• 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Gonnelli Casa DAste: Books, Autographs and Manuscripts - Day 2 Session II: Futurism, 20th Century editions, Anastatics, Art books; Session III: Tuscan local history, Incunabula , A54b, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 09, 2024 - October 09, 2024
Page Size: 272 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
345 Morozzi Ferdinando

Morozzi Ferdinando, Delle case de' contadini trattato architettonico... In Firenze: per Gaet. Cambiagi, 1770.

Firenze 1770 EUR 170.00 - 170.00 EUR 600.00
346 Mozzi Marco Antonio

Mozzi Marco Antonio, Storia di S. Cresci e de' ss. compagni martiri e della chiesa del medesimo santo posta in Valcava del Mugello... In Firenze: nella stamperia di S.A.R. per Anton Maria Albizzini, 1710.

Firenze 1710 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,268.00
347 Nerli Filippo (de')

Nerli Filippo (de'), Commentarj de' fatti civili. Occorsi dentro la citta di Firenze... In Augusta [i.e. Firenze]: Appresso David Raimondo Mertz e Gio. Jacopo Majer, 1728.

Firenze 1728 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 378.00
348 Pagnini Giovanni Francesco

Pagnini Giovanni Francesco, Della decima e di varie altre gravezze imposte dal comune di Firenze Della moneta e della mercatura de' Fiorentini [...]. Tomo primo (-quarto). Lisbona, e Lucca [i.e. Firenze: Giuseppe Bouchard librajo in Firenze editore], 1765

Firenze 1765 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
349 Passerini Luigi

Passerini Luigi, Sommario storico delle famiglie celebri toscane... Firenze: Alessandro, Ulisse Diligenti, 1862-64.

Firenze 1862 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 525.00
350 Poggi Giuseppe

Poggi Giuseppe, Sui lavori per l'ingrandimento di Firenze... Firenze: G. Barbera, 1882.

Firenze 1882 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 378.00
351 Poliziano Angelo

Poliziano Angelo, Conjurationis Pactianae anni 1478. Commentarium. Documentis, figuris, notis nunc primum inlustratum cura et studio Ioannis Adimari... Neapoli: s.e., 1769.

Napoli 1769 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 580.00
352 Puccinelli Placido

Puccinelli Placido, Istoria dell'eroiche attioni di Ugo il grande duca della Toscana, di Spoleto... In Milano: per Giulio Cesare Malatesta, 1664.

Milano 1664 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 302.00
353 Razzi Silvano

Razzi Silvano, Vite di cinque huomini illustri, m. Farinata degl'Uberti, Duca d'Athene, m. Salvestro Medici, Cosimo Med. il piu vecchio, e Francesco Valori... In Firenze: nella stamperia de Giunti, 1602.

Firenze 1602 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 504.00
354 Redi Francesco

Redi Francesco, Bacco in Toscana. Ditirambo [...] Con le Annotazioni. In Firenze: Per Piero Matini all'Insegna del Lion d'Oro, 1685.

Firenze 1685 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 EUR 425.00
355 Repetti Emanuele

Repetti Emanuele, Dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana... Firenze: Presso l'Autore e editore coi tipi di Tofani; Allegrini e Mazzoni; Mazzoni, 1833-1846.

Firenze 1833 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 202.00
356 Richa Giuseppe

Richa Giuseppe, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine divise ne' suoi quartieri [...]. Tomo Primo (-decimo postumo ed ultimo). In Firenze: nella stamperia di Pietro Gaetano Viviani, 1754-1762.

Firenze 1754 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,260.00
357 Rondinelli Francesco

Rondinelli Francesco, Relazione del contagio stato in Firenze. L'anno 1630, e 1633, coll'aggiunta del catalogo di tutte le pestilenze piu celebri, che sono state nel mondo... In Firenze: nella stamperia di S.A.R., per Jacopo Guiducci, e Santi Franchi, 171

Firenze 1714 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 403.00
358 Salvini Anton Maria

Salvini Anton Maria, Prose toscane... In Firenze: nella stamp. di S.A.R. per i Guiducci, e Franchi, 1715.

Firenze 1715 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 239.00
359 Salvini Salvino

Salvini Salvino, Fasti consolari dell'Accademia fiorentina... In Firenze: per Gio. Gaetano Tartini, e Santi Franchi, 1717.

Firenze 1717 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 2,016.00
360 Segni Alessandro

Segni Alessandro, Importante lotto di 10 opere di genealogia di alcune famiglie celebri toscane. XVII-XIX secolo.

1600 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 882.00
361 Segni Bernardo

Segni Bernardo, Storie fiorentine [...] dall'anno 1527 al 1555. Colla vita di Niccolo Capponi... In Augusta [Firenze]: Appresso David Raimondo Mertz e Giovanni Giacomo Majer, 1723.

Firenze 1723 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 479.00
362 Signorini Telemaco

Signorini Telemaco, Caricaturisti e caricaturati al caffe 'Michelangiolo'. Firenze: stabilimento G. Civelli, 1893.

Firenze 1893 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 EUR 139.00
363 Soldani Ambrogio

Soldani Ambrogio, Saggio orittografico ovvero osservazioni sopra le terre nautilitiche ed ammonitiche della Toscana. In Siena: nella stamperia di Vincenzo Pazzini Carli e Figli, 1780.

Siena 1780 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 693.00
364 Soldini Francesco Maria

Soldini Francesco Maria, Delle eccellenze e grandezze della nazione fiorentina. Dissertazione storico-filosofica... Firenze: Nella stamperia Vanni, e Tofani, 1780.

Firenze 1780 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 750.00
365 Strozzi Giovanni Battista

Strozzi Giovanni Battista, Importante lotto di 9 opere sulla casata dei Medici. XVI-XX secolo.

1500 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,260.00
366 Tramontani Luigi

Tramontani Luigi, Istoria naturale del Casentino con la vera teoria della terra... Firenze: Stamperia della Carita, 1812 [i.e. 1801?].

Firenze 1812 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 252.00
367 Tronci Paolo

Tronci Paolo, Memorie istoriche della citta di Pisa. In Livorno: appresso Gio. Vincenzo Bonfigli, 1682.

Livorno 1682 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 302.00
368 Varchi Benedetto

Varchi Benedetto, Orazione funerale [...] recitata [...] pubblicamente nell'essequie di Michelagnolo Buonarroti in Firenze, nella chiesa di San Lorenzo... In Firenze: appresso i Giunti, 1564 (Al colophon:) In Firenze: appresso i Giunti, 1564.

Firenze 1564 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,520.00
369 Varchi Benedetto

Varchi Benedetto, Storia fiorentina. Nella quale principalmente si contengono l'ultime revoluzioni della repubblica fiorentina, e lo stabilimento del principato nella casa de' Medici... In Colonia [i.e. Augusta]: appresso Pietro Martello [i.e. Paolo Kuhzi

Augusta 1721 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 450.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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