Chorley's: The Ombersley Court Library, 91724, Gloucestershire

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Auction Report
Auction Date
September 17, 2024 - September 17, 2024
Page Size: 521 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Dolce (Ludovico)

Dolce (Ludovico) L'Achille et L'Enea

Venice 1672 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 512.80
27 Machiavelli (Niccolo di Bernardo dei)

Machiavelli (Niccolo di Bernardo dei) Historie di Nicolo Machiavelli

Venice 1650 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,410.20
28 Milton (John)

Milton (John) Paradise Lost & Works

London 1732 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 538.44
29 Robin (Charles-Cesar)

Robin (Charles-Cesar) Nouveau Voyage dans L'Amerique

Philadelphie et se trouve a Paris ... 1782 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 230.76
30 Brandling (Henry Charles)

Brandling (Henry Charles) Views in the North of France

London 1839 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 141.02
31

Panorama, The Funeral Procession of Queen Elizabeth

London 1791 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 410.24
32 Nicols (Thomas)

Nicols (Thomas) A Lapidary: Or, The History of Precious Stones

Cambridge 1652 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 10,256.00
33 Defoe (Daniel)

Defoe (Daniel) The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

London 1790 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 128.20
34 Wild (Charles)

Wild (Charles) An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church

London 1823 GBP 60.00 - 80.00 GBP 115.38
35

Galerie de Florence: Large folio album

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 217.94
36 De Lisle (Guillaume)

De Lisle (Guillaume) Large Folio Volume of Maps

London 1725 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 512.80
37 Hogarth (William)

Hogarth (William) The Analysis of Beauty

London 1753 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 153.84
38 Pickar (Mary)

Pickar (Mary) The Castle of Roviego

London 1805 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 2,307.60
39 Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre, 1622-1687)

Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre) Traitez nouveaux & curieux du cafe, du the et du chocolate

La Haye (The Hague) 1685 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,089.70
40

Christ's Hospital Charges and orders for the several officers of Christ's-Hospital

London 1785 GBP 100.00 - 200.00 GBP 256.40
41 Wilde (A.)

The Ladies Diary, or, the Woman's Almanack 1728

London 1728 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 384.60
42 Women's Rights [Drake (Judith)

Women's Rights [Drake (Judith)] An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex

London 18th century calf GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 6,410.00
43 Sewell (George)

Sewell (George) The Whole Works of Dr. Archibald Pitcairn

London 1727 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 320.50
44 Walpole (Horace)

Walpole (Horace) Il Castello di Otranto

London 1795 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 641.00
45 Lamy (Bernard)

Lamy (Bernard) Traite de perspective

Paris 1701 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 243.58
46 Short (Thomas)

Short (Thomas) Discourses on Tea, Sugar, Milk, Made-Wines, Spirits, Punch, Tobacco, &c.

London 1750 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 833.30
47 Kolben (Peter)

Kolben (Peter) The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope

London GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 217.94
48 Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent de la)

Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent de la) Almanach des Gourmands

Paris 1805-1810 GBP 80.00 - 120.00 GBP 576.90
49 Lesseps (Jean-Baptiste Barthelemy de)

Lesseps (Jean-Baptiste Barthelemy de) Journal Historique du Voyage de M. de Lesseps

Paris 1790 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 769.20
50 Turpin (Francois-Henri)

Turpin (Francois-Henri) Histoire Civile et Naturelle du Royaume de Siam

Paris 1771 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 358.96
  • 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.
  • 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
    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.
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • 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
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