<center>Firsts Online Rare Book Fair 27 November to 2 December Presented by the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association
<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1490. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: P. Goos, Le Grand Miroir de la Mer, 1669. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: L. Feininger, Letter with woodcuts, 1920. Est: € 25,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Latin Bible manuscript, 12th century. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: M. E. Bloch, Naturgeschichte der Fische, 1782-95. Est: € 40,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: M. Chagall, Daphnis & Chloé, 1961. Est: € 90,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: L. J. Waghenaer, Speculum nauticum, 1586. Est: € 180,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: P. J. de Pannemaeker, Collection of orig. watercolors, 1878-1887. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: G. Klimt, Das Werk, 1918. Est: € 15,000

<center>Ketterer Rare Books Auction on November 30th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: Livro dos prestimonios, Manuscript, 1665. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 30: J. Miró in J. Cassou, Vingt-deux poémes, 1978. Est: € 8,000
<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts 24 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2020 Online

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: F. Schubert. Autograph letter to his brother Ferdinand, 4 pages, Zseliz, 1818. £80,000 to £120,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: L. v. Beethoven. Fine autograph letter to his librettist Friedrich Treitschke, about their planned opera, 1815. £70,000 to £90,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Hermann Hesse, Highly important series of 62 letters and postcards to Stefan Zweig, 1903-1938. £60,000 to £80,000.

<center>Sotheby’s Music, Continental Books and Medieval Manuscripts 24 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2020 Online

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Book of Hours, Use of Reims, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France, late 15th century]. £40,000 to £60,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: Armenian gospel book, illuminated manuscript on vellum, seventeenth century, tooled calf binding. £7,000 to £10,000.

Sotheby’s, 24 Nov. – 1 Dec.: C. Goldoni. Ten autograph letters signed to the Genoese nobleman Cristoforo Spinola, Venice 1742-1743. £7,000 to £9,000.
<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: SHERBURNE, BRANTZ, and WIRGMAN. The Original Drawings of the First Modern Scientific Survey of the Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay. $350,000 to $500,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: LAFON, Barthelemy. The Earliest Comprehensive Survey of Louisiana and its Adjacent Regions. $350,000 to $450,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Giacomo GASTALDI. The Most Important Renaissance Wall Map of Asia Published in the 16th Century – with all four sheets having full margins. $300,000 to $400,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: CAO, Junyi. The Most Important Map of China to Come to Market in 50 Years. One of only three known copies of the last Ming Dynasty world map. $325,000 to $375,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: ORTELIUS, Abraham. Ortelius Atlas Spanish 1588 Magnificently Rich Original Hand Color in Full. $225,000 to $350,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: An Exceptionally Fine and Historically Important Manuscript Map Showing the Origins of Texas in the 19th Century. $250,000 to $350,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: PRICE, William and BONNER, John. Map of Boston 1769. $225,000 to $325,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. Audubon’s Brilliant Icon, That Has Never Been Equaled for Drama. $150,000 to $250,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Pierre-Joseph REDOUTE. Original Watercolor, Red Lily. $175,000 to $250,000.

<center>Arader Galleries December Sale December 5, 2020

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: John James AUDUBON. The Most Famous Image of a Bird in All of History. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: Martin WALDSEEMULLER. The Finest Example in Existence of Martin Waldseemuller’s Map of the New World, with Spectacular Full Original Color. $150,000 to $200,000.

Arader Galleries, Dec. 5: GORDON, Peter. The First State of the First View of Savannah: The Template for American Urban Planning. $100,000 to $150,000.

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<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: All-Negro Comics Issue #1, 1947. $4,000 to $6,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Early Memoir of a Black Hairdresser, 1859. $3,000 to $4,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: First Edition Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African, 1782. $2,500 to $3,500.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Bessie Coleman Aero News Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1930, Signed by William J. Powell. $2,000 to $3,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Book of Poetry and Music by Formerly Illiterate Author Thomas Young, 1897. $6,000 to $8,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Cabinet Card of 24th Infantryman, Tombstone, Arizona Territory, circa 1882. $8,000 to $12,000.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: James Baldwin Portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1955. $3,500 to $4,500.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: The Pacific Appeal Newspaper, San Francisco, 1877. $3,000 to $5,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: Only Known Copy Spreading Joy, Uplift History of African Americans in Los Angeles, 1937. $2,000 to $3,000.

<center>Cowan’s Auctions The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II December 3, 2020

Cowan’s, Dec 3: 1940 Los Angeles The Official Central Avenue District Directory. $2,000 to $3,000.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: GRÉGOIRE, Henri (French, 1750-1831). An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes, First American Edition, 1810. $1,500 to $2,500.

