• <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Book Press 10 1/2× 15 1/4" Platen , 2 1/2" Daylight. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> The Tubbs Mfg Co. wooden-type cabinet 27” w by 37” h by 22” deep. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> G.P.Gordon printing press 7” by 11” with treadle. Needs rollers, trucks, and grippers. Missing roller spring. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> D & C Ventris curved wood type 2” tall 5/8” wide. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Wood Type 1 1/4” tall. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Triangles. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Page & Co wood type 1 1/4” tall 1/4” wide. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Awt 578 type hi gauge. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes. <b><center>High Bids Win<br>Letterpress & Bindery Auction<br>Nov. 20 – Dec. 5, 2024</b> <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Penline Flourishes. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Quarter Case with Lead Cents and Pound Signs. <b>High Bids Win, Nov. 20 – Dec. 5:</b> Wooden type cabinet 27” w by 19” d by 38” h.
    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.
  • <b><center>Sotheby's<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts & More<br>Available for Immediate Purchase</center></b> <b>Sotheby’s:</b> J.R.R. Tolkien. <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> Trilogy. 11,135 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Edgar Allan Poe. <i>The Raven and Other Poems,</i> 1845. 33,000 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. <i>War and Peace,</i> 1886. 22,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. <i>Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,</i> 1902. 7,500 USD <b>Sotheby’s:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby,</i> and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
    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
  • <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Minas Avetisian (1928-1975). <i>Rest,</i> 1973. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973). <i>Yawning Tiger,</i> conceived 1917. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Robert M. Kulicke (1924-2007). <i>Full-Blown Red and White Roses in a Glass Vase,</i> 1982. $3,000 to $5,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). L’ATELIER DE CANNES (Bloch 794; Mourlot 279). The cover for <i>Ces Peintres Nos Amis,</i> vol. II. $1,000 to $1,500. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012). THE BEACH AT CANNES, 1979. $1,200 to $1,800. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Richard Avendon, the suite of eleven signed portraits from the Avedon/Paris portfolio. $150,000 to $250,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989). <i>Flowers in Vase,</i> 1985. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Edward Weston (1886-1958). <i>Nude,</i> 1936. $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Edward Weston (1886-1958). <i>Juniper, High Sierra,</i> 1937. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Steven J. Levn (b. 1964). <i>Plumage II,</i> 2011. $6,000 to $8,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 5:</b> Steven Meisel (b. 1954). <i>Madonna, Miami, (from Sex),</i> 1992. $6,000 to $9,000.
    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.
  • <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> BLAEU (JOAN) ET BORGOGNIO (GIO TOMASO). <i>Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye…,</i> La Haye, 1700. €25,000 to €30,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> BROWNE (JAMES D. HOWE). <i>Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit.</i> London, 1853. €6,000 to €8,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> FELLOWS (CHARLES). <i>A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc.</i> London, 1827. €30,000 to €40,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> HACQUET (BELSAZAR). <i>Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen…,</i> Leipzig, 1785. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> HAWES (BENJAMIN). <i>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,</i> 1828. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> MARTEL (PIERRE) ET WINDHAM (WILLIAM). <i>An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters…,</i> London, 1744. €6,000 to €8,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> PITSCHNER (WILHELM). <i>Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859…,</i> Berlin, 1860-1864. €8,000 to €10,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> SCHEUCHZER (JOHANN JACOB). <i>Natur-Geschichte des Schweizerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge.</i> Zurich, 1746. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> STUMPF (JOANNES). <i>Gemeiner loblicher Eydgnosschaft Stetten, Landen, und Völckeren Chronicwirdiger Thaatenbeschreybung. Zurich, Christoph Froschauer, 1548. €2,500 to €3,500.</i> <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> WALTON (ELIJAH) ET BONNEY (THOMAS GEORGE). <i>The Peaks and valleys of the Alps.</i> London, 1868. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>ALDE, Dec. 9:</b> WYTTENBACH (JACOB SAMUEL). <i>Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description.</i> Amsterdam, 1785. €15,000 to €20,000.
    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.
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De Baecque and Associes: Ancient and Modern Books

