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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
540 Kipling, Rudyard

Gesammelte Werke Ridyard Kiplings (Russisch). 14 Lieferungen in 5 Banden. Mit den Illustrationen der Erstausgaben in 4 der Lieferungen, Lieferung 1 mit dem Frontispiz von W. Strang.

St. Petersburg 1916 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
541 Klyuchevskij, Vasilij O

Kurs russkoj istorii. (Studium der russischen Geschichte). Insgesamt 74 Vorlesungen in 4 Banden (alles Erschienene).

Moskau 1908-1916 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
542 Knyaz'kov, S. A

Kartiny po russkoj istorii. (Bilder zur russischen Geschichte). Lieferungen 1-50 (alles Erschienene) in 2 Banden.

Moskau 1908-1913 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
543 Kostomarov, Nikolaj I

Sobranie sochineniy N. I. Kostomarova. Istoricheskie monografii i issledovaniya. (Gesammelte Schriften N. I. Kostomarovs). Lieferungen 1-3 sowie 7-21 (von 21) in 8 Buchern, in 4 Banden.

Sankt-Petersburg 1903-1906 EUR 4,500.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
544 Krymov, Vladimir P. (Red. und Hrsg)

Stolica i usad'ba. Zhurnal krasivoj zhizni. (Hauptstadt und Landgut. Zeitschrift des schonen Lebens). Nummern 1-15, 16-31, 32-49, 50-67, 68-90

Sankt-Petersburg/Petrograd 1913-1917 EUR 9,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
545 Kutepov, Nikolaj I

Carskaya ohota na Rusi. Istoricheskij ocherk. .. 4 Bande (alles Erschienene). Unterschiedliche Einbandgestaltung, Vorsatze und reicher Buchschmuck von Nikolaj Samokish,...

Sankt-Petersburg 1896-1911 EUR 75,000.00 - 75,000.00 Not Sold
546 Lavisse, Erneste und Rambaud, Alfred (hier Laviss, E. und Rambo, A.)

Vseobshchaya istoriya s IV stoletiya do nashego vremeni. (Universalgeschichte vom 4. Jahrhundert bis in unsere Zeit). 8 Bande.

Moskau 1897-1903 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
547 Lenz, Emilij H. (deutsch: Lenz, Heinrich Friedrich Emil)

Opis' sobraniya oruzhiya grafa S. D. Sheremeteva. (Bestand der Waffensammlung des Grafen S. D. Sheremetev). Mit 906 nummerierten Abbildungen auf 26 Phototypie-Tafeln im Anhang.

Sankt-Petersburg 1895 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
548 Przheval'skij, Nikolaj M

V Central'nuya Aziya. Iz Zaysana cherez Hami v Tibet i na verhov'ya Zheltoj reki. Mit 108 lithographischen Tafeln

St. Petersburg 1883 EUR 900.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
549 Semenov (Tyan-Shanskij), Veniamin P. und Vladimir I. Lamanskij. Redak.

Rossiya. Polnoe geograficheskoe opisanie nashego otechestva. Nastolnaya i dorozhaya kniga. Bande 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 19 (alles Erschienene), insgesamt 11 Bande.

Sankt-Petersburg 1899-1914 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
550 Rovinskij, Dmitrij A

Podrobnyj slovar' russkih graverov XVI-XX vv. (Ausfuhrliches Lexikon der russischen Graveure des 16.-20. Jh.) 2 Bande.

Sankt-Petersburg 1895 EUR 3,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
551 Schilder, Nikolai Karlovich

Imperator Alexandr perwy. Ego shisn i zarstwowanije. (Kaiser Alexander der Erste. Sein Leben und seine Herrschaft). 2. Ausgabe. 4 Bande.

St. Petersburg 1904-1905 EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 Not Sold
552 Schilder, Nikolai Karlovich

Imperator Nikolai Pervyi. Ego zhizn i tsarstovanie. 2 Bande.

St. Petersburg 1903 EUR 3,600.00 - 3,600.00 Not Sold
553 Schilder, Nikolai Karlovich

Imperator Pavel Pervyi. Istoriko-biograficheskii ocherk.

St. Petersburg 1901 EUR 1,500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
554 Semenov (Tyan-Shanskij), Petr P

Zhivopisnaya Rossiya. Otechestvo nashe, v ego zemel'nom, istoricheskom, plemennom, ekonomicheskom i bytovom znachenii, ...insgesamt 19 Lieferungen fur 12 Bande, in 19 Banden

Sankt-Petersburg und Moskau 1881-1901 EUR 15,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
555 Semevskij, Vasilij I

Rabochie na sibirskih zolotyh promyslah. Istoricheskoe issledovanie. (Die Arbeiter auf den sibirischen Goldfeldern. Eine historische Analyse). 2 Bande.

Sankt-Petersburg 1898 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
556 Shcherbatov, Mihail M

Istoriya rossijskaya ot drevnejshih vremyan. (Russische Geschichte von den altesten Zeiten her). 7 Bande in 15 Teilen, in 14 Banden gebunden

Sankt-Petersburg 1770-1791 EUR 70,000.00 - 70,000.00 Not Sold
557 Solov'ev, Sergej M

Istoriya Rossii s drevnejshih vremen. (Die Geschichte Russlands seit der Antike). 29 Teile in 6 Banden und Registerband. Zus. 7 Bande.

Sankt-Petersburg 1895-1911 EUR 1,800.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
558 Solov'ev, Sergej M

Sobranie sochinenij. (Gesammelte Werke). In einem Band.

Sankt-Petersburg 1901 EUR 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
559 Speranskij, Nikolaj V

Ved'my i vedovstvo. Ocherk po istorii cerkvi v Zapadnoj Evrope. (Hexen und Hexerei. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte von Kirche und Schule in Westeuropa).

Moskau 1906 EUR 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
560 Trachevskij, Aleksandr S

Russkaya istoriya. S ukazatelem imen, godov i predmetov. (Russische Geschichte. Mit einem Verzeichnis von Namen, Stadten und Dingen). 2 Bande.

Sankt-Petersburg 1895 EUR 600.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
561 Uhtomskij, Esper E. (Hrsg.)

Puteshestvie na Vostok ego Imperatorskogo Vysochestva Gosudarya Naslednika Cesarevicha 1890-1891.

Sankt-Petersburg und Leipzig 1893-1897 EUR 18,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
562 Ustryalov, Nikolaj G

Istoriya carstvovaniya Petra Velikogo. (Geschichte der Regierung Peters des Grossen). Bande I, II, III, IV-1, IV-2, VI (alles Erschienene), in 6 Banden.

Sankt-Petersburg 1858-1863 EUR 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 Not Sold
563 Ustryalov, Nikolaj G

Skazaniya sovremennikov o Dimitrii Samozvance. 2 Bande. Band 1: Ber, Paerle, Marzharet i de-Tu (Bar, Peyerle, Margeret und de Thou). - Band 2 : Maskevich i dneviki (Maskiewicz und Tagebucher)

Sankt-Petersburg 1859 EUR 2,400.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
564 Vigel, Filip Filipovich

Zapiski. (Memoiren). 7 Teile in 2 Banden.

Moskau 1891-1893 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
  • High Bids Win
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  • 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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