• 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
9677

Die Rheingegend von Mainz bis Dusseldorf (Deckeltitel). Mit chromolithogr. Titel und 71 Stahlstichtafeln.

Bonn ca1855 CHF 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
9678 Alvarez de Colmenar

Beschryving van Spanjen en Portugal. 5 Teile in 1 Band. Mit Kupfertitel, 1 gest. Titelvignette, 1 gest. Widmungsblatt, 1 gefalt. Kupferkarte, 1 gest. Ansicht von Barcelona auf Falttafel und 164 Textkupfern.

Leiden 1707 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 500.00
9679 Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus.

(Pharsalia). Civilis belli liber primus (-decimus). Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke am Schluss.

Venedig 1515 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 400.00
9680 Manuzio, Paolo.

Epistolarum Pauli Manutii libri V. Quincto nuper addito. Eiusdem quae praefationes appellantur. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf Titel und am Schluss.

Venedig 1561 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 375.00
9681 Gellius, Aulus.

Noctium atticarum libri undeviginti. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf dem Titel und am Ende.

Venedig 1515 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 500.00
9682

Biblia, Das ist: Die Gantze Heilige Schrifft, Alten und Neuen Testaments. Nach der Ubersetzung Johannis Piscatoris. Von neuem ausgefertiget von einem ehrwurdigen Convent loblicher Stadt Bern. 2 Teile (von 4) in 1 Band. Mit gest. Titel und 24 Kupfertafeln

Bern 1736 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9683 Calvin, Jean.

Institutio Christianae religionis, ab ipso autore anno 1559 (...).

Genf 1585 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
9685

Vier kolorierte Holzschnitt-Initialen aus der Biblia germanica. Dritte (vierte) deutsche Bibel.

Augsburg um 1475/76 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 600.00
9686 Petrus Lombardus.

Sententiarum libri IV. Mit Kommentar des Bonaventura. 4 Teile in 2 Banden, nebst Index (von J. Beckenhaub). Mit 2 Holzschnittborduren und 2 Titelholzschnitten.

Lyon 1515 CHF 600.00 - 900.00 CHF 1,500.00
9687

Enchiridion oder eyn Handbuchlein, eynem yetzlichen Christen fast nutzlich bey sich zuhaben, zur stetter ubung ... geystlicher gesenge, und psalmen, Rechtschaffen ... vertheutscht. (UND:) Teutsch Kirchen ampt mit lobgesengen und gotlichen Psalmen. 2 Teile

Erfurt 1848 CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
9688 Sacrobosco, Johannes.

Libellus de sphaera. Accessit autoris computus ecclesiasticus, et alia quaedam in studiosorum gratiam edita. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit Holzschnitt-Titelvignette und zahlreichen Textholzschnitten, mit 1 ( von 3) beweglichen Holzschnittsegmenten.

Wittenberg 1543 CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 CHF 812.50
9689 Sallustius Crispus, Gaius.

Opus una cum infrascriptis comentariis videlicet: Laurentii Vallae ... Jodoci Badii Ascensii (et al.). Mit Holzschnitt-Titelbordure und 15 Textholzschnitten.

Venedig 1521 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 350.00
9690 Seidel, Wolfgang.

De templo Salomonis mystico tractatus insignis.

Mainz 1548 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 375.00
9691 Beauharnais, Eugene de.

Urkunde mit eigenh. Unterschrift. Kupferstich mit hs. Erganzungen.

Gerahmt. CHF 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
9692 Clarke, Henri, Duc de Feltre, Comte d'Hunebourg, Marschall von Frankreich (1765-1818).

Brief mit eigenh. Unterschrift.

Paris 1813 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9693 Davout, Louis Nicolas, Herzog von Auerstedt, Furst von Eckmuhl, Marschall des Kaiserreiches (1770-1823).

Brief mit eigenh. Unterschrift.

Hamburg 1811 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
9694 Eugen, Erzherzog von Osterreich, Feldmarschall (1863-1954).

Korrespondenz und gerahmtes Portrait-Photo.

CHF 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
9695 Franz II., romisch-deutscher Kaiser (1768-1835).

Urkunde mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift. Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier. Mit zweiseitiger gestochener Bordure und papiergedecktem Siegel.

Wien 1794 CHF 600.00 - 900.00 CHF 625.00
9696 Hesse, Hermann, Dichter (1877-1962).

3 maschinengeschriebene Briefe mit Unterschrift, davon 1 mit 3-zeiligem eigenhandigem Kommentar.

Montagnola 1951--1954 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 250.00
9697 Junot, Jean Andoche, Herzog von Abrantes (1771-1813).

Brief mit eigenh. Unterschrift.

Paris 1803 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 250.00
9698

Tagebuch des Zuger Malers Karl Joseph Synt (Zund?). Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier.

1781 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 375.00
9699 Massena, Andre, Herzog von Rivoli, Furst von Essling, Marschall von Frankreich (1758-1817).

Brief mit eigenh. Unterschrift.

Bassano 1796 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 350.00
9700 Moritz von Sachsen-Zeitz (1619-1681).

Lehensbrief fur den Rittersitz Storrkowitz mit eigenhandiger Unterschrift. Deutsche Handschrift auf Pergament.

Naumburg 1660 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 375.00
9701 Rossini, Gioachino, Komponist (1792--1868).

Eigenh. Schriftstuck mit Unterschrift.

Bologna 1846 CHF 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
9702

Urkundenbrief des Burgermeisters Sigmund Spondli und des Statthalters Johann Conrad Heideger.

Wadenswil 1675 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 375.00
  • 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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