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    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.
  • 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.

Nosbüsch & Stucke: Part 1: Valuable Books, Autographs and Prints, 27a, Berlin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024
Page Size: 355 items in 15 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Binder Freres

Maison Binder Freres, Boulevart Haussmann, 170, Paris. Katalog der Karossen und Kaleschen

Paris circa 1880 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 877.50
102 La Chesnaye des Bois, Aubert de

Le Parfait cocher, ou l'art d'entretenir et conduire un equipage en ville et en campagne...

Liege 1777 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
103 Ehrmann, Friedrich Ludwig

Montgolfier'sche Luftkorper oder aerostatische Maschinen, eine Abhandlung, ...

Strassburg und Leipzig 1784 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,890.00
104 Voch, Lukas

Abhandlung vom Strassenbau

Augsburg 1776 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
105 Heinecken, Paul

Lucidum prospectivae speculum, das ist: Ein heller Spiegel der Perspective

Augsburg 1753 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
106 Remon, Georges

Interieurs modernes. 1. und 2. Serie (alles Erschienene)

Paris 1900 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 742.50
107

Catalogo delle opere di belli arti poste in mostra nel Real Museo Borbonico nel di 30 Maggio 1855

Neapel 1855 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 297.00
108 Jugel, Johann Gottfried

Sehr geheim gehaltene und nunmehro frey entdeckte experimentirte Kunst-Stucke, die schonsten und raresten Farben zu verfertigen: insgleichen Gummi-Copal, Glantz-Lacke, Holz-und Stein-Kutten, ...

Zittau 1753 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
109 Kruger, Georg

Die Fabrication der achten wie der unachten Goldleisten und Bilderrahmen in matter und glanzender Vergoldung...

Weimar 1861 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
110 Brongniart, Alexandre

Das Coloriren und Decoriren des achten Porcellans, des Fritteporcellans, des englischen Steinguts, des Wedgwoodgeschirres, des Steinzeugs und der Fayence mit verglasbaren Farben und Metallen...

Weimar 1853 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
111 Schwarzenbach, E.

Privates Musteralbum alter und zeitgenossischer Orientteppiche. Mit ca. 140 Original-Photographien.

Wohl Reichenberg 1926-30 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
112

Krasnaya niva. (Das Rote Saatfeld). Heft 22-1927 sowie 28, 38, 44, 46 des Jahrgangs 1928

Moskau 1927-1928 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
113 Kovalevskis, Pauls; Noritis, Oskars; Goppers, Mikelis

Das Jahr des Grauens. Lettland unter der Herrschaft des Bolschewismus 1940/1941

Riga 1943 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,485.00
114 Kovess, Arnold

Das kaiserl. konigl. osterreichische 58te Linien-Infanterie-Regiment Erzherzog Stephan in den Jahren 1848 und 1849

Wien 1851 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 405.00
115 Frauenfeld, Alfred Eduard

Die Krim. Ein Handbuch. Nur fur den Dienstgebrauch!

Potsdam 1942 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 324.00
116

KZ. Bildbericht aus funf Konzentrationslagern. Herausgegeben vom Amerikanischen Kriegsinformationsamt im Auftrage des Oberbefehlshabers der Allierten Streitkrafte

Ohne Ort und Verlag 1945 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 877.50
117 Kreittmayr, Wigulaeus Xaverius Aloysius von

Anmerkungen uber den Codicem Maximilianeum Bavaricum civilem, worinn derselbe sowol mit dem Gemein- als ehemalig- Chur-Bayerischen Land-Recht genau collationirt...

Munchen 1759-1768. EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 405.00
118 Pegie, Martin

Schauplatz derer Dienstbahrkeiten, in denen Stadten, sowol aus auf dem Lande, nebst beygefugtem Unterricht...zu entscheiden sind; in dreyen besondern Buchern erofnet

Frankfurt und Leipzig 1728 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
119 Schmid, Karl (Carlo)

Die Rechtsprechung des Standigen Internationalen Gerichtshofs in Rechtssatzen dargestellt

Stuttgart 1932 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 Not Sold
120 Vechelde, C. Fr. von

Ferdinand von Schill und seine Schaar

Braunschweig 1837 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 378.00
121

Pommerscher Kriegs-Postillion, Oder Kurtze Beschreibung So wol der Pommerschen jungsten Unruhe, als auch desselben Landes und darinnen belegenen vornehmsten Stadte, Festung, und Platze

Leipzig 1677 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 1,350.00
122 Sorge, Friedrich Adolph (hier: Zorge, F. A.)

Pis'ma I. F. Bekkera, I. Dicgena, F. Engel'sa, K. Marksa i dr. k F. A. Zorge i dr. S pis'mami i biografiyej F. A. Zorge Evg. Dicgena.

Sankt-Petersburg 1907 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
123

Der Sozialist. Organ des sozialistischen Bundes. 1.-4. Jahrgang in 2 Banden

Berlin 1909-1912 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
124 Bacon, Francis

Moralische, politische und okonomische Versuche, nebst einigen andern Abhandlungen von ahnlichem Inhalt

Breslau und Leipzig 1762 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
125 Leth, Erhart von

Commentar uber die naturliche Politik, oder uber das Werk: La Politique Naturelle, ou Discours sur les vrais Principes du Gouvernement (von Paul Heinrich Dietrich von Holbach)

Germanien Heidelberg 1795/96 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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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.
  • 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.
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