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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
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
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
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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. -
![<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.
Forum Auctions: Online: Books and Works on Paper, 1048, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 09, 2025 - October 09, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics, text in German and English |
Oxford | 1956 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 558.80 |
| 252 | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Preliminary Studies for The 'Philosophical Investigations' generally known as The Blue & Brown Books |
Oxford | 1958 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 584.20 |
| 253 | William Curtis | The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 1 and 2 |
1787 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 254 | Thomas Martyn | Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations: intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables |
1794 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 255 | John Gould | Collection of 20 plates from 'Birds of Europe' |
c.1832-37 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 825.50 | |
| 256 | John Gould and Edward Lear | Sulphur-and-white-breasted Toucan (Ramphastos Vitellinus), from 'A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans' |
c.1835 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 406.40 | |
| 257 | F.C. Hicks | Forty Years with Wild Animals in India, 2 vol. only, second edition, signed by the author |
Madras | 1911 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 88.90 |
| 258 | F.W. Frohawk | Natural History of British Butterflies, 2 vol.s |
1914 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 259 | Sir George Sitwell | On the Making of Gardens |
1949 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 50.80 | |
| 260 | Ellen Willmott | The Genus Rosa, 2 vol., drawings by Alfred Parsons |
1914 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 558.80 | |
| 261 | J. Andreas Romberg | Zeitschrift fur Praktische Baukunst |
Leipzig | 1841-48 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 101.60 |
| 262 | Nicolas-Henri Tardieu | Assembly of the Gods, after Antoine Coypel's ceiling fresco in the Palais RoyalParis, four sheets of engravings |
1717 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 190.50 | |
| 263 | Erno Goldfinger and Colin Penn | Planning Your Homes, 19 sheets only (of 22, lacking nos. 20-22) |
1945 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 215.90 | |
| 264 | William James Bennett | West Point, from Phillipstown |
1831 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 609.60 | |
| 265 | Thomas Shaw | Travels, or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant |
1757 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 254.00 | |
| 266 | Douglas Carruthers | Unknown Mongolia. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria |
1914 | GBP 180.00 - 220.00 | GBP 215.90 | |
| 267 | Burma.- Burmese manuscript |
late 19th or early 20th century | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 25.40 | ||
| 268 | Thomas Gage | A New Survey of the West-Indies... |
1699 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 241.30 | |
| 269 | China's Millions |
1925-43 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 304.80 | ||
| 270 | Herbert A. Giles | A Chinese-English Dictionary |
1912 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 165.10 | |
| 271 | China.- Landscape Album |
Tokyo | 1912 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 95.25 | |
| 272 | Douglas Story | To-Morrow in the East |
1907 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 31.75 | |
| 273 | English School Album with collection of 30 studies of a tour via Switzerland, Northern Italy, and the Greek Islands of Corfu and Kefalonia... |
mid-19th century | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | ||
| 274 | Sir William Jackson Hooker | Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809 |
1813 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 76.20 | |
| 275 | Sri Aurobindo | The Birth Century Library Set |
India | 1972 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 190.50 |
