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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.: Autographs and Manuscripts, 92825a, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 28, 2025 - September 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97764383 | Ruben Dario (1867-1916) [poeta nicaraguense] | Hoja autenticada con fragmento manuscrito y firmada por Ruben Dario. Estrofa del Poema Cantos de |
1912 | EUR 900.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97773125 | Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Signed Royal Photo |
1970 | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97781597 | Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna & Fidel Castro Ruz & Alberto Korda | Original photograph Signed Autograph Che Guevara + Fidel Castro Ruz + Alberto Korda |
1964 | EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 3,054.18 | |
| 97821183 | Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord - Napoleon Ier | Exceptionnelle lettre signee a Antoine Christophe Salicetti, annoncant la Paix d'Amiens |
1802 | EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | EUR 926.50 | |
| 97905484 | Arthur Rackham (1867-1939, Illustrator) | Collection of Original Early Sketches by Arthur Rackham |
1896 | EUR 2,200.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905506 | Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) [Novelist, Critic & Essayist] | Virginia Woolf autograph signed letter on Mrs Dalloway |
1930 | EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905531 | Mark Twain / Sarah Bernhardt / Pietro Mascagni / Gerhart Hauptmann / Ernest van Dyck etc. | Fan signed by Mark Twain and many other important artists and musicians |
1893 | EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905557 | George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) [Dramatist & Critic] | Shaw recommends a friend with the highest praise |
1939 | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905578 | H. G. Wells (1866-1946) [Novelist] | H. G. Wells likes the word entrophy |
1942 | EUR 800.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905604 | Graham Greene (1904-1991) [Novelist & Playwright] | "I AM NO GRAMMARIAN" |
1953 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905620 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) [Creator of 'Sherlock Holmes] | Conan Doyle identifies a picture as not being by his father |
1924 | EUR 700.00 - 800.00 | EUR 654.00 | |
| 97905641 | Henry de Monfreid (1879-1974) [French Adventurer and Explorer] | Autograph letter and rare 1st english edition of his book 'Hashish' |
1935 | EUR 525.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905660 | Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) [American Aviator, First to fly solo non-stop across the | Extraordinary photo signed by both and inscribed by Charles |
1935 | EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905699 | Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) [Pre-Raphaelite Painter] | Edward Burne-Jones Autograph Letter Signed |
1875 | EUR 425.00 - 475.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905713 | Gustave Dore (1832-1882) [French Illustrator, Etcher and Painter] | Autograph Letter Signed with initials, in French with translation, to 'My dear Leleux' |
1871 | EUR 425.00 - 475.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905748 | Signed ; Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) [French Poet, Playwright and Film Director] | Superb photo by Manuel Freres, Paris, signed --- Cocteau inscribed for Washington University |
1925 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905773 | Truman Capote (1924-1984) [American Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright and Actor] | Autograph Postcard Signed to his friend Boris Groudinko in Leningrad |
1960 | EUR 1,000.00 - 1,100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905788 | Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) | Hand-signed photo + document [Pope second visit to Austria] |
1988 | EUR 1,300.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905837 | Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922, Inventor of the Telephone) | Fine Letter Signed by Alexander Graham Bell |
1915 | EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905847 | Louis Pasteur (1822-1895, French chemist, developer of pasteurisation) | The Creation of the Pasteur Institute. |
1888 | EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905934 | Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002) [Queen of George VI] | Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "My dear Ava", Lady Waverley |
1957 | EUR 375.00 - 425.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905949 | Walt Disney (1901-1966) [Cartoonist, creator of Mickey Mouse] | Fine Secretarially Signed Photo of Walt Disney |
1946 | EUR 750.00 - 850.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905966 | Oskar, Kokoschka (1886-1980, Austrian-born British Artist, Poet & Playwright) | Oskar Kokoschka writes to Gaby Goldscheider |
1974 | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97905986 | Edoardo Federico de Martino (1838-1912, Italian Artist, Marine Painter in Ordinary to Queen | Collection of Illustrated Autograph Letters by Queen Victoria's Marine Painter |
1904 | EUR 1,600.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97906020 | Charles Dickens (1812-1870) [Novelist] | Dickens is looking for a house for an American friend |
1868 | EUR 2,100.00 - 2,400.00 | Not Sold |
