• 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.
  • 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.
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Auction Name Books and Autographs - Online Only Total Sales (CHF) 63,225.00
Auction Date September 25, 2024 - September 25, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 51,700.00
Sale Number #ibid146b High Estimate of Lots Sold (CHF) 80,000.00
Total Lots 200
Sold Lots 128 Low Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 80,690.00
% of Lots Sold 64.00% High Estimate of All Lots (CHF) 124,500.00
Unsold Lots 72 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 50.78%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
9622

Monserrat Collection. Faksimileausgaben von 3 reich illuminierten Stundenbuchern aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. 3 Faksimile und 1 Kommentarband.

2016 und Munster CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 1,500.00
9686 Petrus Lombardus.

Sententiarum libri IV. Mit Kommentar des Bonaventura. 4 Teile in 2 Banden, nebst Index (von J. Beckenhaub). Mit 2 Holzschnittborduren und 2 Titelholzschnitten.

1515 CHF 600.00 - 900.00 CHF 1,500.00
9620

Meisterwerk des Medicus - Canon Medicinae Avicenna. Faksimile und Kommentar in 2 Banden.

2002 und Gutersloh CHF 1,400.00 - 2,000.00 CHF 1,250.00
9584 Picasso, Pablo - Villers, Andre.

Diurnes. Decoupages et Photographies. Mit 30 Lichtdruck-Tafeln nach Photographien von A. Villers.

-1962 CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 1,187.50
9665 (Raynal, Guillaume Thomas Francois und Rigobert Bonne).

Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre. Separater Atlas mit 50 gefalt. Kupferkarten und 2 grossen gefalt. Tabellen.

um 1780) CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 1,125.00
9507 Huber, C(aspar).

Album von St. Moritz in Oberengadin Ct. Graubunden. Mit gest. Titel u. Vignette, 12 Aquatinta-Tafeln und 4 Vignetten (davon 3 auf 1 Tafel) sowie 1 lithogr. Ubersichts-Karte.

um 1860 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 1,062.50
9668 Merian, Matthaus.

Topographia Alsatiae, etc. completa, das ist vollkomliche Beschreibung und eygentliche Abbildung der vornehmbsten Stadt und Oerther, im Obern und Untern Elsass, auch den benachbarten Sundgow, Brissgow, Graffschafft Mumpelgart, und andern Gegenden. Jetzo a

1663 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 1,062.50
9608

De architectura libri decem, cum commentariis Danielis Barbari. Mit 2 Holzschnitt-Druckermarken und 135 (2 wiederholten), teilweise ganzseitigen (1 gefalt.) Textholzschnitten von G. Chrieger.

1567 CHF 800.00 - 1,200.00 CHF 1,000.00
9542 Botero, Fernando.

La corrida. Mit eigenhandiger Filzstift-Zeichnung und Unterschrift von Botero auf Vorsatz.

1988 CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CHF 937.50
9565 Huelsenbeck, Richard.

Konvolut von 2 Widmungsexemplaren, 1 Brief und Beigaben.

Ca1970-1973. CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CHF 937.50
9625

Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. Vollfaksimile der Handschrift Nr. 65 im Musee Conde in Chantilly bei Paris, entstanden um 1485. Faksimile und Kommentarband in 2 Banden.

1984 CHF 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 CHF 937.50
9534 Schothusius, Huldericus.

Calenderbutzer Das ist, Was von den Calender-Schreiber, Prognosticis zu halten, und wie weit ein Gottsfurchtiger Christ ihre Practica mit guten Gewissen in acht nehmen konne.

1614 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 875.00
9530

Paar feingenarbter roter Maroquinbande mit reicher klassizistischer Vergoldung auf Rucken und Deckeln, blauen Moireseide-Doubluren mit floraler Kantenvergoldung sowie Ganzgoldschnitt.

um 1805 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 812.50
9586 Picasso, Pablo - Goll, Yvan.

Elegie d'ihpetonga. Suivi de masques de cendre.

1949 CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 CHF 812.50
9688 Sacrobosco, Johannes.

Libellus de sphaera. Accessit autoris computus ecclesiasticus, et alia quaedam in studiosorum gratiam edita. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit Holzschnitt-Titelvignette und zahlreichen Textholzschnitten, mit 1 ( von 3) beweglichen Holzschnittsegmenten.

1543 CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 CHF 812.50
9501

Umfangreiche Sammlung von Schweizer Kalendern, darunter ca. 75 Ausgaben des 18. und fruhen 19. Jahrhunderts (bis 1840).

Ca1747-1980. CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 CHF 750.00
9627 Marco Polo.

Das Buch der Wunder. Vollfaksimile der Ms. francais 2810 in der Bibliotheque nationale, Paris. Faksimile und Kommentar in 2 Banden.

1995 CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 CHF 750.00
9504

Konvolut von 5 seltenen Publikationen.

1786-1856. CHF 600.00 - 900.00 CHF 687.50
9539 Ballmer, Theo.

Konvolut von Original-Aquarellen, Plakatentwurfen und Plakaten.

Ca1947-1955 CHF 500.00 - 800.00 CHF 687.50
9624 Marco Polo.

Das Buch der Wunder. Vollfaksimile der Ms. francais 2810 in der Bibliotheque nationale, Paris. Faksimile und Kommentar in 2 Banden.

1995 CHF 700.00 - 1,000.00 CHF 687.50
9641 Boerhaave, Herman.

Index alter plantarum, quae in Horto Academico Ludguno Batavo aluntur. 2 Bande. Mit 2 gest. Titelvignetten und 40 (3 gefalt.) Kupfertafeln.

1720 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 687.50
9655 Wilhelm, Gottlieb Tobias.

Das Mineralreich. 2 Bande. Mit 2 gest. Titeln und 132 (124 altkolorierten) Kupfertafeln.

1824-28 CHF 400.00 - 600.00 CHF 687.50
9669 Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques.

Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grece vers le milieu du quatrieme siecle avant l'ere vulgaire. 9 Bande und 1 Atlas. Mit 31 teils gefalt. gest. Karten, Planen und Ansichten.

1791 CHF 250.00 - 400.00 CHF 687.50
9505 Morell, Carl Friedrich.

Chemische Untersuchung einiger der bekanntern und besuchtern Gesundbrunnen und Bader der Schweiz, insbesonders des Cantons Bern. Mit 1 gefalt. Kupfertafel und 1 gefalt. Tabelle.

1788 CHF 300.00 - 500.00 CHF 625.00
9512

Konvolut von 7 raetoromanischen Drucken. Teils mit Musiknoten.

1692-1776 CHF 600.00 - 900.00 CHF 625.00
  • 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. 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, 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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