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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: 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: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper, 936, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 31, 2024 - October 31, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Mary Toft.- Anonymous (1720s) | The Doctors in Labour or a New Whim Wham from Guildford |
1726 [but a later 19th century impression] | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 352.80 | |
| 177 | Newton (Sir Isaac) | Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John |
1733 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 1,197.00 | |
| 178 | Scotland.- Hamilton (William) | Poems on Several Occasions |
Edinburgh | 1760 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 529.20 |
| 179 | [Watson (Thomas, editor)] | The Oxford Sausage or, Select Poetical Pieces |
1764 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 945.00 | |
| 180 | Vocal Enchantress (The) | presenting an Elegant Selection of the Most Favourite Hunting |
[1783] | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 428.40 | |
| 181 | Smith (Adam) | The Theory of Moral Sentiments |
1790 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 176.40 | |
| 182 | [Defoe (Daniel)] | The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
1790 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 69.30 | |
| 183 | Hanger (Col. George) | The Life |
1801 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 604.80 | |
| 184 | Cookery.- Mollard (John) | The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined Comprising Ample Directions for Preparing every Article Requisite for Furnishing the Tables of the Nobleman |
1802 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | |
| 185 | Malthus (Thomas Robert) | An Essay on the Principle of Population. . . |
1807 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 88.20 | |
| 186 | Smith (Adam) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, with the Life of the Author, also, a view of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared with that of the French Economists with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works |
[1811]. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 478.80 | |
| 187 | Waterloo.- Ackermann (Rudolph publisher) | Battle of Waterloo Taken on the Spot after the Action of the 18th June 1815 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 252.00 | ||
| 188 | Broadsides.- Nottingham Elections.- Houldsworth (Thomas) | To the Electors of the Northern Division of the County of Nottingham |
Retford | 1832 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 63.00 |
| 189 | Coal from poor relief fund.- Oswestry Relief Fund. Deliver to the Bearer one Cwt. of coal on payment of three pence |
[Oswestry] | [c.1850]. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 31.50 | |
| 190 | Dickens (Charles) | The Personal History of David Copperfield |
1850 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 277.20 | |
| 191 | Shakespeare (William) | The Plays |
1858 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 44.10 | |
| 193 | Wesleyan Missions.- On Sunday, May 6th 1860, Two sermons will be preached in the Wesleyan Chapel, Boston Spa, by the Rev. W.O. Booth of Leeds |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 88.20 | |||
| 194 | Leonard (C. W., publisher) | Leonard's Chronological and Geographical Family Guide to the Holy Bible |
c.1860. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 201.60 | |
| 195 | Wild (John James) | Bookbinding in the Library of All Souls College |
1880 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 579.60 | |
| 196 | Oliphant (Mrs. [Margaret]) | A Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Nineteenth Century |
1882 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 214.20 | |
| 197 | Socialism.- Hyndman (Henry) | The Historical Basis of Socialism in England |
1883 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 56.70 | |
| 198 | Conjuring.- Dean (Henry) | Hocus Pocus or, the Whole Art of Legerdemain in Perfection |
[Glasgow | [1886]. | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 226.80 |
| 199 | James (William) | The Naval History of Great Britain |
1886 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 200 | Andrews (William) | Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain |
1887 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 201.60 | |
| 201 | Dickens (Charles) | The Chimes: A Goblin Story, John Dicks |
[c.1887] | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 138.60 |
