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Swann, June 17: Lot 13: Arthur Rackham, Candlelight, pen and ink, circa 1900.Swann, June 17: Lot 28: Harold Von Schmidt, "I Asked Jim If He Wanted To Accompany Us To Teach The Hanneseys A Lesson.", oil on canvas, 1957.Swann, June 17: Lot 96: Arthur Szyk, Thumbelina, gouache and pencil, 1945.Swann, June 17: Lot 101: D.R. Sexton, The White Rabbit And Bill The Lizard, watercolor and gouache, 1932.Swann, June 17: Lot 127: Miguel Covarrubias, Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-Toed Sloth, gouache, circa 1953.Swann, June 17: Lot 132: William Pène Du Bois, 2 Illustrations: Balloon Merry Go Round On The Ground And In The Air, pen and ink and wash, 1947.Swann, June 17: Lot 137: Lee Lorenz, Confetti Hourglass, mixed media, 1973.Swann, June 17: Lot 181: Norman Rockwell, Portrait Of Floyd Jerome Patten (Editor At Boy's Life Magazine), charcoal, circa 1915.Swann, June 17: Lot 188: Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue De Buci, Paris, casein, watercolor, ink and gouache, 1955.Swann, June 17: Lot 263: Maurice Sendak, Sundance Childrens Theater Poster Preliminary Sketch, pencil, 1988.
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Bonhams, June 16-25: 15th-CENTURY TREATISE ON SYPHILIS. GRÜNPECK. 1496. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF BENIVIENI'S TREATISE ON PATHOLOGY. 1507. $12,000 - $18,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FRACASTORO. Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus. 1530. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON SKIN DISEASES. MERCURIALIS. De morbis cutaneis... 1572. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: BIDLOO. Anatomia humani corporis... 1685. $6,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-25: THE NORMAN COPY OF DOUGLASS'S EARLY AMERICAN WORK ON INNOCULATION AND SMALLPOX. 1722. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LIND'S FIRST TREATISE ON SCURVY. 1753. $15,000 - $20,000Bonhams, June 16-25: RARE JENNER SIGNED CIRCULAR ON VACCINATION. 1821. $4,000 - $6,000Bonhams, June 16-25: MOST BEAUTIFUL OF MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. BRIGHT. Reports of Medical Cases... 1827-1831. $10,000 - $15,000Bonhams, June 16-25: FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PRESENTATION COPY TO HER MOTHER. 1860. $6,000 - $8,000Bonhams, June 16-25: LORENZO TRAVER'S MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF BURNSIDE'S NORTH CAROLINA EXPEDITION. TRAVER, Lorenzo. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-25: ONE OF THE EARLIEST PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS ON DERMATOLOGY. HARDY. Clinique Photographique... 1868. $3,000 - $5,000
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Fonsie Mealy’s
Chatsworth Summer Fine Art Sale
18th June 2025Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: William IV, c1830, oversized slope-top Rosewood Davenport Desk, Attributed to Gillows of Lancaster. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde.Fonsie Mealy, June 18: French Bateau Bed, exhibition piece from the Exposition Universelle—The Paris World’s Fair, 1878. Third quarter of the 19th century. With Provenance to Oscar Wilde. -
Bonhams, June 16-24: KELMSCOTT PRESS. RUSKIN. The Nature of Gothic. 1892. $1,500 - $2,500Bonhams, June 16-24: ASHENDENE PRESS. The Wisdom of Jesus. 1932. $2,000 - $3,000Bonhams, June 16-24: CHARLOTTE BRONTE WRITES AS GOVERNESS. Autograph Letter Signed, 1851. $15,000 - $25,000Bonhams, June 16-24: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF WUTHERING HEIGHTS. BRONTE, Emily. New York, 1848. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: IAN FLEMING ASSOCIATION COPY. You Only Live Twice. London, 1964. $7,000 - $9,000Bonhams, June 16-24: DELUXE EDITION WITH ORIGINAL PAINTING. BUKOWSKI, Charles. War All the Time. 1984. $3,000 - $5,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN'S MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT ON THE ATOMIC BOMB. Original Typed Manuscript Signed, "On My Participation in the Atom Bomb Project," 1953. $100,000 - $150,000Bonhams, June 16-24: EINSTEIN ON SCIENCE, WAR AND MORALITY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1949. $20,000 - $30,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed, 1786. