Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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, Autographs, 173, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 22, 2023 - September 22, 2023

Page Size: 453 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
26	Morisot, Claude Barthélemy	Orbis maritimi sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum gerneralis historia …	Dijon	1643	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
27	Orbigny, Alacide de	Voyage pittoresque dans les deux Amériques, résumé général de tous les voyages.	Paris	1841	EUR 240.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
28	Ortelius, Abraham / Koler, Johann (Hrsg.)	Theatrum orbis terrarum.	Nürnberg	1572	EUR 20,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 18,900.00
29	W. Leblanc	Panama. Vista géneral tomada del Cerro Ancon por William Leblanc	New York	1863	EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
30		Reisealbum. - Souvenirs de voyages. Privates Sammelalbum	O. O.	1854	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
31	Riesbeck, Johann Kaspar	Voyage en Allemagne, dans une suite de lettres	Paris	1788	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
32	Riley, James	Loss of the American brig Commerce...in the month of August, 1815.	London	1817	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
33	Ritter, W. L.	Java's bewoners in hun eigenaardig karakter en kleederdracht	Leiden	1872	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
34	Rohr, Julius Bernhard von	Geographische und historische Merckwürdigkeiten des Ober-Hartzes	Frankfurt und Leipzig	1739	EUR 500.00 - 500.00	EUR 491.40
35	Saar, Johann Jacob	Ost-Indianische Kriegs-Dienste und wahrhafftige Beschreibung was sich Zeit ... 1644 biß ... 1659 ... begeben habe	Nürnberg	1672	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,071.00
36	Scheffer, John	The history of Lapland	Oxford	1674	EUR 600.00 - 600.00	EUR 630.00
37	Silva y Figueroa, Garcia de	L'Ambassade en Perse	Paris	1667	EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00	EUR 1,512.00
38	Solis y Ribadeneyra, Antonio de	The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards	London	1724	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
39	Stolterfoth, Adelheid von	Rheinisches Album	Mainz	1838	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
40	Storr, Gottlieb Konrad Christian	Alpenreise vom Jahre 1781	Leipzig	1784-86	EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00	Not Sold
41	Tirion, Isaak	Nieuwe en beknopte Hand-Atlas	Amsterdam	1759-84	EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
42	Tombleson, William	Views of the Rhine/ Vues du Rhin/ Rhein Ansichten	London	1832	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
43	Trigault, Nicolas	De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Jesu	Augsburg	1615	EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 2,520.00
44	Tuckey, James Kingston	Narrative of an expedition to explore the river Zaire... in 1816	London	1818	EUR 400.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
45	Wagner, Johann Christoph	Delineatio provinciarum Pannoniae et imperii Turcici in oriente	Augsburg	1684-1689	EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
46	Weyer, J. P. (Hrsg.)	Sammlung von Ansichten öffentlicher Plätze, merkwürdiger Gebäude und Denkmäler in Köln	Köln	1827	EUR 200.00 - 200.00	EUR 277.20
47	Willis, Nathaniel Parker	Candian scenery illustrated. From drawings by W(illiam) H(enry) Bartlett. 2 Bde.	London	1842	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
48	Willis, Nathaniel Parker	Candian scenery illustrated. From drawings by W(illiam) H(enry) Bartlett. 2 Bde. in 1.	London	o.J.	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
49	Windus, John	A journey to Mequinez; the residence of the present emperor of Fez and Morocco	London	1725	EUR 300.00 - 300.00	EUR 252.00
50	Wittman, William	Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt…	London	1803	EUR 750.00 - 750.00	Not Sold

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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