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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. -
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’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. -
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.
Swann Galleries: Fine Books, 2683, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 24, 2024 - October 24, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Papal Decretals and Bulls. | 17 folio-format broadsides and short pamphlets on a variety of issues related to the Roman Catholic church in Italy; many printed with decorative engravings and woodcuts, a few produced in honor of saints with images and verses; one printed on yellow pap |
Italy | circa 1587-1778. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 178 | Paradin, Claude (c. 1510-1573) | Devises Heroiques. |
Lyon | 1557 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 179 | Paul of Pergula [aka Paolo della Pergola] (d. 1455) | Compendium Logica: Logica Magistri Pauli Pergulensis. |
Venice | 22 February 1495/1496. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,080.00 |
| 180 | Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvar (1430-1504) | Sermones Pomerii Fratris Pelbarti de Themeswar Divi Ordinis Sancti Francisci de Sanctis: Incipiunt Feliciter. |
Hagenau | 30 September 1501. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 181 | Petty, Sir William (1623-1687) | The Political Anatomy of Ireland. |
London | 1691 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 182 | Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1578) | De la Institutione di Tutta la Vita de l'Huomo Nato Nobile, e in Citta Libera Libri I.X. in Lingua Toscana. |
Venice | 1543 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 183 | Pope Urban VIII [Maffeo Barberini] (1568-1644) | Parchment document in brown ink in a secretarial hand, old folds, some holes, signatures below; with lead Papal seal suspended from a cord looped through holes in the document, the seal uniting the cord; 19 x 14 1/2 in. |
Rome, | 4 December 1629. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.00 |
| 184 | Riolan, Jean (1577-1657) trans. Nicholas Culpeper | A Sure Guide; Or, the Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chyrurgery. |
London | 1657 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 531.00 |
| 185 | Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | Henry the Fifth |
London | 1623 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 186 | Smids, Ludolph (1649-1720) | Pictura Loquens. |
Amsterdam | 1695 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 187 | Smith, Adam (1723-1790) | An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. |
London | 1789 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 188 | Suckling, John (1609-1641) | Fragmenta Aurea. A Collection of all the Incomparable Peeces written by John Suckling. |
London | 1646 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 938.00 |
| 189 | The Inquisition. | Seven large format folio sheets printed on laid paper, some with decorative woodcuts and borders, most printed in the Italian language, threatening the population with fines, public floggings and the destruction of banned books, among other heretical act |
Italy | circa 1586-1622. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,420.00 |
| 190 | Toland, John (1670-1722) | Pantheisticon. Sive Formula Celebrandae Sodalitatis Socraticae. |
Cosmpoli [ie. London] | 1720 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 191 | Ubaldini, Petruccio (1524-1600) | Descrittione del Regno di Scotia |
Antwerp [ie. London | 1588 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 192 | Vico, Aenea (1523-1567) & Antonio Zantani (1509-1576) | Omnium Caesarum Verissimae Imagines ex Antiquis Numismatis Desumptae. |
[Venice | 1554 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 193 | Ziletti, Giovanni Battista (fl. mid-16th century) | Volumen Praeclarissimum ac in Primis Omnibus Jurisperitis Pernecessarium ac utilissimum. Omnium Tractatuum Criminalium. |
Venice | 1563 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 563.00 |
| 194 | Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) | Lulu stayed with Louisa May Alcott until she passed away in 1888. At that point, she was sent back to Germany to live with her father's family, where she lived into her 90s. Full transcripts of all three letters available upon request. |
Concord, MA, Concord, MA, [and] Boston, MA | [1880]; [1881]; [1885]. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 195 | Blake, William (1757-1827), ed. E. J. Ellis & W. B. Yeats. | The Works of William Blake, |
London | 1893 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 196 | Blake, William (1757-1827), ed. E. J. Ellis & W. B. Yeats. | The Works of William Blake, Poetic, Symbolic, and Critical. |
London | 1893 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 197 | Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) | Bleak House, |
London | March 1852-September 1853. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 198 | Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) | Dealings with the Firm Dombey & Son, |
London | October 1846-April 1848. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 688.00 |
| 199 | Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) | Our Mutual Friend, |
London | May 1864-November 1865. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 200 | Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) | The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, |
London | January 1843-July 1844. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 201 | Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, |
London | April 1838-October 1839. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
![<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.")
![<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.")
