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    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 3 - Session IV: Books from XVI to XX Century (First part) Session V: Books from XVI to XX Century (Second part), A54c, Firenze

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 10, 2024 - October 10, 2024
Page Size: 249 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
617 Scopoli Giovanni Antonio

Scopoli Giovanni Antonio, Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae... Pars 1 (- 3). Ticini: ex Typographia reg. & imp. Monasterii S. Salvatoris, 1786-1788.

Cantone Ticino 1786 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 2,772.00
618 Sebastiani Filippo Alessandro

Sebastiani Filippo Alessandro, Viaggio a Tivoli antichissima citta latino-sabina fatto nel 1825. Fuligno: tipografia Tomassini, 1828.

Foligno 1828 EUR 160.00 - 160.00 Not Sold
619 Soldi Mauro

Soldi Mauro, Descrizione degl'instrumenti, delle macchine, e delle suppellettili raccolte ad uso chirurgico e medico dal p. don Ippolito Rondinelli ferrarese... In Faenza: presso l'Archi Impress. Camerale e del S. Uficio, 1766.

Faenza 1766 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 5,292.00
620 Solis y Rivadeneyra Antonio (de)

Solis y Rivadeneyra Antonio (de), Istoria della conquista del Messico della popolazione, e de' progressi nell'America Settentrionale conosciuta sotto nome di Nuova Spagna... In Firenze: nella Stamperia di S.A.S. per Gio. Filippo Cecchi, 1699.

Firenze 1699 EUR 100.00 - 100.00 EUR 479.00
621 Tasso Torquato

Tasso Torquato, La Gerusalemme liberata [...] Con le figure di Giambatista Piazzetta alla sacra real maesta di Maria Teresa d'Austria... In Venezia: stampata da Giambatista Albrizzi q. Girol., 1745.

Venezia 1745 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 EUR 3,528.00
622 Tasso Torquato

Tasso Torquato, Aminta favola boschereccia... Crisopoli [i.e. Parma]: impresso co' caratteri bodoniani, 1789.

Parma 1789 EUR 250.00 - 250.00 EUR 425.00
623 Tassoni Alessandro

Tassoni Alessandro, La secchia rapita. Poema eroicomico [...] colle dichiarazioni di Gaspare Salviani romano, si aggiungono la prefazione, e le annotazioni di Giannandrea Barotti [...] e la vita del poeta composta da Lodovico Antonio Muratori... In Modena

Modena 1744 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 529.00
624 Tassoni Alessandro

Tassoni Alessandro, La secchia rapita. Poema eroicomico [...] colle dichiarazioni di Gaspare Salviani romano, si aggiungono la prefazione, e le annotazioni di Giannandrea Barotti [...] e la vita del poeta composta da Lodovico Antonio Muratori... In Modena

Modena 1744 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 875.00
625 Tissandier Gaston

Tissandier Gaston, Histoire des ballons et des aeronautes celebres [1783-1890]. Paris: H. Launette et C. Editeurs, 1887-1890.

Paris 1887 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 250.00
626 Toscano Isidoro, Pier Maria da Pederoba

Toscano Isidoro, Pier Maria da Pederoba, Lotto di 2 opere a carattere religioso. XVII-XVIII

1658 EUR 80.00 - 80.00 EUR 176.00
627 Trissino Gian Giorgio

Trissino Gian Giorgio, La poetica. (Al colophon:) Stampata in Vicenza: per Tolomeo Ianiculo, 1529.

Vicenza 1529 EUR 450.00 - 450.00 EUR 617.00
628 Valerius Maximus

Valerius Maximus, Valerio Maximo vulgare. (Al colophon:) In Venetia: per Albertino da Lissona vercellese, del 1504 adi 6 del mese de novembre.

Venezia 1504 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 945.00
629 Valerius Maximus

Valerius Maximus, Exempla quatuor et viginti nuper inuenta ante caput de ominibus. (Al colophon:) Venetiis: in aedibus Aldi et Andreae soceri, mense octobri 1514.

Venezia 1514 EUR 280.00 - 280.00 EUR 454.00
630 Vallisneri Antonio

Vallisneri Antonio, Nuove osservazioni, ed esperienze intorno all'Ovaia scoperta ne' Vermi tondi dell'Uomo, e de' Vitelli, con varie Lettere spettanti alla storia medica e naturale... Padova: Nella stamperia del seminario, appresso Gio: Manfre, 1713.

Padova 1713 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 605.00
631 Vallisneri Antonio

Vallisneri Antonio, De' corpi marini che su' monti si trovano; della loro origine; e dello stato del Mondo avanti 'l Diluvio, nel Diluvio, e dopo il Diluvio... In Venezia: Per Domenico Lovisa, 1721.

Venezia 1721 EUR 220.00 - 220.00 EUR 428.00
632 Vasi Giuseppe

Vasi Giuseppe, Itinerario istruttivo diviso in otto stazioni o giornate per ritrovare con facilita tutte le antiche e moderne magnificenze di Roma... In Roma: nella stamperia di Marco Pagliarini, 1763.

Roma 1763 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 EUR 1,386.00
633 Vergilius Maro Publius

Vergilius Maro Publius, Opera quaecunque extant... (Al colophon della seconda parte:) Impressum Venetiis in aedibus Alexandri Paganini inclyto Lauretano principe, duodecimo Kalen. Decem. 1515.

Venezia 1515 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 EUR 554.00
634 Vettori Pietro

Vettori Pietro, Delle lodi, et della coltivatione de gl'ulivi. In Firenze: nella stamperia de' Giunti, 1574.

Firenze 1574 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 693.00
635 Vialardi Francesco Maria

Vialardi Francesco Maria, Della famosissima Compagnia della Lesina dialogo, capitoli, e ragionamenti. In Milano: appresso Agostino Tradate, 1601. (Al colophon:) In Milano: per Gratiadio Ferioli, 1601.

Milano 1601 EUR 120.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
636 von Jacquin Nikolaus Joseph

von Jacquin Nikolaus Joseph, Observationum botanicarum [...] Pars I (-IV et ultima). Vindobonae: ex officina Krausiana, 1764-1771 (Al colophon:) Viennae: typis Josephi Kurzbock, 1764.

Wien 1674 EUR 500.00 - 500.00 EUR 693.00
637 Walras Leon

Walras Leon, Theorie mathematique de la richesse sociale. Lausanne, Paris, Rome, Leipzig: Corbaz; Guillaumin; E. Loescher; Duncker & Humblot, 1883.

Leipzig 1883 EUR 200.00 - 200.00 EUR 4,536.00
638 Wheler George

Wheler George, Voyage de Dalmatie, de Grece et du Levant. Tome premier (-second). A Amsterdam: chez Jean Wolters marchand libraire sul le Water, 1689.

Amsterdam 1689 EUR 150.00 - 150.00 EUR 554.00
639 Zasius Ulrich

Zasius Ulrich, Responsorum iuris sive consiliorum [...] liber primus [-secundus]. Lugduni: ad candentis Salamandrae insigne, in vico Mercenario, apud Sennetonios fratres, 1548 (Al colophon:) Lugduni: excudebat Benedictus Bonnyn impensis honestissimorum vi

Lyon 1547 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 630.00
640 Zuccagni Orlandini Attilio

Zuccagni Orlandini Attilio, [Atlante illustrativo, ossia Raccolta dei principali monumenti italiani antichi, del medio evo e moderni e di alcune vedute pittoriche per servire di corredo alla Corografia fisica storica e statistica dell'Italia]. [Firenze, 1

1845 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 EUR 1,890.00
  • 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
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    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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