• 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
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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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    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.

De Baecque and Associes: Ancient and Modern Books, 155347, Lyon

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 28, 2024 - November 28, 2024
Page Size: 252 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
203

Alphabetum chaldaicum antiquum estranghelo dictum una cum alphabeto syriaco oratione dominicali,

Rome 1636 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 312.00
204

[Isere] Reglement du Cercle de Saint-Marcellin: poster printed by Bossan in Saint-Marcellin after December 6, 1861

1861 EUR 10.00 - 20.00 Not Sold
205

ARDECHE. Set of 4 parchment documents, 16th-18th century.

16th-18th century. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
206

LAS VEGAS.
38 B&W photographs Some with captions on back.

Circa 1960-61. EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 78.00
208

[Aude/Carcassonne/Chirurgie] Personal and professional archives of Jacques Rose Marie Bellemaniere,

EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 780.00
209

[Aude/militaria] Large batch of correspondence from the Escouperie family, career soldiers 1836-1917

1836-1917 EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 195.00
210

[Rhone] "La grande et admirable complainte de Jacques Besson condamne a mort par la Cour d'Assises de Riom et par celle de Lyon".

Leaflet printed in Lyon by Marle aine [1843] EUR 10.00 - 20.00 EUR 130.00
211

[Isere, foires et marches de La Balme en Viennois] Petition by the inhabitants for confirmation of the privileges granted by Henri IV in 1595:

1595 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 78.00
212 [ISERE].

Set of 5 documents:-Accounts of receipts and expenses rendered by Pierre Avril,

1674, 1675. EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
213

HAUTE-SAVOIE. Conservative candidates' election poster for the legislative elections of October 4, 1885.

Annecy 1885 EUR 30.00 - 40.00 EUR 39.00
214

[Isere, eglise Saint-Andre de Grenoble] Compte-rendu par Louis Eyraud, chanoine de l'eglise Saint-Andre de Grenoble, des recettes et depenses du chapitre de l'eglise collegiale et royale pour l'annee 1651: paper notebook, 32 pp.

1651-1652 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 39.00
215

Correspondence addressed to Sieur GUILLAND, artillery captain at the KLINGENTAL arms factory (Bas-Rhin) by his wife in Belley (Ain): 9 long letters, March 3-September 16, 1819

1819 EUR 80.00 - 120.00 EUR 195.00
216

[Revolution/1er Empire] Lot of 37 printed revolutionary and Empire documents: Memoire pour les veuves et enfans des citoyens condamnes par le Tribunal revolutionnaire, 44 pages (an II).

EUR 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
217 DAUPHINE.

Printed placard.

Gap 1749 EUR 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
218

[Isere] Abergeage en emphiteose perpetuelle et en directe feodale et seigneuriale par Louis de Clermont, chevalier, seigneur de La Batie-Divisin, fils aine d'Antoine vicomte de Clermont et de Talard, au profit de Jacquemens Recuperat de Champet, paroisse

EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 156.00
219 [Anonymous]

Traite des maladies des enfans.

[late 18th century]. EUR 100.00 - 200.00 EUR 156.00
220

[LITURGY] Set of 3 antiphonal leaves, text in black and red ink and neumatic notation in black ink on 5 staves ruled in red ink, filigree initials in red and blue ink, 15th century.

15th century. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
222

[Aude/Belpech] Large batch of correspondence from the brothers Marius and Charles Rivals, civil servants: several hundred letters with numerous postmarks.

1826-1869 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 208.00
224 [Isere, baronne des Adrets

[Isere, baronne des Adrets]: passive correspondence from the baronne des Adrets in Grenoble: 22 letters, some sealed, addressed to the baronne by her niece or sister

[1729]-1746 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 78.00
225

[Placards/posters/diplomas] Lot of 17 placards, diplomas, posters.

17th-20th centuries EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
226

SAVOIE. File on the LACHENAL family, Bellecombe-en-Bauges: notarial deeds, legal documents, photographs, etc.

1738-1933. EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 130.00
227

Le Carillon (Bourg-en-Bresse weekly published from 1912 to 1914; managing director Louis Burnod): 35 issues + 9 duplicate issues August 16, 1913 to August 8, 1914
Rare MLL

1913-1914 EUR 20.00 - 30.00 EUR 52.00
228

[Isere, Famille de Rosset] Copy of an acknowledgement of a debt of 24 florins d'or made on October 17, 1465 in favor of Antoine Pinon alias Figuelli, chaplain curate of Saint-Bandille and rector of the Saint-Antoine chapel founded in the church of Saint-J

[1540]. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
229

POSTS.
3 letters addressed to Mr. Gautriaud. Post Office letterheads.

1843-1844. EUR 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
230

[Isere, Seigneurie de Rattiers]: land register for Joachim Joseph d'Estaing, bishop and lord of Saint-Flour, Gaspard d'Estaing, marquis du Terrail and Charles Alexandre d'Estaing, abbot of Saillans and Saint-Vincent de Senlis, co-lords of Rattiers,

1701-1703 EUR 50.00 - 80.00 EUR 130.00
  • 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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