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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.")
Dominic Winter Auctioneers
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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Chiswick Auctions: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 177,321.00 |
| Auction Date | November 27, 2024 - November 27, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 91,370.00 |
| Sale Number | #112724 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 128,270.00 |
| Total Lots | 273 | ||
| Sold Lots | 223 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 113,920.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.68% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 160,270.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 50 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 110.64% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | Illustrations by John Buckland-Wright. Keats (John) | Endymion: A Poetic Romance, |
GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 23,310.00 | |
| 46 | A large collection of 156 Indian Miniatures painted in gouache on mica |
[c.1850-60] | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 | |
| 108 | Lewis (C.S.) | [The Chronicles of Narnia] |
1950-55 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 8,190.00 |
| 182 | Cheney (John) | An Historical List or Account of all the Horse-Matches Run, and of all the Plates and Prizes run for in England...in 1729 [-34; 36-50], |
1729 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 158 | Buckland-Wright (John) Artist/Illustrator. | Original Working Sketch Books. Notes. Paris 1934-1939, London 1940 -- [1953] |
[1934-53] | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,300.00 |
| 134 | Milton (John) -- | Paradise Lost: A Poem, |
1937 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 5,544.00 |
| 39 | de Brocktorff (Charles Frederick) [Brockdorff] attributed to, | Malta, a pair of character studies |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 5,040.00 | |
| 105 | Osborne (John) | Look Back in Anger, |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 4,032.00 | |
| 21 | Goodwin (Thomas) | [A childe of light vvalking in darkness, or, A treatise shewing the causes by which, the cases wherein, the ends for which God leaves his children to distresse of conscience: |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 3,528.00 | |
| 161 | Halcyon. Quarterly magazine for book, printing and graphic art. |
1940 - 42 | GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | GBP 3,528.00 | |
| 114 | Pulp Science Fiction. A large collection of magazines and periodicals, including: |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,142.00 | ||
| 159 | Buckland-Wright (John) Artist/Illustrator. | Original Working Sketch Book, 1934, 1935,1936 |
1934, 1935, 1936 | GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 2,142.00 |
| 215 | Burne-Jones (Sir Edward Coley) | The Golden Stairs, |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 2,016.00 | |
| 82 | Dickens (Charles) | A Christmas Carol, |
1843 | GBP 700.00 - 900.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 128 | Cranach Press. | Canticum Canticorum Salamonis, |
1931 | GBP 1,500.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 185 | Vischer (Peter) editor, | Polo Magazine, |
1927-36 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 19 | Sibbes (Richard) | An Exposition of the Third Chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians: also two sermons of Christian watchfulnesse..... |
1639 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 47 | Carpenter (Percy) after, | Hog Hunting in Lower Bengal, |
1861 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 192 | Beck (H. C.). | Map of London's Underground Railways, |
1933 & 1940 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 202 | Halliwell (Albert Edward) | London Underground, four poster designs for The Royal Tournament and Trooping the Colour, Olympia Stations, |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,638.00 | |
| 270 | Piranesi (Francesco) & Desprez (Louis-Jean) after | Fuoco artificiale detto la Girandola, Che s'incendia sul Castel S. Angelo gia Mausoleo d'Elio Adriano, |
GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | GBP 1,638.00 | |
| 49 | Ogilby (John) | Asia, The First Part [all published] being an Accurate Description of Persia and the Several Provinces therof. The Vast Empire of the Great Mogul and other parts of India and their Several Kingdoms and Regions..., |
1673 | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 126 | Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) | Carmina Sapphica, |
1903 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,512.00 |
| 119 | Weird fiction: Arkham House, publishers. A collection of 29 First editions, all in original cloth and dust jackets, including: |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,386.00 | ||
| 163 | Buckland-Wright (John) | Erotica. |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,386.00 |
