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![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
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. -
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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, 2024High 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, 2024High 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.
Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 1193, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | BURROUGHS, William S. (1917-1997) | Doctor Benway. A [Variant] Passage from The Naked Lunch. With a New Introduction by the Author. |
Santa Barbara: | 1979 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 127 | BUSH, George W. (b. 1946) | Portraits of Courage. A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors. |
New York | 2017 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 128 | BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824) | The Poetical Works of Lord Byron. A New Edition. |
London | 1856 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 129 | BYRON, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824) | Werner, a Tragedy. |
London | 1838 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 130 | HUMBOLDT, Al[exander] de (1769-1859) | Essai Politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne. |
Paris | 1811 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 131 | ABERT, James W. (1820-1897) | Report of Lieut. J. W. Abert, of his Examination of New Mexico in the Years 1846-'47 [And] COOKE, Philip St. George (1809-1895) |
Washington, D. C. | 1848 | USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 132 | [CAPITAL PUNISHMENT]. Prayers for Prisoners Under the Sentence of Death. |
London | 1712 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 450.00 | |
| 133 | CARTER, Jimmy (b. 1924) | State of the Union Address and State of the Union Message. |
Washington, D. C. | 1980 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 134 | [CARTER, Jimmy (b. 1924), association]. | 1977 Inaugural Parade Script Book. |
Washington, D. C. | 1977 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 135 | CASH, Johnny (1932-2003) and CARR, Patrick. | Cash. The Autobiography. |
San Francisco | 1997 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 136 | CATHER, Willa (1873-1947) | Death Comes for the Archbishop. With drawings and designs by Harold Von Schmidt. |
New York | 1929 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 137 | CATHER, Willa (1873-1947) | The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather. |
Boston | 1937-41. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 |
| 138 | CHAMBERS, Robert W. (1865-1933) | The King in Yellow. |
Chicago | 1895 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 139 | ROBERTSON, [William, 1721-1793]. | L'Histoire du Regne de L'Empereur Charles-Quint. Ouvrage Traduit d l'Anglois. |
Amsterdam | 1771 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 450.00 |
| 140 | CHAUCER, Geoffrey (??-1400) | The Canterbury Tales. The New Ellesmere Chaucer Facsimile (of Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9) |
Tokyo | 1995 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 141 | GILBERT, Paul and BRYSON, Charles Lee. | Chicago and Its Makers. A Narrative of Events from the Day of the First White Man to the Inception of the Second World's Fair. |
Chicago | 1929 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 142 | BANCROFT, Hubert Howe (1832-1918) | The Book of the Fair. An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the World's Science, Art, and Industry, as Viewed through the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. |
Chicago and San Francisco | 1895 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 143 | [CHICAGO CRIME]. Juice Racketeers Report on Criminal Usury in the Chicago Area. |
Chicago | 1970 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 144 | [CHILDREN'S -- MATHEMATICS]. Marmaduke Multiply. |
Boston | 1841 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 145 | LEWIS, John. | The History of the Life and Sufferings of the Reverend and Learned John Wicliffe, D. D. Warden of Canterbury Hall, and Publick Professor of Divinity in Oxford. |
London | 1720 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 146 | CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S. (1874-1965) | Churchill Geschichte. [A History of the English-Speaking Peoples], Band I [-IV.] |
Bern | 1956-57. | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 147 | BROWN, J. Willard. | The Signal Corps, U. S. A. in the War of the Rebellion. |
Boston | 1896 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 148 | CLARK, George. | A Glance Backward Or Some Events in the Past History of My Life. |
Houston | ca.1914. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
| 149 | COKER, James Lide (1837-1918) | History of Company G Ninth S. C. Regiment, Infantry, S. C. Army and of Company E, Sixth S. C. Regiment, Infantry, S. C. Army. Prepared and Published by Request of the Survivors of These Companies. |
Charleston, SC | 1899 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 150 | COXE, Elizabeth Allen (Daughter of Charles Sinkler of Belvidere, 1843-1919) | Memories of a South Carolina Plantation During the War. |
N.p. | 1912 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,080.00 |
