Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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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Letterpress & Bindery Auction
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High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight.

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.

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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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Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD

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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
401	AN 10. VAR. WEDDING. "Extract from the Registers of the Consuls of Floréal year 10 (April 30, 1802), relating to THE ORGANIZATION OF CULTURES"	1802	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	Unknown
402	EASTERN PYRENEES. 1802. BONAPARTE First Consul. "Loi relative aux Contraventions en matière de GRANDE VOIE. of 29 Floréal Year 10 (19 May 1802). "	1802	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
403	TARN. 1802. BONAPARTE First Consul. "Law bearing AMNISM for CRIME OF DESERTION IN HOME	1802	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
404	BAS-RHIN. 1802. STRASBOURG. "Order of the Mayor of the City of STRASBOURG, of 16 messidor year 10 (5 July 1802)	1802	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
405	DROM. 1802. Feast of the 1st VENDEMIAIRE Year 10 (Napoleon Bonaparte Consul for life.)	1802	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
406	JURA. 1802. "The Prefect of the Department of JURA, to the Sub-prefects and Mayors of the jurisdiction."	1802	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
407	AN 10. SOLD. BONAPARTE 1st Consul. CUSTOMS. Extract from the register of deliberations of the CONSULS of the Republic, of Fructidor year 10 (August 28, 1802) followed by the order of MERLET Prefect of the Department of V…	1802	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
408	YONNE. 1802. "RIGHT OF WAY. Award for Year XI" (Title).	1802	EUR 120.00 - 180.00	Unknown
409	SARTHE. PARIS. 1802. VETERAN'S CAMP. "The Minister of War to the Prefect of the Department."	1802	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
410	EASTERN PYRENEES. 1802. "Decree concerning the Raising of the WRITERS ordered by the Law of 28 Floréal Year 10."	1802	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
411	LOT ET GARONNE. 1803. "Third and Last SUMMARY of the Captain Commanding the RECRUITMENT in the Department of Lot-et-Garonne, to the Conscripts of Years 9 and 10, and to the Additional Conscripts"	1803	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
412	EASTERN PYRENEES. 1803. CONSCRIPTION FOR THE COLONIES.	1803	EUR 180.00 - 230.00	Unknown
413	SEINE AND BIRD. 1803. "SALE OF NATIONAL DOMAINS in execution of the Laws of 15 and 16 Floréal Year 10."	1803	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
414	LOT ET GARONNE. 1803. Extract from the registers of the Prefecture of 13 Floréal year 11 (May 3, 1803). JUDGMENT rendered against Joseph ROUYRE Brassier instead of the Caterie, Canton of VILLENEUVE SUR LOT, accused of th…	1803	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
415	SARTHE. 1803. MARINE. "Requisition of the CHARPENTIERS of the Department of Sarthe"	1803	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
416	SEINE-MARITIME. 1803. "Arrêté du TRIBUNAL DE PREMIERE INSTANCE de l'arrondissement communal de ROUEN,	1803	EUR 200.00 - 250.00	Unknown
417	GARD. 1803. "CURRENCY EXCHANGE".	1803	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
418	TARN. 1803. CURRENCY. Decree of the Prefect of the Tarn LATOURRETTE, who admits in the payments, and without weight, the six pound tournament shields which are not trimmed and which leaves in circulation the three pound …	1803	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
419	DROM. 1803. BAGGAGE. "Gratuities granted for THE ARREST OF IRON CONVICTORS, EXCEPT FOR A BAG."	1803	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
420	DIGNE (04) 18 Nivôse Year 12 (9 January 1804). Address of Alexandre LAMETH Prefect of the Lower Alps, to the sub prefects and Mayors, concerning the Creation of the VETERANS CAMPS and for the admission of the soldiers wh…	1804	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
421	AN 12. TARN. REFRACTORY CONSCRIPTS. "ARRETE of the Prefect of the departure. of the TARN, of 28 pluviôse year 12 (February 18, 1804). "	1804	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
422	AN 12. FINISH "JUDGMENT rendered by the First Permanent WAR COUNCIL of the 13th Military Division, of 22 Ventôse Year 12 (March 13, 1804)	1804	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	Unknown
423	AN 12. CASTRES (TARN). "JUDGMENT rendered by the Civil Court of First Instance of the District of CASTRES	1804	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
424	MARINE. EMPIRE. "AMNESTY granted by the First Consul to the FRENCH MARINE.	1804	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Unknown
425	SEINE AND MARNE. MELUN (77) 29 Floréal Year 12 (19 May 1804). Excerpt from the register of decrees of the Prefecture of Seine et Marne. Arrêté de LAGARDE Préfet. All the old permits to carry weapons are revoked, to be ex…	1804	EUR 100.00 - 150.00	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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