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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’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. -
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/2bfa5105-2bf9-4a52-8ab5-45f3ef7b1eb4.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Rare First Edition of a Classic Work. [Stafford (Thos.)] <i>Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced…,</i> 1633. €1,500 to €2,000.")
![<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d8cd5291-2e7d-4a24-8d22-f316554ec8f8.jpg "<b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus). <i>Eleven Poems,</i> Belfast (Festival publications - Queens University) [1965], First Edn., (First Issue) Signed. €2,500 to €3,500.")
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.
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers: Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller, 2107, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 05, 2024 - December 05, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Carroll, Lewis. | Carroll, Lewis. Autograph Letter, signed. 26 September, 1876 |
Culverton House, Sandown, Isle of Wight | 1876 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Unknown |
| 52 | Carroll, Lewis. | Lewis Carroll. Autograph Letter, signed. 1 January, 1877 |
The Chestnuts, Guildford (Surrey, England) | 1877 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 53 | Carroll, Lewis. | Carroll, Lewis. Group of 8 Autograph Letters, signed. 1878-93 |
Guildford, Christ Church, and Eastbourne | 1878-1893 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Unknown |
| 54 | Carroll, Lewis. | Carroll, Lewis. Autograph Register Listing Recipients of Presentation Copies of "The Nursery Alice" |
(Christ Church, Oxford) | 1889 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | Unknown |
| 55 | Carroll, Lewis. | Carroll, Lewis. Autograph Letter, signed. 31 December, 1891 |
Christ Church, Oxford | 1891 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 56 | Carroll, Lewis. | Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Presentation Copy |
London and New York | 1891 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 57 | [Carroll, Lewis] [Black Sun Press, The] Laurencin, Marie. | Illustrator's Hand-Finished Mock-Ups for "Alice in Wonderland" |
Paris | ca.1930 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 58 | The Beauty and the Monster. A Comedy. First American Edition |
Worcester, Massachusetts | 1785 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 59 | The History of Little Goody Twoshoes; Otherwise Called Mrs. Margery Twoshoes... |
Worcester, Massachusetts | 1787 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Unknown | |
| 60 | The Two Maidens of Merry England... Illuminated Manuscript |
No place, (England, | ca.1860-84 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown | |
| 61 | Dobson, Austin, and Harry Furniss, and Louis Wain, and Joseph Pennell, et al. | A Book of Drawings. Publisher's Extra-Illustrated Copy |
London | 1891 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
| 62 | Brough, Robert B: | A Cracker Bon-Bon For Christmas Parties... |
London | 1861 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown |
| 63 | Cole, Henry, and John Calcott Horsley. | The First Christmas Card |
London | 1843 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 64 | Chubb, Ralph N. | The Heavenly Cupid or The True Paradise of Loves. #9/43 signed copies |
Fair Oak, near Kingslcere, Hants. | 1932-1933 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 65 | Chubb, Ralph. | The Sun Spirit A Visionary Phantasy. #8/24 numbered copies |
Fair Oak, near Kingsclere, Hants | 1931 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 66 | Chubb, Ralph N. | Water Cherubs A Book of Original Drawings & Poetry. #7/24 Numbered Copies |
Fair Oak, Kingsclere Woodlands, Hants. | 1936 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown |
| 67 | Cabinet des Modes... First Edition, With 172 Hand-Colored Plates |
Paris | 1785 | USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 | Unknown | |
| 68 | (Peake, Richard Brinsley). | Costume Caracteristique de France... First Edition |
London | 1819 sheets watermarked J | USD 250.00 - 400.00 | Unknown |
| 69 | P(eel)., R.H. | The Extraordinary Ascent of the Enchanted Mountain, One of the Hymalaya range, in India... Presentation Copy |
London | 1835 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Unknown |
| 70 | Repton, Humphry, and John Adey Repton, and George Stanley Repton. | Designs for the Pavilion at Brighton. First Edition |
London | 1808 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Unknown |
| 71 | Bancroft, Edward. | Experimental Researches Concerning the Philosophy of Permanent Colours... First American Edition |
Philadelphia | 1814 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
| 72 | (Hoffman, Abbie). | Fuck the System. First and Only Edition |
New York, | 1967 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Unknown |
| 73 | Toklas, Alice B. | The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book. First Edition |
London | 1954 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Unknown |
| 74 | Demonstration American-style October, 1969 Detroit, Michigan. Unique Album Of 20 Silver Gelatin Prints |
Detroit, Michigan, | 1969 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 75 | Hell No! Nobody Goes!! End The War. First Edition |
Menlo Park, California | 1967 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Unknown |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/73871a8f-7c5e-4b80-933d-0d0161d4363c.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Bible [English]. <i>[The Holie Bible conteynyng the Olde Testament and the Newe,</i> 1568]. £3,000 to £5,000.")
