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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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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.

Sothebys: Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection D-M, N11499, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 18, 2024 - October 18, 2024
Page Size: 331 items in 14 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
740 Gaza, Theodorus.

Theodori Grammatices libri IIII. De mensibus liber eiusdem. Georgii Lecapeni De constructione uerborum. Emmanuelis Moschopuli De constructione nominum, & uerborum. Eiusdem De accentibus [Greek].

Venice June 1525 USD 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,096.00
741 Gellius, Aulus.

Auli Gellii viri disertissimi Noctium Atticarum libri 20. Summa accuratione Ioannis Connelli Carnotensis ad recognitionem Beroaldinam repositi: cum alphabetico indice.

Lyon 1512 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 381.00
742 Gellius, Aulus.

Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri vndeuiginti.

Venice September 1515 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,096.00
743 Gellius, Aulus.

Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri vndeuiginti.

Venice September 1515 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,985.00
744 Gellius, Aulus.

Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri vndeuiginti.

Venice September 1515 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
745 Gellius, Aulus.

Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri vndeuiginti.

Venice September 1515 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
746 Gellius, Aulus.

Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri vndeuiginti.

Venice September 1515 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,270.00
747 Gemistus Pletho, Georgius, and others.

[Greek]. Ex Diodori, & Plutarchi historiis de iis, quae post pugnam ad Mantineam gesta sunt, per capita tractatio. Herodiani a Marci principatu historiarum libri octo, quos Angelus Politianus elegantissime Latinos fecit. Enarratiunculae antiquae, & perbre

Venice October 1503 but Venice USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,890.00
748 Georgius Trapezuntius.

Continentur hoc volumine. Georgii Trapezuntii Rhetoricorum libri V. Consulti Chirii Fortunatiani libri III. Aquilae Romani de figuris sententiarum, & elocutionis liber. ...

Venice April 1523 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,160.00
749 Giorgi, Bernardo.

Epitome princip. Venet. Bernardo Georgio P.V. auctore.

Venice 1547 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,143.00
750 Giorgi, Bernardo.

Bernardi Georgii patricii Veneti Epitaphia, et epigrammata aliquot, quae dum praetorem Patauii ageret obiter composuit.

Venice 1558 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 635.00
751 Giovio, Paolo, Andrea Cambini, Paolo Manuzio, and others.

Commentarii delle cose de Turchi, di Paulo Giouio, et Andrea Gambini, con gli fatti, et la vita di Scanderbeg. [Part 2:] Commentario di Andrea Cambini fiorentino, della origine de Turchi, et imperio della casa ottomana. ...

Venice 1541 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 30,480.00
752 Giraldi, Giovanni Battista.

Orbecche tragedia di m. Giouanbattista Giraldi Cinthio da Ferrara. Miraris hospes haud loquentem Cynthium Quem cernis ipsum? cogitat, mox audies.

n.p. 1547 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,270.00
753 Girart d'Amiens.

[Gli egregi fatti del gran re Meliadus, con altre rare prodezze del Re Artu, di Palamides, Amorault d'Irlanda, il buon caualiere senza paura, Gallehault il Bruno, Segurades, Galaad, & altri valorosi caualieri di quel tempo. Historia bellissima, non piu ve

Venice 1559 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,160.00
754 Gozze, Niccolo Vito di.

Dello stato delle republiche secondo la mente di Aristotele con essempi moderni giornate otto, di m. Nicolo' Vito di Gozzi gentilhuomo raguseo, accademico occulto.

Venice 1591 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 381.00
755 Gratius Faliscus, Publius Ovidius Naso, and Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus.

Gratius Faliscus. Hoc volumine continentur poetae tres egregij nunc primum in lucem editi, Gratij qui Augusto principe floruit, de uenatione lib.I. P. Ouidij Nasonis Halieuticon liber acephalus.

Venice February 1534 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 38,100.00
756 Gratius Faliscus.

Hoc volumine continentur poetae tres egregij nunc primum in lucem editi, Gratij qui Augusto principe floruit, de uenatione lib.I.

Venice February 1534 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,524.00
757 Gregorius Nazianzenus.

Gregorii Nazanzeni theologi Orationes lectissimae XVI [Greek].

Venice April 1516 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,890.00
758 Gregorius Nazianzenus, Gregorius Nyssenus, and others.

[Greek]. Gregorii Nazanzeni theologi Orationes nouem elegantissimae. Gregorii Nysseni Liber de homine, quae omnia nunc primum, emendatissima, in lucem prodeunt.

Venice 1536 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,810.00
759 Gregorius Nyssenus.

D. Gregorii Nyssae pontificis, Magni Basilii fratris, Doctissimus in hexaemeron commentarius. Aliquot tum eiusdem, tum aliorum auctorum orationes pulcherrimae, quarum argumenta in proxima pagina perspicies. Gregorij, rerum admirabilium effectoris, de anim

Venice 1553 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 381.00
760 Griffoli, Jacopo.

M.Tullii Ciceronis defensiones contra Celii Calcagnini disquisitiones in eius Officia per Iacobum Grifolum Lucinianensem.

Venice 1546 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,143.00
761 Griffoli, Jacopo.

Iacobi Grifoli Lucinianensis Orationes variae variis in locis habitae.

Venice 1557 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 889.00
762 Guevara, Antonio de.

Vita, gesti, costumi, discorsi, lettere di Marco Aurelio imperatore, sapientissimo filosofo, et oratore eloquentissimo, con la gionta di molte cose, che nello spagnuolo non erano, e delle cose spagnuole, che mancauano nella tradottione italiana.

Venice 1546 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 381.00
763 Guicciardini, Francesco.

L'Histoire d'Italie de Messire Francois Guicciardin Gentilhomme Florentin.

Paris 1568 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 381.00
764 Guicciardini, Francesco.

Histoire des guerres et choses advenues en la chrestiente, soubs Charles VIII. roy de France: & principalement celles des Francoys en Italie.

Paris 1568 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 635.00
  • 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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