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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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Forum Auctions: Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Online Sale: Books and Works on Paper | Total Sales (GBP) | 177,483.60 |
| Auction Date | November 28, 2024 - November 28, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 77,640.00 |
| Sale Number | #941 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 110,110.00 |
| Total Lots | 299 | ||
| Sold Lots | 267 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 88,290.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 89.30% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 125,660.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 32 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 141.24% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | Mort (Alexander) | Madam Dorothy Kenyon's Booke Written by Her Cosin Alexande: Mort..., [Collection of recipes], Elizabeth David's copy with her bookplate on front pastedown, |
1683 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 11,340.00 |
| 39 | Scappi (Bartolomeo) | Dell'arte del cucinare con il mastro di casa e il trinciante, |
1643 | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 7,560.00 |
| 50 | Danver (Mrs Alice) | [Collection of recipes], |
n.d. [c.1750 & 1780] | GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | GBP 6,930.00 |
| 40 | Smith (Alice) | The Art of cookery: or, The compleat-housewife. |
1760 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 4,284.00 |
| 249 | Rose (Hugh James) | A New General Biographical Dictionary, |
1857 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,780.00 |
| 22 | Kidder (Edward) | E. Kidder's Receipts of Pastry and Cookery for the Use of His Scholars. Who Teaches at His School in Queen Street near St. Thomas Apostles, |
[c.1720-1725]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 48 | Manuscript.- Cookery.- A booke of Confectionary set downe for Preserveinge dryinge or Candyinge of any sortes of plomes ore of frutes whatsoever ... |
n.d. [c.1740]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 3,276.00 | |
| 49 | [Anonymous] & later Hendren (Ann) | The Compleat Cook [Collection of recipes], Elizabeth David's copy with her autograph manuscript notes loosely inserted |
[c.1750] & 1778-94. | GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | GBP 3,276.00 |
| 65 | David (Elizabeth) | English Bread and Yeast Cookery, |
1977 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 162 | [Becon (Thomas)] | The Pomader of Prayer, |
1586 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 182 | Le Moyne (Pierre) | The Gallery of Heroick Women, |
1654 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 2,772.00 |
| 187 | Homer. | Homer his Iliads, |
1660 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,394.00 |
| 234 | Ackermann (Rudolph) | Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics |
1812 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,268.00 |
| 9 | Emy (M.) | L'Art de Bien faire Les Glaces d'Office; ou les Vrais Principes Pour Congeler tous les Rafraichissemens. |
1768 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 2,016.00 |
| 11 | [Glasse (Hannah)] | The Art of Cookery, made plain and easy; which far exceeds any thing of the kind ever yet published |
1747 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 13 | Glasse (Hannah) | The Compleat confectioner: or, the whole art of confectionary made plain and easy |
[c.1760]. | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 66 | David (Elizabeth) | Italian Food, |
1977 | GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 215 | ?Jewel (John, Bishop of Salisbury) | [Works], |
1661 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 226 | Gay (John) | Fables, |
1796 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,890.00 |
| 168 | Morgan (Sylvanus) | The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature, an Historical and Genealogical Work, of Arms and Blazon, |
1679 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 206 | Milton (John) | Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, |
1693 | GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 298 | Beck (Henry C.) | Map of London's Underground Railways, |
1933 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,764.00 |
| 69 | World.- Church of Scotland Woman's Guild. The Kenya Settlers' Cookery Book and Household Guide, |
1948 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,638.00 | |
| 96 | Zwingli (Ulrich) | De vera et falsa religione..., |
[c.1525]. | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
| 259 | Benson (E. F.) | Spook Stories, |
1929 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 1,638.00 |
