Dominic Winter Auctioneers
December 13/14
Printed Books, Maps & Original Art, Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Fleming (Ian). Dr. No, 1958; You Only Live Twice, 1964, 1st editions, presentation copies. £20,000-30,000

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Sign of Four, 1st edition, 1890. £5,000-8,000

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
December 13/14
Printed Books, Maps & Original Art, Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Stenbock (Eric Stanislaus). The Shadow of Death, 1st edition, 1893. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings, 1st one volume edition, signed, 1968. £3,000-5,000

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Orwell (George). Animal Farm, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
December 13/14
Printed Books, Maps & Original Art, Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Cunard (Nancy, editor). Negro, Anthology made by Nancy Cunard, 1st edition, 1934. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Table Game. [The Little Artist Magic Painter, Austria], circa 1775. £1,000-1,500

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Kirnig (Paul, 1891-1955). Austria, Vienna: Christophe Reisser's Söhne, c. 1930. £700-1,000

Dominic Winter Auctioneers
December 13/14
Printed Books, Maps & Original Art, Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: A collection of letters including from T. S. Eliot, Siegfried Sassoon, Bertrand Russell, Aldous Huxley et al, from the Lady Ottoline Morrell collection. £700-1,000.

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: The Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer. 175 volumes, 1731-1844. £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Dec. 13/14: Mont Blanc peepshow. Mr Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc in Miniature, 1854. £1,500-2,000
Bonhams: FREDERICK DOUGLASS RETURNS TO AMERICA A FREE MAN. Sold for $353,175.

Bonhams: TORTILLA FLAT INSCRIBED TO STEINBECK'S LITTLE SISTER, MARY. Sold for $57,600.

Bonhams: A FRAGMENT OF THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF OF MICE AND MEN, EATEN BY THE DOG. Sold for $12,800.

Bonhams: KEPLER INVESTIGATES PLANETARY MOTION. Sold for $1,008,375.

Bonhams: AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT DRAFT LEAF FROM DARWIN'S DESCENT OF MAN, SIGNED BY DARWIN AT THE FOOT. Sold for $239,775.

Bonhams: AUDOBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. THE BIRDS OF AMERICA. Sold for $32,000.

Bonhams: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. Sold for $38,175.

Bonhams: MILNE, A.A. (1882-1956). BOXED SET OF 4 CHILDREN'S BOOKS. Sold for $20,480.
Forum Auctions
Online Sale
Books and Works on Paper
Ending 13th December 2023

Forum, Dec. 13: Ackermann (Rudolph) [Views of Country Seats...], 146 hand-coloured aquatints from 'Repository of Arts’. £1,000 to £1,500.

Forum, Dec. 13: Campbell (Colen) & others. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., [1751-1819]. £7,000 to £10,000.

Forum, Dec. 13: Austen (Jane). The Novels, 12 vol., Edinburgh, John Grant, 1911. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Dec. 13: Murder broadside.- Horrid and barbarous murder of a female by cutting off her head, arms, and legs,… £200 to £300.
CHRISTIE’S
Valuable Books and Manuscripts
London auction
13 December
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TREW, Christoph Jacob (1695–1769). Plantae Selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortus curiosorum. [Nuremberg: 1750–1773]. £30,000–40,000

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VERBIEST, Ferdinand (1623–88). Liber Organicus Astronomiae Europaeae apud Sinas restituate. [Beijing: Board of Astronomy, 1674]. £250,000–350,000

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALICE & NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT. Master of Jean Rolin (active 1445–65). Book of Hours, use of Paris, in Latin and French, [Paris, c.1450–1460]. £120,000–180,000

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A SILVER MICROSCOPE. Probably by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), c.1700. £150,000–250,000

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AN ENGLISH HORARY QUADRANT
C.1311. £100,000–150,000

Tooveys: Postcards; Cigarette and Trade Cards; Photographs, Autographs, and Ephemera, 111523, West Sussex

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 15, 2023 - November 15, 2023

Page Size: 308 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
3085	An album of cigarette cards including a set of 10 Edwards		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 747.00
3086	A set of 25 Taddy 'Territorial Regiments' cigarette cards circa 1908.	circa 1908.	GBP 60.00 - 90.00	GBP 80.93
3087	A set of 25 Fry's 'Days of Nelson' and a set of 25 Fry's 'Days of Wellington' cocoa trade cards circa 1906.	circa 1906.	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 186.75
3088	A set of 25 Taddy 'Thames Series' cigarette cards circa 1903.	circa 1903.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 224.10
3089	A set of 25 Taddy 'Famous Jockeys (with frames)' cigarette cards circa 1905.	circa 1905.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 236.55
3090	A collection of 48 Allen & Ginter 'Racing Colours of the World (white border)' cigarette cards circa 1888.	circa 1888.	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 348.60
3091	A set of 50 F. & J. Smith 'Derby Winners' cigarette cards circa 1913.	circa 1913.	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 199.20
3092	A set of 45 British American Tobacco (B.A.T.) 'Melbourne Cup Winners' cigarette cards circa 1906	circa 1906	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 373.50
3093	A set of 25 Kinney 'Famous Running Horses (American)' cigarette cards circa 1890.	circa 1890.	GBP 50.00 - 90.00	GBP 99.60
3094	A set of 25 Societe Job 'Racehorses 1908-09 Winners' cigarette cards circa 1909.	circa 1909.	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 174.30
3095	A set of 50 Wills 'Cricketers' cigarette cards circa 1896.	circa 1896.	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,992.00
3096	A part-set of 10 Faulkner 'Cricket Terms' cigarette cards circa 1899	circa 1899	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 473.10
3097	A group of cricketing cigarette cards	circa 1897	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 1,245.00
3098	A Taddy 'County Cricketers' cigarette card circa 1907 of 'Dr W.G. Grace' with Imperial back.	circa 1907	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 996.00
3099	A part-set of 12 (of 20) Faulkner 'Cricketers Series' cigarette cards circa 1902.	circa 1902.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 2,116.50
3100	A part-set of 29 (of 30) Wm Clarke 'Cricketer Series' cigarette cards circa 1901	circa 1901	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 2,988.00
3101	A collection of 16 D. & J. Macdonald 'Cricketers' cigarette cards circa 1902	circa 1902	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 4,233.00
3102	A collection of American gum cards		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 373.50
3103	A large collection of cigarette and trade cards in seven albums and loose		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 2,365.50
3104	A collection of cigarette and trade cards in seventeen albums		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,245.00
3105	An album of cigarette cards		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 31.13
3110	AC. A collection of approximately 56 photographs		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	Not Sold
3111	ACCIDENTS. A collection of approximately 57 photographs and 41 postcards of motorcar accidents		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
3112	ALVIS. A collection of approximately 74 photographs and 3 postcards of Alvis motorcars		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	Not Sold
3113	AMERICAN CARS. A collection of approximately 110 photographs and 20 postcards of American motorcars		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	Not Sold

