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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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![<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) | 18,371.00 |
| Auction Date | October 05, 2025 - October 05, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 57,667.00 |
| Sale Number | #382762 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 117,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 103 | ||
| Sold Lots | 103 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 57,667.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 100.00% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 117,400.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 0 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 15.65% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | L. Frank Baum | The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman |
1904 | USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 860.00 |
| 70 | MICHAUD, Joseph-Franc?ois | History of the crusades |
1880 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 730.00 |
| 71 | LANDSEER, Sir Edwin | The Landseer Series of Picture Books Containing Sixteen Coloured Illustrations, After Sir Edwin Landseer. |
[c 1880] | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 18 | Holy Bible | The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the original tongues |
1786 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 530.00 |
| 26 | Maria Eliza Rundell | A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and Adapted to the Use of Private Families |
1824 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 455.00 |
| 101 | TOLKIEN, J.R.R. | The Hobbit, or there and back again |
1966 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 400.00 |
| 59 | Thomas a Kempis | Of the Imitation of Christ; Four Books |
1867 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 365.00 |
| 66 | Lewis Carroll | Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There |
1875 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 97 | POE, Edgar Allan; CLARKE, Harry (Illus.) | Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. |
1933 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 320.00 |
| 63 | BELDEN, George | Belden, the white chief, or, Twelve years among the wild Indians of the plains |
1872 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 315.00 |
| 55 | Charles Mackay | The History of the United States of America |
1863 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 310.00 |
| 98 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1940 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 305.00 |
| 6 | Catholic Church | Missale Romanum: ex decreto Sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, S. Pii V |
1684 | USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 77 | Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Toms Cabin |
1886 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 100 | Frank Herbert | Dune |
1965 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 275.00 |
| 51 | John Frost (attrib.) | Pioneer Life in the West: Comprising the Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Clarke, the Whetzels, and Others, in Their Fierce Encounters with the Indians |
1858 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 88 | Charles Perrault | Les Contes de Perrault |
1900 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 95 | Lewis Carroll | Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass |
1923 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 19 | SOWERBY, James | English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. Vol. 14. |
1801 | USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 265.00 |
| 52 | Fred. A. Ross | Slavery Ordained of God |
1859 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 265.00 |
| 96 | STOKER, Bram | Dracula |
1897. [1928]. | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 260.00 |
| 48 | HILL, Benjamin L | The homeopathic practice of surgery, together with operative surgery |
1855 | USD 550.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 50 | Edward Henry Nolan | The Illustrated History of the War Against Russia |
circa 1857 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 255.00 |
| 22 | [BURNEY, William] | Lives of the Most Eminent British Naval Heroes; Comprehending Details of their Achievements, in Various Quarters of the Globe, Forming a Complete Naval History, from the Reign of Henry VII to the Present Time. |
1809 | USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 235.00 |
| 47 | William Makepeace Thackeray | The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family |
1854 | USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 235.00 |
![<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.")
