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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’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. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
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.
Heritage Auctions: Historical Manuscripts, including Texana Signature Auction, 6305, Dallas
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 25, 2024 - September 25, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47026 | Wade Hampton | Wade Hampton Signed Sharecroppers' Agreement. |
Issaquena County, Mississippi | 1871 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 47027 | Samuel F. Smith | Samuel F. Smith Autograph Manuscript Signed of the First Stanza of "America." |
no place | 1895 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 47028 | John Burgoyne | British General John Burgoyne Autograph Letter Signed while Serving in the House of Commons. |
House of Commons | 1773 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 47029 | July 1776 Pay Order for "Fire Arms [and] Cartridge Boxes" Signed by the Selectmen of Danvers, Massachusetts. |
Danvers | 1776 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 47030 | Muster Roll for Captain Andrew Ellyot's Company for Two Months Service in Rhode Island in 1777. |
Massachusetts | 1777 | USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 | USD 812.50 | |
| 47031 | Thomas Gage | Thomas Gage Autograph Letter Signed. |
New York | 1770 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 968.75 |
| 47032 | John Hancock | John Hancock July 1776 Franking Signature on a Cover Addressed in his Hand as President of the Continental Congress. |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 47033 | Daniel Morgan | Daniel Morgan Document Signed. |
Frederick County, [Virginia] | 1793 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 47034 | Samuel H. Parsons | [American Revolution]. Samuel H. Parsons Autograph Document Signed. |
Colchester [Connecticut] | 1782 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 47035 | Timothy Pickering | Timothy Pickering Ledgers (2) of Receipts Issued as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. |
1782-1784 | USD 6,400.00 - 9,600.00 | USD 5,000.00 | |
| 47036 | Timothy Pickering | Timothy Pickering Autograph Letter Signed as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army. |
Newburgh | 1780 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 47037 | Samuel Adams | Samuel Adams Appointment Signed. |
Boston | 1796 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 47038 | Alexander Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed as Secretary of the Treasury. |
"Treasury Department | 1790 | USD 2,800.00 - 4,200.00 | USD 5,625.00 |
| 47039 | Alexander Hamilton | Alexander Hamilton Letter Signed with Second Franking Signature on Verso. |
New York | 1799 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 47040 | [Alexander Hamilton]. Timothy Pickering | [Alexander Hamilton]. Timothy Pickering Autograph Letter Signed. |
Philadelphia | 1793 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 47041 | John Hancock | John Hancock Military Appointment Signed. |
[Boston] | 1790 | USD 2,240.00 - 3,360.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 47042 | John Hanson | John Hanson Military Appointment Signed as President of the Confederation Congress. |
Philadelphia | 1782 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 47043 | Civil War Soldier's Archive of More than 100 Letters by Sergeant Mark Anthony Allen of Co. K, 153rd New York Infantry. |
1862-1864 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 42,500.00 | ||
| 47044 | Robert L. Annan | Robert L. Annan Presentation Speech Delivered to the Potomac Home Brigade. |
Frederick, Maryland | 1861 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 47045 | Laurence S. Baker | Laurence S. Baker Letters (2) Signed. |
Rockingham County, Virginia | 1863 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 937.50 |
| 47046 | Civil War Soldier's Letters by Samuel C. Barnum, Connecticut 11th Infantry, Company E. |
various locations | 1861-1863 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 47047 | Civil War Soldier's Letters (4) and Manuscript by Wilmon W. Blackmar, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. |
various places | 1863 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,125.00 | |
| 47048 | Confederate Bonds (15). |
1863 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,500.00 | ||
| 47049 | Civil War Soldier's Letters (4) by George H. Boone, 9th Illinois Cavalry. |
1862-1863 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,437.50 | ||
| 47050 | James R. Bright | Confederate Civilian Letter by James R. Bright Describing the Battle of Fort Donelson. |
Fayetteville, Tennessee | 1862 | USD 960.00 - 1,440.00 | USD 1,156.25 |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
