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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 424 | Elizabeth Taylor | At Mrs Lippincote's |
London, United Kingdom | 1945 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 425 | Merriman, Brian / Cosslett O Cuino | The Midnight Court |
1982 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | |
| 426 | A collection of two works in German from the library of Aloys Fleischmann (1910 -- 1992) |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 427 | J D Salinger | The Catcher In the Rye |
Boston | EUR 80.00 - 120.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 428 | Jules Verne | THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN METEOR |
EUR 180.00 - 220.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 429 | Patrick McGill | Children of the Dead End |
London | 1914 | EUR 280.00 - 320.00 | Not Sold |
| 430 | John Bnaville | (Three John Banville Signed First Editions, First Printings) THE SINGULARITIES |
London | 2022 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 162.50 |
| 431 | A Time for Voices |
(Newcastle upon Tyne) | 1990 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 432 | Walter Macken: The Silent People |
1962 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 433 | [Five Halley Lectures and notable for Edwin Hubble's lecture on Red-Shifts] |
Oxford | 1936 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 434 | (Philip Pullman, First UK Editions, First Printings) His Dark Materials |
2001 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 56.25 | ||
| 435 | Margaret Atwood | The Testaments |
EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 106.25 | ||
| 436 | John Banville | The Blue Guitar |
2012 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 437 | William Trevor | The Love Department |
1966 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 438 | Edna O'Brien | The Casualties of Peace |
1966 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 439 | William Trevor | The Boarding House |
1965 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 440 | Edna O'Brien | Mrs Reinhardt and Other Stories |
1978 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 441 | Kate O'Brien | As Music and Splendour |
1958 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 75.00 | |
| 442 | LAWRENCE, T. E. | Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph |
London and Toronto | 1935 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold |
| 443 | Frank McCourt | Irish Literature: Tis |
1999 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 444 | [ Ten Irish Fiction, First Editions] Anne Enright -- Actress |
2020 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 445 | Owen A. Curran | Two Hundred Years of Trade Unionism 1809-2009 |
Dublin | 2009 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 446 | Shannon Millin, S. | The Irish Harp a Lecture by S. Shannon Millin Delivered in Rosemary St. Hall |
Belfast | 28 March, 1898 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 106.25 |
| 447 | Ian McEwan |
Amsterdam | 1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 448 | Lawrence Durrell | THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea |
London, United Kingdom | 1957 -- 1960 | EUR 280.00 - 320.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
