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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. -
![<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. -
![<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.")
Dominic Winter
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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, 2025Dominic 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.
ALDE: Original Editions from the 19th and 20th Centuries, 91725, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). | Le Chevalier des Touches. |
Paris | 1864 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 2 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | [SAINTE-BEUVE (Charles-Augustin)]. Les Consolations. [Paris, Charpentier, 1840]. |
[Paris | 1840]. | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 3 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Les Fleurs du Mal. |
Paris | 1857 | EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | EUR 27,500.00 |
| 4 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles). | Les Fleurs du Mal. |
Paris | 1857 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,500.00 |
| 5 | CONSTANT (Benjamin). | Adolphe. Anecdote trouvee dans les papiers d'un inconnu. |
Paris ; Londres | 1816 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 6 | CORBIERE (Tristan). | Les Amours jaunes. |
Paris | 1873 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,750.00 |
| 7 | CROS (Charles). | Solution generale du probleme de la photographie des couleurs. |
Paris | 1869 | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 563.00 |
| 8 | [DUMAS (Alexandre)]. | Magasin theatral. Choix de pieces nouvelles jouees sur les theatres de Paris. |
Paris | s.d. [1828-1839]. | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | DUMAS (Alexandre). | Stockholm, Fontainebleau et Rome. Trilogie dramatique sur la vie de Christine, cinq actes en vers, avec prologue et epilogue. |
Paris | 1830 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | DUMAS (Alexandre). | Caligula, tragedie en cinq actes et en vers, avec un prologue. |
Paris | 1838 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 11 | DUMAS (Alexandre). | Theatre complet. Nouvelle edition, revue et corrigee par l'auteur. |
Paris | 1841 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 12 | DUMAS (Alexandre). | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. Publie par Le Siecle. |
Paris | 1846 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 3,000.00 |
| 13 | DUMAS (Alexandre). | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. |
Locle | 1847 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | FLAUBERT (Gustave) | Madame Bovary. |
Paris | 1857 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,750.00 |
| 15 | FLAUBERT (Gustave) | La Tentation de Saint Antoine. |
Paris | 1874 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | HEREDIA (Jose-Maria de). | Les Trophees. |
Paris | 1893 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 17 | HUGO (Victor). | Notre-Dame de Paris. |
Paris | 1836 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 438.00 |
| 18 | HUGO (Victor). | Les Rayons et les Ombres. |
Paris | 1840 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 19 | HUGO (Victor). | Les Miserables. |
Bruxelles | 1862 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 20 | HUGO (Victor). | L'Homme qui rit. |
Paris; Bruxelles | 1869 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 21 | HUGO (Victor). | L'Annee terrible. |
Paris | 1872 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | MALLARME (Stephane). | L'Apres-midi d'un faune. |
Paris | 1876 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 4,125.00 |
| 23 | MALLARME (Stephane). | Les Poesies de Stephane Mallarme photolithographiees du manuscrit definitif. |
Paris | 1887 | EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | EUR 18,750.00 |
| 24 | MONNIER (Henry). | Propos de table. Manuscrit autographe signe. 14 pages in-4. |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 | ||
| 25 | POE (Edgar Allan). | Histoires extraordinaires. Traduction de Charles Baudelaire. |
Paris | 1856 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 300.00 |
