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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.
Forum Auctions: Fine Books, Manuscripts, and Works on Paper, 1152, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 26, 2024 - September 26, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agostini (Antonio, Archbishop of Tarragona) | Dialoghi...intorno alle medaglie inscrittioni et altre antichita |
Rome | 1650 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 2 | Albertolli (Ferdinando) | Porte di Citta e Fortezze depositi sepolcrali ed altre principali fabbriche pubbliche e private di Michele Sammicheli Veronese |
Milan | 1815 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Allard (Carel, publisher) | 'T lust-hof van zyn Britannische Majesteit Willem de Deerde op 'T Loo...; Representations au naturel de Loo |
Amsterdam, | c.1700. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,260.00 |
| 4 | Aluisetti (Giulio) | Opere dei Grandi Concorsi premiate dall'I. R. Academia delle Belle Arti in Milano |
Milan | 1847 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 5 | Anckarsvard (Michael Gustaf) | Sweriges Markwardigaste Ruiner |
Stockholm | 1828-30 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 6 | Art-Journal (The) |
1849-63 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 529.20 | ||
| 7 | Artelt (Paul) | Die Wasserkunste von Sans-Souci |
Berlin | 1893 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 8 | Ashbee (C.R.)& others. | Survey of London Monographs |
1896-1933 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 882.00 | |
| 9 | [Austin (Henry)] | Thoughts on the Abuses of the Present System of Competition in Architecture... |
1841 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 630.00 | |
| 10 | Aviler (Augustin Charles d') | Cours d'Architecture...; Explication des Termes d'Architecture... |
Paris | 1691 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 756.00 |
| 11 | Aviler (Augustin Charles d') | L'Architecture de Vignole, qui comprend ses Ordres... |
Paris | 1691 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 327.60 |
| 12 | Badovici (Jean) | Frank Lloyd Wright: L'Architecte Vivante |
Paris | 1930 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 252.00 |
| 13 | Baldinucci (Filippo) | [Opere] |
Milan | 1808-12 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Bassi (Martino) | Dispareri in Materia d'Architettura |
Brescia | 1572 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 15 | Beckford (William) | Vathek |
1823 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | Beckford (William).- Rutter (John) | Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey |
Shaftesbury | 1823 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 17 | Bell & Sons (George, publishers) | [Bell's Cathedral Series; Cathedrals in England |
1896-1914 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 327.60 | |
| 18 | Beltrano (Ottavio) | Breve Descrittione del Regno di Napoli |
Naples | 1644 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 567.00 |
| 19 | Berlepsch-Valendas (H.E.) | Bauernhaus und Arbeiter Wohnung in England |
Stuttgart | c.1905 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 100.80 |
| 20 | Bertotti Scamozzi (Ottavio) | Il Forestiere Isstruito delle cose piu rare di Architettura, e di alcune pitture della Citta di Vicenza dialogo |
Vicenza | 1761 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,134.00 |
| 21 | Bertotti Scamozzi (Ottavio) | [Le fabbriche e i disegni di Andrea Palladio] |
Vicenza | 1778-83. | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 22 | Bertotti Scamozzi (Ottavio) | Le Fabriche e i Disegni |
1796 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 630.00 | |
| 23 | Bianchi (Giovanni Antonio) | De i Vizi, e de i Difetti del Moderno Teatro... |
Rome | 1753 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | [Blasche (Bernhard Heinrich)] | The Art of Working in Pasteboard upon scientific principles...containing directions for constructing Architectural Models: intended as a Sequel to Papyro-Plastics |
1827 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 25 | Boito (Camillo)& others. | La Basilique de St. Marc a Venise... |
Venice | 1889-90 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 378.00 |
![<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.")
