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  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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

Sothebys: The Library of Pierre Berge: The Final Chapter - online 10/14, pf2433, Paris

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 28, 2024 - October 28, 2024
Page Size: 228 items in 10 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Alberti, Leone Battista

Opera.

Florence [vers 1499]. EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,600.00
2 Boccacio, Giovanni

Incomincia lopra [...] chiamata per nome ameto overe comoedia de nymphe fiorentine.

Trevise 1479 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 10,200.00
3 Boiardo, Matteo Maria

Sonetti e Canzone del Poeta Clarissimo Matthe[o] Maria Boiardo Co[n]te di Scandiano.

Reggio nell'Emilia 1499 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 19,200.00
4 Beccuti, Francesco, dit "Il Coppetta"

Rime di Francesco Coppetta de' Beccuti, Perugino.

Venise 1580 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,120.00
5 Belleau, Remy

Odes d'Anacreon, Teien, Poete grec. Traduictes en francois par R. Belleau. Ensemble quelques petites hymnes de son invention [...] Plus quelques vers Macaroniques du mesme Belleau.

Paris 1573 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 2,280.00
6 Benivieni, Girolamo

[Canzoni e sonetti dell'amore e della belleza divina, con commento].

Florence 7 septembre 1500. EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 14,400.00
7

La Bible qui est toute la Saincte Escriture : contenant le Vieil & le Nouveau Testament.

[Geneve ou Lyon] 1567 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,600.00
8 Camoes, Luis de

Os Lusiadas. Polo original antigo agora novamente impressos.

Em Lisboa 1597 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 13,200.00
9 Colonna, Francesco

Hypnerotomachie, ou Discours du songe de Poliphile, deduisant comme Amour le combat a l'occasion de Polia. Soubz la fiction de quoy l'aucteur monstrant que toutes choses terrestres ne sont que vanite, traicte de plusieurs matieres profitables, & dignes de

Paris 1546 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 33,600.00
10 Della Casa, Giovanni

Rime, et prose.

Venise 1558 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,360.00
11 Jacopone da Todi, Jacopo de' Benedetti, dit

Laude de lo contemplativo & extatico B.F. Jacopone... Item alcune laude de. S. Thomaso de aquino & certe altre laude de doctori dignissimi che i[n] le prime no[n] erano.

Venise 1514 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 2,640.00
12 [Litterature et histoire du XVIe au XIXe siecle]

[Litterature et histoire du XVIe au XIXe siecle] Reunion d'environ 28 ouvrages en 42 volumes, la plupart en reliure de l'epoque.

EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 10,200.00
13 Montaigne, Michel de

Essais. Cinquiesme edition augmentee d'un troisiesme livre : et de six cens additions aux deux premiers.

Paris 1588 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 28,800.00
14 Muret, Marc-Antoine

Juvenilia.

Paris 1552 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 2,640.00
15 Rojas, Fernando de

Celestina. Tragicomedia de Calisto & Melibea novamente tradocta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma. [...].

Venise 10 decembre 1519. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 15,600.00
16 Ronsard, Pierre de

Les Amours de P. de Ronsard Vandomois, nouvellement augmentees par lui, & commentees par Marc Antoine de Muret. Plus quelques Odes de l'auteur, non encor imprimees.

Paris 1553 [1554-1555]. EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 10,200.00
17 Sceve, Maurice

Microcosme.

Lyon 1562 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 78,000.00
18 Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne

[Recueil d'oraisons funebres].

Paris 1669-1687. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 13,200.00
19 [Du Bois-Hus, Gabriel]

La Nuict des nuicts. Le Jour des jours. Le Miroir du destin. Ou la Nativite du Daufin du Ciel. La Naissance du Daufin de la terre. Et le Tableau de ses Avantures fortunees.

Paris 1641 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 2,280.00
20 [La Bruyere, Jean de]

Les Caracteres de Theophraste traduits du grec. Avec les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle.

Paris 1688 EUR 700.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 3,840.00
21 [La Tuillerie, Jean-Francois Juvenon de] - Champmesle

Les Fragmens de Moliere. Comedie. [Relies a la suite de quatre autres pieces].

Paris 1682 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,200.00
22 [Maine, Louis-Auguste de Bourbon duc du]

OEuvres diverses d'un enfant de sept ans.

[1678]. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 9,600.00
23 Marino, Giambattista, dit le Cavalier Marin

L'Adone [...] Con gli argomenti del Conte Fortuniano Sanvitale, et l'allegorie di Don Lorenzo Scoto.

Paris 1623 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 4,560.00
24 [Pascal, Blaise]

Les Provinciales, ou Les Lettres escrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial de ses amis [...].

Cologne 1657 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 5,040.00
25 Perrin, Pierre

Les OEuvres de Poesie [...] contenant les jeux de poesie, diverses Poesies Galantes, des Paroles de Musique, Airs de la Cour, Airs a Boire, Chansons, Noels et Motets, une Comedie en Musique, l'Entree de la Reyne, et la Chartreuse, ou la Sainte Solitude.

Paris 1661 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 480.00
  • 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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