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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.")
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. -
![<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. -
Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Hebrew Books, from the Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul. Part II., 113, Brooklyn
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABOAB, YITZCHAK. | Menorath Hama'or [ethics]. |
Amsterdam | 1722 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 2 | ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC. | Rosh Amanah [on the principles of faith]. Third edition. |
Cremona | 1557 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 3 | ADARBI, YITZCHAK. | Divrei Rivoth [responsa]. Second edition. |
Venice | 1587 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 4 | AHARON BEN SHMUEL. | Beith Aharon [index to Biblical passages explained in Talmudic, Midrashic and later Rabbinic literature]. |
Frankfurt on der Oder | 1690 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 5 | ALBO, YOSEPH. | Sepher Ikrim [philosophy]. |
Venice | 1544 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 6 | ALBO, YOSEPH. | Sepher Ha'Ikrim [philosophy]. |
Rimini | 1522 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 7 | ALFASI, YITZCHAK. (RI'F). | Rav Alfas [Rabbinic code]. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 8 | ALTSCHULER, NAFTALI HERTZ. | Nevi'im & Kethuvim. Biblical text with commentary Ayalah Sheluchah. Along with Yiddish explanatory text. |
USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 | ||
| 9 | (AMSTERDAM). | Group of Six rabbinic volumes printed in Amsterdam. See attached photographs for titles. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 437.50 | ||
| 10 | ARAMA, YITZCHAK. | Akeidath Yitzchak [philosophical and allegorical sermons to the Chumash and Five Megilloth]. |
Salonika | 1522 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 11 | ARIPUL, SHMUEL. | Mizmor LeThodah [commentary to selected Psalms, with vocalized text]. |
Venice | 1576 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 12 | ASCHKENAZI, TZVI HIRSCH. | ("The Chacham Tzvi.") Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa]. |
Amsterdam | 1712 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 13 | ASHER BEN YECHIEL (RO'SH). | Shailoth U'Teshuvoth [responsa]. |
Venice | 1607 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 14 | AVICENNA. | (Abu Ali al-Hussein ibn Abdallah ibn Sina). HaKanon HaGadol - Canon Medicinae. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Nathan of Cento (HaMe'ati). |
Naples | 1491-92. | USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 | USD 62,500.00 |
| 15 | BACHARACH, YAIR CHAIM. | Chavoth Yair [responsa]. |
Frankfurt a/Main | 1699 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 16 | BALMES, ABRAHAM DE. | Mikneh Avram (Sepher Dikduk) [grammar]. |
Venice | 1523 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 17 | BARUCH BEN YITZCHAK OF WORMS. | Sepher HaTerumah. |
Venice | 1523 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 18 | (Ecclesiastes). Sepher Koheleth. |
Naples | 1487 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 | |
| 19 | (Former Prophets). Nevi'im Rishonim. |
Leiria | 1494 | USD 50,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 50,000.00 | |
| 20 | Chamisha Chumshei Torah [-end] |
Venice | 1528 & 1533. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 6,875.00 | |
| 21 | Magna Biblia Rabbinica. With Targum and the major classical rabbinic commentaries. Prepared by J. Buxtorf, together with Abraham Braunschweig. With a preface by Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac and Moses ben Yom-Tov. |
Basle | 1618-1619. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 22 | Biblia Hebraica. Vocalized text. pp. (22), (1), 183, [1], 283, [1], 84, 203. |
Geneva | 1619 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 23 | Esrim Ve'Arba - Biblia Testamenti Veteris. |
Frankfurt a/Main | 1677 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 24 | (Chumash and Haphtaroth). Tikun Sopherim - Quinque Libri Mosis. |
Amsterdam | 1726 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 25 | Chamishah Chumashei Torah - Chamesh Megiloth - Haphtaroth. |
Venice | 1741 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