Cowan’s, Dec 3: 1893 Indian Territory Album with Images of Tacky Grayson. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Gonnelli December 1st Antique and modern prints, drawings and paintings

<center>Gonnelli December 2nd Photographs, autographs, musical works and manuscripts

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Books from XV to XX Century

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Mathematics books

<center>Gonnelli December 3rd Art books from Salvador Dalí & others
Swann Auction Galleries: Oscar Wilde, “The secret of life is in Art,” autograph quotation dated and signed, 1882. Sold for $15,600.

Swann Auction Galleries: Manhattan Gay Scene Guide 1969, Summer Edition, Mattachine Book Service. Sold for $3,250.

Swann Auction Galleries: Toyen, pen & ink illustration from Marquis de Sade: Justina cili prokletí ctnosti, 1932. Sold for $26,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: Antonio Lopez, 9 men’s fashion studies, graphite, 1974. Sold for $6,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Harvey Milk, 2 autograph letters signed, to Pat Mormon, during US Navy service, 1954. Sold for $2,210.

Swann Auction Galleries: Daniel Abraham, original art for Stonewall Romances, pen, ink & gouache, 1979. Sold for $3,000.

Swann Auction Galleries: David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (Genet with Dog), mixed media collage. Sold for $27,500.

Swann Auction Galleries: Susie Gaynes & Amy E. Bartell, March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1987. Sold for $1,188.

Swann Auction Galleries: Paris is Burning, photo offset poster by Anne Dutlinger, signed by film director Jennie Livingston, 1991. Sold for $1,500.
<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Joyce (James), Ulysses, 4to, Paris: (Shakespeare & Co.) 1922, First Edn. €7,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Of the Utmost Rarity with Swift Association. Harward (Michael). Philomath. A New Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, 1666. €6,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Full Complement of Hand Coloured & Other Plates. Rosellini (Ippolito). Monumenti dell Egitto e della Nubia, Vols. I, II, & III Plate Volumes only. €5,000 to €7,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Magnificent Hand Coloured Plates. [Bivort, Debabay, & others] Annales de Pomologie, 8 vols., folio, Brussels, 1853-1861. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: With Very Fine Coloured Plates & Illustrations. Barbier (George) Vogel (Lucien) & others, Gazette du Bon Ton - Arts-modes et frivolities, 1914 to 1922. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: “I have seen War... I hate War," Signed Presentation Copy to William C. Bullitt, Roosevelt (Franklin D.) August 14, 1936. €3,000 to €4,000.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Victorian Hostess & Horticulturist. An Important Collection Relating to Lady Dorothy Nevill (1826-1913). €2,500 to €3,200.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Fine Original Portrait Photos of The O'Brien Ladies by Margaret Cameron. Two black and white Photos, each 8" x 10". €1,200 to €1,800.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: James Hume Nesbitt Illustrations: A collection of twelve pen and ink Drawings and Etchings intended for publication as book of illustrations for his thriller novels. €800 to €1,200.

<center>Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers Christmas Rare Books & Collectors’ Sale 9 December 2020

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Attributed to Kitagawa Utamavo (1753-1806). A pair of attractive colourful woodblock prints, of Court Ladies in decorative robes with numerous stamps and script. €800 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Contemporaneous Notes from Captain Cook's Voyage Travel: [Anon] Voyage to the South Sea by Mr. Banks, Mr. Parkinson and Dr. Solender, with Capt. Cooke, a 7 page m/ss document. €700 to €1,000.

Fonsie Mealy, Dec. 9: Very Rare First U.K. Edition with Yellow Paper Band. Herbert (Frank). Dune, 8vo London (Victor Gollancz Ltd.) 1966. €500 to €700.
<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper Live Online 2 December 2020

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Rackham (Arthur). 'The Skein', original pen, ink and watercolour drawing. £4,000 to £6,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Vico (Giambattista). Principj di una scienza nuova, FIRST EDITION, Felice Mosca, Naples,1725. £8,000 to £12,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Bauerkeller's New Embossed Plan of London, first edition, Ackermann & Co., 1841. £1,800 to £2,200.

<center>Chiswick Auctions Books & Works on Paper Live Online 2 December 2020

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Bible, English, Coverdale's Version, J. Nycolson, Southwark, [1535]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Langauge, 2 vol., fourth edition revised by the author, folio, 1773. £800 to £1,200.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Orwell (George). The Road to Wigan Pier, first public edition, 8vo., Victor Gollancz, 1937. £1,500 to £2,000.

Chiswick Auctions, Dec. 2: Rowling (J. K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, FIRST EDITION, first printing 1997. £6,000 to £8,000.

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