• Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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.
  • Gonnelli:
    Auction 55
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    November 26st 2024
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€
    Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€
    Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€
    Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€
    Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€
    Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€
    Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
  • 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.

Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books and Maps: an Eclectic Mix, A132, Ultimo

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 10, 2024 - November 10, 2024
Page Size: 508 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
103

The Port of Bahia de Totos os Santos by Capt. E. Mouchez, French Imperial Navy 1867, engraved by E. Weller, sold by J. D. Potter.

1872 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
104

Maranham to Pernambuco from surveys by Capt. E. Mouchez of the French Imperial Navy, 1867

1867 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
105 Lieut. A. Vital de Oliveira,

Pernambuco to Victoria from Surveys by Capt. E. Mouchez, French Imperial Navy, 1861 from Pernambuco to Rio San Fransisco

1861 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
106

Le Tour du Monde Nouveau Journal Des Voyages. Publie Sous La Direction De M. Edouard Charton. Et Illustre Par Nos Plus Celebres Artistes 1875

1875 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 101.60
107

A bundle of Vintage Russia Pye Rubles Banknotes. Condition various.

AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 412.75
108

Victoria to St. Catharina by Capt. E. Mouchez, French Imperial Navy, 1856-68, engraved by J & C Walker, sold by J. D. Potter.

1833 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
109

Espirito Santo Bay and Port Victoria Surveyed by Capt. E. Mouchez of the French Imperial Navy, 1861

1861 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 139.70
110

Port of Camamu Surveyed by Capt. E. Mouchez of the French Imperial Navy, 1861,

1861 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
111

The Entrance to the River Sao Francisco surveyed by E. Mouchez of the French Imperial Navy 1861,

1861 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
112

South Pacific. New Hebrides Islands. Malekula (Mallicolo) Island. Northern Part with Portion of Malo Island. Surveyed by GC Roderick assisted by HJ George, HE Purey-Cust, ... HM Surveying Ship Dart 1891-2.

London 1893 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
113

South Pacific. New Hebrides Islands. Epi and Adjacent Islands. Surveying Ship Dart 1893.

London 1895 AUD 220.00 - 320.00 AUD 139.70
114

South Pacific. Fiji or Viti Group. Nairai and Mbatiki Islands HMS Herald. 1855-6. Captain Denham.

London 1866 AUD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
115

South Pacific. Manga Reva or Gambier Islands. Captain Beechey 1826, Captain D'Urville 1838.

London 1866 AUD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
116

South Pacific. Paumotu [Tuamotu] or Low Archipelago, Hao Island. The Bow Island of Capt, Cook & the La Harpe of Bougainville By Capt F W Beechey RN FRS in HMS Blossom, 1825.

London 1833 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
117

South Pacific. Marquesas Islands. Captain Pierre. 1875.

London 1869 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
118

Pacific Ocean. Society Islands. Owaarre Harbor in Huaheine Island by Edwin Rowe Mast. 1852.

1853 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
119

North Pacific Ocean. Fanning Island surveyed by Captain A Mostyn Field. HMS Penguin 1897.

London 1898 AUD 120.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
120

Pacific Ocean. Solomon Islands to Ellice Islands.

London 1898 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
121

Pacific Ocean in four sheets comprised between the parallels of 37 degrees North and 37 degrees South and extending from the Philippine and Celebes Is., New Guinea and Australia to San Francisco and Easter Island.

1876 AUD 150.00 - 250.00 AUD 101.60
122

South America East Coast. Rio Mossoro to St Roque Channel. Surveyed by A Vital de Oliveira or the Brazil Navy1857-9.

AUD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
123

South America East Coast. St Roque Channel to Formosa. Surveyed by Captain E Mouchez, French Imperial Navy, 1867.

1867 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
124

South America East Coast. Formosa to Pernambuco. Surveyed by Captain E Mouchez, French Imperial Navy, 1867.

1867 AUD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
125

South America East Coast. Pernambuco to Maceio. Surveyed by A Vital de Oliveira or the Brazil Navy 1857-9. Magnetic variation 1883.

1857-9. 1883 AUD 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
126

Large map. South Pacific Ocean. Gambier Islands. Manga Reva Island. From the French Government Survey 1894-5.

London 1908 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
127

South America East Coast. Maceio to Rio de S. Francisco do Norte. Surveyed by A Vital de Oliveira or the Brazil Navy 1857-9. Correction 1884.

1857-9. Correction1884 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
  • ALDE, Dec. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction November 25th
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
    F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 8,000
  • High Bids Win
    Letterpress & Bindery Auction
    Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024
    High 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, 2024
    High 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, 2024
    High 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, 2024
    High 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.
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