• 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
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    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.

Sothebys: Arts of the Islamic World and India, L24223, London

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2024 - October 23, 2024
Page Size: 46 items in 2 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Yaqut Raqam Khan, known as 'Arif Muhammad, India, Mughal, 18th century, with lacquer binding signed by 'Ali Ashraf, dated 1159 AH/1746-47 AD

18th century GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 38,400.00
102 Shaykh Muslih al-Din Sa'di

Shaykh Muslih al-Din Sa'di (d.1291-92), Gulistan, Persia, Safavid, dated 926 AH/1520 AD

926 AH/1520 AD GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 14,400.00
103

An illuminated Qur'an,

Persia, Qajar first half 19th century GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
104

A large illuminated Qur'an,

India, 19th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 33,600.00
105

An illuminated Qur'an, commissioned for Muhammad Mahdi Beg, copied by Ibn Muhammad Taqi Kazim al-Shirazi, Persia, Qajar,

1219 AH/1804 AD GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
106

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad 'Ali ibn Muhammad Sadiq al-Isfahani,

Persia, Qajar, dated 1227 AH/1812-13 AD GBP 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
107

An illuminated compilation of prayers, incantations and pious odes,

Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1138-39 AH/1725-27 AD GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 69,600.00
109

An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum,

North Africa or Near East 10th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
110

An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum,

North Africa or Near East, 9th century GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
112

An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum,

North Africa or Near East, 10th century GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
113 Abu Sa'id 'Abd al-Salam ibn Said ibn Habib al-Tanukhi (d. 855 AD),

A section from Kitab al-Mudawwanah al-Kubra, on Islamic jurisprudence,

North Africa or Spain, AH/12 November 1118 AD GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 Not Sold
116

A large illuminated volume from an eight-volume Qur'an in Maghribi script on paper,

Spain or North Africa, 15th century GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 180,000.00
117

A double-sided illustrated leaf from Khawass al-ashjar (De Materia Medica) by Dioscorides,

Mesopotamia, Iraq, 13th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 54,000.00
124 Abu Muhammad Makki ibn Abi Talib al-Qaysi al-Qayrawani al-Andalusi al-Qurtubi,

al-kashf 'an wujuh al-qira'at al-sab' wa 'ilaliha wa hijajiha ('Unveiling the Aspects of the Seven Recitations'),

Near East, circa 1100 AD GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 48,000.00
125 Abu 'Amr Uthman ibn Sa'id ibn 'Umar al-Umawi al-Dani (d.1053 AD),

al-Taysir fi al-Qira'at al-Sab' ('The Facilitation of the Seven Readings'),

Near East, dated 683 AH/1284-5 AD GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
128

A Qur'an, Sub-Saharan Africa,

Nigeria or Chad, second half 19th century GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 8,400.00
131 Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Ahmed ibn Hibattullah ibn Abi Jarada (d.694 AH/1294 AD),

Tajrid Musadarat al-Mu'attiyat and Tajrid Musadarat al-Manazir, Commentaries on Euclid's Book of Data and Book of Optics,

Near East, circa 1300 GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 60,000.00
141

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Kamal al-Din Husayn Gazurgahi's Majalis al-'Ushshaq: a dervish takes Ibrahim ibn Adham's son to his father at the Ka'ba,

Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, circa 1570 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 24,000.00
142

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Yaq'ut al-Musta'simi,

Iraq, Baghdad 674 AH/1275-76 AD GBP 600,000.00 - 800,000.00 GBP 720,000.00
143

An illuminated miniature Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad,

Near East, Provincial Ottoman, 965 AH/1557-58 AD GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 GBP 60,000.00
144

The ninety-nine names of God, Persia or Turkey,

Ottoman or Safavid, 16th century GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 GBP 22,800.00
145

A large illuminated Qur'an juz' (IV),

Persia, Safavid, early 16th century GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
146

A drawing of two wolves, style of Muhammad Siyah Qalam,

probably Tabriz late 15th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
147 Shaykh Muslih al-Din Sa'di (d.1291-92),

Kulliyat (Collected Works), copied by 'Inayatullah Shirazi,

India, Mughal, 978 AH/1570-71 AD GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 48,000.00
148

A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Abdullah ibn Hafiz Muhammad Shirazi,

Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, 20 Ramadan 933 AH/29 June 1527 AD GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 Not Sold
  • 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
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  • 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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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes.
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    High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5: Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
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