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  • Sotheby's
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    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. 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.

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
202 Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929)

Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929). P.A.S.

EUR 250.00 - 300.00 EUR 455.00
203 Louise de Bretagne-Avaugour, dame de CLERMONT (1518-1608)

Louise de Bretagne-Avaugour, dame de CLERMONT (1518-1608) fille d'honneur de Marguerite de Navarre, dame d'honneur de la Reine d'Espagne Elisabeth de Valois puis de Catherine de Medicis. L.A.S. <>, Tolede mercredi apres Paques [1560 ?]

Tolede 1560 ? EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
204 [Jerome CHAMPION DE CICE (1735-1810)

[Jerome CHAMPION DE CICE (1735-1810) prelat et homme politique, archeveque de Bordeaux puis d'Aix-en-Provence, nomme garde des sceaux par Louis XVI, il demissionna apres la constitution civile du Clerge]. 35 lettres et documents a lui adresses ou provenan

1791-1816. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,300.00
205

Etienne-Francois, comte puis duc de CHOISEUL-STAINVILLE (1719-1785) ministre de Louis XV. L.A.S. <>, Paris 4 aout 1749, au duc de Nivernois

Paris 1749 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 325.00
206

CHOUANNERIE. 3 manuscrits, [apres 1804]

apres1804 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 364.00
207

COMITE DE SALUT PUBLIC. P.S. par Bertrand Barere, Lazare Carnot et Robert Lindet, 27 brumaire II (17 novembre 1793)

1793 EUR 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
208

Anatole DEIBLER (1863-1939) bourreau. L.A.S., Paris 21 avril 1899

Paris 1899 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 416.00
209

DIVERS. 14 lettres ou documents, XVe-XVIIIe siecles.

XVe-XVIIIe siecles. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 975.00
210

DIVERS. Environ 160 documents, XVIIIe-XIXe s.

XVIIIe-XIXe s. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 286.00
211

DIVERS. 5 lettres et documents.

EUR 100.00 - 120.00 EUR 104.00
212

DIVERS. 3 documents.

EUR 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
213

Louise-Charlotte duchesse de DURAS, nee de NOAILLES (1745-1832) dame de compagnie de Marie-Antoinette, memorialiste. L.A.S. <>, Paris 1er fevrier [1827], au marquis de Charrier-Moissard a Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux

Paris 1827 EUR 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
214

EMPIRE. Guerre d'ESPAGNE. Manuscrit, Memoires d'un officier francais prisonnier en Espagne...

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,820.00
215

ETATS GENERAUX de 1789. Pierre Charles Laurent de VILLEDEUIL (1742-1828), controleur general des Finances et secretaire d'Etat a la Maison du Roi. 2 imprimes avec 3 signatures autographes, Versailles 24 janvier 1789 (Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1789)

Paris 1789 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 195.00
216

EURE. 12 plans (dont 9 dessines), 1795-1883.

1795-1883. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 234.00
217

FRANC-MACONNERIE. Brevet maconnique, Dijon 1er septembre 1803 : velin in-plano en partie imprime, riche decor symbolique grave, fragment de ruban bleu, cachet encre au dos.

Dijon 1803 : velin in-plano en partie imprime EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 494.00
218

GASCOGNE. [Frederic-Maurice III de GRAMONT DE VILLEMONTES (1713-1783)]. 46 lettres (la plupart L.A.S.) a lui adressees a Nerac, 1753-1783

1753-1783 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 EUR 650.00
219

Frederic-Maurice IV de GRAMONT DE VILLEMONTES (1760-1794) capitaine puis chef de bataillon dans le corps du Genie. 75 lettres ou pieces, la plupart L.A.S. a lui adressees, 1779-1794

1779-1794 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 3,380.00
220

GUERRE de 1870. 9 lettres et documents.

1870 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 650.00
221

GUERRE de 1870. Manuscrit, Amtliche Depeschen vom Kriegs-Schauplatz veroffentlicht durch das Konigl. Polizei-Prasidium, juillet-decembre 1870

Polizei-Prasidium 1870 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 EUR 195.00
222

GUERRE 1914-1918. Manuscrit autographe signe par M. Daynac, 1914-1915

1914-1915 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
223 Achille II de HARLAY (1606-1671)

Achille II de HARLAY (1606-1671) comte de Beaumont, conseiller au Parlement de Paris (1628-1635), maitre des requetes (1635-1661), procureur general au parlement de Paris (1661-1671), conseiller d'Etat. L.A.S., Paris 18 juin 1666, [a Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Paris 1666 EUR 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
224 [HENRI IV]. FRIEDRICH IV von der Pfalz, Frederic IV (1574-1610)

[HENRI IV]. FRIEDRICH IV von der Pfalz, Frederic IV (1574-1610) comte palatin du Rhin. Lettre manuscrite (minute ou copie d'epoque), Heidelberg 28 aout 1593, a Henri IV

Heidelberg 1593 EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
225

HISTOIRE et POLITIQUE. Plus de 75 lettres, cartes ou pieces, la plupart L.A.S.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 EUR 611.00
226 Jean JAURES (1859-1914)

Jean JAURES (1859-1914). Manuscrit autographe signe, Programme d'hier et programme de demain, [aout 1905]

1905 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,990.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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