• 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.

New England Book Auctions: Fine Books and Ephemera List, 43, South Deerfield

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 24, 2024 - September 24, 2024
Page Size: 225 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101

Group of 3 volumes, as listed below. Folio, contemporary vellum; one cover torn and chewed with loss, some foxing, generally sound otherwise.

Vp vd Not Available USD 168.00
102 Locke, John.

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Folding table in volume 1 (frayed). 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf; lacking spine-labels and covers detached, some foxing and browning, etc. (McCorrison 860).

Brattleboro, VT or Boston 1806 Not Available USD 120.00
103 Mather, Cotton.

Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary sheep, clamshell box provided; lacking spine-labels, volume 1 covers detached, some foxing and browning, etc., ex-libris S. M. Worcester. FIRST AMERICA

Hartford 1820 Not Available USD 240.00
104 Hutchinson, Thomas.

The History of the Province of Massachusetts...The Third Edition. 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary sheep; shelf-worn, covers detached, generally sound.

Salem or London 1795; 1828 Not Available USD 96.00
105

Brinkley, John. Sammelband of 6 works extracted from various periodicals. 4 plates, equations within text. 4to, modern cloth, gilt-lettered spine-label; a few inner margins repaired, generally clean.

Np vd Not Available USD 168.00
106 [Brooke, Frances].

The History of Emily Montague. By Lady Julia Mandeville. 4 volumes. 12mo, contemporary acid-dyed calf, gilt-lettered spine-labels; spine-ends chipped, some covers detached, large Salem contemporary letterpress lending library bookplates

London: 1784 Not Available USD 270.00
107 Culpeper, Nicholas.

A Directory for Midwives: or, A Guide for Women, Newly corrected from many gross Errors. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo, contemporary calf; partially disbound, lacking about 20 leaves, some margin tears, etc., etc. SOLD-AS-IS.

London 1684 Not Available USD 84.00
108

Images Enfantines. Color lithographs. Folio, boards; cloth rebacked, front free endpaper detached.

Paris 1880s Not Available USD 24.00
109 Holmes, Oliver Wendell.

Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Illustrated. 8vo, gilt-decorated 3/4 brown leather; rubbed, Winslow Davis Robinson bookplate.

Boston 1858 Not Available USD 24.00
110 Ariosto, Ludovico.

Orlando Furioso...Secondo L'Edizione del MDXXXI pur cura di Ottavio Morali. Frontispiece. xxxvi, 547, [1] pages, including errata. Folio, gilt-decorated calf, all edges gilt; lacking spine, bookplates, generally clean and sound internally.

Milan 1818 [200/] Not Available USD 24.00
111

Album of Flowers. 24 (of 28) hand-colored botanicals, text and illustrations within blind-decorated borders, interleaved with blanks. 4to, black morocco decorated in gilt and blind; rebacked with most of original spine, lacking 4 plates.

London Circa 1850 Not Available USD 108.00
112

Group of 4 pamphlets bound in 1 volume, as listed below. 8vo or 12mo, calf-backed boards; covers detached, partially disbound, first with corrected imprint mounted to title verso.

Vp vd Not Available USD 60.00
113 Edward, Bryan.

The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. 22 maps and plates, most folding (1 large map bound upside down). 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary gilt-ruled calf; rebacked, covers detached, some foxing and browning, etc.

London 1807 Not Available USD 120.00
114 Twain, Mark.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Illustrated. 4to, publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black; shelf-worn, inner joints crudely reglued, etc.

New York 1885 Not Available USD 360.00
115 Twain, Mark.

The Prince and the Pauper. Illustrated. 4to, publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and black; spine-ends chipped, shelf-worn, inner joints taped, lacking free endpapers and crudely replaced, etc., etc.

Boston 1882 Not Available USD 84.00
116 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de..

The History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha. 4 volumes. 12mo, contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf; joints dried, generally sound, bound without all engraved plates. SOLD-AS-IS.

London 1731 Not Available USD 240.00
117 Blades, William.

The Enemies of Books. Second Edition. Illustrated, including folding and etched plates. 8vo, later morocco-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine-label, original wrappers bound in; inner front joint conserved, generally clean and sound otherwise.

London 1880 Not Available USD 132.00
118 [Bressler und Aschenburg, Fernand-Ludwig von].

Les Souverains du Monde. Engraved crests. Volumes 1, 3 & 4 (of 4). 8vo, contemporary mottled calf; lacking volume 2, 1 cover detached, some ink marginalia, etc. SOLD-AS-IS.

A La Haye 1721-22 Not Available USD 72.00
119 Livingston, David.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. 24 plates, wood-engraved except for steel-engraved portrait; folding geological diagram; 2 folding maps (one in rear cover pocket), woodcuts within text. 8vo, publisher's gilt-lettered cloth decorated in

London 1857 Not Available USD 108.00
120 Pennant, Thomas.

Of London. 10 (of 12) plates. 4to, modern cloth-backed boards; lacking 2 plates, some foxing, etc.

London 1790 [80/] Not Available USD 48.00
121

Report of the case of Joshua Stowe vs. Sherman Converse for a Libel. 8vo, self-wrappers, uncut; lacking signature 12 (4 leaves), some foxing and soiling, etc.

New-Haven 1822 Not Available USD 24.00
122 Boswell, James.

The Life of Samuel Johnson. 2 (of 3) plates, lacking the portrait. 2 volumes. 4to, boards; lacking engraved portrait, 1 cover detached, scattered foxing.

London 1791 Not Available USD 48.00
123 Boyle, Robert.

The Works. New Edition. Volume II (only). 6 engraved plates on 5 leaves. 4to, contemporary acid-dyed calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments; covers and title detached.

London 1772 Not Available USD 36.00
124 Lincoln, Abraham.

Complete Works. Biographical Edition. Illustrated. 12 volumes. 8vo, cloth, top-edges gilt; spine-ends frayed, generally sound, owner's ink stamps.

New York: -1905 Not Available USD 24.00
125 Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Essays. 8vo, publisher's cloth; spine chipped with loss, generally sound internally, George W. Briggs and L. B. R. Briggs ink ex-libris. FIRST EDITION. (BAL 5189

New York: -1905 Not Available USD 270.00
  • 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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