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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.
Lyon and Turnbull: Books and Manuscripts, 868, Edinburgh
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 02, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Jamaica] The Royal Almanack and Register for the Island of Jamaica |
Kingston | 1786 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 | |
| 2 | Cook, Captain James | A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World |
London | 1779 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 630.00 |
| 3 | Pinkerton, John | A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all Parts of the World |
London | 1808-1814 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Shoberl, Frederic | The World in Miniature - 3 volumes |
London | [n.d.] | GBP 250.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Garran, Andrew | Oceania 28 books covering Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas |
Sydney | 1886 | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | Bancroft, Hubert Howe | History of California [being volumes xviii-xxiv of The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft] |
San Francisco | 1886-1890 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 7 | American Travel, including Simpson, Thomas Narrative of the Discoveries on The north Coast of America |
London | 1843 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Moulton, Gary G. (editor) | The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
Lincoln & London | 1987-2001 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 9 | Scoresby, William | 4 books An Account of the Arctic Regions with a History and Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery |
Edinburgh | 1820 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 277.20 |
| 10 | Nares, Sir G.S. | Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea |
London | 1878 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 11 | Franklin, John and John Richardson | Arctic Exploration Collection of works |
Philadelphia | 1828 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
| 12 | Arctic Exploration | Group of 22 books Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage In Search of North-West Passage, And Of A Residence In the Arctic Regions During The Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833 |
London | 1835 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 13 | Antarctic Exploration 47 books |
London | 1913 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,008.00 | |
| 14 | David, Henry | Travel and Trade A small collection An Historical Account of all the Voyages round the World performed by English Navigators, 1773 |
London | 1908 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | Soltykoff, Alexis | [Four plates from Indian Scenes and Characters, sketched from Life] |
[London] | [1859] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 3,150.00 |
| 16 | India The Journal of Indian Art |
Peckham | 1888 & 1906 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 378.00 | |
| 17 | India Collection of works, 19th-20th century, including rare gazetteers and Indian imprints |
Lahore | 1864 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 756.00 | |
| 18 | Hutchison, John and Jean Philippe Vogel | History of the Panjab Hill States |
Lahore | 1933 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 819.00 |
| 19 | India, 1930s Collection of printed documents including viceregal tour programmes and government memoranda 1-5 |
Rangoon | 1937 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,276.00 | |
| 20 | India Collection of printed or typescript documents and memoranda, 1910s-1930s |
Lahore | c.1935 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 21 | [Mason, George Henry] | The Punishments of China |
London | 1801 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 22 | The Campaign in India 1857-58 12 lithographs from the set of 26 by George Atkinson |
London | 1859 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | |
| 23 | Budge, E.A. Wallis | The Book of the Dead |
London | 1899 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | Weinthal, Leo (editor) | The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway and River Route, from 1887 to 1922 |
London/Luton | [1923] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 302.40 |
| 25 | Thwaites, Reuben Gold | Early Western Travels |
Cleveland, Ohio | 1904-1907 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
