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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’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. -
![<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.
Forum Auctions: A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World: the Library of a Gentleman, 1157, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdullah Freres Panorama of Constaninope from Beyazit Tower |
1865 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 | ||
| 2 | Addison (Charles Greenstreet) | Damascus and Palmyra: a journey to the East, 2 vol., first edition, |
1838 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 403.20 | |
| 3 | Alexander (William) | Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Chinese |
c.1814 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 567.00 | |
| 4 | Alexander (William) | Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Russians |
1814 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 252.00 | |
| 5 | Alexander (William) | Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Turks |
1814 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 478.80 | |
| 6 | al-Jawhari (Abu Nasr Isma'il) | Kitab-i Iugat-i Vankulu [An Ottman Turkish translation of the Arabic Sihah of Jawhari], 2 vol. |
Istanbul | 1169-70 AH [1755-56] | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 478.80 |
| 7 | Allan (John H.) | A Pictorial Tour in the Mediterranean, second edition |
1845 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,638.00 | |
| 8 | Allom (Thomas) | Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy, second edition |
c.1848 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 604.80 | |
| 9 | Amelot de la Houssaye (Abraham Nicholas) | The History of the Government of Venice |
1677 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 163.80 | |
| 10 | Andreossy (Antoine Francois) | Constantinople et Le Bosphore de Thrace, 2 vol. inc. Atlas, first edition |
Paris | 1828 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 567.00 |
| 11 | Andrews (Lieutenant-Colonel Mottram) | A Series of Views in Turkey and the Crimea, from Embarcation at Gallipoli to the Fall of Sebastopol, first edition |
1856 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 12 | Annesley (George, Viscount Valentia) | Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 4 vol. second edition |
1811 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 504.00 | |
| 13 | Arif Pacha (Muchir) | Les Anciens Costumes de l'Empire Ottoman , first edition |
Paris | 1863 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 14 | Arvieux (Laurent d') | Travels in Arabia, the Desart, first English edition |
1718 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,260.00 | |
| 15 | Atil (Esin) | Images of Imperial Istanbul, limited facsimile edition |
Istanbul | 1993 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 16 | Auldjo (John) | Journal of a Visit to Constantinople, and some of the Greek Islands, first edition, |
1835 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 226.80 | |
| 17 | Badia Y Leblich (Domingo) | Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, 2 vol., first English edition |
1816 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,520.00 | |
| 18 | Badia Y Leblich (Domingo) | Plates and Maps of the Travels of Ali Bey, first American edition |
Philadelphia | 1816 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 19 | Barbot (Alexandre) & E. Barbot. | Souvenirs d'Egypt |
Paris | c.1850 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 20 | Bartholdy (Jakob Ludwig Salomon) | Voyage en Grece dait dans les annees 1803 et 1804, 2 vol., first French edition |
1807 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 478.80 | |
| 21 | Bartlett (William Henry), | William Purser, and Thomas Allom. Syria, The Holy Land & Asia Minor |
c.1840 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 567.00 | |
| 22 | Baudier (Michel) | Inventaire de l'Histoire Generale des Turcs |
Rouen | 1641 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 239.40 |
| 23 | Bearn (Louis Hector de, Count) | Quelques Souvenirs d'une Campagne en Turquie, [?Paris] |
Paris? | c.1839 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 24 | Baudier (Michel) | Histoire Generale de la Religion des Turcs |
Rouen | 1741 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 25 | Belon (Pierre) | Les Observations de Plusieurs Singularitez & choses memorables, trouuees en Grece, Asie, Judee, Egypte, Arabie ..., |
Paris | 1554 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 4,788.00 |
![<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.")
