• 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.
  • 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.

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
370 Varchi Benedetto

Varchi Benedetto, Istoria delle guerre della republica fiorentina, successe nel tempo, che la casa de Medici s'impadroni del governo: scritta da Benedetto Varchi [...] colla vita dell'istesso, et un discorso, o apologia di Lorenzo de Medici ... In Leide:

Leiden 1723 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 302.00
371 Vasari Giorgio

Vasari Giorgio, Ragionamenti, sopra le invenzioni da lui dipinte in Firenze nel Palazzo di Loro Altezze... In Arezzo: Per Michele Bellotti, 1762.

Arezzo 1762 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 227.00
372 Villani Giovanni

Villani Giovanni, Croniche [...] nelle quali si tratta dell'origine di Firenze & di tutti i fatti & guerre... (Al colophon:) in Vinetia: per Bartholomeo Zanetti Casterzagense, 1537.

Venezia 1537 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 529.00
373 Villani Matteo

Villani Matteo, La Prima parte (-Seconda) della Cronica Universale de suoi tempi. In Fiorenza: appresso Lorenzo Torrentino, 1554.

Firenze 1554 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 214.00
374 Villani Matteo

Villani Matteo, Istorie di Matteo Villani [...] che continua quelle di Giovanni suo Fratello. Con l'aggiunta di Filippo suo figliuolo, che arrivano fino all'anno 1364... Firenze: Nella stamperia de' Giunti, 1581.

Firenze 1581 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 554.00
375 Vivoli Giuseppe

Vivoli Giuseppe, Annali di Livorno, dalla sua origine sino all'anno di Gesu Cristo 1840 [...]. Tomo primo (-quarto). Livorno: Giulio Sardi, 1842-46.

Livorno 1842 EUR 130.00 - 130.00 EUR 214.00
376 Ximenes Leonardo

Ximenes Leonardo, Del vecchio e nuovo Gnomone Fiorentino e delle osservazioni astronomiche fisiche ed architettoniche fatte nel verificarne la costruzione... In Firenze: Nella Stamperia Imperiale, 1757.

Firenze 1757 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,512.00
377 Ximenes Leonardo

Ximenes Leonardo, Della fisica riduzione della maremma senese [...] a' quali si aggiungono quattro perizie intorno alle operazioni della pianura grossetana. In Firenze: nella stamperia di Francesco Moucre, 1769.

Firenze 1769 EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 580.00
378

Biblia cum tabula nuper impressa & cum summariis nouiter editis. [Impressum venetijs: per symonem dictum bevilaqua, 1498 die octavo Maij].

Venezia 1498 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 2,520.00
379 Alberti Leon Battista

Alberti Leon Battista, Ecatonphyla. (Al colophon:) Stampata in Venesia per Bernardino da Cremona, 1491, del mese de mazo.

Venezia 1491 EUR 10,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 20,160.00
380 Antonino (santo)

Antonino (santo), [Incipit prologus tertie partis summe beati Antonini archipresulis florentini ordinis predicatorum]. (Impressa Venetijs industria atque impensa Leonardi wild de Ratisbona, 1480).

Venezia 1480 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 5,796.00
381 Augustinus Aurelius (santo)

Augustinus Aurelius (santo), Soliloquii. (Al colophon:) Impresso in Firenze: appresso a sancta Maria Maggiore, adi XVIII di giugno 1496.

Firenze 1496 EUR 550.00 - 550.00 EUR 3,780.00
382 Bracciolini Poggio

Bracciolini Poggio, (Historia Florentina). (Al colophon:) Impresso in Firenze per Bartolomeo p. fiorentino nel 1492 adi 3 di septembre.

Firenze 1492 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,000.00
383 Caracciolus Robertus

Caracciolus Robertus, Sermones quadragesimales de poenitentia. (Al colophon:) [Venezia:] Hailbrun alemannus Franciscus formis Veneta me pressit in urbe, 1472.

Venezia 1472 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 4,284.00
384 Gregorius [papa I]

Gregorius [papa I], Incomincia el libro de le omelie di mesere sancto Gregorio papa... (Al colophon a u5r:) Impresso a Mediolano [...] per li prudenti homini Leonardo pachel e uldericho scinzcenceller de allamagna [...] 1479 adi xx del mese de augusto.

Milano 1479 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 4,788.00
385 Hieronymus (santo)

Hieronymus (santo), Ordo, seu Regula vivendi Deo ad Eustochium. (Al colophon:) Stampata in Vinetia, per Maestro Manfrino da Monteferrato [...] De mese de aprile 1498.

Venezia 1498 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 12,600.00
386 Ioannes [papa XXI]

Ioannes [papa XXI], Textus et Copulata omnium Tractatuum Petri Hyspani etiam Parvorum logicalium et tractatus Syncathegorematum... (Al colophon della prima opera alla carta Ll5r:) [Nurnberg]: [Anton Koberger], Anno dni. 1494 quindecima Junij.

Nurnberg 1494 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 6,300.00
387 Lancelot du Lac

Lancelot du Lac, Le premier (-tiers) volume de Lancelot du Lac nouuellement imprime a Paris. (Al colophon:) Paris, Antoine Verard, 1 luglio-30 aprile 1494 [ma presumibilmente 1499].

Paris 1499 EUR 22,000.00 - 22,000.00 Not Sold
388 Nider Johannes

Nider Johannes, Incipit tractatus de morali lepra... [Basilea: Michael Wenssler, non dopo il 1475].

Basel 1475 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,284.00
389 Petrarca Francesco

Petrarca Francesco, [Canzioniere e Trionfi]. [Venetiis: per Magistrum Philippum Venetum de eo benemeritum, 1482 die XIIII Augusti].

Venezia 1482 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 3,276.00
390 Savonarola Girolamo

Savonarola Girolamo, Comincia la expositione di frate Hieronymo da ferrara sopra el psalmo lxxviii. Qui regis Israel... (Al colophon:) Impresso in Firenze ... Adi viii di guigno 1496.

Firenze 1496 EUR 1,600.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 2,772.00
391 Savonarola Girolamo

Savonarola Girolamo, Libro [...]: della verita della Fede Christiana, sopra el Glorioso Triompho della Croce di Christo. [Firenze]: [Bartolomeo de' libri], [1497].

Firenze 1497 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 5,796.00
  • 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. 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.
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