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    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.
  • 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.

Venator and Hanstein: Spring Auction, 175, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 15, 2024 - March 15, 2024
Page Size: 603 items in 25 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
52 Thomas

Piazza universale: Das ist: Allgemeiner Schawplatz, Marckt und Zusammenkunfft aller Professionen, Kunsten, Geschafften, Handeln und Handtwercken. Erstmaln ...

Frankfurt am Main 1641 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,512.00
53 Johann Friedrich

Des Heil. Rom. Reichs Genealogisch-Historisches Adels-Lexicon, Darinnen Die heut zu Tage florirende alteste und ansehnlichste Adeliche, ...

Leipzig 1719 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
54 Hubert

Icones imperatorum Romanorum, ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae, & brevi narratione historica illustratae.

Antwerpen 1645 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,260.00
55 Johann Ludwig

Historische Chronica, Oder Beschreibung der furnemsten Geschichten, so sich von Anfang der Welt, biss auff unsere Zeiten zugetragen. 8 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Frankfurt a. M. 1642 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 756.00
56 Johann Ludwig

Historische Chronica, Oder Beschreibung der furnehmsten Geschichten so sich von Anfang der Welt biss auf das Jahr Christi 1619 zugetragen

Frankfurt a. M. 1710 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
57 Jacob

Deutsche Rechtsalterthumer. Gottingen

1828 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
58 Lucius Flavius

Nicomedeos Anabaseos Alexandrou biblia epta kai Indike Arriani Nicomediensis Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem et Historia Indica ex Bonav. Vulcanii interpretatione latina. Opera Jacobi Gronovii.

Leiden 1704 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
59 Hugo

De jure belli ac pacis libri tres. Cum annotatis auctoris, ejusdemque dissertatione de Mari Libero. Editionem omnium ... Notulas denique addidit J. Barbeyrac.

Amsterdam 1720 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
60 Eberhard Werner

Thesaurus exoticorum. Oder eine mit Ausslandischen Raritaten und Geschichten Wohlversehene Schatz-Kammer Furstellend Die Asiatische, Africanische und Americanische Nationes Der Perser/ Indianer/ Sinesen ...

Hamburg 1688 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
61

Heiligenkalender. Juli bis Dezember.

(Munchen, um1650. EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
62 Pierre

Histoire des ordres monastiques religieux et militaires.

Paris 1714 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
63

Damen Conversations-Lexicon. Zweite unveranderte Aufl.

Adorf 1846 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
64 Herodot

Die Geschichten. Ubers. v. Friedr. Lange.

Berlin 1811-12 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
65

Historisches Journal worinnen die newest- und merckwurdigste Geschichten und Begebenheiten des Jahrs 1731. vor und nach als in einem historischen Jahr-Buch mit eingemischten Histor-/ Polit-, Geograph- und Genealogischen Anmerckungen eroffnet werden.

Koln 1731 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
66 Hofmann, Karl Gottlieb; Hrsg.:

Pantheon der Deutschen. 3 Bde.

Chemnitz 1794-95 Bde I und II. Leipzig EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 352.80
67 Friedrich

Der Romischen Keyser und Koniglichen Maiestete(n)/ Auch des Heiligen Romischen Reichs Geistlicher unnd Weltlicher Stande/ Churfursten/ Fursten/ Graffen/ Reichs- und anderer Statte ...

Frankfurt a. M. 1617 & Gotha EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,638.00
68 Pierre Daniel

Demonstratio Evangelica, ad Serenissimum Delphinum. Quarta editio ab Auctore recognita, castigata, et amplificata. Accessit Auctoris tractatus De paradiso terrestri, nunc primum latine.

Leipzig 1694 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
69

Epistolarum obscurorum virorum. 2 in 1 Bd.

Ffm 1757 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
70

Neu-eroffneter historischer Bilder-Saal ... Mischauflage. 14 Tle. und Anhang in 15 + Dublette von X/2 in zus.

Nurnberg 1733-1766 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,260.00
71 Andreas Lazarus von

Des neuerof(f)neten historischen Bilder-Saals funfter Theil ... vom Jahr 1658 biss 1700 unter Kaiser Leopold. /

Nurnberg 1733?; EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
72

Neu-erofnetes Groschen-Cabinet. Facher 1-3 und 1. Supplement in 1 Bd.

Leipzig 1740-49 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
73 Heinrich

Jugend. Eine wahrhafte Geschichte.

Berlin und Leipzig 1777 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 226.80
74

Bemerkungen der physikalisch-okonomischen Bienen-Gesellschaft zu Lautern. Jge. 1769-72 und 1775-77 in 8 Bdn.

Mannheim 1771-1779 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,512.00
75 John Maynard

Allgemeine Theorie der Beschaftigung, des Zinses und des Geldes. Ins Deutsche ubersetzt von Fritz Waeger.

Munchen und Leipzig 1936 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 226.80
76 Athanasius

Prodromus coptus sive aegyptiacus... In quo cum linguae coptae, sive aegyptiacae, quondam pharaonicae, origo, aetas... exhibentur.

Rom 1636 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 756.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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