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    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • 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.
  • ALDE, Dec. 9: BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…, La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit. London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: FELLOWS (CHARLES). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc. London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HACQUET (BELSAZAR). Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…, Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: HAWES (BENJAMIN). A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc made during the summer of 1827 by Mr. William Hawes and Mr. Charles Fellows, 1828.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…, London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: PITSCHNER (WILHELM). Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…, Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge. Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: STUMPF (JOANNES). Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). The Peaks and valleys of the Alps. London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 9: WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description. Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
  • 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.

Venator and Hanstein: Books - Prints and Drawings - Autographs, 171, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 24, 2023 - March 24, 2023
Page Size: 364 items in 15 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
27 Besse, Pierre de

Conciones sive conceptus theologici. In omnes quadragesimae et paschatis dominicas ac ferias.

Köln 1611 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
28

Biblia germanica. - Biblia, Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft Altes und Neues Testaments. Verdeutscht von Herrn Doctor Martin Luther. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Nürnberg 1768 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,890.00
29

Biblia Hebraica. - Biblia Secundum ultimam editionem Jos. Athiae, a Johannes Leusden denuo recognitam, recensita atque ad Masoram, et correctiores Bombergi, Stephani, Plantini, aliorumque editiones

Amsterdam u. Utrecht 1705 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
30

Biblia: Dat is de gantsche H: Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments. 3 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Dordrecht 1736 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
31 Kraus, Johann Ulrich

Heilige Augen- und Gemüths-Lust. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Augsburg 1706 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 529.20
32 Bruzen de la Martiniere, Antoine Augustin

France et de Navarre. Redigée sur les memoires de feu monsieur le Comte de ***. 5 Bde.

Den Haag 1740-1742. EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 415.80
33 Chaussard, Pierre Jean-Baptiste

Fêtes et courtisanes de la Grèce. Supplément aux voyages d'Anacharsis et d'Antenor. Bände 1-3 (von 4).

Paris 1801 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
34

[Crew-Liste. Seeoffizier-Jahrgang 1895]. Typoskriptdruck.

O.O., o.J. um1935. EUR 800.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
36 [Delolme, Jean Louis]

The history of the flagellants, or the advantages of discipline; Being a paraphrase and commentary on the Historia Flagellantium of the Abbé Boileau, doctor of the Sorbonne ...

London 1777 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
37 Domanig, Karl

Die deutsche Medaille in kunst- und kulturhistorischer Hinsicht. Nach dem Bestande der Medaillensammlung des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses. 2 Bde.

Wien 1907 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 453.60
38 Ens, Gaspar

Indiae occidentalis historia: In qua prima regionum istarum detectio, situs, incolarum mores, aliaque eo pertinentia, breviter explicantur.

Köln 1612 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,008.00
39 Esper, Johann Friedrich

Claudii Angeli de Martelli ... Errettung in und aus der türkischen Gefangenschaft. Mit einer historischen Einleitung von G. H. Schubert.

Erlangen 1825 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 214.20
40

Außführlicher Bericht Alles dessen / was sich in deme / zwischen denen Königen in Franckreich und Engelland / dem Herrn Bischoff zu Münster / und den Herren Staaten der vereinigten Niederlanden / in Anno 1664.

Frankfurt a. M. 1669 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
41 Fay, Theodor S.

Die Sklavenmacht. Blicke in die Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Zur Erklärung der Rebellion von 1860-65.

Berlin 1865 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
42 Fleurimont, G. R.

Medailles du Regne de Louis XV.

Paris: o. J. 1748. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
43 Friedrich II.; König v. Preussen

Beschreibung der Säkular-Feier der Aufnahme Friedrichs des Grossen, Königs von Preussen, in den Freimaurer-Bund.

Berlin 1838 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
44 Funk, Christlieb Benedict

Natürliche Magie oder: Erklärung verschiedener Wahrsager- und natürlicher Zauberkünste. Zweyte, verbesserte Auflage.

Berlin und Stettin: 1806 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 277.20
45 Hartzheim, Joseph

Historia rei nummariae coloniensis, et dissertationes de eadem, 3 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Köln 1754 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 EUR 201.60
46 Hazart, Cornelius

Kirchen-Geschichte/ Das ist: Catholisches Christenthum/ durch die gantze Welt außgebreitet ...

Wien 1678 und 1684. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 352.80
47 Helman, Isidore-Stanislas

Faits mémorables des empereurs de la Chine, tirés des annales chinoises./ Abrégé historique des principaux traits de la vie de Confucius./ 2 Teile in 1 Band.

Paris 1788 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,260.00
48

Judaica. - Merkwürdige Schicksale und Galanterien eines türkischen Israeliten.

Ulm: 1830 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 302.40
49 Khevenhiller, Franz Christoph Graf von

Annales Ferdinandei Oder Wahrhaffte Beschreibung Kaysers Ferdinandi des Andern. 4 Tle. (von 12) in 1 Bd.

Leipzig 1721 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 415.80
50 Knight, Richard Payne

An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus, lately existing at Isernia, in the kingdom of Naples: In two letters; One from Sir William Hamilton ... to Sir Joseph Banks... and the other from a Person residing at Isernia

London 1786 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 756.00
51

Die Schlacht bei und in Lübeck geliefert am 6ten November 1806. Nebst einen [sic] Plan.

Leipzig o. J. 1806. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
52 Meelbaum, Jacob

Sylva academica, sive de antiquitate urbis, et academiae trevirorum discursus

Trier 1657 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Gell (William). The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity, 1804. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands, 1842. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: North America. Moll (Herman)..., This Map of North America..., circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
    Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
    12 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Bible [English]. [The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe, 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed, 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 12: Cuffee (Paul). Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color, Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Milne (A. A.) The House at Pooh Corner, signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000.
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    Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games
    13 December 2024
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Rowling (J. K.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Tolkien (J. R. R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter, Dec. 13: Wells (H. G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £1,000 to £1,500.
  • 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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