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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. -
![<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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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. -
![<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.")
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.
Catawiki B. V.: Science and Nature Books Auction, 101225b, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 12, 2025 - October 12, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97481321 | L.E.J. Brouwer | Grondslagen der Wiskunde |
1907 | EUR 900.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97626708 | William Smellie | Natural History, General and particular by the Count de Buffon with 307 full page plates. |
1785 | EUR 400.00 - 0.00 | EUR 141.70 | |
| 97901245 | Juan Alvarez de Colmenar-Pieter Van Der Aa | Beschyving van Spanien en Portugal waar in, op het naauwkeurigste, al het,geene, dat, zoo ten |
1707/1741 | EUR 1,300.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97904075 | Francois Valentijn / Joannes van Braam | Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien - Ambonia: Verhandeling der ongemeene visschen |
1725 | EUR 1,800.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97929774 | Adolf Friederich Scharff (1812-1881) / Johannes Schafer (1822-1885) | Aus der Naturgeschichte der Krystalle.In:Senckenbergischen [with albumen photograph applied] |
1855 | EUR 450.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97946367 | Edme Mentelle | Choix de lectures geographiques et historiques |
1783 | EUR 750.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 97962363 | Jean-Henri Fabre | Souvenirs entomologiques : etudes sur l'instinct et les moeurs des insectes |
1941/1925 | EUR 375.00 - 0.00 | EUR 342.26 | |
| 98006714 | Francois Coreal | Voyages de Francois Coreal aux indes Occidentales |
1722 | EUR 550.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98014454 | J.G. Stedman | Voyage a Suriname et dans l'interieur de la Guiane |
1799 | EUR 450.00 - 0.00 | EUR 392.40 | |
| 98015160 | Etienne Charpentier [29 planches d'anatomie] | Exposition exacte, ou Tableaux anatomiques en tailles-douces des differentes parties du corps humain |
1784 | EUR 650.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98034804 | Raffles (Thomas Stanford) & Crawfurd (John) | Description geographique, historique et commerciale de Java et des autres iles de l'Archipel Indien |
1824 | EUR 750.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98037274 | Melchisedech Thevenot / Charles Moette | L'Art de Nager avec des avis pour se baigner utilement [22 figures] |
1782 | EUR 550.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98037298 | Henri Koster / Antoine Jay | Voyages dans la partie septentrionale du Bresil depuis 1809 jusqu'en 1815. |
1818 | EUR 1,200.00 - 0.00 | EUR 697.60 | |
| 98043711 | Samuel Elisee Bridel | Muscologia Recentiorum, seu Analysis, Historia et Descriptio Methodica Omnium Muscorum Frondosorum |
1797 | EUR 450.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98044367 | Georges Cuvier | Recherches sur les Ossemens Fossiles |
1836 | EUR 650.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98044521 | E. Brissaud | [Atlas] Anatomie du Cerveau de l'Homme |
1893 | EUR 1,800.00 - 0.00 | EUR 719.40 | |
| 98070542 | Parallax; George Davey | Earth Not a Globe |
1881 | EUR 2,500.00 - 0.00 | EUR 392.40 | |
| 98070923 | Laurent Heister / Francois Paul (trad.) | Institutions de chirurgie, ou l'on traite dans un ordre clair et nouveau de tout ce qui a rapport a |
1770 | EUR 425.00 - 0.00 | EUR 316.10 | |
| 98073201 | Pereira De Sousa | O Terremoto do 1.o de Novembro de 1755 em Portugal e um Estudo Demografico |
1932/1919 | EUR 850.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98092472 | Giuseppe Bennassuti | Raccolta di vedute e monumenti antichi della Citta di Verona con illustrazioni che servono ancora di |
1832 | EUR 1,500.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98112701 | Antonii Nuck | Operationes et Experimenta Chirurgica Antonii Nuck |
1733 | EUR 550.00 - 0.00 | EUR 1,051.85 | |
| 98115473 | [Unknown] | A set of hand-painted playing cards in watercolor |
1840 | EUR 12,000.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98119700 | Jacob de Riemer | Beschryving van 's Graven-Hage |
1730 | EUR 2,400.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98134959 | Joh. Frid. Lobstein | De nervi sympathetici humani fabrica usu et morbis [in Folio Minor] |
1823 | EUR 400.00 - 0.00 | Not Sold | |
| 98139103 | Lacepede | Histoire naturelle des poissons |
1804/1799 | EUR 350.00 - 0.00 | EUR 490.50 |
