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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.
Lay's Auctioneers: Rare Books and Works on Paper, 110625, Cornwall
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | (Signed Limited Edition) John Betjeman Summoned |
London | 1976 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 75 | Patrick Geddes publisher | The Evergreen. A Northern Seasonal |
Edinburgh; London | 1895-97 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown |
| 76 | Limited Editions Club Two works |
New York | 1954-05-11 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | |
| 77 | Stephen Gooden | (Signed) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
London | 1940 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 78 | Christopher Whitfield and Eric Gill | Five scarce publications |
Welwyn, Hertfordshire | [c.1939] | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 79 | S. Matthewman (editor) | Yorkshire Poetry. Five issues |
1922-08-01 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 80 | (Harry Clarke illustration) | Lennox Robinson Two works |
Dublin & Cork | [c.1925] | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 81 | Grant Richards publishers | The Butterfly [New Series] |
[London] | [1893] | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 82 | William Shakespeare | Four limited editions |
London | [1923] | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown |
| 83 | (The Limited Editions Club) The Plays of William Shakespeare |
New York | 1939 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 84 | Jessie M. King (endpapers and illus.) | (Children's Illustrated Literature) Thirty eight works |
1925 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 85 | Guinness Christmas Booklets Seven works |
1934 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 86 | (Edmund Dulac designs) | Constant Lambert Horoscope - A Ballet |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | ||
| 87 | Tobias Smollett | The Memoirs of a Lady of Quality Being Lady Vane's Memoirs |
London | 1925 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 88 | Maria Edgworth | Four volumes |
1897 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 89 | Thomas Love Peacock and F. H. Townsend (illustrations) | Four works |
London | 1895, 1896 and 1897 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 90 | (Illustrated Prose & Poetry) Seventeen works |
London | 1911 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | Unknown | |
| 91 | (The Art of the Book) Eight works |
New York | 1919 | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | Unknown | |
| 92 | Seven works |
London | 1929 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown | |
| 93 | Florence Harrison | In the Fairy Ring |
London | [1908] | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
| 94 | Art Interest Marc Chagall, Henry Moore and others |
New York | 1957 | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | Unknown | |
| 95 | Raymond PEYNET(1908-1999) | Original gouache illustration from 'Un Chapeau de Paille D'Italie' |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | ||
| 96 | (Signed and Inscribed) Allardyce Nicoll Masks Mimes and Miracles. Studies in the Popular Theatre |
London | 1931 | GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | Unknown | |
| 97 | Erik Fischer | Melchior Lorck |
Copenhagen | 2009 | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | Unknown |
| 98 | Raymond Quenau One Hundred Million Million Poems |
1983 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown |
![<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.")