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: AN EARLY CHINESE-MADE 34-STAR U.S. CONSULAR FLAG. $8,000 - $12,000Bonhams, June 16-24: SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF LINCOLN WITH HIS SON TAD. 1864. $60,000 - $90,000Bonhams, June 16-24: MALCOLM X WRITES FROM KENYA. Postcard signed, 1964. $4,000 - $6,000
Sothebys: VALUABLE PRINTED BOOKS, MUSIC, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, WELLER,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 15, 1964 - December 15, 1964
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Album | USD - | 11.20 | |||
| 2 | Henry Aiken | Symptoms of being amused | 1822 |
USD - | 98.00 | |
| 3 | T. Archer | Charles Dickens | USD - | 2.80 | ||
| 4 | Sarah Bernhardt | A collection of eighty-two portraits | USD - | 112.00 | ||
| 5 | Marguerite Blessington | The Magic Lantern | USD - | 30.80 | ||
| 6 | Blotter | USD - | 39.20 | |||
| 7 | Breviarium Romanum . . . pars verna (only) | 1740 |
USD - | 11.20 | ||
| 8 | Hablot K. Browne | Two steel plates engraved by H. K. Browne | USD - | 210.00 | ||
| 9 | Hablot K. Browne | Six steel plates engraved by H. K. Browne for the illustrations to "Dombey and Son" | USD - | 532.00 | ||
| 10 | Robert Browning | Strafford | USD - | 16.80 | ||
| 11 | Robert Browning | The Ring and the Book | 1868-69 |
USD - | 36.40 | |
| 12 | Alfred Bunn | The Vauxhall Papers | USD - | 98.00 | ||
| 13 | C. Coltellini | A miniature of an Officer by C. Coltellini | USD - | 16.80 | ||
| 14 | Joseph Crawhall | Chaplets from Coquet-side | USD - | 28.00 | ||
| 15 | Thomas Danett | A continuation of the historie of France | 1600 |
USD - | 44.80 | |
| 16 | Charles Dickens | Sunday under three heads ... by Timothy Sparks | 1836 |
USD - | 36.40 | |
| 17 | Charles Dickens | The Village Coquettes | 1836 |
USD - | 89.60 | |
| 18 | Charles Dickens | A leaflet advertising the first number of "Pickwick Papers" | [31 March 1836] |
USD - | 78.40 | |
| 19 | Charles Dickens | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club | 1836-37 |
USD - | 140.00 | |
| 20 | Charles Dickens | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club | 1837 |
USD - | 89.60 | |
| 21 | Charles Dickens | Extraordinary Gazette | [1837] |
USD - | 5.60 | |
| 22 | Charles Dickens | Sketches by "Boz" | 1837 |
USD - | 117.60 | |
| 23 | Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist | 1838 |
USD - | 30.80 | |
| 24 | Charles Dickens | Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi | 1838 |
USD - | 44.80 | |
| 25 | Charles Dickens | The Ufe and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | 1838-39 |
USD - | 61.60 | |
| 26 | Charles Dickens | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | 1838-39 |
USD - | 154.00 | |
| 27 | Charles Dickens and W. M. Thackeray | The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman | 1839 |
USD - | 56.00 | |
| 28 | Charles Dickens and W. M. Thackeray | The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman | 1839 |
USD - | 89.60 | |
| 29 | Charles Dickens and W. M. Thackeray | The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman | 1860 |
USD - | 11.20 | |
| 30 | Charles Dickens | Master Humphrey's Clock | 1840-41 |
USD - | 134.40 | |
| 31 | Charles Dickens | The Pic Nic Papers | 1841 |
USD - | 14.00 | |
| 32 | Charles Dickens | American Notes | USD - | 16.80 | ||
| 33 | Charles Dickens | Martin Chuzzlewit | USD - | 19.60 | ||
| 34 | Charles Dickens | Dombey and Son | USD - | 89.60 | ||
| 35 | Charles Dickens | The Chimes | USD - | 39.20 | ||
| 36 | Charles Dickens | The Chimes | USD - | 11.20 | ||
| 37 | Charles Dickens | The Cricket on the Hearth | USD - | 14.00 | ||