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 2:
John Ford Clymer, U.S. Troops' Triumphant Return to New York Harbor, oil on canvas, circa 1944.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 44:
Edward Gorey, Illustration of cover and spine for Fonthill, a Comedy by Aubrey Menen, pen and ink, 1973.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 50:
Harrison Cady, frontispiece for Buster Bear's Twins by Thornton W. Burgess, watercolor and ink, 1921.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 54:
Ludwig Bemelmans, Pepito, portrait of Pepito from the Madeline book series, mixed media.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 79:
Gluyas Williams, Fellow Citizens Observation Platform, pen and ink, cartoon published in The New Yorker, March 11, 1933.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 86:
Thomas Nast, Victory, – for the moment, political cartoon, pen and ink, 1884.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 91:
Mischa Richter, Lot of 10 cartoons for Field Publications, ink and pencil, circa 1940.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 111:
Arthur Getz, Sledding In Central Park, casein tempera on canvas, cover of The New Yorker, February 26, 1955.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 124:
Richard Erdoes, Map of Boston, illustration for unknown children's magazine, gouache on board, circa 1960.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 155:
Robert Fawcett, The old man looked him over carefully, gouache on board, published in The Saturday Evening Post, June 9, 1945.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 170:
Violet Oakley, Portrait of Woodrow Wilson, charcoal and pastel, circa 1918.

Swannm Dec. 14: Lot 188:
Robert J. Wildhack, Scribner's for March, 1907, mixed media.
Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Roberts (David) & Croly (George). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumae, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. Lond. 1842 - 1843 [-49]. First Edn. €10,000 to €15,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Incunabula: O'Fihily (Maurice). Duns Scotus Joannes: O'Fihely, Maurice Abp… Venice, 20th November 1497. €8,000 to €12,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: An important file of documents with provenance to G.A. Newsom, manager of the Jacob’s Factory in Dublin, occupied by insurgents during Easter Week 1916. €6,000 to €9,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: WILDE (Oscar), 1854-1900, playwright, aesthete and wit. A lock of Wilde’s Hair, presented by his son to the distinguished Irish actor Mícheál MacLiammóir. €6,000 to €8,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Heaney (Seamus). Bog Poems, London, 1975. Special Limited Edition, No. 33 of 150 Copies, Signed by Author. Illus. by Barrie Cooke. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Binding: Burke, Thomas O.P. (de Burgo). Hibernia Dominicana, Sive Historia Provinciae Hiberniae Ordinis Praedicatorum, ... 1762. First Edition. €4,000 to €6,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: COLLINS, Michael. An important TL, 29 July 1922, addressed to GOVERNMENT on ‘suggested Proclamation warning all concerned that troops have orders to shoot prisoners found sniping, ambushing etc.’. €3,000 to €4,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Scott Fitzgerald (F.) The Great Gatsby, New York (Charles Scribner's Sons) 1925, First Edn. €2,000 to €3,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Yeats (W.B.) The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Limited Edition, No. 46 of 375 Copies Only, Signed by W.B. Yeats. €1,500 to €2,000.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of the Russian Empire, Description in English and French, Lg. folio London (S. Gosnell) 1803. First Edn. €1,000 to €1,500.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Miller (William) Publisher. The Costume of Turkey, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings. Lg. folio Lond.(T. Bensley) 1802. First Edn. €800 to €1,200.

Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 12-13: Mason (Geo. Henry). The Costume of China, Illustrated with Sixty Engravings. Lg. folio London (for W. Miller) 1800. First Edn. €1,400 to €1,800
Sotheby’s
Important Modern Literature from the Library of an American Filmmaker
8 December 2023

Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Kerouac, Jack. Typescript scroll of The Dharma Bums. Typed by Kerouac in Orlando, Florida, 1957, published by Viking in 1958. 300,000 - 500,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. The autograph manuscript of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." [Key West, finished April 1936]. 300,000 - 500,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Miller, Henry. Typescript of The Last Book, a working title for Tropic of Cancer, written circa 1931–1932. 100,000 - 150,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Ruscha, Ed. Twentysix Gasoline Stations, with a lengthy inscription to Joe Goode. 40,000 - 60,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 8: Hemingway, Ernest. in our time, first edition of Hemingway’s second book. 30,000 - 50,000 USD

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