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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.
Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Two Day Books, Maps, Ephemera and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 78,577.82 |
| Auction Date | October 08, 2025 - October 09, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 35,075.00 |
| Sale Number | #100825 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 58,260.00 |
| Total Lots | 1118 | ||
| Sold Lots | 866 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 50,355.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 77.46% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 82,370.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 252 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 95.40% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 393 | JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN | THE HOBBIT |
1937-09-01 | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 15,168.00 |
| 540 | PASTON LETTERS; AN IMPORTANT ARCHIVE COMPRISING FENN'S ORIGINAL MS LETTERS |
1789 | GBP 400.00 - 500.00 | GBP 10,617.60 | |
| 392 | JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN | THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING |
1954 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 3,665.60 |
| 769 | WITCHCRAFT NECROMANCY SUPERNATURAL, SUICIDE, DUNGEONS |
Early 19th century | GBP 400.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,643.20 | |
| 809 | Francis Willoughby, FRS | The Ornithology of Birds |
1678 | GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,516.80 |
| 789 | BIBLE, NEW TESTAMENT: BARKER, 1591 & BOOK OF PSALMS |
1754-1770 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 985.92 | |
| 539 | Fenn (John) edit | The Paston Letters' |
1787-1823 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 910.08 |
| 150 | J. R Ralph Casimir | THE NEGRO SPEAKS |
1969 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 606.72 |
| 270 | SEBASTIAN EVANS [Transl] and JESSIE KING [Illus] | THE HIGH HISTORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL |
1903 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 581.44 |
| 272 | SURREALIST POEMS |
1954 | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | GBP 467.68 | |
| 1079 | BEATRIX POTTER | THE STORY OF A BAD FIERCE RABBIT |
1906 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 467.68 |
| 1107 | JESSIE M KING [Illus] | A CAROL - GOOD KING WENCESLAS |
ND | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | GBP 455.04 |
| 788 | Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis episcopi de summa Trinitate que deus |
1515 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 417.12 | |
| 950 | MEDICAL PAMPHLETS. A very large quantity of hundreds of Medical Pamphlets and Offprints from the early 20th century to early 19th century |
early 20th century to early 19th century | GBP 50.00 - 200.00 | GBP 404.48 | |
| 962 | A collection of offprints from Transactions of The Zoological Society |
c1871 | Not Available | GBP 404.48 | |
| 336 | FLORENCE HARRISON | 2 Titles: ELFIN SONG - A BOOK OF VERSE AND PICTURES |
ND | GBP 15.00 - 25.00 | GBP 366.56 |
| 986 | WYNDHAM LEWIS (Ed) | BLAST - REVIEW OF THE GREAT ENGLISH VORTEX |
1915-07-01 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 353.92 |
| 645 | EDME ARCAMBEAU AND JESSIE M KING [Illus] | THE BOOK OF BRIDGES |
1912 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 341.28 |
| 690 | SIDNEY MENDELSSOHN | SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY |
1957 | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | GBP 328.64 |
| 1075 | Black and white postcard photograph depicting Adolf Hitler and bearing signature to bottom right corner |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 328.64 | ||
| 630 | Snouck Hurgronje, C. | [Middle East]. Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century. Daily Life, Customs and Learning |
1931 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 316.00 |
| 759 | Syllogologia: An Historical Discourse of Parliaments in their Original before the Conquest and Continuance together with the original growth and continuance of these courts following |
1656 | GBP 245.00 - 280.00 | GBP 303.36 | |
| 132 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND ONLY KNOWN COPY |
1979 | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | GBP 290.72 | |
| 654 | HARRY CLARK | THE FAIRY TALES OF PERRAULT |
1922 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 278.08 |
| 822 | FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD | AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK... |
1805 - 1810 | GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | GBP 278.08 |
![<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.")
