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![<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. -
![<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.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 478 | America.- [Beresford (William)] | A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America...by Captain George Dixon |
Geo. Goulding | 1789 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 479 | America.- Curtis (Edward S. ) | A Taos Girl, photogravure from 'The North American Indian' |
c.1905. | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 480 | America.- Laws relating to the Cherokee people.- Report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of James Ore |
[Philadelphia] | 1797 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 481 | America.- Texan rebels.- Treasury Department. [Handbill recording a tax increase due to the war with Texan rebels] |
Mexico City | 1843 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 482 | Antarctica.- Murray (George, editor) | The Antarctic Manual for the Use of the Expedition of 1901 |
Royal Geographical Society | 1901 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,008.00 |
| 483 | Atlas.- Jamieson (Alexander) | A Celestial Atlas, comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens in a Series of Thirty Maps |
G. & W. B. Whittaker | 1822 | GBP 750.00 - 1,000.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 484 | Burma.- Burmese School (probably circa 1870s or slightly later) | Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions |
circa 1870s | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 10,080.00 | |
| 485 | Canada.- Murray (John) | The Emigrant and traveller's guide to and through Canada, by way of the river St. Lawrence |
Smith | 1835 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 486 | China.- Alexander (William) | A Chinese soldier with his matchlock |
circa 1814 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 487 | Chinese Opera.- Chinese Export School (early 19th century) | Wang Zhaojun passing the frontier |
circa 1800-1810 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,512.00 | |
| 488 | China.- Chinese School (19th century) | A pair of reverse paintings on glass illustrating scenes from the 14th century epic "Sanguo Yanyi", or "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" |
circa 1880 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 489 | European Satirical Map.- Belloguet (Andre) | Hallucination Topographique sur la Carte de France |
1871 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,512.00 | |
| 490 | European Satirical Map.- Ohara (Kisaburo) | A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia |
1904 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 4,410.00 | |
| 491 | European Satirical Map.- Tanaka (Ryozo) | A Humoros [sic] Atlas of the World. The Illustration of the Graet [sic] European War 110.16 |
Shobido & Co. | 1914 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 492 | France.- Busby (Thomas Lord) | Costume of the Lower Orders in Paris |
c.1820. | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 756.00 | |
| 493 | France.- Sams (William, publisher) | A Tour Through Paris |
William Sams | n.d. some plates watermarked 1824-25. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 882.00 |
| 494 | Greece.- Lear (Edward) | [Views in the seven Ionian Islands] twenty plates only (lacking title and text) |
Day & Son, | 1863 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 495 | India.- Account of the Money, Weights, and Measures, at the Principal Settlements in the East-Indies |
16mo | 1775 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,016.00 | |
| 496 | India.- Architecture.- Kittoe (Markham) | Illustrations of Indian Architecture from the Muhammadan Conquest Downwards |
Calcutta | 1838 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,032.00 |
| 497 | India.- Company School (late 18th century) | Toormoottee or little Falcon [together with] an emerald-winged common dove |
late 18th century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,788.00 | |
| 498 | India.- Company School (circa 1850) | Four portrait miniatures of Mughal rulers of India |
[Delhi | circa 1850 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,134.00 |
| 499 | India.- Photograph Album |
, c.1920-30's | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 500 | Italy.- Forlani (Paolo) | Nova descrittione del Friuli |
1564 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,142.00 | |
| 501 | Italy.- Lafreri School (Italian 16th century) | Regno di Napoli |
circa 1575 or later | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 2,016.00 | |
| 502 | Middle East.- Jansson (Jan) | and Georgius Hornius. [Holy Land - The Twelve Tribes] six sheet map of the Holy Land oriented to the east, showing from the southern tip of the Dead Sea and Edom to the Golan Heights and modern day Lebanon |
circa 1658-1677 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
