• Bonhams, Dec. 18: A Very Fine Composite Atlas Magnificently Illuminated and Heightened with Gold in a Fine Contemporary Hand Throughout. $300,000 - $500,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Saint-Exupéry's Revised Ending for Wind, Sand and Stars. $40,000 - $60,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Edith Wharton's Gold Medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1924. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Salinger on the Glass Family and on Detachment. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Fanny Burney's Groundbreaking First Novel. Evelina, Or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Kafka's Earliest Extant Piece of Writing. Autograph Note Signed ("Franz Kafka"). $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Wagner Signed "Ride of the Valkries." $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Dickens on the Death of Little Nell. $5,000 - $8,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Sylvia Plath's Copy of Joy of Cooking. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: Whitman to James Russell Lowell. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 18: Walt Whitman and Friends: The Genesis of his Lincoln Lectures. $6,000 - $9,000
  • High Bids Win
    Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction
    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
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    Lot 67. Book Press
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    Lot 68. J. W. Daughaday Printing Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Lot 69. C. & P. Pilot Press
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    Bookbinding & Letterpress & Antiques Auction
    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
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    Lot 73. Vandercook Cylinder Proof Press
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    Lot 76. Showcard Proof Press
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    Lot 80. C. & P. Printing Press
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    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
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    Lot 81. C. & P. Printing Press
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    Lot 82. Kelsey Star Printing Press
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    Lot 83. Pilot Press
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    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
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    Lot 212. Kelsey Letterpress
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Wood & Metal Type. Many fonts and faces.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    Print Shop Miscellany including type, tools, and equipment.
  • 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, Dec. 17: Kelmscott Chaucer: The Finest Book Since the Gutenberg Bible. $60,000 - $90,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Poems Chosen out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris's Original Manuscript Title-Page Design for Rosetti. Ballads and Narrative Poems. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: The Founding of the Kelmscott Press. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Voragine, Jacobus De. The Golden Legend. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Edward Burne-Jones. Lull, Ramon. The Order of Chivalry. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Swinburne. Morris, William, translator. Tale of King Florus and the Fair Jehane. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Printed on Vellum: One of Only 15 Copies. Morris, William, translator. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Inscribed by William Morris to Rudyard Kipling. The Book of Wisdom and Lies. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: William Morris Association Copy in Fine Binding. Morris, William. Child Christopher and Goldilind at the Fair. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Morris, William. 1834-1896. The Earthly Paradise. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Dec. 17: Nuremberg Chronicle. Schedel, Hartmann. 1440-1514. $30,000 - $50,000

Catawiki B. V.: Autographs and Manuscripts, 102424, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 24, 2024 - October 24, 2024
Page Size: 24 items in 1 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
89369511 Anna Freud, fille de Sigmund Freud

Lettre dactylographiee signee adressee a Edward Bernays, neveu de Sigmung Freud sur les travaux du

1925 EUR 220.00 - 500.00 EUR 295.39
89374823 Andre Gide

Lettre autographe signee

1904 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 158.05
89384913 Andre Gide

Tapuscrit corrige - "Le roi Candaule" drame en trois actes

1901 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 109.00
89385309 Emile Galle

Tres belle lettre autographe - Le vase de Jean Lahor

1890 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 119.90
89387539 Amelie d'Orleans Reine consort du Portugal

Lettre autographe signee adressee a Etienne Allaire

1896 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 119.90
89388707 Joseph Leopold Sigisbert Hugo, pere de Victor Hugo

Lettre signee adressee au lieutenant general des armees du Roi

1819 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
89390217 Jacques Mesrine - [Le seul instant ou je me sens libre]

Lettre autographe signee a Jeanne Schneider, pendant son incarceration

1976 EUR 450.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
89391625 Jacques Mesrine - [15 jours de proces, ce qui promet de l'amusement]

Lettre autographe signee a Jeanne Schneider, pendant son incarceration

1976 EUR 450.00 - 800.00 EUR 337.90
89392711 Andre Malraux

Carte lettre autographe signee adressee a Minna Caroline (Minka) von Rothschild

1974 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 43.60
89393111 Isabelle II Reine d'Espagne - [Le prochain mariage du Roi]

Lettre autographe signee "Isabelle", adressee a la cantatrice Anna de Lagrange

1878 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 175.49
89412331 Filippo De Pisis

Longue lettre autographe signee en italien de 3 pages, adressee a Barbaroux

1946 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 109.00
89412703 Filippo De Pisis

Fragment de manuscrit autographe de 2 pages - Liste de peintures

1946 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 EUR 109.00
89413117 Filippo De Pisis

Lettre autographe signee en italien au dos d'une photographie originale representant le poete

1946 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
89413769 Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Belle lettre autographe signee de 2 pages - [Mes idees flottent dans un grand vague]

1826 EUR 220.00 - 500.00 EUR 305.20
89414945 Isabelle de Bourbon

Lettre autographe signee a Madame la Marechale [je ne doute pas qu'il n'approuve ma conduite]

1878 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 77.39
89483137 Alexandre Dumas Pere

Exceptionnel manuscrit autographe signe 8 grandes pages - Proclamation de la Seconde Republique

1848 EUR 2,200.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
89487411 Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette

Tres belle lettre autographe signee pour la grace d'un prisonnier au Mont-Saint-Michel

1832 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 981.00
89488205 Emilio Visconti-Venosta

Superbe photographie originale dedicacee a l'imprimeur Henri Fournier

1877 EUR 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
89488873 Sarah Bernhardt

Belle lettre autographe signee 2 pages avec son en-tete et sa devise : "quand meme"

1890 EUR 150.00 - 200.00 EUR 98.10
89489077 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Tres belle lettre autographe signee [a Rene Arcos]

1905 EUR 220.00 - 250.00 EUR 219.09
89489377 Jean Cocteau

Snobisme. Poeme autographe issu du Prince frivolle

1909 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
89489427 Jean Cocteau

Versailles. Poeme autographe issu du Prince frivolle

1909 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
89489717 Sacha Guitry

<< Le rire >> - Important manuscrit autographe - 14 pages

1930 EUR 450.00 - 900.00 EUR 218.00
89490047 Maurice de Vlaminck (Peintre fauviste et cubiste)

Terrible lettre autographe signee a l'ecrivain Pierre Mac-Orlan

1951 EUR 220.00 - 400.00 EUR 141.70
  • 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.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD
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