• 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.
  • 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.

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
295 Adriani Giovanni Battista

Adriani Giovanni Battista, Istoria de' suoi tempi [...]. Divisa in libri ventidue Di nuovo mandata in luce. Con li sommarii, e tavola delle cose piu notabili. In Firenze: nella stamperia de i Giunti, 1583.

Firenze 1583 EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 375.00
296 Ammirato Scipione

Ammirato Scipione, Delle famiglie nobili fiorentine... In Firenze: appresso Gio: Donato, e Bernardino Giunti, & compagni, 1615.

Firenze 1615 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 630.00
297 Ammirato Scipione

Ammirato Scipione, Istorie Fiorentine [...]. Parte prima [-seconda]. In Firenze: A. Massi, 1641-47.

Firenze 1641 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 454.00
298 Anziani Angelo

Anziani Angelo, Compendio istorico della provincia di Lunigiana. Parma: per li fratelli Borsi, 1780.

Parma 1780 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 302.00
299 Bardi Giovanni

Bardi Giovanni, Memorie del calcio fiorentino tratte da diverse scritture... In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S, 1688.

Firenze 1688 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,890.00
300 Bocchi Francesco

Bocchi Francesco, Ragionamento sopra l'huomo da bene... In Firenze: nella Stamperia di Michelagnolo Sermartelli, 1600.

Firenze 1600 EUR 240.00 - 240.00 EUR 328.00
301 Borghini Vincenzo

Borghini Vincenzo, Discorsi [...]. Al serenissimo Francesco Medici gran duca di Toscana. Parte prima (-seconda). Recati a luce da' deputati per suo testamento. In Fiorenza: nella stamperia di Filippo, e Iacopo Giunti, e fratelli, 1584-85.

Firenze 1584 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 554.00
302 Brocchi Giuseppe Maria

Brocchi Giuseppe Maria, Vite de' santi e beati fiorentini... In Firenze: nella stamperia di Gaetano Albizzini, 1742.

Firenze 1742 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 479.00
303 Brocchi Giuseppe Maria

Brocchi Giuseppe Maria, Descrizione della provincia del Mugello con la carta geografica del medesimo... In Firenze: nella stamperia d'Anton Maria Albizzini, 1748.

Firenze 1748 EUR 340.00 - 340.00 EUR 454.00
304 Brocchi Giuseppe Maria

Brocchi Giuseppe Maria, Descrizione della provincia del Mugello con la carta geografica del medesimo... In Firenze: nella stamperia d'Anton Maria Albizzini, 1748.

Firenze 1748 EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 454.00
305 Bruni Francesco

Bruni Francesco, Storia dell'I. e R. Spedale di S. Maria degl'Innocenti di Firenze e di molti altri... Firenze: Stamperia gran-ducale, 1819.

Firenze 1819 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 403.00
306 Buoninsegni Domenico

Buoninsegni Domenico, Historia fiorentina. In Fiorenza: appresso Giorgio Marescotti, 1580 (Al colophon:) In Fiorenza: nella stamperia di Giorgio Marescotti, 1580.

Firenze 1580 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 625.00
307 Casotti Giovanni Battista

Casotti Giovanni Battista, Memorie istoriche della miracolosa immagine di Maria Vergine dell'Impruneta... In Firenze: appresso Giuseppe Manni, 1714.

Firenze 1714 EUR 260.00 - 260.00 EUR 630.00
308 Cecina Lorenzo Aulo

Cecina Lorenzo Aulo, Notizie istoriche della citta di Volterra alle quali si aggiunge le serie de' Podesta, e Capitani del Popolo di essa... In Pisa: per Gio. Paolo Giovannelli, e Compagni, 1758.

Pisa 1758 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 252.00
309 Cocchi Antonio

Cocchi Antonio, Dei Bagni di Pisa. Trattato. In Firenze: Nella Stamperia Imperiale, 1750.

Firenze 1750 EUR 170.00 - 170.00 EUR 693.00
310 Coppi Giovanni Vincenzo

Coppi Giovanni Vincenzo, Annali memorie ed huomini illustri di Sangimignano ove si dimostrano le leghe e guerre delle repubbliche toscane [...] al serenissimo principe Ferdinando di Toscana. In Firenze: nella stamperia di Cesare, e Francesco Bindi, 1695.

Firenze 1695 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 479.00
311 Corte dei Mercanti (Lucca)

Corte dei Mercanti (Lucca), Li Statuti de la Corte de mercadanti de la magnifica citta di Lucca. In Lucca: per Vincenti Busdraghi, 1557.

Lucca 1557 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
312 Corte dei Mercanti (Lucca)

Corte dei Mercanti (Lucca), Li Statuti de la Corte de mercadanti de la magnifica citta di Lucca. In Lucca: per Vincenti Busdraghi, 1557 (1581).

Lucca 1557 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
313 Covoni Girolami Marco

Covoni Girolami Marco, Regolamento del Regio Arcispedale di Santa Maria Nuova di Firenze. Firenze: Per Gaetano Cambiagi stampatore granducale, 1783.

Firenzerenze 1783 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 693.00
314 Dal Borgo Flaminio

Dal Borgo Flaminio, Dissertazioni sopra l'istoria pisana [...]. Tomo I. Parte I (-II). In Pisa: per Gio. Paolo Giovannelli, 1761-1768.

Pisa 1761 EUR 140.00 - 140.00 EUR 378.00
315 Dal Pozzo Giulio

Dal Pozzo Giulio, Maraviglie heroiche del sesso donnesco memorabili nella Duchessa Matilda Marchesana Malspina, Contessa di Canossa... In Verona: Per Gio: Battista Merlo, 1678.

Verona 1678 EUR 480.00 - 480.00 EUR 605.00
316 Del Migliore Ferdinando Leopoldo

Del Migliore Ferdinando Leopoldo, Firenze citta nobilissima. Firenze: stamperia della Stella, 1684.

Firenze 1684 EUR 320.00 - 320.00 EUR 529.00
317 Del Rosso Giuseppe

Del Rosso Giuseppe, Una giornata d'istruzione a Fiesole... Firenze: dalla tipografia di Luigi Pezzati, 1826.

Firenze 1826 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 302.00
318 Doni Anton Francesco

Doni Anton Francesco, I marmi. In Vinegia: per Francesco Marcolini, 1552.

Venezia 1552 EUR 550.00 - 550.00 EUR 693.00
319 Feroni Silvio

Feroni Silvio, Ragionamenti intorno allo stato del fiume Arno e dell'acque della Valdinievole. In Colonia [i.e. Toscana]: appresso Hans Wetergroot, 1732.

Toscana 1732 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 554.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
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