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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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Sotheby's 
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. - 
    
    
    
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. 
Artcurial: Books, Manuscripts and Engravings, 6319, Paris
Auction Details
- Auction Date
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| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALDIN (Cecil) | ALDIN (Cecil) Lettre autographe signee a Monsieur Durand.  | 
            Sulhamstead Abbots | 7 mars 1914 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | 
| 2 | Francis BACON | Francis BACON [BACON].-- BELLAVIA (Mario) Photographie de Francis Bacon.  | 
            EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,312.00 | ||
| 3 | BALMAIN (Pierre) | BALMAIN (Pierre) Dessin original signe.  | 
            EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 459.00 | ||
| 4 | BAUDELAIRE (Charles) | BAUDELAIRE (Charles) Lettre autographe signee a Leon Gelis.  | 
            Paris | 2 mai 1861 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | 
| 5 | BOURDELLE (Emile-Antoine) | BOURDELLE (Emile-Antoine) Lettre autographe signee a Alfred Rome.  | 
            [Paris] | 26 mai 1923 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | 
| 6 | BRETON (Andre) | BRETON (Andre) Lettre autographe signee a Jean Suquet.  | 
            Paris | 11 fevrier 1960 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | 
| 7 | BRETON (Andre) | BRETON (Andre) Lettre autographe signee a Nelly Kaplan.  | 
            Paris | 31 decembre 1956 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 8 | BRETON (Andre) | BRETON (Andre) Poeme autographe signe, intitule << Andre Derain >>.  | 
            S. l. | 20 mars 1917 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 787.00 | 
| 9 | CAMUS (Albert) | CAMUS (Albert) Lettre autographe signee sur Rene Char.  | 
            S. l. | s. d | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,624.00 | 
| 10 | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand) | CELINE (Louis-Ferdinand) Lettre autographe signee a son ami Jacques Deval.  | 
            Paris | [1933] | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | 
| 11 | CHAISSAC (Gaston) | CHAISSAC (Gaston) Dessin original signe a l'encre de Chine sur papier (26,3 x 21,1 cm) date << mi-septembre 59 >>, dedicace a Theodore Koenig et signe.    | 
            EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 12 | CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de) | CHATEAUBRIAND (Francois-Rene de) -- L. A. S. a Eugene Francois d'Arnauld, baron de Vitrolles. [Paris], 4 janvier 1823. 3 p. in-12 sur bifeuillet de papier verge.   | 
            [Paris], | 4 janvier 1823 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,443.00 | 
| 13 | COCTEAU (Jean) | COCTEAU (Jean) Lettre autographe signee a Jaque-Catelain.  | 
            Paris | 19 decembre 1923 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | 
| 14 | COCTEAU (Jean) | COCTEAU (Jean) Lettre autographe signee a Jean Loup Simian.  | 
            Paris | 21 novembre 1944 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 328.00 | 
| 15 | COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, dite) | COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, dite) Lettre autographe signee a Helene et Philippe Berthelot.  | 
            S. l. | s. d | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 262.00 | 
| 16 | D'ALEMBERT (Jean Le Rond) | D'ALEMBERT (Jean Le Rond) Lettre autographe signee.  | 
            Paris | 23 avril 1767 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 1,312.00 | 
| 17 | Salvador DALI | Salvador DALI Boton corrata y cerezas estereoscopicas.  | 
            Barcelone | 1975 | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | 
| 18 | DEGAS (Edgar) | DEGAS (Edgar) Lettre autographe signee a Sophie Niaudet-Berthelot.  | 
            S. l. [Paris], | 3 octobre [1889] | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,574.00 | 
| 19 | DELACROIX (Eugene) | DELACROIX (Eugene) Lettre autographe signee a Jules-Joseph Arnoux.  | 
            S. l. | Mardi s. d | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 394.00 | 
| 20 | DELACROIX (Eugene) | DELACROIX (Eugene) Lettre autographe signee a un ami.  | 
            S. l. | s. d. [Paris, 1861 ou 1862] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 394.00 | 
| 21 | DELVAUX (Paul) | DELVAUX (Paul) Lettre signee a Paul Van den Abbeel.  | 
            Veurne (Furnes) | 10 novembre 1984.PS. | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 459.00 | 
| 22 | DENOEL (Robert) | DENOEL (Robert) Ensemble de deux lettres signees a Marc Barbezat.  | 
            Paris | 6 et 14 decembre 1943 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | 
| 23 | DEVERIA (Eugene) | DEVERIA (Eugene) Lettre autographe signee a Monsieur Berthoud.  | 
            Pau | 21 septembre 1857 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | 
| 24 | DROUET (Juliette) | DROUET (Juliette) Lettre autographe signee a Marcellin Berthelot.  | 
            [Paris] | 7 janvier [1881] | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | 
| 25 | DROUET (Juliette) | DROUET (Juliette) Lettre autographe signee a Victor Hugo.  | 
            [Paris] | 26 avril [1847] | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |