• 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.
  • 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
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    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
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    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.

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
26 Westenrieder, (Lorenz von)

Beschreibung der Haupt- und Residenzstadt Munchen (im gegenwartigen Zustande)

Munchen 1782 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
27 Albani, Annibale

Menologium graecorum jussu basilii imperatoris graece olim editum, munificentia et liberalitate sanctissimi domini nostri Benedicti XIII. Bd. 1 (von 3)

Urbino: 1727 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
28 Arndt, Ernst Moritz.

2 anonym erschienene Flugblatter aus dem Jahr 1813 im Erstdruck. 1) An die Preussen.

(Konigsberg 1813 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 226.80
29 Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus)

Nicomedeos Anabaseos Alexandrou biblia epta kai Indike Arriani Nicomediensis Expeditionis Alexandri libri septem et Historia Indica ex Bonav.

Leiden 1704 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
30 Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques

Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grece, dans le milieu du quatrieme siecle avant l'ere vulgaire.

Paris 1789 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
31 Basnage, Jacques

T Groot Waerelds Tafereel, waar in de Heilige en Waereldsche Geschiedenissen en Veranderingen zedert de Schepping des Waerelds,...

Amsterdam 1705/07?. EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,008.00
32 Bertuch, Friedrich Justin

Bilderbuch fur Kinder enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Fruchten, Mineralien, Trachten und allerhand andern unterrichtenden Gegenstanden ... mit einer kurzen wissenschaftlichen, und den Verstandes-Kraften eines Kindes angem

Weimar 1798-1830 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
33

Biblia germanica. - Biblia, Das ist, Die gantze Heilige Schrifft Alten und Neuen Testaments. Verteutscht durch D. Martin Luther.

Frankfurt am Main 1704 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,890.00
34 Du Bosc, Jacques

L'honneste femme. Divisee en trois parties. Revue, corrigee & augmentee en cette quatriesme Edition.

Paris 1647 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
35 Brachelius, (Johann) Adolf

Historia universalis rerum notabilium, ubique pene terrarum gestarum. Accessit nunc denique, ad annum 1671 per Henricum Brewer descripta pars VII.

Koln 1659-79 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 226.80
36 Brissonius, Barnabas (Brisson, Barnabe)

De verborum quae ad ius civile pertinent significatione opus ... opera studioque Io. Gottliebii Heinecci ... novae editionis praerogativis Iusti Henningii Bohmeri

Halle 1743 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
37 Bristed, John

Die Hilfsquellen der Vereinigten-Staaten America's; oder Ueberblick des Zustandes und Charakters des Americanischen Volkes.

Weimar 1819 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
38 Brunner, Andreas

Annalium virtutis et fortunae Boiorum. Tle. I und II (von III) in 2 Bdn

Munchen 1626-29 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
39 (Buchholz, Paul Ferdinand Friedrich)

Der neue Leviathan

Tubingen 1805 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
40

Chronicon Das ist Zeit Register und kurtze Beschreibung allerhandt namhaffter gedachtnuss wurdiger Geschichten Hendel und Thaten

Koln 1624 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 277.20
41 Stephanus Byzantinus

Gentilia per epitomen, antehac ... De urbibus inscripta. Quae ex MSS. Codicibus Palatinis ab Cl. Salmasio quondam collatis & MS. Vossiano restituit, supplevit, ...

Leiden 1688 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 176.40
42 Curtius Rufus, Quintus

De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni, libri superstites, una cum Joh. Loccenii, JCti notis politicis, jam textui ipsi subjectis, & indice philologico, ...

Leipzig 1687 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
43 Dilich, Wilhelm

Beschreibung und Abriss dero Ritterspiel ... auff die Furstliche Kindtauffen Rewlein Elisabethen, und dann auch Herrn Moritzen des andern, ...

Kassel 1601 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,520.00
44 Dilich, Wilhelm

Urbis Bremae et praefecturaru(m), quas habet, typ(us) et chronicon.

Kassel 1604 EUR 2,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
45 Dilich, Wilhelm

Kriegsssbuch, darin die Alte und Newe Militia eigentlich beschrieben unnd allen Kriegssneulingen, Bau- und Buchsenmeistern zu nutz unnd guter Anleitung in Druck geben unnd verfertiget.

Kassel 1608 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
46 Dilich, Wilhelm

Hessische Chronica. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd.

Kassel 1608 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 504.00
47 Dilich, Wilhelm

Peribologia oder Bericht Wilhelmi Dilichy Hist

EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,512.00
48 Dilich, Wilhelm

Hochvernunfftig gegrundet- und auffgerichtete ... Krieges-Schule. 2 in 1 Bd

Frankfurt 1689 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,158.00
49 Eisenmenger, Johann Andreas

Entdecktes Judenthum, oder grundlicher und wahrhaffter Bericht, welchergestalt die verstockte Juden die Hochheilige Drey-Einigkeit, Gott Vater, Sohn und Heil. ...

Konigsberg (d. i. Berlin) 1711 EUR 700.00 - 700.00 EUR 819.00
50 Kaiser Ferdinand II. -

Status particularis regiminis S. C. Majestatis Ferdinandi II.

Leiden 1637 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 252.00
  • 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.
  • 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. 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.
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