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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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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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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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.
Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Fine Bindings, 1st Editions, Science, Philosophy, Art, Photography, Fishing, 165A, Ultimo
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Four Finely bound classics |
London | c 1865 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | AUD 190.50 | |
| 152 | Edited by Charles Knight | The 'Chandos Classics' Half Hours of English History in Four Volumes Selected and Edited by Charles Knight |
London | circa 1860s | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 153 | Charles Knight | Half-Hours With The Best Authors |
London | 1860s | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 444.50 |
| 154 | Edited by Hon. Andrew Garran | Australasia Illustrated |
Sydney | 1892 | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | AUD 381.00 |
| 155 | Webster's International Dictionary Of The English Language Being the Authentic Edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,... |
Springfield | 1904 | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 156 | All Round The World An Illustrated Record of Voyages , Travels , and Adventures in all Parts of The Globe with Two Hundred Illustrations |
London | c 1870s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 157 | Chambers Encyclopaedia A Dictionary Of Universal Knowledge For The People Illustrated With Maps and Numerous Wood Engravings Revised Edition |
London | 1856 | AUD 400.00 - 500.00 | AUD 254.00 | |
| 158 | Edited by Robert Chambers | Chambers Cyclopaedia of English Literature. A History, Critical and Biographical, of English Authors with Specimens of Their Writings |
London | 1884 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 228.60 |
| 159 | Edited by William and Robert Chambers | Chambers Information For The People |
London | 1883 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 160 | The National Portrait Gallery |
London | Circa 1870s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 161 | Sowerby | A few old leather bindings: Walkers Pronouncing Dictionary Of The English Language |
London | 1870s | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 88.90 |
| 162 | Edward Walford | Greater London A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places |
London | 1880s | AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 163 | Picturesque Europe with Illustrations On Steel and Wood by The Most Eminent Artists |
1890s | AUD 600.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 164 | William Hepworth Dixon | Her Majesty's Tower |
London | 1885 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 165 | Walter Thornbury | Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places |
London | c. 1875 | AUD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 166 | Hetti Perkins & Hannah Fink | Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius edited |
Australia | 2000 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
| 167 | Ion L Idriess | Four original photograph.gs of Ion L Idriess |
AUD 500.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 168 | Two slightly different maps of NSW Compiled, |
Sydney | 1913 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 169 | A Journal of A Tour of Discovery Across The Blue Mountains, New South Wales |
1913 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | AUD 63.50 | ||
| 170 | Cressida Campbell, Peter Crayford, editor | The Woodblock Painting of Cressida Campbell |
2009 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 571.50 | |
| 171 | F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt, M. Aurousseau, editor | The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt |
1968 | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 | |
| 172 | Anthony JP Meyer | Oceanic Art |
1995 | AUD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 173 | Four books on Papua New Guinea |
1996 | AUD 120.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 174 | 13 comics from the Colossal Marvel Collection |
2015 | AUD 90.00 - 150.00 | AUD 76.20 | ||
| 175 | Insignia Standard's: Motor Colours & Varnishes incorporating enamels and spraying paints |
Circa 1930s | AUD 200.00 - 300.00 | AUD 127.00 |
![<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.")
