• 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.
  • 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.

Koller Auctions: Books and Autographs - Online Only, ibid146b, Zurich

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 25, 2024 - September 25, 2024
Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9526

Almanach des Graces etrenne erotiques. 4 Jahrgange in 4 Banden. Mit 4 gest. Frontispices.

Paris 1784-87 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9527 Anakreon.

Anacreon, Sapho, Bion et Moschus. Traduction nouvelle en prose, suivie de la veillee des fetes de Venus, et d'un choix de pieces de differens auteurs. Par (J. J.) M(outonnet de) C(lairfons). Mit gest. Frontispiz und 25 gest. Vignetten von Massard nach Ch.

Paris 1773 CHF 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
9528 Ariosto, Ludovico.

Orlando furioso. Con gli argomenti in ottaua rima di m. Lodouico Dolce, et con le allegorie a ciascun canto di Tomaso Porcacchi da Castiglione Aretino. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf Titel und einigen Textholzschnitten.

Venedig 1616 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 425.00
9529 Dorat, Claude-Joseph.

Fables nouvelles. 2 Teile in 1 Band. mit 3 Kupfertafeln, 2 Titel-Kupfertafeln und 198 Kopf- und Schlusskupfervignetten von P. C. Mariller nach J-C. Baquoy, N. de Delaunay, J. de Longueil, M.dme Ponce u. a.

Den Haag und Paris 1773 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
9530

Paar feingenarbter roter Maroquinbande mit reicher klassizistischer Vergoldung auf Rucken und Deckeln, blauen Moireseide-Doubluren mit floraler Kantenvergoldung sowie Ganzgoldschnitt.

Wohl Frankreich um 1805 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 812.50
9531 Cicero, Marcus Tullius.

Opera. 4 Bande. Mit 4 gest. Frontispices, 4 gest. Titelvignetten, 1 gefalt. gest. Portrait und 1 gest. Widmungstafel.

Amsterdam 1724 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 600.00
9532 Gessner, Salomon.

Oeuvre. 2 in 1 Band. Mit gest. Portrait als Frontispiz, 324 (st. 336) Radierungen von S. Gessner.

(Zurich und Bern 1802 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 550.00
9533 Heinse, Johann Jakob Wilhelm.

Ardinghello, und die gluckseligen Inseln. Zweyte, rechtmassige, verbesserte Auflage. 2 in 1 Band.

Lemgo 1794 CHF 240.00 - 360.00 CHF 250.00
9534 Schothusius, Huldericus.

Calenderbutzer Das ist, Was von den Calender-Schreiber, Prognosticis zu halten, und wie weit ein Gottsfurchtiger Christ ihre Practica mit guten Gewissen in acht nehmen konne.

Ohne Ort 1614 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 875.00
9535 Knigge, Adolph Freiherr von.

Benjamin Noldmann's Geschichte der Aufklarung in Abyssinien, oder Nachricht von seinem und seines Herrn Vetters Aufenthalte an dem Hofe des grossen Negus, oder Priesters Johannes. 2 Teile in 1 Band. Mit 6 Kupfertafeln von Ernst Ludwig Riepenhausen nach Sa

Gottingen 1791 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
9536 (Haid, Johann Herkules).

Neues historisches Hand = Lexikon oder kurzgefasste biographische und historische Nachrichten von beruhmten Patriarchen, Kaisern, Konigen, Fursten (...). 4 Teilen in 2 Banden.

Ulm 1785-1794 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 CHF 250.00
9537 Moliere, J. B. P. de.

Oeuvres. Avec des remarques grammaticales; des avertissemens et des observations sur chaque piece, par M. Bret. 6 Bande. Mit gest. Portrait, 6 Titvignetten und 33 Kupfertafeln nach Moreau le Jeune.

Paris 1788 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 250.00
9538 Ballmer, Theo (Vater und Sohn).

Konvolut von 2 Original Entwurfen und einigen Beleg-Publikationen fur die Firma Cotelec-Derveaux.

Ca1960 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 500.00
9539 Ballmer, Theo.

Konvolut von Original-Aquarellen, Plakatentwurfen und Plakaten.

Ca1947-1955 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 687.50
9540 Bibliophilie um 1900 -

Konvolut von 4 Werken in 5 Banden.

CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 312.50
9541 Borgnini, Mariapia.

Leporello mit 7 Original-Siebdrucken.

Basel 2001 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9542 Botero, Fernando.

La corrida. Mit eigenhandiger Filzstift-Zeichnung und Unterschrift von Botero auf Vorsatz.

Mailand 1988 CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CHF 937.50
9543 Brecht, Bertold.

Dreigroschenroman.

Amsterdam 1934 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
9544 Chagall, Marc - Senghor, Leopold Sedar.

Elegie des alizes. Mit 1 Original-Farblithographie von Chagall.

Paris 1969 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9545 Chagall, Marc - Lassaigne, Jacques.

Chagall. Mit 15 (inkl. Umschlag, 13 farbigen und 5 doppelblattgrossen) Original-Lithographien von Marc Chagall, zahlreichen Abbildungen und Tafeln.

Paris 1957 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 500.00
9546 Chagall, Marc -

Derriere le Miroir. 2 Chagall-Hefte.

Paris 1957 und 1969 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9547 Chagall, Marc -

Derriere le miroir. No. 198. Mit 3 (inkl. Umschlag, 1 doppelblattgross, 1 ganzseitig) Origininal-Farblithographien von Chagall sowie zahlr. Abbildungen.

Paris 1972 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 CHF 187.50
9548 Chagall, Marc.

Zwei Widmungsexemplare.

1971-1977. CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 500.00
9549 Chagall, Marc.

Glasmalereien fur Jerusalem. Text von Jean Leymarie. Mit 2 Original-Farblithographien von Marc Chagall sowie zahlreichen teils farbigen Abbildungen.

Monte Carlo 1962 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
9550 Dias, Maurizio.

Folge von 10 farbigen Original-Graphiken.

Basel 1990 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • 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.
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