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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.
Venator and Hanstein: Modern and Contemporary Graphics and Art, Modern Books, 182, Köln
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1326 | ANTONI TAPIES; PERE GIMFERER | La clau del foc. Tria de textos i proleg de Pere Gimferrer. Litografies d'Antoni Tapies |
. Barcelona | 1973 | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 1327 | JOHN ANTHONY THWAITES; | Der doppelte Massstab. Kunstkritik 1955-1966. Hrsg. v. Adam Seide. |
Frankfurt a. M. | 1967 | EUR 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 1328 | WALASSE TING; | 1C/ Life / One Cent Life. Ed. by Sam Francis. |
Bern | 1964 | EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,528.00 |
| 1329 | HEINZ TROKES; | Augenreise. |
(Berlin) | 1968 | EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold |
| 1330 | TUTTLE, RICHARD; MEI-MEI BERSSENBRUGGE | Hiddenness. |
[New York] | 1987 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 1331 | GUNTHER UECKER; EUGEN GOMRINGER | Kein Fehler im System. |
Zurich | 1978 | EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 | EUR 3,528.00 |
| 1332 | TIMM ULRICHS; | Kunst & Leben. |
Homburg-Saar | 1993 | EUR 500.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 1333 | VARLIN; JURG FEDERSPIEL | Varlin. Versuch eines literarischen Portraits. Zu Varlins siebzigstem Geburtstag. |
Zurich | 1970 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 1334 | VICTOR VASARELY; | Naissances. |
Koln | 1963 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 453.60 |
| 1335 | VICTOR VASARELY; | Naissances. |
Koln | 1963 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 567.00 |
| 1336 | EMILIO VEDOVA; ISAAK BABEL | Drei Welten. |
Koln | 1964 | EUR 800.00 - 800.00 | EUR 819.00 |
| 1337 | THOMAS VIRNICH; | THOMAS VIRNICH; 2 Ausstellungskataloge. |
EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | EUR 176.40 | ||
| 1338 | VOSTELL, WOLF; FRANCOISE DUFRENE | Tombeau de Pierre Larousse (TPL). Poesie von Francoise Dufrene. "Decollagen" (Abrisse) (1956-1961) von Wolf Vostell. Einfuhrung von Alain Jouffroy. |
Wuppertal | 1961 | EUR 400.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 1339 | ZERO; revue nul = 0, no. 4. 27,5 x 22,0 cm. Zeitschrift hrsg. von Hermann de Vries. |
EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 1340 | LOTHAR WOLLEH; | Art Scene Dusseldorf. Eine Dokumentation. |
Stuttgart | 1971 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 1341 | WOLS; JEAN PAUL SARTRE | Nourritures suivi d'extraits de la Nausee. |
Paris | 1949 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,008.00 |
| 1342 | LA MONTE YOUNG; | LY 1961. Compositions. |
New York | 1964 | EUR 200.00 - 200.00 | EUR 415.80 |
| 1343 | BERND ZIMMER; | Wald Spiegel Wasser. Kunstlerbuch mit 72 Originalholzschnitten und 8 individuell bedruckten Vorsatzblattern gedruckt auf BFK Rives |
. (Ubersee) | 2011 | EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
