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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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November 25Doyle
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November 25Doyle
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
November 25Doyle
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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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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.
Schilb Antiquarian: Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium | Total Sales (USD) | 15,487.00 |
| Auction Date | September 14, 2025 - September 14, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 56,557.00 |
| Sale Number | #91425 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 114,600.00 |
| Total Lots | 107 | ||
| Sold Lots | 106 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 58,507.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 99.07% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 118,600.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 1 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 13.06% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1940 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 430.00 |
| 84 | BAUM, L. Frank | The land of Oz: a sequel to The Wizard of Oz |
(c)1904. | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 415.00 |
| 38 | George Cruikshank | Puss in Boots. From "George Cruikshanks Fairy Library" |
ca.1860 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 405.00 |
| 76 | MILTON, John. | Miltons Paradise Lost. Illustrated by Gustave Dore?. Edited ... by R. Vaughan |
1890]. | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 2 | Anders Sparrman; P Le Tourneur | Voyage au cap le Bonne-Espe?rance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. |
1787 | USD 1,950.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 345.00 |
| 97 | MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (Illus.) | Now We Are Six |
1927 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 335.00 |
| 106 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Silmarillion |
1977 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 335.00 |
| 99 | Author: Ernest Hemingway | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 103 | Ian Fleming | On Her Majestys Secret Service |
1963 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 29 | Dante Alighieri Illustrator(s): John Flaxman | The Divine Comedy |
1854 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 325.00 |
| 105 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Silmarillion |
(c)1977. | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 305.00 |
| 85 | Eugene Field | Poems of Childhood |
1904 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 62 | Gustave Dore | The Dore Bible Gallery |
1880 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 265.00 |
| 78 | W. Fletcher Johnson | The Red Record of the Sioux: Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890--91 |
1891 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 265.00 |
| 18 | Anonymous | The Mariners Chronicle: Containing Narratives of the Most Remarkable Disasters at Sea, Such As Shipwrecks, Storms, Fires and Famines, Also Naval Engagements, Piratical Adventures |
1835 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 86 | Robert Louis Stevenson | A Childs Garden of Verses |
1905 | USD 399.00 - 800.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 57 | Edwin Eastman | Seven and Nine Years Among the Camanches and Apaches. An Autobiography |
1874 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 104 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Hobbit, or there and back again |
[1966]. | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 55 | Mark Twain | Roughing It |
1872 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 220.00 |
| 25 | DICKENS, Charles | Dombey and Son |
1848 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 215.00 |
| 31 | PERRY, Matthew Clabraith; HAWKS, Francis | Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan : performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States |
1856 | USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 215.00 |
| 20 | State of Missouri, | Laws of the State of Missouri |
1841-53. | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 22 | Charles Dickens Illustrator(s): Hablot Knight Browne (i.e. Phiz) | The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit |
1844 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 36 | Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac; Olivier Illustrator(s): Adolphe Rouargue | Voyage autour du monde contenant la description geographique et pittoresque des divers pays, lesquisse des moeurs de chaque peuple |
1858 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 66 | Henry Gray | Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical |
1883 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 210.00 |
![<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.")
