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    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.
  • 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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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
9651 Sandifort, Eduard.

Exercitationes academicae. 2 Teile in 1 Band. Mit 15 (7 doppelblattgr., 8 gefalt.) Kupfertafeln.

Leiden 1783-1785 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 450.00
9652 (Portal, Antoine).

Precis de chirurgie pratique contenant l'histoire des maladies chirurgicales, & la maniere la plus en usage de les traiter. 2 Bande. Mit 16 Kupfern auf 15 gefalt. Tafeln.

Paris 1768 CHF 160.00 - 240.00 Not Sold
9653 Gehema, Janusz Abraham von.

Der Wohlversuchte Feld-Medicus, Anweisende Die Missbrauche, Welche bisshero bey Anstellung der Feld-Medicorum und Regiments-Feldscherer, als auch bey Einrichtung der Feld-Apothecken und Feld-Kasten eingeschlichen (...).

Rostock 1689 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9654 Bourdet, Etienne.

Soins faciles pour la proprete de la bouche, et pour la conservation des dents.

Paris 1759 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
9655 Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias.

Das Mineralreich. 2 Bande. Mit 2 gest. Titeln und 132 (124 altkolorierten) Kupfertafeln.

Augsburg 1824-28 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 687.50
9657 Schmidt, Friedrich Albert.

Petrefacten-Buch, oder allgemeine und besondere Versteinerungskunde, mit Berucksichtigung der Lagerungsverhaltnisse, besonders in Deutschland. Mit mehr als 400 colorirten Abbildungen. Mit 64 (56 kolorierten) lithographischen Tafeln.

Stuttgart 1846 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
9658 Sigaud de la Fond, J.-A.

Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique experimentale. Seconde edition, revue, corrigeee & augmentee par M. Rouland. 2 Bde. Mit 53 gefalt. Kupfertafeln.

Paris 1784 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
9659 Wiebeking, C(arl) F(riedrich).

Beitrage zum praktischen Wasserbau und zur Maschienenlehre. Mit 5 gefalt. Kupfertafeln.

Dusseldorf 1792 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
9660 Haeckel, Ernst.

Arabische Korallen. Ein Ausflug nach den Korallenbanken des Rothen Meeres und ein Blick in das Leben der Korallenthiere. Populare Vorlesung mit wissenschaftlichen Erlauterungen. Mit farblithogr. Titel und 5 (3 chromolithogr.) Tafeln sowie 20 Textholzschni

Berlin 1876 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 312.50
9661 Draparnaud, Jacques-Philippe-Raymond.

Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Mit 13 lithogr. Tafeln.

Paris 1805 CHF 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
9662 Robertson, William.

Geschichte von Amerika. Aus dem Englischen ubersetzt von Johann Friedrich Schiller. 2 Bande. Mit gest. Portrait-Frontispiz, Faltkupfer und 3 (statt 4) gefalteten Kupferstichkarten.

Leipzig 1777 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 525.00
9663 Ellis, Henry.

Reise nach Hudsons Meerbusen, welche von zweyen Englischen Schiffen, der Dobbs-Galley und California, in den Jahren 1746 und 1747 wegen Entdeckung einer nordwestlichen Durchfahrt in die Sud-See verrichtet worden ... Aus dem Englischen ubersetzt und mit An

Gottingen 1750 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 425.00
9664

Drei Werke in 7 Banden.

CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 575.00
9665 (Raynal, Guillaume Thomas Francois und Rigobert Bonne).

Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre. Separater Atlas mit 50 gefalt. Kupferkarten und 2 grossen gefalt. Tabellen.

(Genf um 1780) CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 1,125.00
9666 La Croix, (Antoine Pherotee de).

Nouvele metode pour apprendre la geographie universele. Seconde edition. 4 Bande (von 5). Mit gest. kolor. Frontispiz, 37 gefalt. kolor. Kupferkarten und 17 kolor. Kupfertafeln.

Lyon 1705 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 500.00
9667 Coxe, William.

Voyage en Pologne, Russie, Suede, Dannemarc, etc. Traduit de l'anglais, enrichi de notes et des eclaircissemens necessaires, et augmente d'un Voyage en Norvege, par M. P. H. Mallet. 2 Bande. Mit 12 gestochenen Karten und Planen (davon 11 gefaltet), 4 gest

Genf und Paris 1786 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 375.00
9668 Merian, Matthaus.

Topographia Alsatiae, etc. completa, das ist vollkomliche Beschreibung und eygentliche Abbildung der vornehmbsten Stadt und Oerther, im Obern und Untern Elsass, auch den benachbarten Sundgow, Brissgow, Graffschafft Mumpelgart, und andern Gegenden. Jetzo a

Frankfurt a. M. 1663 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 1,062.50
9669 Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques.

Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grece vers le milieu du quatrieme siecle avant l'ere vulgaire. 9 Bande und 1 Atlas. Mit 31 teils gefalt. gest. Karten, Planen und Ansichten.

Zweibrucken 1791 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 687.50
9670 Hearne, Thomas.

Antiquities of Great Britain. 2 Bande. Mit gest. Titel, 1 gest. Frontispiz und 82 Kupfertafeln von W. Byrne nach T. Hearne.

London 1807 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9671 (Knight, Ellis Cornelia).

A description of Latium or la Campagna di Roma, with etchings by the author. Mit 1 gest. Karte und 20 Tafeln in Sepiaradierung auf gelbl. Grund.

London 1805 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 350.00
9672

Ansichten von Rom. 65 Original-Photographien.

Ca1880--1910 CHF 140.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
9673 Hartung, Georg.

Die geologischen Verhaltnisse der Inseln Lanzarote und Fuertaventura. Mit 1 ankolor. lithogr. Faltkarte und 11 (4 gefalt.) lithogr. Tafeln.

(Zurich 1857 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 350.00
9674 Moleville, Bertrand de.

Costumes des etats hereditaires de la Maison d'Autriche. Mit 50 kolor. Aquatinta-Tafeln.

London 1804 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
9675 (Claustre, Andre de).

Histoire de Thamas Kouli-Kan, nouveau roi de Perse. Nouvelle edition. Mit gest. Portrait als Frontispizt und 1 gest. Faltkarte.

Paris 1758 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9676 Graeb, Carl.

Erinnerung an Sanssouci. Ihrer Majestat der Koniginn Elisabeth von Preussen zugeeignet. Mit 8 (statt 12) montierten, chromolithographischen Ansichten nach Aquarellen von Carl Graeb.

Berlin (1855-59) CHF 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  • 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.
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