• 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  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
  • 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

Kestenbaum and Company: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, and Autograph Letters, 107, Brooklyn

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 19, 2024 - September 19, 2024
Page Size: 290 items in 12 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 YISSACHAR BER GORDON..

Shevilei Olam Chadash ["Geography of the New World...The Americas and Australia."]

Warsaw 1870 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
102

Purim Gazette. Metropolitan Opera House.

New York 1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
103

Isaac Markens Archive.

v.p v.d. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
104 ISRAEL I. COHEN.

Autograph Letter Signed, written to L. Claude, Treasurer of Maryland.

Baltimore 1847 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
105

Five-Hundred Dollar Confederate State Bond.

Richmond, Virginia 1862 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
106

(Edward Salomon). Large printed certificate with manuscript additions. Appointment of Gustave Goldsmith as Captain of the 24th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers. Signed by Wisconsin Governor Edward Salomon. Additionally signed by August Gaylord, Adjutant Gene

Madison, Wisconsin 1863 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 375.00
107

Hebrew Manuscript: "Mischaberach for New Year & Yom Kipur. Property of Washoe Lodge... Reno, Nevada."

Reno "189..." USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
108

(Attributed to Richard Mayo). A Conference Betwixt a Papist and a Jew, or, A Letter from a Merchant in London, to his Correspondent in Amsterdam. FIRST EDITION.

London 1678 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
109

Reflections Upon Naturalization, Corporations, and Companies: Supported by the Authorities of both Ancient and Modern Writers. By a Country Gentleman. FIRST EDITION. With a contemporary presentation inscription on half-title: "To the Right Hon. the Lord T

London 1753 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 500.00
110

[Ya'akov Zinkin]. Sepher Ha'Emeth VehaShalom [polemic in support of the Machzikei Hadass Community, London]. First edition. Text in Yiddish. pp. 52. Chipped. Original printed wrappers, frayed. 8vo.

Lemberg 1893 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
111

"Wellington Road Synagogue Minute Book. 26th May, 1946 - 7th October 1952."

London 1946-52. USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
112

Manuscript written in English: "Diary of a Jewish Law Clerk."

Sandhurst, Australia 1857-61. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,125.00
113

Von Gottes Gnaden Johann Frantz Bischoff zu Constanz [.] Eberhard Ludwig, Hertzog zu Wuertemberg ... Nachdeme von Seiner Kayserl. Majest. [.] Carl der Sechste ... Ehrwuerdiger Durchleuchtig Hochgebohrner Lieber Vetter [.] viele tausend Pferde theils umgek

Vienna 1718 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
114

Circulare von der kaiserl. auch kaiserl. konigl. Landesregierung im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich unter der Enns: Die ausserordentlichen Ereignisse, welche seit einem Monathe auch in dem Erzherzogthum Niederosterreich die durch die ungesegnete Ernte der vori

Vienna 1805 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
115

Yeshayahu Raffalovich. Tephilah, a Lehrer fun Rosh Hashanah.

Rio de Janeiro 1935 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
116

Isaac Z. Raizman. Geshichte fun Yidden in Brazil - Historia dos Israelitas no Brasil.

Sao Paulo 1935 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
117

Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada.

Quebec 1834 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 812.50
118

Henri Cordier. Les Juifs en Chine. First edition.

Paris 1891 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
119

(Liturgy). Seder Tephilath Yisrael - Israelitisk Bonnebog for hele Aaret. * Bound With: Danske Bonner for Israeliter.

Copenhagen 1856 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
120

(Epidemic). Nous les Commissaires Deputes de la Chambre de Sante etablie de la Ville de Strasbourg [.] que tout Commerce & Negoce avec le Royaume de Pologne, de la Moldavie ...Quant aux Juifs des environs de cette ville ...L'entree an cette ville sera ref

Strasbourg 1770 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,375.00
121

Lettres Patentes du Roi, sur un Decret de l'Assemblee Nationale, portant que les Juifs, connus en France sous le nom de Juifs Portugais, Espagnols & Avignonois, y jouiront des droits de Citoyen actif. Donnee a Paris, au mois de Janvier 1790.

Caen 1790 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
122

(Napoleon Sanhedrin). Group of eight Autograph Letters Signed, written to

Paris 1806-07. Not Available USD 3,250.00
123

Collection of c. 25 printed pamphlets: Rules and Regulations of German Synagogues, Jewish Communities, charities and related communal Associations. All publications in German. Titles provided here in English translation. Many in original printed wrappers,

Berlin 1919 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
124

"Wiewoln ein Edler, Ehrnvester, Fursichtiger und weiser Rath dieser dess H. Reichs Stadt Nurnberg..."

Nurnberg 1647 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,125.00
125

Vermehrte Verordnung De 24ten Jul.1736. Wie es mit Schuld-Verschreibungen der Juden gehalten werden soll. Arolsen, den 24ten Julii 1736.

Arolsen 1736 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
  • 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.
  • 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.
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