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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
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
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.")
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.
Duke's: Autumn Auction, 1129, Dorchester
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 549 | SEARLE, RONALD | SLIGHTLY FOXED - BUT STILL DESIRABLE' |
1989 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 65.00 | |
| 550 | SIMSON, ROBERT | ELEMENTS OF THE CONIC SECTIONS' |
Glasgow | 1817 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 551 | SOAVE, FRANCESCO | ELEMENTI DI GEOMETRIA TEORICO-PRATICA' |
Venice | 1793 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 552 | SOUVERAIN DE DOMBS, PRINCE | DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL FRANCOIS ET LATIN' 6 volumes, |
Paris | 1743 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 553 | STACKHOUSE, REVEREND THOMAS | A NEW HISTORY OF THE HOLY BIBLE' volumes 1-2, |
London | 1755 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 65.00 |
| 554 | STEP, EDWARD | WAYSIDE & WOODLAND BLOSSOMS' volumes 1-3, |
London | 1941/4 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 555 | STERNE, LAURENCE | TRISTRAM SHANDY' illustrated by John Austin, |
London | 1928 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 556 | STRUTT, JACOB GEORGE | SILVA BRITANNICA; OR PORTRAITS OF FOREST TREES' |
London | 1830 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 557 | SURTEES, R.S. | 'HUNTING WITH MR. JORROCKS' |
1956 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 39.00 | |
| 558 | SYMONDS, JOHN | 'ELFRIDA AND THE PIG' |
London | 1959 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 442.00 |
| 559 | TACITUS, GAIUS CORNELIUS | OPERA' edited by Gabriel Brotier, Latin text, volumes 1-4, |
Edinburgh , London | 1796 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 560 | THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE | 'THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND ESQ' |
1958 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 | |
| 561 | THOMAS, DYLAN | TWO COPIES OF 'A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES' |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 91.00 | ||
| 562 | TINDAL, WILLIAM | THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE ABBEY AND BOROUGH OF EVESHAM' |
Evesham , London | 1794 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 32.50 |
| 563 | URE, ANDREW | A DICTIONARY OF CHEMISTRY' |
London | 1821 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
| 564 | VALMONT DE BOMARE, M. | DICTIONNAIRE RAISONNE UNIVERSEL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE' volumes 1-5, |
Paris | 1764 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 565 | VERULAM, LORD FRANCIS | TWO WORKS - 'SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY' AND 'NEW ATLANTIS' |
London | 1631 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 566 | WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL | A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO NEGRO' second edition, |
London | 1889 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 130.00 |
| 567 | WESLEY | PRIMITIVE PHYSIC' twenty-fourth edition, |
London | 1792 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 568 | WHITE, GILBERT | 'THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE' |
London | 1900 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 39.00 |
| 569 | WITHERBY, H.F. ET AL | 'THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS' |
London | 1938-41 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 570 | WOOD, JAMES | THE ELEMENTS OF OPTICS' |
Cambridge | 1811 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 19.50 |
| 571 | WOOD, J. G. | 'THE ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY' |
London | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 32.50 | |
| 572 | THE HOLY BIBLE' with notes by Thomas Scott, fifth edition, volumes 1-6, |
London | 1822 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 573 | LA SAINTE BIBLE' with notes by David Martin, |
Amsterdam | 1712 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
