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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.
Il Ponte: Antique Books and Livres d'Artistes, 724, Milan
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 30, 2025 - October 01, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARISTOTELE (384-322 a.C.) | [UNIVERSITA DI PARIGI] - De natura, aut de rerum principiis |
Parigi | 1567 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 5,120.00 |
| 2 | ORAZIO FLACCO, Quinto (65-8 a.C.) | [UNIVERSITA] - Poemata omnia... |
Friburgo | 1549 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 512.00 |
| 3 | FLORI, Ludovico (1579-1647) | [ECONOMIA] - Trattato del modo di tenere il libro doppio domestico... |
Palermo | 1636 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 2,048.00 |
| 4 | DIODATI, Luigi (1763-1832) | [ECONOMIA] - Dello stato presente della moneta nel Regno di Napoli e della necessita di un alzamento |
Napoli | 1790 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,536.00 |
| 5 | FERRARI, Giovanni Battista (1584-1655) | De florum cultura libri IV |
Roma | 1633 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 7,680.00 |
| 6 | FERRARIO, Giulio (1767-1847) | Il costume antico e moderno o storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni provata coi monumenti dell'antichita e rappresentata cogli analoghi disegni |
Milano | 1815 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 3,840.00 |
| 7 | CAPIS, Giovanni (ca. 1550-1610) | Varon Milanes de la lengua de Milan, e Prissian de Milan de la parnonzia milanesa |
Milano | 1606 | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 8 | ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) | A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise |
[Londra] | 1873 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | EUR 12,800.00 |
| 9 | ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915) | The New and Heretofore Unfigured Species of the Birds of North America |
New York | [1866]-1869 | EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 10 | DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) | Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis |
Milano | 1967 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,760.00 |
| 11 | DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) | William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) - Romeo e Giulietta |
Milano | 1975 | EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 5,760.00 |
| 12 | DALI, Salvador (1904-1989) | DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321) - La Divina Commedia |
Verona | 1963-1964 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 2,176.00 |
| 13 | DE PISIS, Filippo (1896-1956) | Gaio Valerio CATULLO (84 a.C-54 a.C.) - I Carmi di Catullo scelti e nuovamente tradotti in versi da Vincenzo Errante e decorati con litografie da Filippo De Pisis |
Milano | 1945 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | BOETTI, Alighiero (1940-1994) | Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world |
Ascoli Piceno | 1977 | EUR 15,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 20,480.00 |
| 15 | MANZONI, Alessandro (1785-1873) | I Promessi Sposi Storia milanese del secolo XVII |
Milano | 1825-26 | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 5,760.00 |
| 16 | FOSCOLO, Ugo (1778-1827) | Dei Sepolcri |
Brescia | 1807 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 2,816.00 |
| 17 | MOLZA, Francesco Maria (1489-1544) - Benedetto, VARCHI (1503-1565) - Lodovico, DOLCE (1508-1568) | Terze rime del Molza, del Varchi, del Dolce et d'altri |
[Venezia] | 1539 | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,328.00 |
| 18 | RIBERA, Francisco de (1537-1591) | La vida de la madre Teresa de Iesus fundadora de las Descalcas, y Descalcos Carmelitas |
Madrid | 1602 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,792.00 |
| 19 | SCALA, Giuseppe (1556-1585) - Giuseppe MOLETO (1531-1588) | [ASTRONOMIA - ASTROLOGIA] - Ephemerides.. ad annos duodecim, incipientes ab Anno Domini 1589 |
Venezia | 1589 | EUR 600.00 - 900.00 | EUR 1,024.00 |
| 20 | [ALCHIMIA - COSMESI - MANOSCRITTO] - Affascinante manoscritto di alchimia e cosmesi redatto da piu mani |
1478 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 4,864.00 | ||
| 21 | [FONDERIA - CATALOGO - BRASSFOUNDER CATALOGUE] - Catalogo commerciale di una fonderia inglese di ferro e ottone |
EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 768.00 | |||
| 22 | EARHART, Amelia (1897-1937) | Amelia Earhart fu una pioniera dell'aviazione americana |
EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 960.00 | ||
| 23 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961) | Autografo del celebre Premio Nobel, con firma e dedica sotto la riproduzione di uno dei suoi ritratti piu celebri |
1934 | EUR 500.00 - 800.00 | EUR 1,792.00 | |
| 24 | ARCHIMEDE (287-212 a. C.) | Opera non nulla a Federico Commandino Urbinate nuper in Latinum conversa, et commentariis illustrata |
Venezia | 1558 | EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | EUR 15,360.00 |
| 25 | SENECA, Lucio Anneo Seneca (4 a.C.- 65) | Moralis [Opera philosophica] |
Venezia | 1490 | EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | EUR 3,072.00 |
