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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’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. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
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.
Galerie Bassenge: Valuable Books - part I, 123WB, Berlin-Grunewald
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 16, 2024 - April 16, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 389 | Linne, Carl von | Systeme plantarum |
(Nurnberg | um 1788. | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 390 | Oelhafen von Schollenbach, Carl Christoph | Abbildung der wilden Baume, Stauden und Buschgewachse. Erster Theil |
Nurnberg | 1773 | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 391 | Pflanzenzeichnungen | Zwei Skizzenbucher |
Deutschland | ca. spates 18. Jahrhundert. | EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 | EUR 2,432.00 |
| 392 | Rabenhorst, Ludwig | Die Algen Sachsens, respective Mittel-Europa's |
Dresden | 1852-1853. | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 358.40 |
| 393 | Redoute, Pierre Joseph | Liliengewachse |
Paris | 1802-1816. | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 394 | Rosel von Rosenhof, August Johann | Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung |
Nurnberg | 1761 | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 512.00 |
| 395 | Schnizlein, Adalbert | Iconographia |
Bonn | 1843-1870. | EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 396 | Seligmann, Johann Michael | Pancratium I. Lilio-Narcissus V. Lilio-Narcissus VI |
Nurnberg | um 1750. | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | Not Sold |
| 397 | Sepp, Jan Christian | Beschouwing der Wonderen Gods |
Amsterdam | 1762-1795. | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,216.00 |
| 398 | Slabber, Martin | Natuurkundige Verlustigingen |
Haarlem | 1769-1778. | EUR 900.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 399 | Sowerby, James | English botany |
London | 1790-1811. | EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,920.00 |
| 400 | Sulzer, Johann Heinrich | Abgekurzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linnaeischen System |
Winterthur | 1776 | EUR 2,800.00 - 2,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 401 | Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias | Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Der Fische erster Theil. |
Augsburg | 1799 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 128.00 |
| 402 | Abeille, Louis-Paul | Corps d'observations de la Societe d'Agriculture |
Paris B. Brunet | 1760-1772. | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | EUR 384.00 |
| 403 | Ammon, Georg Gottlieb | Handbuch der gesammten Gestuts-Kunde |
Konigsberg | 1833 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 128.00 |
| 404 | Andre, Julius Christian Heinrich | Ansichten uber die zweckmassige Behandlung und Dressur des Campagnepferdes |
Leipzig | 1838 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 230.40 |
| 405 | Biel, Gottlieb Wilhelm Ludwig | Einiges uber edle Pferde |
Dresden | 1830 | EUR 120.00 - 120.00 | EUR 102.40 |
| 406 | Dietrich, Friedrich Gottlieb | Beschreibung der vorzuglichen Garten in und bey Eisenach |
Eisenach | 1808 | EUR 180.00 - 180.00 | EUR 230.40 |
| 407 | Duhamel de Monceau, Henri Louis | Elements d'agriculture |
Paris | 1762 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 408 | Erwerbkunde fur Frauenzimmer, Die | oder Anleitung zu verschiedenen weiblichen Arbeiten |
Prina | um 1815. | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold |
| 409 | Fiedler, Carl Wilhelm | Die Methode aus Kurbissen und Kartoffeln Brandtwein zu brennen |
Erfurt | 1792 | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 128.00 |
| 410 | Germershausen, Christian Friedrich | Der Hausvater von systematischer Ordnung |
Leipzig | 1783-1786. | EUR 600.00 - 600.00 | EUR 512.00 |
| 411 | Germershausen, Christian Friedrich | Die Hausmutter in allen ihren Geschafften. 3. Auflage |
Leipzig | 1782-1785. | EUR 450.00 - 450.00 | EUR 384.00 |
| 412 | Griesbach, Michael Gottlieb | Edle Reit-Kunst mit Kupfern und einem Anhange von der Ross-Artzeney |
Eisenach | 1755 | EUR 300.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 413 | Hochstetter, Conrad von | Theoretisch-praktisches Handbuch der aussern Pferdekenntniss |
Bern | 1821-1823. | EUR 150.00 - 150.00 | EUR 128.00 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
