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Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USD

Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 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.

Keys Fine Arts Auctioneers: Books, Ephemera, Maps, and Works on Paper, 110624, Norwich

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024

Page Size: 1183 items in 48 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
713	F B KIRKMAN AND B A OXON (Eds)	THE BRITISH BIRD BOOK	London	1911	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 48.03
714		DAVID FROST AND NED SHERRING (Eds): THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS	London	1963	GBP 10.00 - 20.00	GBP 10.11
715		THE GARDENER'S DICTIONARY: IN TWO VOLUMES.	London	1743	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 113.76
716	JAMES NEWLANDS	THE CARPENTER AND JOINER'S ASSISTANT, ...	London	ND	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 27.81
717		BISHOP BURNET'S HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME, VOLUME I. FROM THE RESTORATION OF KING CHARLES II TO THE SETTLEMENT OF KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY AT THE REVOLUTION	Dublin	1724	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 18.96
718	HERBERT CECINSKY	ENGLISH FURNITURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY	London		GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 15.17
719		THE FAMOUS AND MEMORABLE WORKS OF JOSEPHUS, A MAN OF MUCH HONOUR AND LEARNING AMONG THE JEWS, FAITHFULLY TRANSLATED OUT OF THE LATIN, AND FRENCH, BY THOMAS LODGE, DOCTOR IN PHYSICK.	London	1640	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 75.84
720	AENEAS ANDERSON	A JOURNAL OF THE FORCES WHICH SAILED FROM THE DOWNS IN APRIL 1800 ON A SECRET EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF LIEUT-GEN PIGOT TILL THEIR ARRIVAL IN MINORCA AND CONTINUED...	London	1802	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 391.84
721	WILLIAM ROBERTSON	THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND DURING THE REIGNS OF QUEEN MARY AND OF KING JAMES VI. TIL HIS ACCESSION TO THE CROWN OF ENGLAND. ...			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 56.88
722		DAVID HUME AND HEWSON CLARKE: THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND [2 X 2-VOLUMES SETS]: VOLUMES 1+2 - FROM THE INVASION OF JULIUS CAESAR TO THEREVOLUTION IN 1688			GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 37.92
723	N HOOK	THE ROMAN HISTORY, FROM THE BUILDING OF ROME TO THE RUIN OF THE COMMONWEALTH	London	1757	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 22.75
724	WILLIAM PALEY	THE PRINCIPLES OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY	Edinburgh	1814	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 25.28
725	MARY ANNE CLARKE	THE RIVAL PRINCES			GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 44.24
726		MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING MEMOIRS OF MRS CLARKE, FROM HER INFANCY TO THE PRESENT TIME...	London	1809	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 48.03
727	W CLARKE	THE AUTHENTIC AND IMPARTIAL LIFE OF MRS. ANNE CLARKE, INCLUDING NUMEROUS ROYAL AND OTHER ORIGINAL LETTERS AND ANECDOTES OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS...	London	1809	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 44.24
728	JOHN WATKINS	MEMOIRS OF HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY SOPHIA-CHARLOTTE, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROMAUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS	London	1819	Not Available	GBP 10.11
729	W M CRAIG ESQ	MEMOIRS OF HER MAJESTY SOPHIA CHARLOTTE, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN	Liverpool	1818	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 12.64
730	PRINCESS CHARLOTTE	2 Titles: THOMAS GREEN ESQ: MEMOIRS OF HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS CHARLOTTE-AUGUSTA OF WALES AND OF SAXE-COBURG	Liverpool	c early 19th century.	GBP 40.00 - 50.00	GBP 50.56
731		QUEEN CAROLINE INTEREST: 4 Titles: J H ADOLPHUS: MEMOIRS OF CAROLINE, QUEEN CONSORT OF GREAT BRITAIN	London	1821	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 25.28
732		THE LIFE AND MEMOIRS OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF SAXE COBURG SAALFIELD	London	1818	Not Available	GBP 6.32
732a	J NIGHTINGLALE	MEMOIRS OF QUEEN CAROLINE	London	1820	GBP 20.00 - 30.00	GBP 12.64
733	EDWARD BARRON	THE ROYAL WANDERER OR SECRET MEMOIRS OF CAROLINE	London	1823	GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 15.17
734	SIR PHILIP WARWICK	MEMOIRES OF THE REIGNE OF KING CHARLES I WITH A CONTINUATION TO THE HAPPY RESTAURATIO OF KING CHARLES II.	London	1701	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 126.40
735	THOMAS WRIGHT	CARICATURE HISTORY OF THE GEORGES OR, ANNALS OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER, COMPILED FROM THE SQUIBS, BROADSIDES, WINDOWN PICTURES, LAMPOONS AND PICTORIAL CARICATURES OF THE TIME	London	ND.	GBP 20.00 - 40.00	GBP 50.56
736	WILLIAM ROSCOE	THE LIFE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI, CALLED THE MAGNIFICENT	London	1851	Not Available	GBP 6.32

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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.

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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
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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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