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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. -
![<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.
Eldreds: Americana and Marine - Session II, 91324, East Dennis,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 13, 2024 - September 13, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8506 | by J. Scott Russell | The Modern System of Naval Architecture |
London | 1865 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 448.00 |
| 8576 | COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS |
Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 192.00 | ||
| 8581 | by Winfield M. Thompson and Thomas W. Lawson | The Lawson History of the America's Cup |
Boston | 1902 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 256.00 |
| 8609 | EDWARD S. CURTIS | PHOTO REPRINT "DIOMEDE BOAT CREW, ASIATIC SHORE IN DISTANCE" |
Cambridge, Mass., | 20th Century | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 89.60 |
| 8640 | CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "RIGHT WHALING IN BEHERING STRAITS & ARCTIC OCEAN WITH IT'S VARIETIES" |
Boston | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 352.00 | ||
| 8641 | CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "A SHIP ON THE NORTH-WEST COAST CUTTING IN HER LAST RIGHT WHALE" |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 | |||
| 8643 | SEVEN VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WHALESHIPS |
Late 19th/Early 20th Century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,024.00 | ||
| 8644 | SEVEN WHALING-RELATED PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS |
USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 102.40 | |||
| 8645 | CLARENCE W. DEMONTIGNY | Three whaling-related drawings. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 608.00 | ||
| 8661 | JOHN FAUNCE LEAVITT | Ship 'Charles W. Morgan' on the whaling grounds. |
USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,280.00 | ||
| 8662 | JOHN STOBART | Mystic Seaport The Charles W. Morgan at Chubb's Wharf by Moonlight. |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 256.00 | ||
| 8662A | JOHN STOBART | Chicago The Barkentine 'Naiad' Towing Past The Rush Street Bridge in 1872. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 416.00 | ||
| 8705 | PRINT "ONE HUNDRED AND TEN EDGARTOWN WHALING CAPTAINS 1820-1890" |
1939 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 1,408.00 | ||
| 8714 | N. CURRIER S | MALL FOLIO LITHOGRAPH "THE WHALE FISHERY 'LAYING ON'" |
20th Century | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 128.00 | |
| 8715 | Matthew Dubourg aquatints from drawings by J.H. Clark, | SET OF FOUR WHALING PRINTS Boats Approaching a Whale., "Shooting the Harpoon at a Whale.", "A Ships Boat Attacking a Whale." and "A Whale Brought Along-Side a Ship". |
London | 1813 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 576.00 |
| 8716 | CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "SPERM WHALING WITH ITS VARIETIES" |
Circa 1870 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 128.00 | ||
| 8717 | After William J. Huggins | COLOR ENGRAVING "SOUTH SEA WHALE FISHERY" |
Late 19th Century | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 192.00 | |
| 8718 | WHALING PHOTOGRAPH |
Early 20th Century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 416.00 | ||
| 8719 | WILLIAM GILKERSON | PRINT PORTFOLIO "AMERICAN WHALERS IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC" |
1983 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8720 | BARBARA JOHNSON | SET OF FOUR WHALING COLLECTION AUCTION CATALOGS |
USD 175.00 - 250.00 | USD 128.00 | ||
| 8748 | After Frederick Pansing. | CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "FALL RIVER LINE OLD COLONY STEAMBOAT COMPANY" |
19th Century | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8749 | After Frederick Pansing. | CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "FALL RIVER LINE MAMMOTH PALACE STEAMER BRISTOL" |
19th Century | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 160.00 | |
| 8750 | After Frederick Pansing. | CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "FRENCH LINE TWIN SCREW MAIL STEAMERS" |
Late 19th/Early 20th Century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 256.00 | |
| 8751 | Probably after Frederick Pansing. | CHROMOLITHOGRAPH "SCHNELLDAMPFER DES NORDDEUTSCHEN LLOYD IN BREMEN" |
Late 19th/Early 20th Century | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8752 | HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH OF THE STEAMSHIP "ARAGO" |
1860s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 160.00 |
![<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.")