| 38 | Charles Dickens | The Battle of Life | 1846 |
USD - | 84.00 | |
| 39 | Charles Dickens | The Battle of Life | 1846 |
USD - | 25.20 | |
| 40 | Charles Dickens | Pictures from Italy | USD - | 39.20 | ||
| 41 | Charles Dickens | The Personal History of David Copperfield | 1849-50 |
USD - | 182.00 | |
| 42 | Charles Dickens | The Personal History of David Copperfield | 1849-50 |
USD - | 89.60 | |
| 43 | Charles Dickens | Hard Times | USD - | 11.20 | ||
| 44 | Charles Dickens | Little Dorrit | 1855-57 |
USD - | 106.40 | |
| 45 | Charles Dickens | A Tale of Two Cities | 1859 |
USD - | 784.00 | |
| 46 | Charles Dickens | Great Expectations | 1861 |
USD - | 50.40 | |
| 47 | Charles Dickens | Our Mutual Friend | 1864-65 |
USD - | 89.60 | |
| 48 | Charles Dickens | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | 1870 |
USD - | 36.40 | |
| 49 | Charles Dickens | Is she his wife? | USD - | 30.80 | ||
| 50 | Charles Dickens-Overs (J.) | Evenings of a Working Man | USD - | 22.40 | ||
| 51 | Charles Dickens | Charles Dickens and Maria Beadnell | USD - | 8.40 | ||
| 52 | Charles Dickens | The Atlantic Monthly | USD - | 11.20 | ||
| 53 | Charles Dickens-Browne (Hablot K.) | The original drawing for the illustration in "Dombey and Son" | USD - | 126.00 | ||
| 54 | Charles Dickens-Cattermole (George) | A water-colour drawing | USD - | 78.40 | ||
| 55 | Charles Dickens | A rosewood and ivory watch-stand | 1862 |
USD - | 61.60 | |
| 56 | Charles Dickens | Three mugs | USD - | 28.00 | ||
| 57 | Richard Doyle | Twenty-five pen-and-ink sketches for the illustrations to "The Foreign Tour of Messrs | USD - | 336.00 | ||
| 58 | Richard Doyle | Fifteen water-colour drawings (about 130mm. by 180mm.) and five coloured engravings | USD - | 672.00 | ||
| 59 | George Du Maurier | A collection of 170 figure studies | USD - | 238.00 | ||
| 60 | L.-G. Ebel | Manuel du voyageur en Suisse | Paris | 1830-31 |
USD - | 11.20 |
| 61 | J. C. Eckel | The First Editions of the writings of Charles Dickens | 1932 |
USD - | 25.20 | |
| 62 | J. C. Eckel | The first Editions of the writings of Charles Dickens | 1932 |
USD - | 25.20 | |
| 63 | J. A. Fabricius | Theologie de l'Eau | 1741 |
USD - | 14.00 | |
| 64 | Helen Faucit | On some of Shakespeare's women | USD - | 19.60 | ||
| 65 | Fenelon (Abp. Francois de Salignac de La Mothe) Les aventures de Telemaque | Paris | 1773 |
USD - | 280.00 | |
| 66 | Four Russian silver vodka cups | Moscow | 1738 and 1790 |
USD - | 154.00 | |
| 67 | S. R. Gardiner | Oliver Cromwell | 1899 |
USD - | 33.60 | |
| 68 | Bret Harte | Mrs. Skagg's Husbands | USD - | 5.60 | ||
| 69 | T. Hatton and A. H. Cleaver | A bibliography of the periodical works of Charles Dickens | 1933 |
USD - | 16.80 | |
| 70 | W. Heath | Studies from the Stage | 1823 |
USD - | 36.40 | |
| 71 | Richard Howe | His silver pocket watch | USD - | 33.60 | ||
| 72 | Sir Henry Irving-Lewis (Leopold) | The Bells | USD - | 95.20 | ||
| 73 | Sir Henry Irving-Tennyson (Alfred) | Becket | USD - | 36.40 | ||
| 74 | Sir Henry Irving | Fan | USD - | 50.40 | ||
| 75 | Ivory opera glass | USD - | 22.40 | |||
| 76 | Douglas Jerrold | A Man made of Money | 1849 |
USD - | 28.00 | |
| 77 | John Leech | Eight pencil drawings for illustrations in "Punch" | USD - | 28.00 | ||
| 78 | John Leech | A collection of thirty-nine pencil drawings | USD - | 67.20 | ||
| 79 | John Leech | A collection of about 150 pencil drawings | USD - | 266.00 | ||
| 80 | John Leech | Seven small pencil drawings of humorous subjects | USD - | 22.40 | ||
| 81 | Charles Lever | The Daltons | 1852 |
USD - | 5.60 | |
| 82 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | The Courtship of Miles Standish | 1858 |
USD - | 50.40 | |
| 83 | E. G. Bulwer Lytton | Eugene Aram | 1832 |
USD - | 11.20 | |
| 84 | E. G. Bulwer Lytton | The Lady of Lyons | 1839 |
USD - | 98.00 | |
| 85 | F. Masson | Napoleon and the Fair Sex | 1894 |
USD - | 224.00 | |
| 86 | Felix Mengin | Histoire de l'Egypte sous le gouvernement de Mohammed-Aly | Paris | 1823 |
