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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.")
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. -
![<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. -
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.
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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps and Documents
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Printed Books, Maps and Documents | Total Sales (GBP) | 236,246.86 |
| Auction Date | October 01, 2025 - October 01, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 117,200.00 |
| Sale Number | #100125 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 176,870.00 |
| Total Lots | 469 | ||
| Sold Lots | 386 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 161,070.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 242,020.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 83 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 97.62% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | Buc'hoz (Pierre-Joseph) | Premiere [-Seconde] Centurie de Planches enluminees et non enluminees |
[1775]-1781 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 9,760.00 |
| 34 | Lee (Samuel) | The Travels of Ibn Batuta |
1829 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 7,930.00 |
| 234 | Schedel (Hartmann) | World. Secunda etas Mundi |
1493 | GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 6,588.00 |
| 85 | Anderson (John) | Zoology of Egypt: Volume First, Reptilia and Batrachia |
1898 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,344.00 |
| 102 | Strutt (Jacob George) | Sylva Britannica |
1826 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,612.00 |
| 17 | Company School. l. A collection of 24 watercolours of Indian street sellers, traders, and costume |
circa 1820-30 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 4,803.20 | |
| 188 | Smith (William) | England & Wales. A New Geological Map of England & Wales with the Inland Navigations exhibiting the Districts of Coal and other sites of Mineral Tonnage by William Smith |
March 18th 1828 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,904.00 |
| 377 | Royal Bookplates. Collection of approximately 200 ex-libris |
19th-20th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,539.20 | |
| 89 | Donovan (Edward) | An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India, and the Islands in the Indian Seas |
1800-[1804] | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,416.00 |
| 53 | Staunton (George) | An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China |
1798 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,928.00 |
| 228 | S. D. U. K. | Walker (J. & C.), A collection of 47 city plans |
circa 1840 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,684.00 |
| 49 | Shackleton (Ernest) | The Heart of the Antarctic |
1909 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,562.00 |
| 104 | Warner (Robert, Benjamin Samuel Williams & Thomas Moore) | The Orchid Album |
1882-85 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,562.00 |
| 344 | Locke (John) | Two Treatises of Government: In the Former, the false Principles and Foundation of Sir Robert Filmer, and his Followers, are Detected and Overthrown |
1728 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 2,440.00 |
| 218 | Brunton (Richard Henry) | Japan. Nippn [Japan] |
1880 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,318.00 |
| 48 | Shackleton (Ernest) | South. The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917 |
1919 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,257.00 |
| 100 | New Naturalist series |
1945-2021 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,196.00 | |
| 384 | Bell (Robert Anning, 1863-1933) | Collection of 71 ex-libris by Robert Anning Bell |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,148.80 | |
| 47 | Roberts (David) | The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia |
1855-56 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,074.00 |
| 383 | Russian and German bookplates. Collection of approximately 300 ex-libris |
mostly early to mid-20th-century | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,896.00 | |
| 25 | Edmonds (J. E. & others) | History of the Great War Based on Official Documents |
1925-48 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 1,708.00 |
| 326 | Ayscu (Edward) | A Historie contayning the Warres, Treaties, Marriages, and other occurrents betweene England and Scotland |
1607 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,586.00 |
| 464 | Everyman's Library. A near complete & extensive collection of approximately 1000 volumes |
circa 1905-45 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,586.00 | |
| 466 | Nicklin (Susan) | Address to a Young Lady on her Entrance into the World |
1796 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,464.00 |
| 419 | Tolkien (J. R. R.) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
1965 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,403.00 |
