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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.
OSENAT: Books and Manuscripts, 160548, PARIS
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALECHINSKY (Pierre) . - FRENAUD (Andre) . | La Vie comme elle tourne et par exemple. |
[Paris] | 1979 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,600.00 |
| 2 | BAR (Alain) . - BIANU (Zeno) . | Small warrior's breviary. |
Albertville | 2004 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 3 | Chants chansons populaires de la France. |
Paris | 1843-1844 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 65.00 | |
| 4 | CHAR (Rene) . | Outrages. [On the cover:] PAB. [On the justification:] |
Ribaute-les-Tavernes | 1967 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 455.00 |
| 5 | DEBRE (Olivier) . | Ecclesiastes. A time for everything. |
[Paris] | 1999 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 364.00 |
| 6 | DESCARTES (Rene) . | Meditationes de prima philosophia, in quibus Dei existentia, animae humanae a corpore distinctio, demonstrantur. |
Amstelodami | 1642 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 494.00 |
| 7 | DUBUFFET (Jean) . - GUILLEVIC (Eugene) . | Les Murs. |
[Paris] | 1950 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 10,140.00 |
| 8 | LA BORDE (Jean-Benjamin de) . | Choix de chansons mises en musique. |
Paris | 1773 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 195.00 |
| 9 | UBAC (Raoul) . - BALTAZAR (Julius) . | A l'Infini le sable. |
[Paris] | 1985 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 286.00 |
| 10 | HISTORY and miscellaneous. Approximately 35 bound volumes (except 6 stapled), including 3 from the Victor Segalen library; some defects and missing items. Barruel (Augustin) [and Jacques-Alexis Jacquemin]. |
A Hambourg | 1801 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 520.00 | |
| 11 | HUGO (Victor) . | Set of 18 works bound in 19 in-8 volumes, including 16 with dispatches; faded and rubbed mismatched bindings with snags to headpieces, some boards detached, occasional heavy foxing, some dispatch leaves folded (several contemporary bindings, others old). |
1829-1859. | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 182,000.00 | |
| 12 | ILLUSTRATED. - Set of 11 volumes, |
EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,040.00 | |||
| 13 | LITERATURE and miscellaneous. |
XVII-XVIIIth century | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 845.00 | ||
| 14 | LITERATURE and miscellaneous. |
19th century | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 260.00 | ||
| 15 | LITERATURE and miscellaneous. |
20th century | EUR 500.00 - 600.00 | EUR 780.00 | ||
| 16 | [REGNIER (Marie de)] . | Set of 4 in-16 volumes published under her literary pseudonym "Gerard d'Houville", |
Chez le magicien . Paris | 1926 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 286.00 |
| 17 | SARTRE (Jean-Paul) . | Set of 13 volumes, including one bound volume, and 12 paperback volumes, 6 of which in 3 green morocco spine folders (faded) with bordered slipcases. First editions. Le Diable et le Bon Dieu. |
[Paris] | 1951 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 520.00 |
| 18 | MISCELLANEOUS. |
18th century . | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 455.00 | ||
| 19 | CHAGALL (Marc) . | Autograph card signed "Marc Chagall" to Andre Warnod. |
Chambon-sur-Lac | 1926 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 611.00 |
| 20 | CHAISSAC (Gaston) . | Autograph letter signed, illustrated, to Marcel Chabot. |
[Probably Sainte-Florence | 1955 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,235.00 |
| 21 | CHAM (Amedee de Noe dit) . | CARICATURE OF THE EMPEROR OF HAITI FAUSTIN I |
EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 91.00 | ||
| 22 | COROT (Camille) . | Autograph letter signed "C. Corot" to Emile Blanche. |
S.l. | n.d | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 247.00 |
| 23 | DEGAS (Edgar) . | Autograph letter signed "Degas" to Gustave Geffroy. |
S.l. | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 975.00 | |
| 24 | DEGAS (Edgar) . | Autograph letter "Degas" to Charles Ephrussi. |
EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 975.00 | ||
| 25 | GREUZE (Jean-Baptiste) . | Autograph letter signed to Jean Tupinier. |
S.l. | ce 6 mai (vieux stile) | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 585.00 |