Auction Reports

Auction Name Ancient and Modern Books Total Sales (EUR) 340,127.50
Auction Date October 03, 2024 - October 03, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 153,030.00
Sale Number #155240 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 206,500.00
Total Lots 131
Sold Lots 95 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 178,380.00
% of Lots Sold 72.52% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 244,400.00
Unsold Lots 36 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 139.17%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

[JEHAN PUCELLE] - LIVRE D'HEURES A L'USAGE DE ROME

 circa 1325 EUR 80,000.00 - 100,000.00 EUR 200,000.00
130 RABELAIS

GARGANTUA

 1955 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 11,250.00
86 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

THE DRAMA OF LIFE

 1793 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 8,500.00
15 [SCEVE (Maurice)]

HENRI II'S ENTRY INTO LYON

 1549 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,750.00
3 FORESTI DE BERGAME (Jacobus Philippus)

SUPPLEMENTUM CHRONICARUM

 1490 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
75 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

LE PAYSAN ET LA PAYSANE PERVERTIS OU LES DANGERS DE LA VILLE

 1784 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,875.00
48

MISSALE sacri ordiniis Praedicatorum auct. ApoSt. approbatum Thomas Ripoll. LE MISSALE DE SAINT JEAN DE LA PORTE LATINE

 1726 EUR 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 6,250.00
50 OUTHIER (Reginald)

JOURNAL D'UN VOYAGE AU NORD, EN 1736 ET 1737

 1744 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,250.00
83 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

INGENUE SAXANCOURT ou la femme separee...

 1789 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,250.00
91 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri-Louis)

TRAITE DES ARBRES FRUITIERS contenant leur figure, leur description, leur culture..

 1768 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,125.00
34 PLUVINEL (Antoine de)

L'INSTRUCTION DU ROY EN L'EXERCICE DE MONTER A CHEVAL..

 1625 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,000.00
41 [BEAULIEU (Sebastien de)

THE GLORIOUS CONQUESTS OF LOUIS THE GREAT

 no date (circa 1665) EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,750.00
24 DU VERDIER (A.)

LES OMONIMES

 1572 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 2,375.00
46 SMIDS (Ludolph)

DE ROOMSCHE KEISERINNEN IN BYSCHRIFTEN

 1688 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 2,000.00
58 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

LE MARQUIS DE T***, OU L'ECOLE DE LA JEUNESSE

 1771 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,000.00
2

COUSTUMES D'ANJOU ET DU MAINE contenans seize parties

 1486 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,875.00
124 LISZT (Franz) - BORY (Robert)

LA VIE DE FRANZ LISZT par l'image, preceded by a biographical introduction by Alfred Cortot

 1936 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,875.00
65 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

LE PAYSAN PERVERTI OU LES DANGERS DE LA VILLE

 1776 (1781) EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,812.50
8 CICERON

CI COMMENCE TULLES DES OFFICES et operatios humaynes vertueuses et honestes...

 1533 EUR 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,750.00
92 ATLAS - FLAMSTEED (John)

ATLAS CELESTE...

 1776 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 EUR 1,750.00
78 RESTIF DE LA BRETONNE

LES VEILLEES DU MARAIS ; ou Histoire du grand Prince Oribeau...

 1785 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,625.00
117 [MUCHA]

LE MOIS LITTERAIRE ET PITTORESQUE

 1899-1913 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,625.00
108 ORBIGNY (Charles d')

DICTIONNAIRE UNIVERSEL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

 1861 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 EUR 1,500.00
14 VITRUVE

DE ARCHITECTURA LIBRI DECEM, ad Augustum Caesarem accuratis conscripti...

 1543 EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,375.00
21 RONSARD (P. de)

RESPONCE AUX INJURES ET CALOMNIES, de ie ne say quels Predicans, & Ministres de Geneve

