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![<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.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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 2024Dominic 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Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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. -
High Bids Win
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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
Letterpress & Bindery Auction
Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024High 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. -
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
Sworders: Asian Art, A1178, Essex
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 08, 2024 - November 08, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | Indian School | Indian School. 19th century, comprising six court and hunting scenes |
19th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 226 | A pair of Mughal portraits |
19th century | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 228 | Three Mughal miniatures. 19th century, depicting an emperor and empress riding elephants |
19th century | GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 104.00 | ||
| 229 | Mughal School | Mughal School. 19th century, depicting a bejewelled royal figure with a radiating gold halo behind |
19th century | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 1,235.00 | |
| 238 | Persian School | Persian School. 19th century, of a court scene between four arranged columns of calligraphy |
19th century | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 260.00 | |
| 286 | Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825) | seven Japanese woodblock prints of Kabuki actors, signed Toyokuni ga |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | GBP 156.00 | ||
| 287 | Utagawa Kunisada 'Toyokuni III' (Japanese, 1786-1865) | five woodblock prints of Kabuki actors, signed Gototei Kunisada ga |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 288 | Utagawa Kunisada 'Toyokuni III' (Japanese, 1786-1865) | Chushingura Youchi Zu (Night Attack of the Loyal Retainers) |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 156.00 | ||
| 289 | Utagawa Kunisada 'Toyokuni III' (Japanese, 1786-1865) | 19th century, of 'Nenohi matsu futaba no ei' (Prosperity of the Two Leaf Pine on the Day of the Rat), an oban triptych of woodblock prints |
19th century | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 290 | Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, c.1807-1879) | a triptych of the Procession of Minamoto no Yoritomo across the Oi River |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 104.00 | ||
| 291 | Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900) | two oban woodblock prints from a triptych, depicting kabuki actors from the play Kotobuki Soga |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 104.00 | ||
| 292 | Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900) | two woodblock prints from the series 'Chimei Juni ka Getsu no Uchi' (Twelve Months of Geographical Names) |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 117.00 | ||
| 293 | after Utagawa Kunisada 'Toyokuni III' (1786-1865) and Keisai Eisen (1790-1848) | A group of four Japanese woodblock prints |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 117.00 | ||
| 294 | A Japanese painting, of a girl wearing a kimono, standing in front of a clothes rack, |
19th century | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 104.00 | ||
| 295 | A collection of five Japanese woodblock prints |
19th century | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 296 | A collection of four Japanese woodblock prints |
Meiji period (1868-1912) | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 297 | Takahashi Shotei (Japanese, 1871-1945) | Nikko Sugi Namiki (Cryptomeria Road in Nikko) |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 312.00 | ||
| 298 | Takahashi Shotei (Japanese, 1871-1945) | Yotsuya, Okido (The Big Gate at Yotsuya) |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 286.00 | ||
| 299 | Takahashi Shotei (Japanese, 1871-1945) | Insect seller on a summer evening |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 286.00 | ||
| 300 | A Japanese hanging scroll. 19th-20th century, of a literatus standing in front of a blossoming prunus tree, |
19th-20th century | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 301 | A Japanese hanging scroll. 19th-20th century, of Kanzan and Jittoku with a bird flying above, |
GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |||
| 302 | Tomikichiro Tokuriki (Japanese, 1902-2000) | Miyajima Yukei (Evening Scene at Miyajima) |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 303 | Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883-1957) | Hoodo no bosetsu (Evening snow at the Phoenix Hall [Byodoin Temple]) |
1951 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 520.00 | |
| 306 | Tomikichiro Tokuriki (Japanese, 1902-2000) | Kyoraku Sanjudai (Thirty Kyoto Scenes) |
1936 | GBP 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 307 | A collection of Japanese woodblock prints |
19th-20th century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 39.00 |
![<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.")
