• 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.
  • 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.

Christies: Rare Books and Manuscripts - online 10/16, 23003, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024
Page Size: 127 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

2 lettres autographes signees a Philibert Cramer, datees "Motiers" les "6" et "9 decembre 1764"

Motiers 1764 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,048.00
52 SADI, Shaikh Muslih-al-Din ou Saadi Shirazi (ca. 1184-1291) et Adam OLEARIUS, Adam Olschlager dit (1603-1671) (trad.)

Persianischer Rosenthal. In welchem viel lustige Historien, scharffsinnige Reden und nutzliche Regeln. Vor 400. Jahren von einem sinnreichen Poeten Schich Saadi in persischer Sprachbeschrieben ... ubersetzet in hochdeutscher Sprache heraus gegeben.

Hambour 1654 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
53 SCHEUCHZER, Johann Jakob (1672-1733)

Geestelyke natuurkunde, Uitgegeven in de Latynsche Taale.

Amsterdam 1735-1738. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
54 TURGOT, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, baron de l'Aulne, dit (1727-1781)

Manuscrits autographes preparatoires et copie autographe des discours en Sorbonne, Sur les avantages que l'etablissement du christianisme a procures au genre humain et Sur les progres successifs de l'esprit humain

Paris 1749-1750 EUR 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 Not Sold
55 VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet, dit (1694-1778)

Oeuvres completes. [Kehl :] de l'imprimerie de la societe litteraire typographique

1784 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
56 BAKOUNINE, Mikhail (1814-1876)

Lettre autographe signee a Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, datee "Cothen, le 12 decembre 1848"

Cothen 1848 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
57 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867).

Honore Daumier. Poeme autographe signe.

[Paris 1865 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
58 CAMINADE, Amedee (1785-1874)

Relation de mon voyage, comme prisonnier de guerre, dans les annees 1813 et 1814.Manuscrit autographe illustre.

[circa 1815] EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
59 CHOPIN, Frederic (1810-1849) [et George SAND (1804-1876)]

Billet autographe signe au Docteur [Molin]. [Paris], "Dimanche matin" [Decembre 1845].

EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
60 DAUMIER, Honore (1808-1879) et Charles PHILIPON (1800-1862)

Les Robert Macaires, galerie morale des voleurs, speculateurs, dupeurs, tireurs, enfonceurs et blagueurs divers que nous rencontrons dans Paris.

Paris 1836-1838 EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
61 EXPEDITION D'EGYPTE [LE PERE, Jacques-Marie (1763-1841) et Gratien LE PERE (1769-1826)]

Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armee francaise.

Paris 1809-1813, 1817-[1830]. EUR 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 EUR 327,600.00
62 FLAUBERT, Gustave (1821-1880)

L'Education sentimentale.

Paris 1870 EUR 24,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
63 [FORAIN, Jean-Louis (1852-1931), attribue a]

Album de 54 dessins et esquisses originaux.

EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
64 [GALERIE ROYALE DE COSTUMES]

Series des costumes espagnols et portugais, mexicains, argentins et peruviens, et valaques.

Paris 1842-1848 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,268.00
65 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828)

Los Desastres de la Guerra. Coleccion de ochenta laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte por Don Francisco Goy. Publicala la R! Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando.

Madrid 1863 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 75,600.00
66 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828).

Los Proverbios: Coleccion de diez y ocho laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte por Don Francisco Goya. Publicala la R! Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando.

Madrid 1864 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
67 GRANDVILLE, Jean Ignace Isidore, dit Jean-Jacques (1803-1847)

Scenes de la vie privee et publique des animaux.

Paris 1842 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 252.00
68 HUYSMANS, Joris-Karl (1848-1907)

A rebours.

Paris 1884 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
69 JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE, Jean Henri (1772-1845)

Plantes de la France, decrites et peintes d'apres nature.

Paris 1808-1809. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,788.00
70 JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE, Jean Henri (1772-1845) et Andre THOUIN (1747-1824)

Traite des arbrisseaux et des arbustes cultives en France et en pleine terre.

Paris 1825 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
71 LIVRE TISSE

Livre de prieres tisse d'apres les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siecle.

Lyon 1886 -1887 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
72 MALLARME, Stephane (1848-1898)

Sonnet allegorique de lui-meme. Manuscrit autographe signe.

Vers 1868. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
73 MALLARME, Stephane (1842-1898)

Lettre autographe signee a J.-H. Rosny,

Paris 1888 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
74 MASSENET, Jules (1842-1912)

Collection d'environ 146 lettres et cartes autographes signees,

v.1864-1910 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
75 PISSARRO, Camille (1830-1903)

20 lettres autographes signees a Julie Pissarro (1836-1926). Paris, Londres, Kew, Rouen, Macon et Le Havre, 22 mai 1889 - 21 septembre 1903.

1889 - 1903. EUR 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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