• 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.
  • 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.

Venator and Hanstein: Books - Prints - Autographs, 177, Köln

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 20, 2024 - September 20, 2024
Page Size: 572 items in 23 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Baier, Johann Jacob

Warhaffte und grundliche Beschreibung der Nurnbergischen Universitats-Stadt Altdorff, samt dero furnehmsten Denckwurdigkeiten.

Altdorf 1714 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 214.20
2 Batty, Elizabeth Frances

Italian scenery. From drawings made in 1817.

London 1820 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 378.00
3 Bruckbrau, Friedrich Wilhelm

Neuestes Taschenbuch der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Munchen und den Umgebungen, fur Einheimische und Fremde. Mit 14 Ansichten und 1 Plan.

Munchen 1828 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
4 (Choiseul-Gouffier, M. G. F. A. Comte de)

Voyage pittoresque de la Grece. 2 Bande in 3 (I, II/1 und II/2).

Paris 1782-1820 EUR 8,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
5 (Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria)

Memorie istorio geografiche della Morea riacquistata dall' Armi venete del regno di Negroponte.

Venedig 1687 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
6 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

Description geographique et historique de la Moree, du royaume de Negrepont et d'autres lieux circonvoisins. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Paris 1686-87 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
7 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

Memoires, historiques & geographiques du royaume de la Moree, Negrepont et des places maritimes, jusques a Thessalonique. Traduit de l'Italien.

Amsterdam 1686 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
8 Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria

Memoires, historiques & geographiques du royaume de la Moree, Negrepont et des places maritimes, jusques a Thessalonique. Traduit de l'Italien.

Amsterdam 1686 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
9 Coxe, William

Reise durch Polen, Russland, Schweden und Danemark. Mit historischen Nachrichten und politischen Bemerkungen begleitet. Aus dem Englischen von J. Bezzel. 3 Bde.

Zurich 1785-92 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
10 Ebers, Georg und Hermann Guthe

Palastina in Wort und Bild. Nebst der Sinaihalbinsel und dem Lande Gosen. Nach dem Englischen herausgegeben. 2 Bande.

Stuttgart und Leipzig 1883-84 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 327.60
11 (Fokke, Simonsz. Arend)

Beknopte beschrijving van den Rhijn-Stroom, benevens de steden, dorpen en plaatsen, aan deszelfs oevers gelegen. Tweede, verbeterde en vermeerde, Druk.

Amsterdam 1796 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
12 Holland, Henry

Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia &c. during the years 1812 and 1813

London 1815 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 378.00
13 Levaillant, Francois

Voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, par le Cap de Bonne-Esperance, dans les annees 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85. 2 Bde

Paris EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
14 Limberg, Johannes

Denckwurdige Reisebeschreibung durch Teutschland, Italien, Spanien, Portugall, Engeland, Franckreich, und Schweitz (et)c

Leipzig 1690 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 882.00
15 Merian, Matthaus

Topographia Hassiae et Regionum Vicinarum. + Anhang. 2 Teile in 1 Band

Frankfurt a. M. 1646-1655 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
16 Osenbruggen, Eduard

Das Berner Oberland. Aquarelle von Ludwig Robock mit Schilderungen und Sagen.

Darmstadt, Bern u. Berlin 1874 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
17 Pouqueville, (Francois Charles Hugues Laurent)

Griechenland. Deutsch von C. A. Mebold. (= Welt-Gemalde-Gallerie, Europa, Bd. 1)

Stuttgart 1836 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
18 Quad, Matthias

Itinerarium universae Germaniae. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Oberursel 1602-04 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
19 Ribeyro, (Joao)

Histoire de l'isle de Ceylan. Traduite du Portugais par l'Abbe le Grand

Amsterdam 1701 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
20 Salmon, Thomas

Hedendaegsche Historie of tegenwoordige Staet van alle Volkeren. Erst in't Engelsch beschreven; nu vertaelt en merkelyk vermeerdert door M. van Goch. I. Deel (von 43)

Amsterdam 1729 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
21 Saur, Abraham

Theatrum Urbium. Warhafftige Contrafeytung/ und Summarische Beschreibung/ fast aller vornemen und namhafftigen Statten/ Schlossern und Klostern

Frankfurt a.M. 1610 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
22 Schumacher, Johann Heinrich

Die verborgenen Alterthumer der Chineser aus dem uralten canonischen Buche Peking untersuchet.

Wolfenbuttel 1763 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 226.80
23 (Tassin, Christophe)

Description de tous les cantons, villes, bourgs, villages, et autres particularitez du pays des Suisses, avec une brieve forme de leur Republique.

Paris 1635 EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 Not Sold
24 Tirion, Isaak

Nieuwe en beknopte Hand-Atlas

Amsterdam 1769 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
25 Tully, Richard

Narrative of a ten years' residence at Tripoli in Africa

London: 1816 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
  • 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. 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
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    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
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    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.
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