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    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.
  • 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.

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
145 Marinetti Filippo Tommaso

Marinetti Filippo Tommaso, I nuovi poeti futuristi. Roma: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, 1925.

Roma 1925 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 252.00
146 Marinetti Filippo Tommaso

Marinetti Filippo Tommaso, Gli Amori Futuristi. Programmi di vita con varianti a scelta. Cremona: Casa Editrice Ghelfi, 1922.

Cremona 1922 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 EUR 403.00
147 Marinetti Filippo Tommaso

Marinetti Filippo Tommaso, Les mots en liberte futuristes. Milano: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, 1919.

Milano 1919 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,134.00
148 Marinetti Filippo Tommaso

Marinetti Filippo Tommaso, Zang Tumb Tuuum. Adrianopoli ottobre 1912. Parole in liberta. Milano: Edizioni Futuriste di 'Poesia', 1914.

Milano 1914 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 756.00
149 Pasquali Simone

Pasquali Simone, Nella taverna di alluminio. Settembre 2022.

2022 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 150.00
150 Tato [pseud. di Sansoni Guglielmo]

Tato [pseud. di Sansoni Guglielmo], Tato raccontato da Tato. Milano: casa editrice Oberdan Zucchi, 1941.

Milano 1941 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 454.00
151

Lotto di 21 opere di letteratura italiana, alcune con dedica autografa degli autori. XX secolo.

1900 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 529.00
152

Valori plastici. Roma: s.e., 1918-1921.

Roma 1918 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 454.00
153

Il buonsenso degli idioti. S.d.e. [i.e. Firenze: s.e., 1926 ca.].

Firenze 1926 EUR 20.00 - 20.00 EUR 189.00
154

Curiosissima e variegata raccolta di 291 carte illustrate per pacchi e pacchetti di negozi e botteghe di varie citta italiane (dai panifici alle pasticcerie, dai negozi di tessuti ai calzaturifici), stampate in gran parte su carta velina. s.d.e. [i.e. 195

1951 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 302.00
155

[The Lord's Prayer]. s.d.e. [i.e.: Mainz: 1952 ca.].

1952 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 175.00
156 Bilenchi Romano

Bilenchi Romano, Vita di Pisto. Torino: Il Selvaggio, 1931.

Torino 1931 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 630.00
157 Carducci Giosue

Carducci Giosue , Nuove poesie di Enotrio Romano. Imola: Tip. D'Ignazio Galeati, 1873.

Imola 1873 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
158 Cecconi Eugenio

Cecconi Eugenio, ...fra le carte di Eugenio Cecconi. Firenze: Tipografia di S. Landi, [1906].

Firenze 1906 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 239.00
159 Christie Agatha

Christie Agatha, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. A detective story. London: John Lane, 1921.

London 1921 EUR 460.00 - 460.00 EUR 1,890.00
160 Costa Corrado

Costa Corrado, PseudoBaudelaire. Milano: All'insegna del Pesce d'oro, 1986.

Milano 1986 EUR 60.00 - 60.00 EUR 88.00
161 D'Annunzio Gabriele

D'Annunzio Gabriele, La Reggenza Italiana del Carnaro. Disegno di un nuovo ordinamento dello Stato Libero di Fiume. In Roma: Presso la Fionda, 1920.

Roma 1920 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 504.00
162 Disney Walter

Disney Walter, Lotto di 23 Edizioni Walt Disney. 1935-1951.

1935 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 428.00
163 Eco Umberto

Eco Umberto, Il Codice Temesvar. Milano: Edizioni Rovello, 2005.

Milano 2005 EUR 70.00 - 70.00 EUR 214.00
164 Gadda Carlo Emilio

Gadda Carlo Emilio, La madonna dei filosofi. Firenze: Edizione di Solaria, 1931.

Firenze 1931 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 302.00
165 Gadda Carlo Emilio

Gadda Carlo Emilio, Il castello di Udine. Firenze: La Solaria, 1934.

Firenze 1934 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 250.00
166 Garatti Celso Maria

Garatti Celso Maria, Italiani di Mussolini in A.O. Bologna: Licinio Cappelli Editore, Anno XIV (ma alla pagina di copyright: 1937-XV).

Bologna 1937 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,142.00
167 Gatto Alfonso

Gatto Alfonso, Isola. Napoli: Edizioni Libreria del Novecento, 1932.

Napoli 1932 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 454.00
168 Gatto Alfonso

Gatto Alfonso, Morto ai paesi. Modena: Edizioni Guanda, 1937.

Modena 1937 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 214.00
169 Gatto Alfonso

Gatto Alfonso, L'allodola. Milano: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1943.

Milano 1943 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 227.00
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  • 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.
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