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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.
Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books, 92125a, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 21, 2025 - September 21, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96853093 | Umberto Eco | Beatus de Liebana |
1982 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 163.50 | |
| 97083944 | Signed, John Ashbery | Some Trees (Poems) |
1956 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 338.99 | |
| 97267790 | George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 403.30 | |
| 97394350 | Dante Alighieri/Evelyn Paul | La Vita Nuova |
1915 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 286.67 | |
| 97451349 | Lilia Scott MacDonald | Babies' Classics (Signed Letter from Arthur Hughes) |
1904 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97498444 | J.D. Salinger | The Complete Uncollected Short Stories of J. D. Salinger: Volumes 1 and 2 |
1974 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | EUR 103.55 | |
| 97498598 | Vasily Kamensky; Nikolai Evreinov | [Russian Avant-Garde / Theater] Kniga o Evreinov (1917) + Vvedenie v monodramu (1909). Both 1st Ed. |
1909/1917 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | EUR 130.80 | |
| 97503902 | Mr. PRATT | Gleanings |
1795 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97505686 | Karen Blixen [Isak Dinesen] | Out of Africa |
1937 | EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 226.72 | |
| 97514072 | Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra | Vida Y Hechos Del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote De La Mancha Compuesta Por Miguel De Cervantes |
1755 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97530440 | P. G. Wodehouse | Carry On, Jeeves Eerste druk |
1925 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97531555 | Freiherr von Eichendorff | Aus dem literarischen Nachlasse |
1866 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97556923 | Torquato Tasso | Aminta |
1939 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | EUR 87.20 | |
| 97557174 | Miguel de Cervantes | Obras de Cervantes. Don Quijote de la Mancha |
1829 | EUR 900.00 - 1,100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97558410 | Dante | Comedia di Dante con figure dipinte |
2014 | EUR 500.00 - 650.00 | EUR 436.00 | |
| 97569941 | Omero / Elvio Marchionni | Iliade. Saggio introduttivo e commento di Louis Godart. Illustrazioni di Elvio Marchionni |
2002 | EUR 700.00 - 850.00 | EUR 122.08 | |
| 97587353 | Serafi Pitarra, Valenti Castanys | El castell dels tres dragons, El Castillo de los tres dragones |
1948 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97592122 | Giovanni Paolo Marana | Letters writ by a Turkish spy |
1770 | EUR 750.00 - 900.00 | EUR 158.05 | |
| 97595195 | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra; Traduccion: T. Smollett; Grabados disenados por Francis Hayman | The History and Adventures of Don Quixote [in Folio Minor] |
1755 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,100.00 | EUR 981.00 | |
| 97611282 | Francesco Petrarca/Apollonio di Giovanni | I Trionfi (Petrarch's Triumphs) |
2012 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97624064 | Amelia Alderson Opie, J. M. | Cecilia o sea el padre y la hija novela |
1822 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97629470 | Franco Maria Ricci | Genio D'Italia [37/150 di 975] |
2008 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97629497 | Anton Francesco Doni | Genio d'Italia Dante Petrarca Boccaccio "prototipo" |
2008 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97661835 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Oeuvres Complettes de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
1798 | EUR 700.00 - 850.00 | EUR 545.00 | |
| 97663729 | Signed; Edgar Allan Poe / Alois Bilek (ill) | Shadow - Silence (limited edition, no 67/150, signed by illustrator) |
1926 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | EUR 171.13 |
