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.
Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€

Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€

Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€

Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€

Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€

Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€

Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Geology and Natural History, Mining, First editions, Art, History, 102624, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 26, 2024 - October 26, 2024

Page Size: 508 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
151	Gilbert Parker.	Round the Compass in Australia		1892	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
152		Matthew Smith. Fifty Two Colour Plates.		1962	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
153	Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. Illustrated E.J. Detmold.	Fabre's Book of Insects - Retold From Alexander Teixeira De Mattos' Translation of Fabre's " Souvenirs Entomologiques"		1937	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
154	Butter Tenterfield.	A small lot of 8 vintage postcards. Mostly Sydney. Including Pott's Point, The Rose Series and a photo			AUD 50.00 - 80.00	Not Sold
157		5 books about Butterflies and Moths.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	AUD 63.50
158		The Lady's Every Day Book. A Practical Guide In The Elegant Arts and Daily Difficulties of Domestic Life, by The Author of "Enquire Within" New Edition.		No date. c1880s	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
159	John Henry Pepper.	Scientific Amusements For Your People		No date c1880s.	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 177.80
160	R.J. Tillyard.	1) The Insects of Australia An New Zealand		1926	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
161		1) The Parlour Menagerie. Wherein Are Exhibited In A Descriptive and Anecdotical form, The Habits, The Resources, and The Mysterious Instincts, of The More Interesting Portions of Animal Creation.		No date c1880s.	AUD 120.00 - 200.00	AUD 88.90
162	Sacheverell Sitwell.	10 books by Sacheverell Sitwell.			AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 101.60
163	Henry Williamson	6 books by Henry Williamson.			AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
164	The Rev. WM. M. Cooper.	1) Flagellation & The Flagellants. A History of The Rod In All Countries From the Earliest Period to the Present Time		no date c1880s.	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
165	Robert Wallace.	1) Farm Live Stock of Great Britain		1907	AUD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
166	Robert Scott Burn.	Outlines of Modern Framing Comprising Soils, manures, and Crops; Farming Economy Stock-Cattle, Sheep, an Horses; The Diary; Pigs, Poultry; Utilisation of Town Sewage; irrigation; Reclamation of Waste Land;		No date c1880s.	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50
167		Cole's Practical Carpenter, Joiner and General Mechanic. A Book For Professional & Amateur Workmen. Comprising Carpentry. Turning. Fret-Sawing. Wood-Carving. General Building (Stone & Brick). Plumbing and Gas-Fitting. Painting and Glazing. Paper-Hanging.		No date c1880s.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
168		Cole's Book of Popular Scientific Recreation and Instruction. Comprising Scientific Amusements Marvels of Heat, Light, and Sound Marvels of The Elements Marvels of Earth, Air, and Water.		No date c1880s.	AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 539.75
169		1) Monash's Masterpiece by Peter Fitzsimons (2018). 2) Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
170	Anonymous.	The Tourist in Wales comprising Views of Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Antiques, Seats of the Nobility, Gentry, &c.	London and New York.		AUD 30.00 - 50.00	AUD 76.20
171		Over 30 books on Gas, mostly of Australian Gas Institute transaction reports. Includes 1) The Australian Gas Institute Transactions. Reports of meetings,		1926-1961	AUD 150.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
172		Australian Men of Mark Volume 2. including; James Partridge, John Baldwin and Henry Wise as well as many more.		No date but 1880s	AUD 60.00 - 100.00	AUD 101.60
173		6 Children's books, Some titles include The Story of Peter Pan, The Lovely Lady and Other Stories, The Land of the Electric Sun and more.		1940s-1950s.	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
174	Dr. D.G. Hessayon.	13 books all about gardening. Good condition, some with repairs. Some titles include Be Your Own Garden Doctor, Be Your Own Vegetable Doctor, The Flower Expert and more.		1970s to1990s.	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
175		Shelf of books on Australian Plants, mostly Queensland plants.			AUD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
176		A full shelf of board books, condition varies but most are good and some have repairs.			AUD 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
177	C.J. Dennis	6 books, mostly Australiana. 3			AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 63.50

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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
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Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024

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
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
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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.

High Bids Win
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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.

High Bids Win
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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.
ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.

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