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  • Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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

Addison and Sarova: Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Ephemera, 1055, Social Circle

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024
Page Size: 268 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

An extensive manuscript, done between 1776 and 1777, by Thomas de Grey.

1776-1777 USD 500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,680.00
52

Kurze Beschreibung des Mondglobus, nebst einem Verzeichniss der mit Namen bezeichneten Gegenstande auf dem Mondglobus, mit der Angabe der Lange, Breite, Hohe und des Durchmessers....

N.p. 19th century USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 USD 144.00
53

Manuscript concerning the catechism of the Protestant Church in Hanover, prior to the controversial revision by King George in 1862.

Hanover, 1843 USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 240.00
54

Jagd-Revier der Herrschaft Muhlwang. Manuscript folding hunting map, dissected into four quadrants

[Gmunden], ca. 1865 USD 150.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
55 Svinine, Pavel Petrovich.

QUELQUES DETAILS SUR LE GENERAL MOREAU ET SES DERNIERS MOMENTS.

London 1814 USD 40.00 - 400.00 USD 108.00
56

Willkuhrliche Ordnung der Kauf- und Krahmer-Gilde zu Osterode, aufgerichtet 1576.

[Osterode, Germany] 1576 USD 400.00 - 4,000.00 USD 780.00
57 Pope, Alexander.

ALEX. POPES ESSAY ON MAN.

Uppsala 1799 USD 60.00 - 600.00 USD 120.00
58 Flindall, John Morris.

THE AMATEUR'S POCKET COMPANION; OR, A DESCRIPTION OF SCARCE AND VALUABLE ENGRAVED BRITISH PORTRAITS. ALSO OF THE RARE OR CURIOUS BOOKS, AS MENTIONED IN THE WORKS OF GRANGER, BROMLEY, NOBLE, &c.

London 1813 USD 20.00 - 200.00 USD 54.00
59

LES PARISIENNES, OU XL CARACTERES GENERAUX... I VOLUME: LES JEUNES-FILLES, & LES FILLES-A-MARIER.

A Neuschatel et se trouve a Paris 1787 USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
60 Bentham, Jeremy.

DEFENCE OF USURY; SHEWING THE IMPOLICY OF THE PRESENT LEGAL RESTRAINTS ON THE TERMS OF PECUNIARY BARGAINS... TO WHICH IS ADDED, A LETTER TO ADAM SMITH....

London 1790 USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 168.00
61

A substantial collection of 18th century French manuscripts, some bound into a folio and many laid in. Includes approximately 25 to 30 different documents though many are multiple pages in length.

18th century USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 144.00
62 Polydore, Vergil.

ANGLICAE HISTORIAE.

Basel 1556 USD 100.00 - 1,000.00 USD 900.00
63 Aragao, Antonio Barnabe d'Elescano.

DEMETRIO MODERNO, OU O BIBLIOGRAFO JURIDICO PORTUGUEZ.

Lisbon 1781 USD 80.00 - 800.00 USD 210.00
64

An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled in Parliament, For Raising of Fourscore thousand pounds by a Weekly Assessment through the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, for the present relief of the British Army in Ireland. And to continue for

London 1644 USD 40.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
65

A pair, both being cut from larger documents, signed by prominent 17th century British politicians.

17th century USD 40.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
66

La Fontaine, Sieur de. THE MILITARY DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS OF CAVALRY, CONTAINING THE WAY OF EXERCISING THE HORSE.

London 1678 USD 40.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
67 Hale, Thomas.

A COMPLEAT BODY OF HUSBANDRY.

London 1756 USD 60.00 - 600.00 USD 720.00
68

ORDONNANCE DU ROY NOSTRE SIRE CONTENANT LA FORME & MANIERE QUE DORESENAUANT L'ON DEBURA GARDER, & OBSERVER....

Antwerp 1596 USD 20.00 - 200.00 USD 108.00
69

TWO WORKS BOUND IN ONE

The High-German Physician: or, Medicine brought to Perfection; by such rare uncommon Methods, and judicious prescriptions, as at once give Conviction, Surprize, and Admiration, in a Degree vastly superior to every Thing, that

London 1730 USD 30.00 - 300.00 USD 96.00
70 Otho, Joannes Brugensis.

[Title in Greek and Latin] SEPTEM SAPIENTUM ET EORUM QUI IIS CONNUMERANTUR, APOPHTHEGMATA, CONSILIA & PRAECEPTA.

Antwerp 1570 USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 360.00
71

La Porte, Mathieu de. LA SCIENCE DES NEGOCIANS ET TENEURS DE LIVRES... NOUVELLE EDITION, REVUE & CORRIGEE....

Amsterdam and Liege 1787 USD 30.00 - 300.00 USD 42.00
72 Wilson, H. K.

NOTES ON THE NATIVE QUESTION IN NATAL.

N.p. n.d. [ca. 1883.] USD 20.00 - 200.00 USD 96.00
73 Benjamin, Judah P.

THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. THE SECRET PURPOSE OF THE INSURGENTS TO REVIVE IT... JUDAH P. BENJAMIN'S INTERCEPTED INSTRUCTIONS TO L. Q. C. LAMAR.

Philadelphia 1863 USD 60.00 - 600.00 USD 900.00
74 Fountainhall, Sir John Lauder of.

THE DECISIONS OF THE LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712.

Edinburgh 1759-61. USD 50.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
75 Burke, Edmund.

REFLEXIONES SOBRE LA REVOLUCION DE FRANCIA.

Mexico 1826 USD 40.00 - 400.00 USD 108.00
  • 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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