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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.
Bonhams: Americana, Natural History, and Travel, 29515, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- October 24, 2024 - October 24, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ANBUREY, THOMAS. FL. LATE 18TH CENTURY.] | Travels Through the Interior Parts of America in a Series of Letters. |
London | 1789 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,024.00 |
| 2 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES 1785-1851. | Ornithological Biography, or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America. |
Edinburgh | 1831-1849 (but 1831-1839). | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 |
| 3 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. | The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. |
New York & Philadelphia | [1839-]1840-1844. | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 38,400.00 |
| 4 | AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851; and JOHN BACHMAN. 1790-1874. | The Quadrupeds of North America. |
New York | [1853-1856]. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 5 | AUDUBON, VICTOR GIFFORD. 1809-1860. | Autograph Letter Signed ("V.G. Audubon") to P[ierre] Van Cortlandt regarding his subscription to Quadrupeds and delays in publishing, 4 |
New York | 1854 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 704.00 |
| 6 | AUDUBON, JOHN WOODHOUSE. 1812-1862. | "Night Watch," Pl. 2 from Illustrated Notes of an Expedition through Mexico and California. |
New York | 1852 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 12,160.00 |
| 7 | BARTRAM, WILLIAM. 1739-1823. | Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws.... |
London | 1792 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,408.00 |
| 8 | BIGELOW, JACOB. 1787-1879. | American Medical Botany, Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States.... |
Boston | 1817-20. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 9 | BONAPARTE, CHARLES LUCIEN. 1803-1857. | American Ornithology; or, the Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson. |
Philadelphia | 1825-1833. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,216.00 |
| 10 | CARVER, JONATHAN. 1732-1780. | Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America 1766, 1767, and 1768. |
London | 1781 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 11 | CASSIN, JOHN. 1813-1869. | Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. |
Philadelphia | 1856 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
| 12 | CATESBY, MARK. 1683-1749. | The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants... Revis'd by Mr. Edwards. |
London | 1754 | USD 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 127,500.00 |
| 13 | CATLIN, GEORGE. 1796-1872. | North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America. |
[London | c.1875 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 40,960.00 |
| 14 | CREVECOUR, MICHEL GUILLAUME ST. JEAN DE. 1735-1813. | Letters From an American Farmer. |
London | 1783 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,816.00 |
| 15 | Collection of 8 Documents Signed by the signers of the Declaration of Independence: |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |||
| 16 | EDWARDS, GEORGE. 1694-1773. | A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. |
London | 1739-1751 [but 1802-1805]. | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 20,480.00 |
| 17 | GERARDE, JOHN. 1545-1612. | The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. |
London | 1636 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,536.00 |
| 18 | HAYDEN, FERDINAND VANDIVEER. 1829-1887. And ANDREW JOSEPH RUSSELL. 1829-1902. Photographer. | Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery. |
New York | 1870 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,144.00 |
| 19 | HOLBROOK, JOHN EDWARDS. 1794-1871. | North American Herpetology; or, A Description of the Reptiles inhabiting the United States. |
Philadelphia | 1842 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 16,640.00 |
| 20 | JAMES, EDWIN. 1797-1861. | Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains ... Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. |
London | 1823 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 |
| 21 | JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826. | Notes on the State of Virginia. |
Philadelphia | 1788 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,352.00 |
| 22 | LEWIS, MERIWETHER. 1774-1809; and WILLIAM CLARK. 1770-1838. | Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. |
London | 1815 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,632.00 |
| 23 | MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859; and JAMES HALL. 1793-1868. | History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
Philadelphia | 1848-1850. | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 24 | MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. 1785-1859; and JAMES HALL. 1793-1868. | History of the Indian Tribes of North America. |
Philadelphia | 1870 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 10,240.00 |
| 25 | MICHAUX, FRANCOIS ANDRE. 1770-1855; and THOMAS NUTTALL. 1786-1859. | The North American Sylva; Or a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. |
Philadelphia | 1859 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,432.00 |
![<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.")
