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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. - 
    
    
    
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. 
Alexander Historical Auctions: Special End of Summer Live Auction 2025, 91025, Chesapeake City
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - September 10, 2025 - September 10, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | BENJAMIN F. BUTLER ORDERS FOOD FOR THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF NEW ORLEANS  | 
            New Orleans, | 1862 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 183 | TINTYPE OF A UNION SOLDIER  | 
            USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 260.00 | |||
| 187 | WARSHIP'S CAPTAIN DESCRIBES THE BATTLE OF PORT ROYAL (2)  | 
            'Port Royal on board U.S.S. Steamer Vixen', | 1861 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 494.00 | |
| 188 | SHIP'S CAPTAIN FEARS LOSS OF HIS CARGO, 1754  | 
            Boston | 1754 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 189 | 'SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY THOMAS GAGE...', 1774  | 
            (Boston: Edes & Gill) | USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 190 | 1853 TELEGRAM ANNOUNCES CHILD'S DEATH  | 
            1853 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 65.00 | ||
| 191 | AN AUSTRALIAN ON AMERICAN RACE RELATIONS & THE JAPANESE  | 
            Concord, NSW, | 1951 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | |
| 206 | ARCHIVE OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH IN BETHLEHEM AND NAZARETH IN PENNSYLVANIA (30+)  | 
            1806-1807 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 208 | S.S. UNITED STATES LIFEBOAT PLACARD  | 
            USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 216 | JOHN F. KENNEDY'S SIGNED SET OF 'HISTORY OF IRELAND'  | 
            (London: | 1912 | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 217 | (JOHN F. KENNEDY) JOHN V. 'BLACK JACK' BOUVIER III  | 
            USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 182.00 | |||
| 219 | WILSON 'PRESIDENTIAL' FOOTBALL SIGNED BY BILL CLINTON AND JIMMY CARTER  | 
            USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 221 | CALVIN COOLIDGE | CALVIN COOLIDGE D.S.  | 
            Washington | 1925 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 286.00 | 
| 222 | DONALD J. TRUMP | DONALD J. TRUMP Federal Reserve Note, signed  | 
            USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 845.00 | ||
| 223 | FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT | FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT D.S.  | 
            Washington | 1940 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 546.00 | 
| 224 | JOHN F. KENNEDY ORIGINAL CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPH  | 
            USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 130.00 | |||
| 225 | GERALD R. FORD COMPARES HIS ORDEAL TO LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR  | 
            2/6/95 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 226 | LINCOLN ASSASINATION - LEWIS THORNTON POWELL  | 
            USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 227 | LINCOLN ASSASSINS  | 
            USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 208.00 | |||
| 229 | THE NEW YORK HERALD ON DEATH OF LINCOLN, APRIL 1865  | 
            1865 | USD 140.00 - 200.00 | USD 182.00 | ||
| 232 | WILLIAM J. CLINTON | WILLIAM J. CLINTON A.L.S.  | 
            Washington, | [n.y.] | USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | 
| 233 | WILLIAM J. CLINTON | WILLIAM J. CLINTON A.L.S.  | 
            Washington | 199 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | 
| 234 | MOHANDAS K. GANDHI | MOHANDAS K. GANDHI signed photograph  | 
            1944 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 235 | VLADIMIR PUTIN  | 
            USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |||
| 236 | AMERICAN DIPLOMAT WITNESSES THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848  | 
            Paris | 1848 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 208.00 |