• 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.
  • 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
320 Fiorentini Francesco Maria

Fiorentini Francesco Maria, Memorie di Matilda la Gran Contessa propugnacolo della chiesa con le particolari notitie della sua vita e con l'antica serie degli antenati... In Lucca: appresso Pellegrino Bidelli, 1642.

Lucca 1642 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 756.00
321 Follini Vincenzo

Follini Vincenzo, Firenze antica, e moderna illustrata. T. I (VIII). In Firenze: presso Pietro Allegrini; presso Anton Giuseppe Pagani, e comp., 1789-1802.

Firenze 1789 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 504.00
322 Fossombroni Vittorio

Fossombroni Vittorio, Memorie idraulico-storiche sopra la Val di Chiana... Firenze: per Gaetano Cambiagi stampatore granducale, 1789.

Firenze 1789 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 403.00
323 Gamurrini Eugenio

Gamurrini Eugenio, Istoria genealogica delle famiglie nobili toscane, et umbre [...]. Volume primo (-quinto). In Fiorenza: nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri, 1668-1685.

Firenze 1668 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 819.00
324 Giuglaris Luigi

Giuglaris Luigi, Lucca maestra di vera liberta al figliuol prodigo. Oratione detta all'Eccell. senato in Palazzo [...] Nel 3. Sabbato di Quares. l'Anno 1653. In Lucca: appresso Pellegrino Bidelli, e Francesco Marescandoli, 1653.

Lucca 1653 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,260.00
325 Grazzini Anton Francesco (detto il Lasca)

Grazzini Anton Francesco (detto il Lasca), Tutti i trionfi, carri, mascherate o canti carnescialeschi andati per Firenze dal tempo del Magnifico Lorenzo de' Medici fino all'anno 1559... In Cosmopoli [ma Lucca]: s.e. [ma Filippo Maria Benedini], 1750.

Lucca 1750 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 277.00
326 Guidiccioni Alessandro

Guidiccioni Alessandro, Regole per le classi de' sacerdoti, et per ogn'altro chierico della diocesi di Lucca. In Lucca: appresso Vincenzo Busdraghi a stanza di Ottauiano Guidoboni, 1580.

Lucca 1580 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 428.00
327 Inghirami Francesco

Inghirami Francesco, Storia della Toscana compilata e in sette epoche distribuita [...]. Tomo primo (-sedicesimo). [Firenze]: Poligrafia Fiesolana, 1841-43.

Firenze 1841 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 328.00
328 L'Hermite de Soliers Jean Baptiste

L'Hermite de Soliers Jean Baptiste, La Toscane francoise contenant les eloges, et genealogies, des princes, seigneurs and grands capitaines du pais de Toscane [...] Ensemble, leurs armes, blazonnees en taille douce, avec les couronnes, manteaus, coliers,

Arles 1658 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 882.00
329 Lambardi Sebastiano

Lambardi Sebastiano, Memorie antiche, e moderne dell'isola dell'Elba... Firenze: s.e., 1791.

Firenze 1791 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 756.00
330 Lami Giovanni

Lami Giovanni, Lezioni di antichita toscane e spezialmente della citta di Firenze... In Firenze: appresso Andrea Bonducci, 1766.

Firenze 1766 EUR 380.00 - 380.00 EUR 554.00
331 Landini Placido

Landini Placido, Istoria dell'Oratorio di s. Maria del Bigallo e della venerabile Compagnia della Misericordia della citta di Firenze, con la descrizione di tutte le chiese che hanno la cura dell'anime, e il nome di tutte le strade di detta citta... In Fi

Firenze 1779 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 693.00
332 Lastri Marco

Lastri Marco, Ricerche sull'antica e moderna popolazione della citta di Firenze per mezzo dei registri del Battistero di S. Giovanni dal 1451 al 1774... In Firenze: Per Gaetano Cambiagi stampatore Granducale, 1775.

Firenze 1775 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 428.00
333 Lastri Marco

Lastri Marco, L'Osservatore Fiorentino sugli edifizi della sua patria. Per servire alla storia della medesima. In Firenze: Nella Stamperia di Giuseppe e Pietro Allegrini, e Comp. alla Croce Rossa, 1776-1778.

Firenze 1776 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 200.00
334 Lippi Lorenzo

Lippi Lorenzo, Il Malmantile Racquistato... In Firenze: Francesco Moucke, 1750.

Firenze 1750 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 EUR 630.00
335 Malavolti Orlando

Malavolti Orlando, Historia [...] de' fatti, e guerre de' Sanesi, cosi esterne, come civili. Seguite dall'origine della lor citta, fino all'anno 1555... In Venetia: per Salvestro Marchetti libraro in Siena, 1599.

Venezia 1599 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 328.00
336 Malespini Ricordano

Malespini Ricordano, Importante lotto di 8 opere storia locale fiorentina e toscana. XVIII-XIX secolo.

1700 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 479.00
337 Manni Domenico Maria

Manni Domenico Maria, Notizie istoriche intorno al parlagio ovvero anfiteatro di Firenze. In Bologna: per Tommaso Colli a S. Tommaso d'Aquino, 1746.

Bologna 1746 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 400.00
338 Manni Domenico Maria

Manni Domenico Maria, Delle antiche terme di Firenze. In Firenze: nella stamperia di Gio. Batista Stecchi, alla Condotta, 1751.

Firenze 1751 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 188.00
339 Mannucci Giuseppe

Mannucci Giuseppe, Le glorie del Clusentino... In Firenze: nella stamperia di S.A.S. per il Vangelisti, e Matini, 1674.

Firenze 1674 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 504.00
340 Manni Giuseppe

Manni Giuseppe, Serie de' Senatori Fiorentini... In Firenze: Nella stamp. di Giuseppe Manni, 1722.

Firenze 1722 EUR 180.00 - 180.00 EUR 403.00
341 Manuzio Aldo (il giovane)

Manuzio Aldo (il giovane), Le attioni di Castruccio Castracane de gli Antelminelli, signore di Lucca. Con la genealogia della famiglia: estratte dalla Nuova discrittione d'Italia. In Roma: Presso gli Heredi di Gio. Gigliotti, 1590.

Roma 1590 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 400.00
342 Miniati Giovanni

Miniati Giovanni, Narrazione, e disegno della terra di Prato di Toscana... In Firenze: presso Francesco Tosi, 1596.

Firenze 1596 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 1,008.00
343 Moreni Domenico

Moreni Domenico, Notizie istoriche dei contorni di Firenze dalla porta al Prato fino alla real villa di Castello... Parte prima (-sesta ed ultima). Firenze: [Cambiagi], 1791-95.

Firenze 1791 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 403.00
344 Morozzi Ferdinando

Morozzi Ferdinando, Dello stato antico e moderno del fiume Arno e delle cause e de' rimedi delle sue inondazioni [...] Parte Prima (-Seconda). In Firenze: Nella Stamperia di Gio Battista Stecchi, 1762-1766.

Firenze 1762 EUR 190.00 - 190.00 EUR 550.00
  • 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.
  • 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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