Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel Atlas Shrugged. $30,000 to $50,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. Three Stories & Ten Poems. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. In Our Time. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: The fourth edition of Audubon’s The Birds of America. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Dec. 6: A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s Liber Veritatis from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
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High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring.

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High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.

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High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.

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High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs.

High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
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Vermot de Pas: Posters from France, 64641, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 02, 2020 - November 02, 2020

Page Size: 615 items in 25 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	PORT OF ROCHEFORT (CHARENTE MARITIME). 1794. ROBESPIERRE. Extract from the registers of the Committee of Public Salvation of the National Convention, of the 2 Ventôse Year 2 (February 20, 1794) signed in the register, CA…	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
302	POST & COURIER. 1794. "Decree of the National Convention, of 3 Germinal year 2 (March 23rd 1794)	1794	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
303	AN 2. HÉRAULT. " Extract from the minutes of the public meetings of the District Council of MONTPELLIER (34)	1794	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
304	RHONE. 1794. COMMUNE FRANCHE, Revolutionary Name of VILLEFRANCHE (69) Double	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
305	GIRONDE. 1794. "The BORDAS representative on mission in the Departments of BEC D'AMBÈS, CHARENTE & DORDOGNE."	1794	EUR 180.00 - 230.00	Unknown
306	PARIS. 1794. PANTHON. "Decree of the National Convention, of 28 Germinal Year 2 (April 28, 1794),	1794	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
307	LYON REVOLT. 1794. REVERCHON & DUPUY "The Representatives of the People, sent to COMMUNE-AFFRANCHIE."	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
308	AIN & KNOWLEDGE. 1794. ALBITTE and LAPORTE The Representatives of the People to the Army of the ALPS. Done at CHAMBÉRY (73) this 17 Floréal Year 2 (May 6, 1794)	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
309	PARIS. 1794. Decree of the National Convention, of 19 Floréal year 2 (8 May 1794), which regulates the jurisdiction of the TRIBUNAL RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE de Paris & the Criminal Courts of the Republic. No. 2349. In Paris, of t…	1794	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
310	MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLLE. 1794. "COPY of the Letter written by Jean Baptiste LACOSTE,	1794	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
311	TARN ET GARONNE. 1794. POWDERS & SALTPETRE.	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
312	THE MOSELLE ARMY. AN 2. HAUT RHIN. The Representatives of the People DUQUESNOY (Conventionnel du Pas de Calais) & GILLET (Conventionnel du Morbihan), near the Army of LA MOSELLE, at MORTEFONTAINE on 26 Floréal Year 2 (15…	1794	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
313	AN 2. MAIGNET the People's Representative, sent to the Departments of BOUCHES DU RHÔNE and VAUCLUSE. Done at AVIGNON (84) on 10 Prairial Year 2 (29 May 1794) Decree on the Minimum of indemnities to be granted for petitio…	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
314	LYON REBELLION. 1794. "In the name of the French people. The representatives of the People REVERCHON & DUPUY, sent to COMMUNE-AFFRANCHIE"	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
315	ARIEGE. 1794. SALE OF NATIONAL GOODS from the Emigrant MALROC RAYSSAC, located in MIREPOIX First Publication. Arrested by the Directory of the District of MIREPOIX on 14 Prairial Year 2 (2 June 1794) Printed in MIREPOIX,…	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
316	ROBESPIERRE. 1794. ASSIGNATES. Excerpt from the Registers of Orders of the PUBLIC SALUTY COMMITTEE of the National Convention, of 27 Prairial Year 2 (15 June 1794) signed (impr.) Carnot, Lindet, Robespierre, Collot d'Her…	1794	EUR 180.00 - 230.00	Unknown
317	POWDERS & SALTPETRE. 1794.. FRÉCINE (Augustin Lucia) Representative of the people, in charge of the Establishment of the Revolutionary Saltpeter Refinery, by virtue of the powers delegated to him; to the National Agents …	1794	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
318	LYON REVOLT. 1794. "The People's Representatives, sent to COMMUNE-AFFRANCHIE" DUPUY	1794	EUR 150.00 - 180.00	Unknown
319	AN 2. AUBE. TROYES DISTRICT.	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
320	9 THERMIDOR YEAR 2. ROBESPIERRE ARREST. (On 9 Thermidor, the Convention decrees the Arrest of ROBESPIERRE and his Partisans, The Commune of PARIS declares itself in insurrection).	1794	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
321	9 THERMIDOR YEAR 2. ARREST OF HENRIOT THE MAYOR OF PARIS. Decree of the National Convention, of the 9 thermidor Year 2 (July 27, 1794).	1794	EUR 250.00 - 300.00	Unknown
322	AN 2. (AVEYRON. THRESHING GRAIN).	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
323	AN 2. RELEASE OF DETENTIONS. Order of PAGANEL, People's Representative, Deputy of the National Convention for the Departments of LOT, LOT ET GARONNE, HAUTE GARONNE, and other districts in session at TOULOUSE, concerning …	1794	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
324	PARIS. 1794. EXPLOSION OF THE GRENELLA POWDER of 4 Fructidor Year 2:	1794	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
325	AN 2. FOUCHER (du CHER), SEVESTRE, PELLETIER and BESSON, Representatives of the people sent on mission to the Departments of DOUBS, JURA, HAUTE SAÔNE, HAUTE MARNE and others, by decree of the National Convention of 13 Fr…	1794	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown

Doyle, Dec. 5: Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). Rest, 1973. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). Yawning Tiger, conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase, 1982. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for Ces Peintres Nos Amis, vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500.

Doyle, Dec. 5: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). Flowers in Vase, 1985. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Nude, 1936. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Edward Weston (1886-1958). Juniper, High Sierra, 1937.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). Plumage II, 2011. $6,000 to $8,000.

Doyle, Dec. 5: Steven Meisel (b. 1954). Madonna, Miami, (from Sex), 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…, 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing, Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Fishing: Blacker's - Art of Fly Making, etc., Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Joyce (James). Finnegans Wake,, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. The Aran Islands,, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Meyer (Dr. A.B.) Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten, Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Carve (Thomas). Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Grose (Francis). The Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. Ugolino, D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12: Heaney (Seamus). Eleven Poems, Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.

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