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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
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 499 | Java Head MACLEAN, Alistair (1922-1987) | South |
London | 1958 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 37.50 |
| 500 | O'Brian, Patrick | Reverse of the Medal |
London | 1986 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 501 | Muldoon, Paul |
Dublin | 1980 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 118.75 | |
| 502 | Edgar Allan Poe | Tales of Mystery, Imagination, & Humour; and Poems |
London | 1852 | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 503 | J.M. Barrie | (Vintage Children's Fiction) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens |
circa 1910 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 504 | BROWN, Dee | Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - An Indian History of the American West |
London | 1970 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 68.75 |
| 505 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Happy Prince and Other Tales |
London | 1888 | EUR 800.00 - 1,600.00 | Not Sold |
| 506 | The Song of Hiawatha |
London | 1855 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 507 | George Russell | 'AE'. The National Being |
Dublin | 1916 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 508 | Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green |
1965 | EUR 50.00 - 70.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 509 | Maeve Binchy | Maeve Binchy/Deirdre Purcell: Tara Road |
1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | |
| 510 | Roddy Doyle/Sebastian Barry/Jeffrey Archer | Two More Pints |
2014 | EUR 60.00 - 120.00 | EUR 37.50 | |
| 511 | Sally Rooney |
2020 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 125.00 | ||
| 512 | James Joyce | Irish Interest: Ulysses |
1949 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 513 | R. Nisbet | Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk-Tales Bain |
London | 1894 | EUR 50.00 - 80.00 | EUR 87.50 |
| 514 | Michael O'Riordan | Connolly Column |
1979 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 515 | Foe | (Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee, Five First Editions. First Prints) |
1986 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 516 | Brendan Behan | Borstal Boy |
1958 | EUR 80.00 - 160.00 | EUR 43.75 | |
| 517 | Francis Stuart | Black List, Section H |
1971 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 87.50 | |
| 518 | James Joyce | Ulysses |
LONDON | 1998 | EUR 50.00 - 100.00 | EUR 81.25 |
| 519 | Jennifer Johnston | The Gates |
1973 | EUR 60.00 - 80.00 | Not Sold | |
| 520 | Paul Muldoon | Maggot |
2010 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 50.00 | |
| 521 | Desmond Hogan | The Ikon Maker |
EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 522 | John O'Donohue | Publications: 1. Eternal Echoes: Exploring our hunger to belong |
-1998 | EUR 40.00 - 60.00 | EUR 68.75 | |
| 523 | Garda Information Annual |
1977 | EUR 40.00 - 80.00 | EUR 37.50 |
![<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.")