USD - | 72.80 |
| 87 | Napoleon and Josephine | USD - | 56.00 | |||
| 88 | Napoleon and Marie-Louise | USD - | 33.60 | |||
| 89 | Josephine | USD - | 5.60 | |||
| 90 | Napoleon | USD - | 84.00 | |||
| 91 | Napoleon | USD - | 28.00 | |||
| 92 | Napoleon | USD - | 30.80 | |||
| 93 | Oblong silver snuff box (Aozs. 9dwts.) | USD - | 134.40 | |||
| 94 | Barry O'Meara | Napoleon in exile | USD - | 72.80 | ||
| 95 | John Owen | Britannia depicta . . . engraved by E. Bowen | 1764 |
USD - | 78.40 | |
| 96 | Pair of plated candelabra for two lights | USD - | 140.00 | |||
| 97 | Samuel Pepys | Memoirs . . . comprising his Diary . . . and a selection from his private correspondence | 1825 |
USD - | 182.00 | |
| 98 | Portrait miniatures | 1913 |
USD - | 39.20 | ||
| 99 | M. F. Quintilian | Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim | 1641 |
USD - | 16.80 | |
| 100 | Jean Racine | Oeuvres | Paris | 1801 |
USD - | 1,176.00 |
![Forum, June 19: Euclid. The Elements of Geometrie, first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dbc5286a-4210-44e3-bbf0-6031c1c49801.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Euclid. <i>The Elements of Geometrie,</i> first edition in English of the first complete translation, [1570]. £20,000 to £30,000.")
![Forum, June 19: Shakespeare (William). The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona, from the Second Folio, [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/655b361c-71c7-48ba-9455-09c14e8c7494.png "<b>Forum, June 19:</b> Shakespeare (William). <i>The Tempest</i> [&] <i>The Two Gentlemen of Verona,</i> from the <i>Second Folio,</i> [Printed by Thomas Cotes], 1632. £4,000 to £6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. De remediis utriusque fortunæ, [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/16cfdea8-0749-44a9-b801-b991dc2eaa21.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> ADRIEN LE CHARTREUX. <i>De remediis utriusque fortunæ,</i> [Cologne, vers 1470]. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: GAZA (THÉODORE). [...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum, Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/46e14fa0-19d2-42b7-9994-312d5ae3df4d.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> GAZA (THÉODORE). <i>[...] Introductivæ grammatices libri quatuor. Ejusdem de mensibus opusculum sanequampulchrum,</i> Venise, 1495. €8,000 to €10,000.")
![ALDE, June 18: LUTHER (MARTIN). Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri, Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/13d0418d-fffb-4841-9721-851464785bd9.jpg "<b>ALDE, June 18:</b> LUTHER (MARTIN). <i>Der Erste [– Achte und letze] Teil aller Bücher und Schrifften des thewren, seligen Mans Doct. Mart. Lutheri,</i> Iéna, 1555-1568. €5,000 to €6,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: ALIGHIERI, DANTE. La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano], 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/4ee20109-25f3-42e8-93ab-bd4c8e17093a.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> ALIGHIERI, DANTE. <i>La Commedia [Commento di Christophorus Landinus]. Aggiunta: Marsilius Ficinus, Ad Dantem gratulatio [in latino e Italiano],</i> 1487. €40,000 to €60,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: BANDELLO, MATTEO. La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello, 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5adfdf34-8a9a-47e5-9288-5e65dac5ce79.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> BANDELLO, MATTEO. <i>La prima [-quarta] parte de le nouelle del Bandello,</i> 1554. €7,000 to €9,000.")
![Finarte, June 24-25: FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…, 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9a1b8605-a566-4fb7-8a4c-5fb72ac539bc.png "<b>Finarte, June 24-25:</b> FESTE - COPPOLA, GIOVANNI CARLO. <i>Le nozze degli Dei, favola [...] rappresentata in musica in Firenze…,</i> 1637. €6,000 to €8,000.")
