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    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
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  • 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.

Zwiggelaar Auctions: Session 1: Children's Books, Manuscripts and Old Books, Literature, Amsterdam, Militariav, 32a, Amsterdam

Auction Details

Auction Date
December 02, 2024 - December 02, 2024
Page Size: 554 items in 23 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
490

SIX EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH LANGUAGE MEDICAL WORKS: (1) (ALEXANDRE, N.). LA MEDECINE et la chirurgie des pauvres:...

Paris 1733 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
491

SIX EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH LANGUAGE MEDICAL WORKS: (1) FRANCOIS, (A. LE). DISSERTATION CONTRE l'usage de soutenir des theses en medecine ...

Paris 1720 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
492

TABELLARISCH OVERZIGT OVER ALLE GEALLEN VAN SCHIJNDOODE DRENKELINGEN, GESTIKTEN EN GEHANGENEN Bekroond door de Maatschappij tot redding van drenkelingen...

Amst. 1854 EUR 80.00 - 150.00 Unknown
493

TEN NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH LANGUAGE MEDICAL WORKS: (1) CIVIALE, (J.) PRECIS DE LA LITHOTRITIE, ou broiement de la pierre dans la vessie; par le docteur Civiale.

N.pl. n.d. 1827 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
494

THREE FRANCH LANGUAGE WORKS ON OEDEMA: (1) BACHER, (G.-FR.). PRECIS DE LA METHODE d'administrer les pillules toniques dans les hydropisie.

Paris 1767 EUR 70.00 - 140.00 Unknown
495 TWO RARE WORKS IN ONE VOLUME: (1) RHYNE, W. TEN.

VERHANDELINGE VAN DE ASIATISE MELAATSHEID, na een naaukeuriger ondersoek ten dienste van het gemeen.

Amst. 1687 EUR 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
496

TWO WORKS: (1) HOLLERIUS, J. OMNIA OPERA PRACTICA, doctissimus ejusdem scholiis et observationibus; deinde Ludocici Dureti (...) et Antonii Valetii.

Paris 1674 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
497 DUVILLARD, E.E.

ANALYSE ET TABLEAUX DE L'INFLUENCE DE LA PETITE VEROLE SUR LA MORTALITE, a chaque age, et de celle qu'un preservatif tel que la vaccine peut avoir sur la population et la longevite.

Paris 1806 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
498 VIGIER, J.

THREE WORKS IN ONE VOLUME: (1) OPERA MEDICO-CHIRURGICA (2) Thesaurum Armamentarium Medico-Chirurgicum. (3) Enchiridion Anatomicum.

The Hague 1659 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
500

[BOTANY] DE NAAUWKEURIGE BLOEMIST, OF DE NIEUWE NEDERLANDSCHEN BLOEMHOF beplant met bloemen, ooft en orangeryen (...).

Rotterdam 1793 EUR 70.00 - 120.00 Unknown
501 GEEL, P.C. VAN AND P.-A.J.

DRAPIEZ. (SERTUM BOTANICUM collection choisie des plantes les plus remarquables par leur elegance, leur eclat ou leur utilite).

1828-1832 EUR 500.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
502 KNOOP, JOHAN HERMANN.

DE BEKNOPTE HUISHOUDELYKE HOVENIER, of korte verhandeling en synonymische of meer-namige lysten van alle de soorten der ooft-vrugten (...)

Amst. n.d. 1760 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
503 MILLER, P.

GROOT EN ALGEMEEN KRUIDKUNDIG, Hoveniers en Bloemisten Woordenboek, behelzende de manier om Moes-, Bloem-, Vrugt-, Kruid-Tuinen, Wild-Bossen, Wijngaarden, Oranje-Huizen, Stookkassen, enz.

Leiden 1745 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
504 MUNTING, A.

WAARE OEFFENING DER PLANTEN, waar in de rechte aart, natuire, en verborgene eigenschappen der boomen, heesteren, kruiden, ende bloemen, door een veeljaarige onderzoekinge, zelfs gevonden

Leeuwarden 1682 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
505 NYLANDT, PETRUS.

DE NEDERLANDTSE HERBARIUS OF KRUYDT-BOECK Beschryvende De Geslachten/ Gedaente/ Plaetse/ Tijt/ Oeffeningh/ Aert/ Krachten/ en Medicinael gebruyck van allerhande Boomen...

Amst. 1682 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
506 CHAUMETON, F.P. A.O.

FLORE MEDICALE

Paris 1815-1820 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
507 NYST, P.-H.

ANNALES DU MUSEE ROYAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DE BELGIQUE. CONCHYLIOLOGY DES TERRAINS tertiares de la Belgique.

Brussels 1878-1881 EUR 70.00 - 120.00 Unknown
508 EVELYN, J.

SILVA: OR, A DISCOURSE OF FOREST-TREES, And the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions (...).

London 1729 EUR 120.00 - 240.00 Unknown
509 HARRIS, MOSES.

AN EXPOSITION OF ENGLISH INSECTS,...

London 1782, French title dated 1784 EUR 350.00 - 700.00 Unknown
510 ROSEL VON ROSENHOF, A.J.

DE NATUURLYKE HISTORIE DER INSECTEN Dutch ed.

Amst. n.d. 1765-1788 EUR 4,500.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
511 HOEFNAGEL, G.

NIL MIHI TENEBRIS SI NOX, SI NUBILA, CLAUDOR, SOLI ME PANDO, SOL MIHI SOLUS AMOR

Frankfurt 1592 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
512

[HORTICULTURE] BULLETIN D'ARBORICULTURE, DE FLORICULTURE ET DE CULTURE POTAGERE/ BULLETIN DU CERCLE PROFESSORAL pour le progres de l'arboriculture en Belgique

late 19th cent EUR 70.00 - 120.00 Unknown
513

[HORTICULTURE] LA BELGIQUE HORTICOLE, JOURNAL DES JARDINS, DES SERRES ET DES VERGERS 4 bound vols. and 1 loose issue of this Belgian horticultural publication, 1852-1864.

Paris 1902 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 Unknown
514 SCHEIDWEILER, M. & M. YSABEAU.

JOURNAL D'HORTICULTURE PRATIQUE DE LA BELGIQUE, ou Guide des amateurs et jardiniers.

Brussels 1844-1855 EUR 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
515 BLEEKER, P.

ATLAS ICHTHYOLOGIQUE DES INDES ORIENTALES NEERLANDAIS (...) Vol. IV. Murenes, synbranches, leptocephales.

Amst. 1864 EUR 300.00 - 600.00 Unknown
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  • 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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