• 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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    Dec. 4 – 19, 2024
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    Lot 73. Vandercook Cylinder Proof Press
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    Lot 76. Showcard Proof Press
    High Bids Win, Dec. 4 – 19:
    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.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700), 102624, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024
Page Size: 25 items in 1 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
83576639 P. Bertius

Geographie raccourcie par Pierre Bertius

1618 EUR 700.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 654.00
89290317 Thomas Gombert (1630-1708)

Traite Pour La Pratique Des Forces Mouvantes

1702 EUR 700.00 - 1,300.00 EUR 708.50
89292247 Theoprastus

De historia plantarum libri decem

1644 EUR 2,200.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
89292329 St. Birgitta of Sweden

Revelationes celestes pelecte spose christi beate Birgitte vidue de regno Sueci

1517 EUR 2,500.00 - 5,500.00 Not Sold
89311955 Cats

Alle de Wercken

1700 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 403.30
89322719 \t Plinius Secundus, Gaius

Bucher und Schrifften von Natur, Art und Eigenschafft aller Creaturen oder Geschopffe Gottes

1651 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 1,744.00
89324867 Pietro Andrea Mattioli

Commentarii in VI Libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anarzabei De Medica Materia

1583 EUR 9,900.00 - 11,000.00 Not Sold
89326785 Vincenzo Viviani (1622-1703)

De Maximis et Minimis Geometrica Divinatio in Quintum Conicorum Apollonii Pergaei Libri Duo

1659 EUR 3,200.00 - 4,200.00 EUR 3,597.00
89331755 Neuhaus, Franz von und Servilian Veihelin

Disputatio Philosophica Logicas, Physicas, Et Metaphysicas Assertiones Complexa / Quam Illustris Et

1646 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 43.60
89332975 Paris, Johannes von

Margarita evangelica sive Iesu Christi D.N. vita. Doctrina, historiaque uniersa e sanctorum quatuor

1657 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 57.77
89338199 Andre Tacquet (1612-1660)

Opera Mathematica

1669/1668 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,600.00 EUR 2,943.00
89339613 Lorenzo Sirigatti (1561-1614)

La Pratica di Prospettiva

1596 EUR 4,700.00 - 5,200.00 Not Sold
89423239 Johannes Sacrobosco

Libellus de sphaera. Accessit autoris computus ecclesiasticus, et alia quaedam in studiosorum

1543 EUR 1,900.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
89463433 Erizzo Sebastiano

Tratatto dell'Istrumento et Via Inventrice de gli Antichi

1554 EUR 400.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
89473393 Gabriel Bucelinus

Hemer-eniauto-genea-chorographias (graece) nucleus insigni lectionis variae fructu locuples

1650 EUR 800.00 - 1,300.00 Not Sold
89492119 Antoine du Saix

Lesperon de discipline pour inciter les humains aux bonnes lettres

1532 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 671.44
89492919 Francis Bacon

Neuf livres de la dignite et de l'accroissement des sciences

1632 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,600.00 EUR 898.16
89492941 Gratien

Decretum Gratiani

1514 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 1,962.00
89551197 Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

Caii Suetonii Tranquilli duodecim Caesares, cum Philippi Beroaldi

1548 EUR 750.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
89573781 Francis Bacon

Historia Vitae Et Mortis

1645 EUR 150.00 - 250.00 EUR 130.80
89573823 Ulisse Aldrovandi

Philosophi ac Medici Bononiensis, Historiam Naturalem in Gumnasio Bononiensi Profitentis

1610 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,200.00 Not Sold
89649717 Andreas Vesalius

Anatomie ofte Afbeeldinghe van de deelen des menschelicken lichaems

1647 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
89650567 Philibert De l'Orme (1514-1570)

Le premier tome de l'architecture

1568 EUR 4,400.00 - 5,500.00 Not Sold
89653943 Antoine du Pinet

L'Histoire Du Monde de C. Pline Second

1622/1621 EUR 450.00 - 950.00 EUR 313.92
89655159 Olaus Magnus (1490-1557)

Historia delle genti e della natura delle cose settentrionali

1565 EUR 3,300.00 - 5,500.00 Not Sold
  • 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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