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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
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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
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Burmese Sutra | Late 19th or early 20th century |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 252.00 | ||
| 177 | Aristotle | Operum omnium |
Lyon | 1590 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 178 | Smith, Adam | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations |
London | 1805 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 179 | Boerhaave, Hermann | Medicine, mainly 18th century 10 volumes |
Lyon | 1740 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 302.40 |
| 180 | Ward, The Hon. Mrs | Microscope Teachings |
London | 1864 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 181 | Scott, Peter (1909-1989) | Morning Flight [and:] Wild Chorus |
London | 1935-8 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 182 | Angling, natural history, field sports Collection of works, 18th and early-19th century |
London | 1701 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,512.00 | |
| 183 | Angling Collection of works, finely bound, 19th-early 20th century |
London | 1893 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 184 | Darwin, Charles | The Descent of Man |
London | 1871 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 882.00 |
| 185 | Drummond, Thomas | Musci Scotici: or, Dried Specimens of the Mosses that have been discovered in Scotland... |
[N.p.] | [n.d. but c.1824-1825] | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 945.00 |
| 186 | Smith, Sir James Edward - James Sowerby | English Botany: or, Coloured Figures of British Plants |
London | [1834?-40] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 554.40 |
| 187 | Morris, F. O. and James Duncan Morris | Moths and Naturalist's Library Works |
London | 1872 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 188 | [Leverian Museum / Fenn, Lady Ellenor] A Short History of Quadrupeds |
London | [1799] | GBP 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 189 | Shaw, George | General Zoology or Systematic Natural History from the first Authorities and most select specimens |
London | 1800-09 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 604.80 |
| 190 | Angling Large collection of works, 19th and 20th century |
Liverpool | 1828 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,638.00 | |
| 191 | Buffon, Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de | Natural History, containing a Theory of the Earth... |
London | 1797 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 352.80 |
| 192 | Da Costa, Emanuel Mendes | Elements of Conchology: or, an Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells |
London | 1776 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 403.20 |
| 193 | Morris, Francis Orpen | A History of British Birds |
London | [n.d.] | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 378.00 |
| 194 | Forbes, Henry O. (editor) | Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-El-Kuri |
Liverpool and London | 1903 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 195 | Millais, J. G. | Natural history, field sports and Highland pursuits Collection of works, 19th-early 20th century |
London | 1909 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 693.00 |
| 196 | Darwin, Charles | The Descent of Man |
London | 1871 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 197 | [Markham, Gervase] and William Lawson | The Way to Get Wealth [Cheape and Good Husbandry, the third edition] |
London | 1623 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
![<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.")
