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    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.
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    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 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.
  • 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.

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
270 Ray Man

Ray Man, Lotto di 22 opere tra cataloghi d'arte, inviti e 1 poster di Man Ray. XX secolo.

1900 EUR 70.00 - 70.00 EUR 113.00
271 Ray Man

Ray Man, Les treize cliches vierges. Milano: Sergio Tosi, 1968.

Milano 1968 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 63.00
272 Reggiani Mauro

Reggiani Mauro, In quarto. S.l.: Giorgio Lucini, 1974.

1974 EUR 90.00 - 90.00 EUR 101.00
273 Sartorio Giulio Aristide

Sartorio Giulio Aristide, Sibilla. Poema drammatico in quattro atti. Milano: L'Eroica, [1922].

Milano 1922 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 375.00
274 Sciascia Leonardo

Sciascia Leonardo, Il mare colore del vino. [Milano]: Cento Amici del Libro, [1984]. (Al colophon:) Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1984.

Verona 1984 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 252.00
275 Sereni Vittorio

Sereni Vittorio, La guerra girata altrove. Verona: Editiones dominicae [Franco Riva], 1969.

Verona 1969 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 277.00
276 Sereni Vittorio

Sereni Vittorio , Stella variabile. Litografie di Ruggero Savinio. [Milano]: Cento amici del libro, [1979]. (Al colophon:) Verona: Richard-Gabriel Rummonds e Alessandro Zanella, 1979.

Milano 1979 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 693.00
277 Shakespeare William

Shakespeare William, Songs from Shakespeare's Plays. Verona: [Officina Bodoni], 1974.

Verona 1974 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 302.00
278 Shaw Martin

Shaw Martin, Souvenir. Acis and Galatea. Masque of Love as Produced at the Great Queen Street Theatre, March 10th 1902. s.d.e. [i.e. 1902].

1902 EUR 50.00 - 50.00 EUR 63.00
279 Tasso Torquato

Tasso Torquato, Aminta. [Firenze]: Cento amici del libro, [1939]. (Al colophon:) Verona: Officina Bodoni di Giovanni Mardesteig, 1939.

Verona 1939 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 378.00
280 Trilussa [pseud. Carlo Alberto Salustri]

Trilussa [pseud. Carlo Alberto Salustri], Favole di Trilussa. Roma: Societa editrice di Novissima, 1920.

Roma 1920 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 227.00
281 Ungaretti Giuseppe

Ungaretti Giuseppe, Il porto sepolto poesie [...] presentate da Benito Mussolini con fregi di Francesco Gamba. La Spezia: nella stamperia Apuana di Ettore Serra, 1923.

La Spezia 1923 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,260.00
282 Valery Paul

Valery Paul, Le Cimetiere Marin - The Graveyard by the Sea. Londres - London: Martin Secker & Warburg, [1946].

London 1946 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 126.00
283 Valery Paul

Valery Paul, Cantique des colonnes. [Roma]: ERI Edizioni RAI, s.d. [i.e. 1959].

Roma 1959 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 819.00
284 Viani Lorenzo

Viani Lorenzo, Il martirio. Raccolta di XII Xilografie originali e dirette. Viareggio: Tipografia O. Ciani, [s.d. ma 1916 ca].

Viareggio 1916 EUR 480.00 - 480.00 EUR 3,276.00
285 Viani Lorenzo

Viani Lorenzo, Xilografia. Anno IIdeg, numero 17. Faenza: Stabilimento Grafico F. Lega, 1925.

Faenza 1925 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 454.00
286 Viani Lorenzo

Viani Lorenzo, Lorenzo Viani. 8 xilografie originali. Montecatini Terme: s.e., 1961.

Montecatini 1961 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 227.00
287 Villa Emilio

Villa Emilio, Heurarium. Roma: Edizioni EX, 1961.

Roma 1961 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 378.00
288 Walasse Ting

Walasse Ting, My Shit and My Love 10 poems. Bruxelles: Galerie Smith, 1961.

Bruxelles 1961 EUR 40.00 - 40.00 EUR 164.00
289

Curioso lotto di opere sulla Toscana. XVI-XIX secolo.

1500 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 403.00
290

Lucensis civitatis Statuta nuperrime castigata, et quam accuratissime impressa. (Al colophon:) [Lucca]: Ioannes Baptista Phaellus Bononiensis Lucensi aere publico Lucae impressit, 1539. Cal. Martiis.

Lucca 1539 EUR 800.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,638.00
291

Le dieci mascherate delle bufole mandate in Firenze il giorno di Carnovale l'anno 1565. Con la descrizzione di tutta la pompa delle maschere, e loro invenzioni. In Fiorenza: appresso i Giunti, 1566.

Firenze 1566 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 819.00
292

Istoria delle cose avvenute in Toscana; dall'anno 1300. al 1348. Et dell'origine della Parte Bianca, & Nera, che di Pistoia si sparse per tutta Toscana... In Firenze: Nella Stamperia de' Giunti, 1578.

Firenze 1578 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 214.00
293

Raccolta di rari e curiosi trattatelli riguardanti feste e tradizioni fiorentine tra il XVI e il XVIII secolo. XVII-XVIII secolo.

1614 EUR 170.00 - 170.00 EUR 1,260.00
294

Guida della citta di Firenze ornata di pianta e vedute. Firenze: s.e. [Antonio Campani], 1822.

Firenze 1822 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 300.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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