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![<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. -
![<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.")
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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. -
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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
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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
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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.
Peter Arnold: Australiana & Pacific Voyages: The Collection of John Alexander, 112324, Prahran VIC
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | CLARKE, James Stanier. | Naufragia, or historical memoirs of shipwrecks and of the providential deliverance of vessels. |
London | 1805-06. | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 4,318.00 |
| 53 | [FLINDERS]. | Interesting narrative of the loss of His Majesty's armed vessels the Porpoise and Cato, of London, upon Wreck Reef, on the passage from New South Wales to China; interspersed with occasional remarks on New South Wales, its productions, inhabitants, &c. By |
London | circa 1808. | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 54 | FORREST, Alexander. | North-west exploration. Journal of expedition from DeGrey to Port Darwin. |
Perth, | 1880 | AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 6,096.00 |
| 55 | FORREST, John. | Explorations in Australia. |
London | 1875 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 4,572.00 |
| 56 | FRYER. John. | The voyage of the Bounty launch. John Fryer's narrative. |
Guildford, and Adelaide | 1979 | AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 57 | GARRAN, Andrew, editor. | The Royal South Australian Book Almanack and General Directory for 1854. |
Adelaide | 1854 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 58 | GARRAN, Andrew, editor. | The picturesque atlas of Australasia. |
Sydney | 1886 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | AUD 2,413.00 |
| 59 | GILBERT, Thomas. | Voyage from New South Wales to Canton, in the year 1788, with views of the islands discovered. |
London | 1789 | AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 60 | GILES, Alfred. | Exploring in the 'seventies and the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line. |
Adelaide | 1926 | AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | AUD 1,397.00 |
| 61 | GILES, Ernest. | Mr. |
1872 | AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | AUD 6,985.00 | |
| 62 | GILES, Ernest. | Geographic travels in central Australia from 1872 to 1874. |
Melbourne | 1875 | AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 63 | GILES, Ernest. | The journal of a forgotten expedition. |
Adelaide | 1880 | AUD 18,000.00 - 24,000.00 | AUD 21,590.00 |
| 64 | GILES, Ernest. | Australia twice traversed: the romance of exploration. |
London | 1889 | AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 65 | GILL, Samuel Thomas. | Sketches of the Victoria gold diggings as they are. By S.T.G. |
Melbourne | 1852-53. | AUD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | AUD 14,605.00 |
| 66 | GILL, Samuel Thomas. | Victoria illustrated. |
Melbourne | 1857 | AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 67 | GILL, Samuel Thomas. | The Australian sketchbook. |
Melbourne | 1865 | AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 6,985.00 |
| 68 | GODWIN, Thomas. | Godwin's emigrant's guide to Van Diemen's Land, more properly called Tasmania. |
London | 1823 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 69 | GRANT, James. | Narrative of a voyage of discovery performed in His Majesty's vessel the Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. |
London | 1803 | AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 70 | GREGORY, Augustus Charles and Francis Thomas. | Journals of Australian explorations. |
Brisbane | 1884 | AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 4,826.00 |
| 71 | GREY, George. | Journals of two expeditions of discovery in north-west and western Australia during the years 1837, 38, and 39. |
London | 1841 | AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 72 | GUERARD, Eugen von. | Australian landscapes. |
Melbourne | 1867 | AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | AUD 24,130.00 |
| 73 | HANN, William. | Report from Mr. W. Hann, leader of the northern expedition party. |
Brisbane | 1873 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 74 | HILL, J.G., compiler. | The Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, Australia, 1896. |
London | 1905 | AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 | AUD 952.50 |
| 75 | HODGKINSON, Clement. | Australia, from Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay, with descriptions of the natives, their manners and customs; the geology, natural productions, fertility, and resources of that region; first explored and surveyed by order of the Colonial Government. |
London | 1845 but 1844. | AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | AUD 4,826.00 |
| 76 | HODGKINSON, William O. | North-west explorations. |
Brisbane | 1877 | AUD 600.00 - 800.00 | AUD 698.50 |
