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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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November 25Doyle
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November 25Doyle
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November 25Doyle
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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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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.
Chorley's: The Childhood Auction / The Cricket Auction / Fine Art & Antiques, 102825, Gloucestershire
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 28, 2025 - October 28, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | [Cricket] to include [Anon] (An ex-Captain) Cricket as it should be played: with the laws of the game as revised ..., London: Ward, Lock and Co.,, n.d. |
London | n.d. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 39.00 | |
| 67 | Mailey (Arthur Alfred) | Cricket Sketches |
Sydney | 1924 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 156.00 |
| 68 | [Cowburn (Alan)] | Wykehamical Score, from the Year 1825 |
Winchester | 1838 [1847] | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 69 | Gibbs (Joseph Arthur) | The Improvement of Cricket Grounds on Economical Principles |
London | 1895 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 26.00 |
| 70 | Moraes (Dom) | Green is the Grass |
Bombay | 1951 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 208.00 |
| 71 | Kardar (Abdul Hafeez) | Green Shadows |
Karachi | 1958 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 58.50 |
| 72 | [Cricket Biographies & Writing] |
London | 1871 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 52.00 | |
| 73 | [Cricket Biography] |
London | 1958 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 26.00 | |
| 74 | [Cricket Biographies] |
New York | 1924 | GBP 70.00 - 90.00 | GBP 65.00 | |
| 75 | [Cricket Biographies & Writing] |
London | 1926 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 91.00 | |
| 76 | [Cricket Biographies & Writing] |
London | 1955 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 39.00 | |
| 77 | [Cricket Biographies & Writing] |
Bristol | 1903 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 143.00 | |
| 78 | [Cricket Biographies & Writing] |
London | 1906 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 78.00 | |
| 79 | [Facsimiles of early books on Cricket] |
1978 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 91.00 | ||
| 80 | [Facsimiles of early books on Cricket] |
1984 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 78.00 | ||
| 81 | [The Bodyline Controversy] |
1932 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 45.50 | ||
| 82 | Warner (Sir Pelham Francis) | Warner (Sir Pelham Francis) Works |
London | 1906 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 104.00 |
| 83 | Beldham (George W.) and Fry (Charles B.) | Great Batsmen: Their Methods at a Glance, London: Macmillan and Co., 1905 |
London | 1905 | GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | GBP 78.00 |
| 84 | Warner (Sir Francis Pelham) | Warner (Sir Francis Pelham) Works |
London | 1906 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 78.00 |
| 85 | Chalke (Stephen) | to include Guess my story: The Life and opinions of Keith Andrew, Cricketer, Bath: Fairfield Books, 2003 |
Bath | 2003 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 45.50 |
| 86 | Pycroft (James) | Pycroft (James) Works |
London | 1865 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 58.50 |
| 87 | Pycroft (James) | Various editions of The Cricket Field notably [Pycroft (James)] The Cricket Field, London: Cricket Press, 1882 |
London | 1882 | GBP 50.00 - 70.00 | GBP 58.50 |
| 88 | [Cricket, Limited Editions] |
London | 2000 | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | GBP 45.50 | |
| 89 | H.P.T. (P. F. Thomas)] | [Early Cricket, H.P.T. (P. F. Thomas)] to include The Cricket Spectator, London: Walter Jenn, 1928-1930 |
London | 1928-1930 | GBP 70.00 - 100.00 | GBP 52.00 |
| 90 | Warner (Sir Francis Pelham) | Warner (Sir Francis Pelham) Works |
London | 1912 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 78.00 |
![<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.")
