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![<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. -
![<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.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
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Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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.
Marc van de Wiele Auctions: October Auction, 101824, Brugge
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 18, 2024 - October 19, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1066 | [JOHANNES HALGRINUS, SERMONS] | Leaf from Johannes Halgrinus de Abbatisvilla, Sermones de Tempore, in Latin, manuscript on vellum |
[Low Countries | second half of 13th century] | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 1067 | [LEAF from a LIBER BENEFACTORUM, most probably from SINT JANSKERK, MECHELEN] | Single leaf in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
[Flanders (most probably Mechelen) | dated 1537] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 1068 | [LEAF FROM AN EARLY SACRAMENTARY] | Leaf in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
[Germany (probably south) | 11th century] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 3,380.00 |
| 1069 | [LEAF from an ILLUMINATED MIDDLE DUTCH PRAYERBOOK, with an ANGEL] | Single leaf, in Middle Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
[Eastern Netherlands | second half of 15th century] | EUR 900.00 - 1,500.00 | EUR 2,600.00 |
| 1070 | [LEAF from an ILLUMINATED MIDDLE DUTCH PRAYERBOOK] | Single leaf, in Middle Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
[Eastern Netherlands | second half of 15th century] | EUR 700.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 1,560.00 |
| 1071 | [LEAVES from a BRUGES BOOK OF HOURS attributed to a named FEMALE ARTIST] | Ten leaves, each with a delicately painted flower on one or both sides, attributable to Cornelia van Wulfschkercke or her immediate workshop, illuminated manuscript in Latin on vellum |
[Low Countries (Bruges) | c. 1510-20] | EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 1072 | [MEDIEVAL LAW: JOHANNES ANDREAE on the CONSTITUTIONES CLEMENTINAE] | Four leaves, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
[Low Countries | 14th century] | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 1073 | [MISSAL LEAF] | Leaf in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
[Germany | 14th century] | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 1074 | [PALEOGRAPHICAL PALIMPSEST: leaf from a CAROLINGIAN SACRAMENTARY, MOSTLY OVERWRITTEN BY A 14th-Century user] | Single leaf, in Latin, manuscript on vellum |
[Germany | second half of the 9th century, and 14th century] | EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 | EUR 3,380.00 |
| 1075 | [PENTECOST] | Cutting probably from a Gradual, with a large historiated initial, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
[Southern Germany or Austria | c. 1500] | EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,340.00 |
| 1076 | [SIX LEAVES FROM A MIDDLE DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS] | Four separate leaves and a bifolium, all in Middle Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
[Low Countries (probably Flanders) | 15th century] | EUR 280.00 - 360.00 | EUR 260.00 |
| 1077 | [SIX LEAVES FROM A MIDDLE DUTCH BOOK OF HOURS] | Six leaves, in Middle Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
[The Netherlands | 15th century] | EUR 700.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 1078 | [SPANISH PRAYERBOOK] | Single leaf from a Spanish prayerbook, with prayers attributed to Elisabeth, queen of Spain, recited by her before she went to sleep, in Latin, illuminated Renaissance manuscript on vellum |
[Spain (probably Toledo) | c. 1530] | EUR 1,800.00 - 3,000.00 | EUR 2,340.00 |
| 1079 | [SS. FIACRE of BREUIL and CATHERINE of ALEXANDRIA] | Single leaf from a Book of Hours, with two historiated initials painted in camaieu d'or style, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum |
[France (probably Tours) | c. 1460-80] | EUR 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 1080 | [THE EXORDIUM MAGNUM CISTERCIENSE, a collection of texts on the BEGINNING of the CISTERCIAN ORDER] | Cutting from a single column, in Latin, manuscript on vellum |
[France | second half of the 13th century] | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,560.00 |
| 1081 | [THOMAS AQUINAS on ARISTOTLE'S PHYSICA] | Two near-complete leaves, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
[Low Countries | late 13th century] | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 1,105.00 |
| 1082 | [TWELFTH-CENTURY INITIAL 'Q'] | Cutting with large initial, from a decorated manuscript choirbook in Latin |
[France (probably north) | 12th century (probably mid-century)] | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 650.00 |
| 1083 | [TWELFTH-CENTURY INITIAL 'I'] | Cutting with large initial, from a decorated manuscript choirbook in Latin |
[France (probably north) | 12th century (probably mid-century)] | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 520.00 |
| 1084 | [TWELFTH-CENTURY INITIAL 'E'] | Cutting with large initial, from a decorated manuscript choirbook in Latin |
[France (probably north) | 12th century (probably mid-century)] | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 390.00 |
| 1085 | [TWO LEAVES FROM AN EARLY CHOIRBOOK] | Two leaves, in Latin, manuscript on vellum |
[France (perhaps south) | c. 1200] | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,430.00 |
| 1086 | [TWO LEAVES FROM THE CODEX JUSTINIANUS] | Two leaves from a large legal codex, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum |
[France | second half of 13th century] | EUR 500.00 - 700.00 | EUR 715.00 |
| 1087 | APULEIUS, Lucius | TABULA APULEI, ac postea ASINUS AUREUS, cum comm. Philippi Beroaldi, Bononiae, impr. a Benedicto Hectoris |
Bologna | 1500 | EUR 2,800.00 - 3,600.00 | EUR 4,160.00 |
| 1088 | BERTHOLDUS | Horologium devotionis circa vitam Christi |
[Bale | pas apres 1490] | EUR 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 | Not Sold |
| 1089 | BOCCACCIO, Giovanni | De Claris Mulieribus |
(Louvain | 1487) | EUR 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | EUR 14,300.00 |
| 1090 | BOETHIUS | De consolatione philosophiae (with commentary ascribed in the text to Thomas Aquinas) |
[Strassburg | before 6 Mar. 1491] | EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 | EUR 8,450.00 |
