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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.
Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art, 29724, London, New Bond Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 12, 2024 - November 12, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | juz' | An illuminated Qur'an (V) |
Ottoman Turkey | mid-19th Century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,560.00 |
| 29 | suras | A collection of selected from the Qur'an and prayers, with numerous diagrams and illustrations of the Ka'ba and the Mosque of the Prophet at Medina, copied by Husain al-Rushdi al-Kastamoni |
Ottoman Turkey | dated AH 1260/AD 1844-45 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,304.00 |
| 30 | Ruzname | An illuminated (almanac or calendar), in scroll form, copied by Sulayman, known as Hikmati |
Ottoman Turkey | late 18th/early 19th Century | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 31 | qit'a | An illuminated calligraphic panel () |
Ottoman Turkey | 18th Century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 32 | ijazeh | Two illuminated calligrapher's diplomas () |
Ottoman Turkey | dated AH 1269/AD 1852-53 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 33 | A large talismanic folio |
Ottoman Empire | 19th Century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 34 | Hilyeh | A large illuminated , signed by al-Hajj Ahmad Kamal |
Near East or Turkey | 20th Century | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 35 | Dala'il al-Khayrat | An illuminated collection of prayers, including al-Jazuli's , with two illustrations of Mecca and Medina |
North India, Kashmir | 18th-19th Century | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 36 | An illuminated Qur'an |
North India, Kashmir | late 18th/19th century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,920.00 | |
| 37 | A Mamluk style illuminated frontispiece bifolium from a manuscript of the Qur'an |
Near East | 20th Century | GBP 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 38 | bihari | An illuminated Qur'an leaf in script |
Sultanate India | 15th Century | GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 39 | A large calligraphic panel with two lines in the style of the 'Baysunghur' Qur'an |
Persia | 19th/20th Century | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 40 | An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Abdullah bin Ali Naqi Ahmed |
Persia | dated Rabi' I 1239/November-December 1823 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,304.00 | |
| 41 | A small illuminated Qur'an |
Qajar Persia | 19th Century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 42 | An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibn Muhammad Hashim Mahmud al-Musawi |
Qajar Persia | dated AH 1277 AH/AD 1860-61 | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,200.00 | |
| 43 | An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Abu al-Qasim al-'Abidin al-Khawansari |
Qajar Persia | dated 1277 AH/1860-61 AD | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 44 | ajza' | Twenty-nine illuminated Qur'an , copied by Muhammad Sadiq al-Husaini al-Yazdi |
Qajar Persia | dated AH 1243/AD 1827-28 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 45 | An illuminated Qur'an |
Qajar Persia | dated AH 1220/AD 1805-06 | GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | GBP 3,840.00 | |
| 46 | Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad | Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, (Provisions for the Hereafter), copied by 'Abd al-Wahab |
Qajar Persia | dated AH 1250/AD 1834-35 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 47 | Lama'at al-Badr | Badr al-Din Abu Nasr Farahi (d. 1242), , a verse commentary on the , in concertina form |
Qajar Persia | 19th Century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 132 | A rare manuscript report on the secret alliance between Tipu Sultan and the nawabs of the Carnatic, signed by the author N. B. Edmonstone (1765-1841) as Persian translator to the government of Bengal |
Fort William, Calcutta | dated 6th April 1800 | GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | GBP 35,840.00 | |
| 187 | Janamsakhi | Four illustrations from a manuscript, a life of Guru Nanak |
Provincial Mughal, probably Murshidabad | late 18th Century | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 198 | A manuscript of the Qur'an, once held in the Sikh Treasury at Lahore, together with a letter addressed to Captain Claude Wade, British Diplomatic Agent to the Sikhs, from Muhammad Akbar Khan, son of Dost Muhammad (ruler of Afghanistan), regarding stolen i |
North India, Punjab and Afghanistan | the letter circa 1834-39, the Qur'an late 18th/early 19th Century | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