 1563 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,375.00
  • <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> RAND, AYN. Single page from Ayn Rand’s handwritten first draft of her influential final novel <i>Atlas Shrugged.</i> $30,000 to $50,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> Ernest Hemingway’s first book with interesting provenance. <i>Three Stories & Ten Poems.</i> $20,000 to $30,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> Hemingway’s second book, one of 170 copies. <i>In Our Time.</i> $15,000 to $25,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> A finely colored example of Visscher’s double hemisphere world map, with a figured border. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> Raymond Chandler’s Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter. $10,000 to $20,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway. $10,000 to $20,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> A remarkable Truman archive featuring an inscribed beam from the White House construction. $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> The fourth edition of Audubon’s <i>The Birds of America.</i> $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> The original typed manuscript for Chandler’s only opera. <i>The Princess and the Pedlar: An Entirely Original Comic Opera.</i> $8,000 to $12,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> A splendidly illustrated treatise on ancient Peru and its Incan civilization. $7,000 to $10,000. <b>Doyle, Dec. 6:</b> A superb copy of Claude Lorrain’s <i>Liber Veritatis</i> from Longleat House. $5,000 to $8,000.
    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.
  • <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> A Rare Complete Run of the Cuala Press Broadsides. €5,500 to €7,000. <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> Yeats (W.B.) <i>The Poems of W.B. Yeats,</i> 2 vols. Lond. (MacMillan & Co.) 1949. Signed by author, limited edition. €1,250 to €1,750. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Fishing: <i>Literal Translation into English of the Earliest Known Book on Fowling and Fishing,</i> Written originally in Flemish and Printed at Antwerp in 1492. London (Chiswick Press) 1872. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Fishing: Blacker's - <i>Art of Fly Making, etc.,</i> Comprising Angling & Dying of Colours..., Rewritten & Revised. Lond. 1855. €250 to €350. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Joyce (James). <i>Finnegans Wake,</i>, London (Faber & Faber Ltd.) 1939, Lim. Edn. No. 269 (425) copies, Signed by the Author (in green pen). €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Synge (J.M.) & Yeats (Jack B.) illus. <i>The Aran Islands,</i>, D. (Maunsel & Co. Ltd.) 1907, Signed Limited Edn. €4,000 to €5,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Meyer (Dr. A.B.) <i>Unser Auer -, Rackel-Und Birkwild und Seine Abarten,</i> Wien (Verlag Von Adolph W. Kunast) 1887. €2,500 to €3,500. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Carve (Thomas). <i>Itinerarium R.D. Thomas Carve Tripperariensis, Sacellani Maioris in Fortisima iuxta…,</i>, Moguntia (Mainz) impriemebat Nicolaus Heyll, 1639. €1,500 to €2,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Grose (Francis). <i>The Antiquities of Ireland,</i> 2 vols. folio London (for S. Hooper) 1791. First Edition. €3,000 to €5,000. <b>Fonsie Mealy’s, Dec. 11-12:</b> Heaney (Seamus) & Le Brocquy (Louis) artist. <i>Ugolino,</i> D. (Dolmen Press) 1979, Signed Limited Edition No. 87 (125) Copies. €3,500 to €4,500. <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.
  • <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera<br>Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick<br>12 December 2024</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Gell (William). <i>The Topography of Troy, and its Vicinity,</i> 1804. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Low (David). <i>The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands,</i> 1842. £1,500 to £2,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> North America. Moll (Herman)..., <i>This Map of North America...,</i> circa 1725. £1,000 to £1,500. <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Printed Books, Maps & Ephemera<br>Printing Woodblocks by Thomas & John Bewick<br>12 December 2024</b></center> <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. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Chaucer (Geoffrey). <i>The Workes of Our Ancient and Learned English Poet, newly Printed,</i> 1602. £1,500 to £2,000. £1,500 to £2,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 12:</b> Cuffee (Paul). <i>Memoir of Captain Paul Cuffee, A Man of Color,</i> Liverpool, 1811. £300 to £500. <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games<br>13 December 2024</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Milne (A. A.) <i>The House at Pooh Corner,</i> signed limited edition, 1928. £3,000 to £5,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Huxley (Aldous). <i>Brave New World,</i> limited signed edition, 1932. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Orwell (George). <i>Animal Farm,</i> 1st edition, 1945. £2,000 to £3,000. <center><b>Dominic Winter Auctioneers<br>Modern First Editions & Illustrated Books, Playing Cards, Toys & Games<br>13 December 2024</b></center> <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Rowling (J. K.). <i>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,</i> 1st edition, 1st impression, 1997. £30,000 to £50,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Tolkien (J. R. R.) <i>The Lord of the Rings,</i> 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1954-55. £2,000 to £3,000. <b>Dominic Winter, Dec. 13:</b> Wells (H. G.) <i>The War of the Worlds,</i> 1st edition, 1st issue, 1898. £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: 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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