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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
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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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.
Purcell Auctioneers: Auction, Comprising a Portion of the Library of the Late Kenneth Nicholls (Historian and Irish Academic at UCC) From Templemartin, Co. Cork) and Other Clients, 100825, Birr
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 08, 2025 - October 08, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | Wellesley, Dorothy [Editor] | A BROADSIDE. No. 8 (NEW SERIES) AUGUST 1937 |
EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 251 | Rhein Album |
C. 1859 | EUR 400.00 - 500.00 | EUR 425.00 | ||
| 252 | Album of Ireland |
C. 1895 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 68.75 | ||
| 253 | An Gaedeal: The Gael : a weekly journal of stories, sketches, news, notes, songs, etc. |
Dublin | January 1916- March 1916 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 212.50 | |
| 254 | Barony of Le Power and Coroghmore in the Peerage of Ireland |
EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 100.00 | |||
| 255 | Military History Society of Ireland |
EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 75.00 | |||
| 256 | John Glatt | The Chieftains Autobiography |
1997 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 257 | Incunabula elephant folio leaf 1480 from Pietro del Monte, Repertorium utriuseque Juris |
Padua | 1480 | EUR 70.00 - 110.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 258 | Johann Amerback | Incunabula Leaves, 1497 from Augustines Explanatio, Psalms, Basel |
Hain | 1972 | EUR 120.00 - 150.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 259 | H.P. Lovecraft | The Haunter of the Dark |
1988 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 260 | Man Myth & Magic Magazine: An illustrated encyclopedia of the supernatural (1970/1971) |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 261 | Photos and Postcards: 1. Album of portrait size photos; model lifeboats |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 262 | Postal History: Ring binder with plastic wallets of Irish postal history, stationary, cards, registered mail, covers |
EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 62.50 | |||
| 263 | YEATS,, W.B. | Cathleen ni Houlihan [and] The Pot of Broth |
London | 1905/1906 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 |
| 264 | Desmond Egan; Snapdragon |
1992 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 265 | Michael Longley; Lares |
1972 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 266 | Mike Scott | (The Waterboys) "Fisherman's Blues" |
New York -- London/Dublin | November 1985/January 1986 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 100.00 |
| 267 | James McKenna | SONG |
1972 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 268 | Mairtin O Direain | Clochadoir |
1974 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 269 | Michael Hartnett | The Oat Woman |
1973 | EUR 70.00 - 90.00 | EUR 200.00 | |
| 270 | Desmond Egan | REQUIEM |
1974 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 271 | IRISHWOMEN CHAINS OR CHANGE, (Irish Women's Liberation Movement (IWLM)) |
Dublin | 1971 | EUR 250.00 - 350.00 | EUR 1,100.00 | |
| 272 | E. H. Barker [Edmund H. Barker] | Handwritten Signed Letter |
Dublin | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 273 | Piatt (Donn)M.A. | Dialect in Mid-Leinster Gaelic Survivals |
Dublin | 1933 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 81.25 |
| 274 | Poblacht na hEireann War News No 6 |
EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 118.75 |
![<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.")
