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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
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.
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.

Peter Arnold: Australiana & Pacific Voyages: The Collection of John Alexander, 112324, Prahran VIC

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 23, 2024 - November 23, 2024

Page Size: 171 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
77	HUME, Hamilton.	A brief statement of facts in connexion with an overland expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip in 1824.	Sydney	1855	AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	AUD 19,050.00
78	HUME, Hamilton.	A brief statement of facts in connection with an overland expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip in 1824.	Yass	1873	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 2,032.00
79	HUNTER, John.	An historical journal of the transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the discoveries which have been made in New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean since the publication of Phillip's Voyage ...	London	1793	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	AUD 2,476.50
80	IRWIN, Captain Frederick Chidley.	The state and position of Western Australia, commonly called the Swan-River Settlement.	London	1835	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 952.50
81	JEFFREYS, Lieut. Charles.	Van Dieman's Land. Geographical and descriptive delineations of the island of Van Dieman's Land.	London	1820	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 5,080.00
82	JOHNSON, Rev.	Richard, Chaplain to the Colonies.An address to the inhabitants of the colonies established in New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Written in the year 1792.	London	1794	AUD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	Not Sold
83	[JOHNSTON].	Proceedings of a general court-martial ... for the trial of Lieut.-Col. Geo. Johnston, Major of the 102nd Regiment, late the New South Wales Corps, on a charge of mutiny ... exhibited against him by the Crown for deposing on the 26th of January, 1808, Wil	London	1811	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 9,525.00
84	JUKES, Joseph Beete.	Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the eastern archipelago during the years 1842-46.	London	1847	AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	AUD 9,525.00
85	[KELLAM, James].	The narrative of a voyage to the Swan River, with an account of that settlement, from an authentic source. Compiled and arranged by the Rev. J. Giles Powell, B.A., Vicar of Hillmorton, Warwickshire.	London	1831	AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 10,287.00
86	KEPPEL, Henry.	A visit to the Indian Archipelago in H.M. Ship Maeander.	London	1853	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 4,826.00
87	KING, Phillip Parker.	Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822.	London	1826	AUD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00	AUD 241,300.00
88	LABILLARDIERE, Jacques J.H. de.	Relation du voyage a la recherche de la Perouse ... pendant les annees 1791, 1792, [1793 and 1794].	Paris	1800	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 22,860.00
89	LABILLARDIERE, Jacques J.H. de.	Voyage in search of La Perouse ... during the years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794.	London	1800	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,079.50
90	LANDSBOROUGH, William.	Journal of Landsborough's expedition from Carpentaria, in search of Burke & Wills.	Melbourne	1862	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 1,206.50
91	LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois Galoup de.	Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde ... redige par M.L.A. Milet-Mureau.	Paris	1797	AUD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00	AUD 127,000.00
92	LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois Galoup de.	A voyage round the world, performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe.	London	1798-99.	AUD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	AUD 17,780.00
93	LEICHHARDT, Ludwig.	Journal of an overland expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844 -1845.	London	1847	AUD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
94	LESSON, Rene.	Voyage autour du monde entrepris par ordre du Gouvernement sur la corvette La Coquille.	Paris	1838-39.	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 4,826.00
95	[LINDSAY, David and WELLS, Lawrence].	Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2.	Adelaide	1893	AUD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
96	LINDT, J.W.	Picturesque New Guinea. With an historical introduction and supplementary chapters on the manners and customs of the Papuans.	London	1887	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	AUD 3,556.00
97	LYCETT, Joseph.	Views in Australia, or New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land delineated.	London	1824 -25.	AUD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	AUD 33,020.00
98	MACDONALD, John G.	Journal ... on an expedition from Port Denison to the Gulf of Carpentaria and back.	Brisbane	1865	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	AUD 10,795.00
99	MACGILLIVRAY, John.	Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley ... during the years 1846-50, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, etc.	London	1852	AUD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	AUD 6,350.00
100	MACLEHOSE, James, publisher.	Maclehose's picture of Sydney; and Strangers' guide to Sydney for 1838.	Sydney	1838	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
101	MACQUARIE, Lachlan.	A letter to the Right Honourable Viscount Sidmouth in refutation of statements made by the Hon. Henry Grey Bennet, M.P.	London	1821	AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 3,683.00

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Dominic Winter Auctioneers
Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera
Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick
12 December 2024

Dominic 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 2024

Dominic 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 2024

Dominic 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 2024

Dominic 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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