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  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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

Ader: Letters and Autograph Manuscripts, 156957, PARIS

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 08, 2024 - October 08, 2024
Page Size: 248 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART.

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART. Gran Quintetto per due Violini due Viole e Violoncello del Sig. Mozart. Ndeg 4 (Vienna presso Artaria et Comp. [ca 1810])

Vienna ca1810 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 520.00
52 Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART.

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART. Manuscrit musical (copie d'epoque), <>...

EUR 500.00 - 600.00 EUR 715.00
53

MUSIQUE. 17 partitions de musique gravee, lithographiee ou imprimee

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
54

MUSIQUE. 10 L.A.S.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 494.00
55

MUSIQUE. 4 L.A.S.

EUR 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
56

MUSIQUE MACONNIQUE. Musique gravee, Maurer-Tafellied. Durch drei mal drei ihr Bruder &c. mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, [s.l.n.d.]

s.l. n.d. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
57

MUSIQUE MILITAIRE. Auguste GUES. Manuscrit musical autographe signe, Pot Pourri compose d'airs anciens et modernes pour musique militaire, [vers 1840]

vers1840 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 585.00
58

MUSIQUE SACREE. Manuscrit musical, Te Deum, [fin XVIIIe siecle]

fin XVIIIe siecle EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 910.00
59 Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937). L.A.S., Mont Pelerin 2/3/[19]34, a son ami Lucien Garban chez l'editeur Durand a Paris

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,380.00
60 Jean RENOIR (1894-1979)

Jean RENOIR (1894-1979). 11 L.A.S. et 3 L.S., 1954-1966 et s.d., a Paul Meurisse

1954-1966 et s.d. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,430.00
61 Manuel ROSENTHAL (1904-2003)

Manuel ROSENTHAL (1904-2003). Manuscrit musical autographe signe, extrait de Jeanne d'Arc

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
62 Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868)

Gioacchino ROSSINI (1792-1868). Double portrait avec dedicace autographe signee, 1864

1864 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
63

SCHOLA CANTORUM. Periodique, La Tribune de Saint-Gervais. Bulletin mensuel de la Schola Cantorum, 1895-1905

1895-1905 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
64 Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828). Zwei Entr'actes zu dem Drama Rosamunde fur das Orchester (Wien, C.A. Spina, 1866)

Wien, C.A. Spina 1866 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
65 Johann STRAUSS fils (1825-1866)

Johann STRAUSS fils (1825-1866). La Reine Indigo. Opera-bouffe en trois actes (Paris, Au Menestrel, Heugel & Cie, [1875])

Paris, Au Menestrel, Heugel & Cie 1875 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
66

THEATRE. 35 lettres ou pieces de comediens, la plupart L.A.S.

EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
67

THEATRE. 71 lettres ou pieces de comediennes, la plupart L.A.S.

EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
68 Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901). L.A.S., [vers 1845 ?], a Peppina Appiani

vers1845 ? EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
69 Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883). Ein Albumblatt fur das Klavier (Leipzig, E.W. Fritzsch, 1871)

Leipzig, E.W. Fritzsch 1871 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
70

Richard WAGNER. Parsifal. Ein Buhnenweihfestspiel. Vom Orchester fur das Klavier ubertragen von Joseph Rubinstein (Mainz, B. Schott's Sohne, [1882])

Mainz, B. Schott's Sohne 1882 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 650.00
71 Hans Severus ZIEGLER (1893-1978)

Hans Severus ZIEGLER (1893-1978). Entartete Musik. Eine Abrechnung (Dusseldorf, Volkischer Verlag, [1938])

Dusseldorf, Volkischer Verlag 1938 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,210.00
72 Marcel ACHARD (1899-1974)

Marcel ACHARD (1899-1974). Manuscrit autographe signe, Le mouvement dramatique, [avril 1930]

1930 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
73

ALBUM AMICORUM. Album d'autographes, XIXe siecle

XIXe siecle EUR 7,000.00 - 8,000.00 Not Sold
74 Alphonse ALLAIS (1854-1905)

Alphonse ALLAIS (1854-1905). L.A.S., [Paris] 79 rue des Martyrs, a Pierre Valdagne

EUR 100.00 - 150.00 EUR 104.00
75 Ferdinand ALQUIE (1906-1985)

Ferdinand ALQUIE (1906-1985). 5 L.A.S., Caen et Montpellier 1941 et s.d., a Maurice Sachs

Caen et Montpellier 1941 et s.d. EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • 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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