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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.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Australian, Asia-Pacific, Science & 1st Editions & Signed Book, A162, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | Rev. Walter Weston. | A facsimile of: Mountaineering and Exploration in the Japanese Alps |
in London | 1896 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 635.00 |
| 106 | Jean de Brunhoff. | Histoire de Babar Le Petit Elephant by |
in Paris | 1931 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 107 | Edited Georges St. Martin and Ronald C. Nelson. | BOYS will be boys! A Photographic Essay. |
1966 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 108 | Time Flies by Bill Cosby. |
1987 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 109 | My Battle by a nasty little man with a moustache. |
Boston | 1933 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 | |
| 110 | Story of "Southern Cross" Trans Pacific Flight 1928 by Charles Kingsford-Smith & Charles Ulm. |
in Sydney | 1928 | AUD 450.00 - 550.00 | AUD 698.50 | |
| 111 | Bradman by AG Moyes. |
Sydney | 1948 | AUD 120.00 - 180.00 | AUD 76.20 | |
| 112 | Graham Freudenberg. | A Certain Grandeur |
1977 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 113 | Matthew Hayden. | Standing My Ground |
2010 | AUD 100.00 - 150.00 | AUD 63.50 | |
| 114 | John Le Carre. | Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy |
1974 | AUD 150.00 - 250.00 | AUD 203.20 | |
| 115 | Joan Lindsay. | Picnic at Hanging Rock |
in Melbourne | 1967 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 476.25 |
| 116 | Germaine Greer. | The Female Eunuch |
in New York | 1971 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 203.20 |
| 117 | Christina Scott. | Nelson Mandela : A Force For Freedom |
2005 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 118 | Ion Idriess | The Scout The Australian Guerrilla Book VI |
in Sydney | 1943 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 119 | Pierce Egan | Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Revised and Corrected with additions of numerous slang phrases, collected from tried authorities |
in London | 1823 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 120 | Henry Lawson | In the Days When the World was Wide and Other Verses. |
in Sydney | 1896 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 121 | Francesco Milizia. | Principles of architecture |
in Roma: | 1800 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 122 | Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola | Regles des cinq ordres d'architecture de Jacques Barozzio de Vignole : nouveau livre on y joint un essai sur les memes ordres suivant le sentiment des plus celebres architectes. Le tout enrichi de vignettes et cartels. |
in Paris | 1762 | AUD 700.00 - 800.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 123 | Johann Peter Ludewig | German Law. Handbook of the German States and Territories. Germania princeps. Volumen sacri rom. Imperii electores complexum |
in Halle | 1711 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 317.50 |
| 124 | A C Kelly | The Vine in Australia |
in Melbourne; Sydney | 1861 | AUD 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 | AUD 1,206.50 |
| 125 | Thomas A Kempis | French Imitation of Christ 1783 - De Imitatione Christi by Thomae A Kempis. |
in Leodii | 1783 | AUD 180.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold |
| 126 | 1679 Funeral Ceremonies of all Nations by Muret Ceremonies funebres de toutes les nations by Muret. |
in Paris | 1679 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 127 | James Fordyce. | Chronology of the Reigns of George III & IV; Including a Notice of every important Fact....With a General Chronology of the most important Events and Discoveries, from the earliest Records, to the Year 1760 |
in London | 1823 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 130 | Karl Baedeker | London and its Environs 1900 - Handbook for Travellers |
in Leipsic | 1900 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 143 | George Baker. | The Soul of a Skunk: the autobiography of a conscientious objector |
London: | 1930 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
