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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 449 | David R Clarke | Irish Literature: WB Yeats and the Theatre of Desolate Reality |
1965 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 450 | Roddy Doyle | Irish Literature: The Van |
1991 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 451 | John B. Keane |
1964 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 175.00 | ||
| 452 | John B. Keane | Love Bites and other stories |
1991 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 125.00 | |
| 453 | John B. Keane | Many Young Men of Twenty |
1961 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 100.00 | |
| 454 | John B. Keane | Big Maggie |
1969 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 455 | John B. Keane | The Crazy Wall |
1974 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 93.75 | |
| 456 | John B Keane | Long Playing Record: Sive- a play |
EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 137.50 | ||
| 457 | Long Playing Records: An Evening with Gogarty- The Prince of Wits |
EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 458 | Long Playing Records, James N Healy |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 | |||
| 459 | Harry Potter: Six American |
1999 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 137.50 | ||
| 460 | Set of 5 Harry Potter hardcover collectors Deluxe first editions consisting of: (1) Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone |
-1999 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 400.00 | ||
| 461 | John McGahern | That They May Face The Rising Sun |
2002 | EUR 140.00 - 160.00 | Not Sold | |
| 462 | John McGahern Memoir |
2005 | EUR 140.00 - 180.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 463 | John McGahern | The Pornographer |
1979 | EUR 150.00 - 180.00 | EUR 137.50 | |
| 464 | John McGahern | The Dark |
1965 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 465 | John McGahern: The Pornographer |
London | 1979 | EUR 120.00 - 240.00 | Not Sold | |
| 466 | John McGahern: Memoir |
2005 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 | ||
| 467 | Colm Toibin | Irish Interest: A Guest at the Feast |
2022 | EUR 60.00 - 100.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 468 | Lord Dunsany | The Tents of the Arabs |
EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 469 | Lord Dunsany | If - A Play in Four Acts |
1921 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 470 | Lord Dunsany | Unhappy Far-Off Things |
1919 | EUR 60.00 - 90.00 | EUR 62.50 | |
| 471 | Ted Hughes; Crow |
1970 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 62.50 | ||
| 472 | Lennox Robinson | A Little Anthology of Modern Irish Verse |
1927 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 473 | W.B. Yeats | POEMS |
1920 | EUR 100.00 - 140.00 | 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.")
