• 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.
  • 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.

Arenberg Auctions: Live Auction October, 101124, BRUSSEL

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 11, 2024 - October 12, 2024
Page Size: 904 items in 37 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
877 [GASTELIER de LA TOUR, Denis-Francois]

Dictionnaire heraldique, contenant tout ce qui a raport a la science du blason [...]. Suivi des ordres de chevaleries dans le royaume & de l'ordre de Malthe.

1774 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 234.00
878 [LA RUE, Louis-Felix de]

Etat armorial de noblesse, chevalerie, & dignites accordes par S.M.I.R.A. depuis son avenement au throne jusqu'aujourd'hui. Dedie a Monsieur de Wavrans [...].

1775 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 312.00
879 LA ROQUE de LA LONTIERE, Gilles-Andre de

Traite de la noblesse, de ses differentes especes, de son origine, du gentilhomme de nom et d'armes [...]. Nouvelle edition, revue, corrigee & augmentee.

1710 EUR 80.00 - 100.00 EUR 78.00
880 SAINT-GENOIS de GRAND-BREUCQ, Francois-Joseph de

Monumens anciens essentiellement utiles a la France, aux provinces de Hainaut, Flandre, Brabant, Namur, Artois, Liege, Hollande, Zelande, Frise, Cologne, et autres pays limitrophes de l'Empire.

1782-1806 EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 494.00
881 FERWERDA, Abraham

Adelyk en aanzienelyk wapen-boek van de zeven provincien; waar by gevoegt zyn een groot aantal genealogien van voornaame adelyke en aanzienelyke familien.

1760 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 780.00
882 FOY-VAILLANT, Jean

Numismata imperatorum romanorum praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad postumum usque [...]. Editio prima romana plurimis rarissimis nummis aucta [...]. A postumo ad Constantinum Magnum.

1743 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 221.00
883 MIERIS, Frans van

Beschryving der bisschoplyke munten en zegelen van Utrecht in 't byzonder [...].

1726 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 91.00
884 ARBUTHNOT, John

Tables of antient coins, weights, and measures, explained and exemplified in several dissertations. To which is added, an appendix [...].

1754 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 182.00
885 VAN LOON, Gerard

Beschryving der Nederlandsche historipenningen: of Beknopt verhaal van 't gene sedert de overdracht der heerschappye van Keyzer Karel den Vyfden op Koning Philips zynen zoon, tot het sluyten van den Uytrechtschen vreede, in de zeventien Nederlands...

1723-1731 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 390.00
886 VAN LOON, Gerard

Hedendaagsche penningkunde, zynde eene Verhandeling van den oorspronk van 't geld, de opkomst en 't onderscheyd der gedenkpenningen; den aardt en de rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van 't syfferen der Ouden, den oorspronk der syfferletteren, t...

1732 EUR 180.00 - 200.00 EUR 208.00
887 [MAMBELLI, Marco Antonio]

Osservazioni della lingua italiana, raccolte dal Cinonio Accademico Filergata [...].

1722 EUR 120.00 - 150.00 EUR 104.00
888

Auteurs et philologie latins : 41 volumes, la majorite en francais.

18e et 19e s EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 117.00
889

Il primo [- terzo] libro dell'opere burlesche [...]. Ricorretto, e con diligenza ristampato.

1771 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 143.00
890 MURATORI, Lodovico Antonio

Della perfetta poesia italiana spiegata, e dimostrata con varie osservazioni [...].

1706 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 208.00
891 [SAUTREAU de MARSY, Claude-Sixte ; IMBERT, Barthelemy]

Annales poetiques, ou Almanach des muses, depuis l'origine de la poesie francoise.

1778-1786 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 364.00
892

De vrouwen-peirle, ofte Dryvoudige historie van Helena de Verduldige, Griseldis de Zagtmoedige en Florentina de Getrouwe [...].

c. 1800 EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 78.00
893 RACINE, Jean

Oeuvres.

1760 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 260.00
894 BANIER, Antoine ; LE MASCRIER, Jean-Baptiste

Histoire generale des ceremonies, moeurs et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, representees en 243. figures dessinees de la main de Bernard Picard [...].

1741 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,560.00
895

Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde, representees par des figures dessinees de la main de Bernard Picart [...].

1739 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 390.00
896 [CUSTIS, Charles]

Beschryvinge van de vreugde-teeckenen de welcke op den 3. mey 1749. sullen geschieden in het ses-hondert-jaerig jubile van het Heylig Bloedt onses saligmaeckers het welck rust in de stad Brugghe [...].

1749 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 156.00
897

Lyk-staetsie van zyne doorluchtigste hoogheid den heere Willem Carel Hendrik Friso, Prince van Orange en Nassau. Gehouden den IV. februari MDCCLII.

1755 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 338.00
898 PUTEANUS, Erycius

Pompe funebre du tres-pieux et tres-puissant prince Albert, archiduc d'Autriche, duc de Bourgogne, de Brabant, &c. Representee au naturel en tailles douces, dessinees par Jacques Francquart, et gravees par Corneille Galle. Avec une dissertation hi...

1729 EUR 1,250.00 - 1,550.00 EUR 1,170.00
899 TASSO, Torquato

La Gerusalemme liberata.

1771 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 247.00
900 VOLTAIRE

La Henriade.

1728 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 390.00
901 FLEMING, Hanns Friedrich von

Der Vollkommene Teutsche Soldat, welcher Die gantze Kriegs-Wissenschaft, insonderheit was bey der Infanterie vorkommt.

1726 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 1,300.00
  • 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. 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.
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