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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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Sotheby's 
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. - 
    
    
    
Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.Dominic Winter 
Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
5th November, 2025Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300. - 
    
    
    
Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.Swann 
Autographs
November 6, 2025Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo. 
Stephan Welz & Co.: October Promenade Auction - Day 2, 102025, Constantia
Auction Details
- Auction Date
 - October 20, 2025 - October 20, 2025
 
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 772 | ON THE MINES & SOME AFRIKANERS REVISITED BY DAVID GOLDBLATT (2 IN A LOT)  | 
            ZAR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 773 | TECHNIQUES OF THE WORLD'S GREAT MASTERS OF POETRY AND CERAMICS & THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GLASS  | 
            ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 774 | Rene Huyghe (ed.) | LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PREHISTORIC AND ANCIENT ART  | 
            London | 1970 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 775 | THE DECAMERON OF BOCCACCIO  | 
            ZAR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 776 | THE NOTEBOOKS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI (VOLUME I AND II) AND THE DRAWINGS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI by Edward MacCurdy  | 
            London | 1952/1954 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,000.00 | ZAR 1,065.05 | |
| 777 | AFRICA AND ITS EXPLORATION (TWO VOLUMES) by Explorers  | 
            London | 1891 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | ZAR 2,380.70 | |
| 778 | by David Livingstone | MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA, INCLUDING A SKETCH OF SIXTEEN YEARS RESIDENCE IN THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA  | 
            London | 1857 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | ZAR 1,879.50 | 
| 779 | G.E. Cory | THE RISE OF SOUTH AFRICA (6 VOLUMES)  | 
            Cape Town | 1965 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | ZAR 1,378.30 | 
| 780 | Sir Percy Fitzpatrick | SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIES  | 
            Johannesburg | 1979 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | ZAR 814.45 | 
| 781 | Basil Davidson | THE AFRICAN PAST  | 
            London | 1964 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | ZAR 375.90 | 
| 782 | Prof C.F.J. Muller | FIVE HUNDRED YEARS: HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA  | 
            PRETORIA AND CAPE TOWN | 1969 | ZAR 200.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | 
| 783 | George McCall Theal | THEALS HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA (11 VOLUMES)  | 
            Cape Town | 1964 | ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | ZAR 6,265.00 | 
| 784 | A.P. Cartwright | THE FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR PERCY FITZPATRICK (LIMATED EDITION)  | 
            Cape Town | 1971 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | 
| 785 | A.T Bryant | THE ZULU PEOPLE (LIMITED EDITION; SIGNED)  | 
            ZAR 600.00 - 800.00 | ZAR 814.45 | ||
| 786 | H.E. Hockly | THE STORY OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820 IN SOUTH AFRICA (2ND EDITION)  | 
            Cape Town & Johannesburg | 1957 | ZAR 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | 
| 787 | JOHANNESBURG ONE HUNDRED YEARS (DELUXE EDITION SIGNED BY TWO FORMER MAYORS)  | 
            Melville | 1986 | ZAR 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 788 | Captain Sir William Cornwallis Harris | WILD SPORTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA  | 
            Cape Town | 1987 | ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 | ZAR 1,190.35 | 
| 789 | W.D. Gale | ZAMBESI SUNRISE  | 
            Cape Town | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 790 | David Livingstone | NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE ZAMBEZI & ITS TRIBUTARIES  | 
            London | 1865 | ZAR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | ZAR 1,190.35 | 
| 791 | George McCall Theal | THE HISTORY OF THE BOERS IN SA (LIMITED EDITION)  | 
            Cape Town | 1973 | ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 | ZAR 1,378.30 | 
| 792 | Inscribed and signed by David Attenborough | SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION (1876)  | 
            ZAR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 | ZAR 2,380.70 | ||
| 793 | by A Gordon-Brown | PICTORIAL AFRICANA  | 
            Cape Town | 1975 | ZAR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | ZAR 1,002.40 | 
| 794 | by Joseph Lehmann | THE FIRST BOER WAR  | 
            London | 1972 | ZAR 300.00 - 500.00 | ZAR 375.90 | 
| 795 | Arnold W. Hodson | TREKKING THE GREAT THIRST - SPORT AND TRAVEL IN THE KALAHARI DESERT,  | 
            Missing Colophon | ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 | ZAR 626.50 | |
| 796 | by Noel Mostert | FRONTIERS  | 
            London | 1993 | ZAR 500.00 - 800.00 | ZAR 626.50 |