 57 | LITERATURE AND ILLUSTRATED. A miscellaneous group |
London | 1924 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold | |
| 58 | MACDONALD, George | Dealings with the Fairies |
London | 1867 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 59 | MICKEY MOUSE ANNUALS. A group of four annuals, for 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 |
London | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 94.50 | ||
| 60 | MILLAIS, John Everett (illust.) | Little Songs for Me to Sing |
London | nd [1865] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 100.80 |
| 61 | MONTY PYTHON. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book) |
London | 1977 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 25.20 | |
| 62 | MORRIS, William | Pre-Raphaelite Ballads |
New York | 1900 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 44.10 |
| 63 | PENNELL, Joseph (illust.) | Eleven illustrated works |
Philidelphia | 1921 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 81.90 |
| 64 | POTTER, Beatrix | Five early or 1st trade editions: The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
[1903] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 226.80 | |
| 65 | PUNCH. Punch, or the London Charivari |
1886 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 18.90 | ||
| 66 | RACKHAM, Arthur (illust.) | Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens |
London | 1906 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 239.40 |
| 67 | [RANDS, William Brighty] | Lilliput Levee |
London | 1867 | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 68 | [RASPE, Rudolph Erich] | The Surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen, ... |
London | 1819 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | GBP 69.30 |
| 69 | ROSSETTI, Christina | Goblin Market and other poems |
Cambridge and London | 1862 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 70 | ROSSETTI, Christina | Goblin Market and other poems |
London | 1875 | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | GBP 75.60 |
| 71 | ROSSETTI, Christina | Goblin Market |
London | 1893 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 277.20 |
| 72 | ROSSETTI, Christina | Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme Book... |
London | 1872 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 214.20 |
| 73 | ROSSETTI, Christina | Speaking Likenesses, with pictures thereof by Arthur Hughes |
London | 1874 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 119.70 |
| 74 | ROSSETTI, Christina | The Prince's Progress and Other Poems |
London | 1866 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 201.60 |
| 75 | SELOUS, Henry Courtney (illust.) | The Plays of William Shakespeare |
London | nd [c.1890] | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b69c37e7-f18c-4417-b08b-f00e9b97a413.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Nov. 5:</b> Aquinas (Thomas). <i>[Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte,</i> Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.")
