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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
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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
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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.
Forum Auctions: The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham, 1189, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 30, 2025 - October 30, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | Osborn (Captain Sherard) | Polar.- Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal |
1852 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 444.50 | |
| 179 | Owen (William Fitzwilliam Wentworth) | Africa.- Narrative of Voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar |
1833 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 180 | Oxley (John) | Australia.- Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales |
1820 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 | |
| 181 | Palgrave (William Gifford) | World.- Ulysses or Scenes and Studies in Many Lands |
1887 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 182 | Parke (Thomas Heazle) | Africa.- My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa |
1891 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 183 | Parr (Captain Henry Hallam) | Africa.- A Sketch of the Kafir and Zulu Wars |
1880 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 184 | Australia.- Parramatta ship. Weekly Provision Book |
1871-72 & n.d. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 254.00 | ||
| 185 | Pascoe (Thomas) | Voyages.- Anson.- A True and Impartial Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas, and round the Globe |
1745 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 186 | Patterson (Samuel) | Oceania.- Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson |
1817 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 127.00 | |
| 187 | Pease (A. E.) | Africa.- Big Game Hunting.- Travel & Sport in Africa |
1902 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,302.00 | |
| 188 | Peck (Annie S.) | Mountaineering.- A Search for the Apex of America |
New York | 1911 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 189 | Peron (M. F.) | Voyages.- A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere |
1809 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 381.00 | |
| 190 | Phipps (Constantine John) | Polar.- A Voyage towards the North Pole |
1774 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,397.00 | |
| 191 | Pike (Zebulon Montgomery) | North America.- Exploratory Travels through the Western Territories of North America |
1811 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,286.00 | |
| 192 | Porter (Sir Robert Ker) | Europe.- Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden during the years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 |
1813 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 193 | Poyntz (Captain John) | West Indies.- The Present Prospect of the Famous and Fertile Island of Tobago |
1695 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 194 | Prejevalsky (Nikolai) | From Kulja, across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor |
1879 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 889.00 | |
| 195 | Read (Charles Rudston) | Australia.- What I Heard, Saw, and Did at the Australian Gold Fields |
1856 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 762.00 | |
| 196 | Rees (Thomas) | Voyages.- A Journal of Voyages and Travels |
1822 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,032.00 | |
| 197 | Richardson (John) & others | America.- Zoology.- Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America |
1829-37 | GBP 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 198 | [Robinson (Francis Whitfield)] | Australia.- A 360-degree photograph panorama of Sydney (November 1885) |
London | 12th November 2019 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 6,350.00 |
| 199 | Rochon (Abbe Alexis) | Africa.- A Voyage to Madagascar and the East Indies |
1792 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 279.40 | |
| 200 | Ross (Sir John) | Polar.- Explanation and Answer to Mr.John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain Sir John Ross's Narrative of a Second Voyage in the Victory |
[1835] | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,016.00 | |
| 201 | Roth (Henry Ling) | Asia.- The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo |
1896 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 508.00 | |
| 202 | Ruschenberger (William S.W.) | Voyages.- Narrative of a Voyage Round the World ... including a Narrative of an Embassy to the Sultan of Muscat and the King of Siam |
1838 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,016.00 |
![<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.")
