• Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    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.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wood Type 1 1/4” tall.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Triangles.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Awt 578 type hi gauge.
    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
    High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    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.

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
53 Meteren, Emanuel von

Historia. Oder, Eigentliche und warhafftige Beschreibung aller fürnehmen Kriegshändel, Gedenckwürdigen Geschichten unnd Thaten,

Frankfurt a. M. 1610 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 529.20
54 Meyer, Johann Gottfried von

Gründliche Nachricht von dem an die Stadt Lübeck Anno 1359 verpfändeten Dominio et Advocatia oder Herrschaft und Vogtey Möllen, aus Original-Diplomatibus und Uhrkunden völlig erwiesen.

Lübeck 1740 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
55 Montaigne, Michel de

Gedanken und Meinungen über allerley Gegenstände. 7 Bde.

Berlin 1793-1799. EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,071.00
56 Paine, Thomas

Das Zeitalter der Vernunft. 2 Bde. in 1 Bd.

Deutschland recte: Lübeck, Paris recte: Lübeck 1794-1796. EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 567.00
57 Peltier, Jean Gabriel (Hrsg.)

Les Actes des Apotres. 9 Bde.

Paris o. J. 1789-1791. EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
58 Rau, Johann Eberhard

Monumenta vetustatis Germanicae ut puta de Ara Ubiorum in C. Corn. Tacitii. Annalium libri duo tum de Tumulo honorario Caji et Lucii Caesarum in confinio Vbiorum ac Treverorum liber singularis.

Utrecht 1738 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
59 Raynal, Wilhelm Thomas

Philosophische und politische Geschichte der Besitzungen und Handlung der Europäer in beyden Inden. 6 Tle. (von 11) in 3 Bdn.

Kempten 1783-85. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
60

Recht.- Sammelband mit 3 juristischen Drucken.

EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 693.00
61 Renneville, Constantin de

Die so genannte Hölle der Lebendigen, das ist die Welt-beruffene Bastille zu Paris, woraus sich der bekannte Abt, Graf von Buqouy, durch seine kluge und herzhafften Anschläge glücklich mit der Flucht befreyet und errettet.

O.O. u. Dr. 1719 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
62 Roderique, Ignatius

Disceptationes de abbatibus, origine, primaeva et hodierna constitutione abbatiarum inter se unitarum malmundariensis et stabulensis oppositae observationibus.

Würzburg 1728 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
63

Sammelband mit drei barocken pietistischen Glaubensschriften verschiedener Autoren.

Frankfurt am Main und Winterthur 1666-1676. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 378.00
64 C. C. S. [d. i. Christof Sand]:

Problema Paradoxum De Spiritu Sancto. An non per Illum, Sanctorum Angelorum Genus intelligi possit? Una cum resutatione opinionis Socinianorum, Spiritum Sanctum personam esse negantium.

Köln fing.: Rotterdam 1678 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
65 Savérien, Alexandre

Histoire des philosophes modernes, avec leur portrait gravé dans le goût du crayon, d'après les desseins des plus grands peintres. Séconde édition. 8 Tle. in 2 Bdn.

Paris 1762 -69. EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
66 Scherer, Georg

Postill oder Außlegung der Sonntäglichen Evangelien durch das gantze Jahr. Tl. 1 (von 2).

München 1606 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 378.00
67 Schez, Pierre

Historia Ducum Styriae. 3 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Graz 1728 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
68 Sleidanus, Johannes

Veri et ad nostra tempora usque continuati, Das ist/ Warhafftige Beschreibung allerley fürnemer Händel und Geschichten ... verbesserte Edition. Durch M. Oseam Schadaeum.

Straßburg 1625 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 201.60
69 Sollier, Jean Baptiste de

Martyrologium Usuardi Monachi, hac nova editione.

Venedig 1745 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
70 Spener, Philipp Jacob

Theatrum nobilitatis europeae. Tabulis progonologicis praecipuorum in cultiori christiano orbe magnatum et illustrium progenitores. 4 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Frankfurt a. M. 1668, 1673, 1678 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
71 Theophrastus Eresius

Characterum ehticorum Theophrasti Eresii capita duo hactenus anecdota quae ex cod. ms. Vaticano Saeculi XI graece edidit latine vertit. Praefatione ... Iohannes Christophorus Amadutis.

Parma 1786 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
72 Venturini, Georg

Lehrbuch der angewandten Taktik oder eigentlichen Kriegswissenschaft. Tle. 1 u. 2 in 6 Bdn.

Schleswig 1798-1801. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 415.80
73 Vogel, Johann Philipp Néri Marie

Kurkölnischer Hof-Kalender für das Jahr 1786

Bonn o. D. 1785. EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 882.00
74 Vogt, Johann Martin

Tractatus analyticus de cambiis tam regularibus quam irregularibus.

Gießen 1658 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
75 Will, Georg Andreas

Nürnbergisches Gelehrten-Lexicon oder Beschreibung aller Nürnbergischen Gelehrten beyderley Geschlechtes nach Ihrem Leben / Verdiensten und Schrifften ... 4 Bde.

Nürnberg und Altdorf: 1755-58. EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 756.00
76 Willebrandt, Johann Peter

Hansische Chronick aus beglaubten Nachrichten zusammen getragen.

Lübeck 1748 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
77 Wolter, Johann Joseph

Apollo triumphiret gloreich bey der neuen Verewigung eines neuen, nie gesehenen, und herrlicher ausgerichteten Musenbergs.

Köln 1775 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 302.40
  • 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.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    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.
  • 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.
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