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    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
  • 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.
  • 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.

Nosbüsch & Stucke: Part 2: The Collections of Dr. George Fischer, Vienna, 27b, Berlin

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 14, 2024 - November 14, 2024
Page Size: 176 items in 8 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
414 Henry, O. (Sydney William Porter)

The Complete Writings of O. Henry. 14 Bande. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen von Gordon Grant.

Garden City, New York, 1917 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
415 Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The Works. 13 Bande. - Und: Morse, John T.: Life an letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes. 2 Bande. Zusammen 15 Bande.

Boston und New York/Cambridge 1892-1896 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
416 Homere

Odyssee. Traduction de Leconte de Lisle. Illustrations de Georges Rochegrosse.

Paris 1931 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
417 Irving, Washington

Mahomet and his Successors. 3 Bande. Mit 3 kolorierten Frontispizen und 37 gestochenen Tafeln.

New York, London 1901 EUR 750.00 - 750.00 EUR 1,215.00
418 Lamb, Charles

The Life and Works. 12 Bande. Mit 12 kolorierten gestochenen Frontispizen und 24 gestochenen Tafeln.

Troy, New York 1888-1899 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,350.00
419 Lang, Andrew

Fairy Books. 12 Bande. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen in Farbe und Schwarz-Weiss von H. J. Ford.

London 1889-1910 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 5,400.00
420 J.-J. Bourasse et P. Janvier, Ubers.

La Sainte Bible. Traduction nouvelle selon la vulgate par J.-J. Bourasse et P. Janvier. 2 Bande. Mit 230 Holzschnitt-Tafeln von Gustave Dore.

Tours 1874 und 1866 (Bd EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
421 Lever, Charles

The novels of Charles Lever. Edited by his daughter. Edition de luxe. 37 Bande. Mit 1 Portrat, 638 teilweise kolorierten Holzschnitt-Tafeln von Phiz und Textabbildungen.

London 1897-1899 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
422 Loti, Pierre

Oeuvres completes illustrees. 15 Bande. Mit ... Illustrationen von Brissaud, Calbert, Deluermoz, Domergue, Dufour, Fouqueray, Lalau, Leroux, Marty, Meheut und Sauvage.

Paris 1936-1937 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
423 Louys, Pierre

Les chansons de Bilitis. Mit 20 Original-Kaltnadelradierungen von M. Lydis ...

Paris 1948 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
424 Lowell, James Russell

The Complete Writings. 16 Bande. Mit 80 Tafeln.

Cambridge 1904 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 EUR 810.00
425 Pater, Walter

The Works. 9 Bande. Mit 9 kolorierten gestochenen Frontispizen und 119 gestochenen Tafeln.

London 1900-1901 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
426 Pepys, Samuel

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, from his Ms. Cypher in the Pepysian Library, with a life and notes by Richard Lord Baybrooke...additional notes, by Mynors Bright.

London 1875-1879 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 EUR 2,160.00
427 Puschkin, Alexandre

A Dama de Espadas. Mit 52 handkolorierten Illustrationen von Martha Pawlowna Schidrowitz.

Rio de Janeiro 1944 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
428 Pushkin, Aleksandr S

Boris Godounov. Traduction francaise de A. Baranoff. Mit 30 (15 koloriert, 15 schwarz-weiss) Tafeln und Buchschmuck von Boris Zworykine.

Paris 1927 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
429 Richardson, Samuel

The Novels. With a life of the author, and introduction by William Lyon Phelps. 20 Bande. Mit 20 kolorierten radierten Frontispizen, 20 gestochenen Titeln und 82 radierten Tafeln.

New York 1901 EUR 4,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
430 Samain, Albert

Aux flancs du vase. Vingt-six hors-texte de Serge de Solomko graves a l'eau-forte par Edmond Pennequin. Mit kolorierter Titelvignette und 26 gestochenen Tafeln.

Paris 1922 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
432 Scott, Walter

Works. With a general introduction by Walter Besant. Most unusually and elaborately illustrated. 33 Bande. Mit zahlreichen...Tafeln

London um 1900 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
433 Shaw, Bernard

The Works. 33 Bande.

London 1930-1938 EUR 4,800.00 - 4,800.00 Not Sold
434 Stoker, Bram

Dracula. With an introduction by Anthony Boucher. Illustrated with wood engravings by Felix Hoffman

New York 1965 EUR 360.00 - 360.00 EUR 540.00
435 Twain, Mark

The Writings. The Definitive Edition. 37 Bande. Mit 173 Tafeln jeweils mit bedruckten Seidenhemdchen.

New York 1922-1925 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
436 Warner, Charles Dudley

The Complete Writings. Edited by Thomas R. Lounsbury. 15 Bande. Mit 61 Tafeln in Photogravur.

Hartford 1904 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
437 Zola, Emile

Nana. Illustre de trente gravures originales de Vertes. Mit mehreren Extra-Suiten der Illustrationen und zahlreichen Original-Zeichnungen von Marcel Vertes und William Ablett.

Paris 1933 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
438 Dickens, Charles

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. With illustrations by Phiz.

London 1844 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 EUR 1,485.00
439 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley

The Life of Francis Drake. Mit Frontispiz, 1 Plan und 1 Faksimile-Karte.

London 1941 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,485.00
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  • 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.
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