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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
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
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.")
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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.
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Collectors' Sale, 100125, Kilkenny
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 01, 2025 - October 02, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 678 | Lowell (Percival) | Astronomy: Mars |
Lond. | 1896 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 679 | Connolly (Billy) | Rambling Man, My Life on the Road |
London | 2023 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold |
| 680 | Scudamore (Chas.) | Medical: A Treatise on The Nature and Cure of Gout and Rheumatism |
Lond. | 1817 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 681 | Beke (Chas. T.) | Travel: An Enquiry into M. Antoine D'Abbadie's Journey to Kaffa,... to discover The Source of the Nile |
Lond. | 1851 | EUR 130.00 - 180.00 | EUR 112.50 |
| 682 | MacCormac (H.) M.D. | Pamphlets: 1. The Painless Extinction of Life in Animals designed for Human Food |
London | 1864 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 683 | Morricone (Ennio) | Life Notes |
London | 2016 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 200.00 |
| 684 | Longley (Michael) | Signed Limited Editions Sea Asters |
Rockdale | 2015 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 300.00 |
| 685 | Murphy (Richard) | Signed Limited Editions The Price of Stone |
1985 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | |
| 686 | Crone (John S.) | Bibliography: A Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography |
Dublin | 1928 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 687 | MacCarthy (Fiona) | Eric Gill |
London | 1989 | EUR 70.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 688 | Newton (Sir Isaac) | Scarce Newton Masterpiece Opticks : or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light |
London | 1718 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,000.00 |
| 689 | Winkler (Henry) and Oliver (Lin) | Children's interest: Ghost Buddy, Zero to Hero |
N.Y. | 2012 | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 75.00 |
| 690 | Donovan (Edward) | With Attractive Hand Coloured Plates [Natural History] The Natural History of British Birds |
London | 1794-1819 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | EUR 5,375.00 |
| 691 | Donovan (Edward) | Hand Coloured Plates: [Natural History] The Natural History of British Quadrupeds |
London | 1820 | EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | EUR 1,125.00 |
| 692 | Toibin (Colm) | All Signed by the Author A collection of 6 hardback Editions of the Authors Works to include: The Blackwater Lightship |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 693 | Frein (J.T.) | Signed by the Author Periodical: Tomorrow, A Monthly Review |
London | 1896 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 694 | Spender (S.)ed. | [Heaney (S.)]contributor, Hockney's Alphabet |
London | 1991 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 695 | Toibin (Colm) | Signed by the Artist Irish Art: Sean Scully-Walls of Aran |
London | 2007 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 375.00 |
| 696 | Le Brocquy (Louis) | Irish Art: The Head Image |
Cork | 1996 | EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold |
| 697 | Walker (Joseph C.) | Historical Memories of the Irish Bards |
Lond. | 1786 | EUR 220.00 - 350.00 | Not Sold |
| 698 | Howitt (Mary)ed. | Binding: Biographical Sketches of The Queens of England |
Lond. | n.d. [c. 1870] | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 125.00 |
| 699 | Bartlett (W.H.) | In Fine Binding The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland |
London | n.d. | EUR 220.00 - 320.00 | EUR 275.00 |
| 700 | Crofton Croker (T.) | Researches in the South of Ireland |
Lond. | 1824 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 200.00 |
| 701 | Musgrave (Sir Richard) | Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland |
Dublin | 1801 | EUR 175.00 - 250.00 | EUR 250.00 |
| 702 | Brash (R. Rolt) | The Ogam Inscribed Monuments of the Gaedhil |
Lond. | 1879 | EUR 150.00 - 220.00 | EUR 150.00 |
![<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.")
