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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. 
Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts, 110525a, LA Assen,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
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| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95783954 | Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), French Prime-Minister | Autographed Letter by Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), French Prime-Minister  | 
            1836 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 97676059 | Anoniem | [Nederlands] Manuscript sheet from a Book of Hours - 14th century  | 
            1380 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98141195 | NASA | Astronaut Millie Hughes-Fulford  | 
            1991 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98145404 | NASA | Astronaut Kevin P. Chilton  | 
            1987 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98145566 | NASA | Astronaut Thomas D. Akers  | 
            1987 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98161259 | NASA | Astronaut Pierre J. Thuot  | 
            1985 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98161361 | NASA | Astronaut John H. Casper  | 
            1984 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98163215 | NASA | Astronaut Robert Allan Ridley Parker  | 
            1980 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98163429 | NASA | Astronaut Senator Jake Garn  | 
            1985 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98167023 | NASA | Autograph Astronaut James A. Pawelczyk plus signierter Karton  | 
            1997 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98174195 | Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien | Fabrizio Plessi  | 
            1991 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98313575 | Alexandre Dumas pere (1802-1870) | Photographie au format cdv par Pierre Petit  | 
            1860 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98475907 | Manuscript | Original leaf from a latin breviary ca. 14th century  | 
            1350 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98477559 | Manuscript | Illuminated Book of Hours page from Delft  | 
            1440 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98570488 | Philip IV, King of Spain (1605-1665) | Certification with stamped seal signed "Yo El Rey" by his own hand benefice for Don Vargas y Aragon,  | 
            1639 | EUR 275.00 - 350.00 | Unknown | |
| 98576722 | Queen consor of UK and Empress consort of India Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925) | Autograph envelope from Marlborough House Pall Mall as Princess of Wales to Diplomat Reginald Lister  | 
            1900/1880 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98576731 | Quean Victoria of UK and Empress of India (24 May 1819 -- 22 January 1901) | Autograph signed envelope + 1 fragment to her Private Secretary Ponsonby and Prime Minister  | 
            1875/1895 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98602486 | Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809--1898) very famouse British statesman and Liberal | "Secret" Autograph signed letter with letterhead of 10 Downing Street  | 
            1892 | EUR 225.00 - 275.00 | Unknown | |
| 98603921 | Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805--1894) French Orientalist diplomat Developer of Suez Canal Pioneer for | Autograph signed letter to a friend  | 
            1864 | EUR 375.00 - 450.00 | Unknown | |
| 98603928 | Alphonse de Rothschild (1827--1905) vineyard owner, philanthropist, member of Rothschild banking | Privat autograph signed letter-card with his printed monogramm AR  | 
            1900/1880 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98603932 | Victorien Sardou (1831--1908) French dramatist Playwright for Tosca, Fedora, Gismonda and Madame | Autograph signed letter to a friend  | 
            1900/1880 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 98605271 | Jules Claretie | Ensemble de 60 lettres  | 
            1900 | EUR 325.00 - 400.00 | Unknown | |
| 98605334 | Champfleury | Ensemble de 6 lettres autographes  | 
            1860 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 98605397 | Brieux, Croisset, Capus, Bertrand, Bordeaux, etc. | Lot important - 65 lettres  | 
            1900 | EUR 425.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 98605475 | Samuel Beckett | "Je vis (?)" - Carte autographe  | 
            1989 | EUR 450.00 - 550.00 | Unknown |