• 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.
  • 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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Zisska and Lacher: Books and Graphics

Auction Reports

Auction Name Books and Graphics Total Sales (EUR) 487,660.60
Auction Date November 27, 2024 - November 29, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 247,370.00
Sale Number #84 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 369,080.00
Total Lots 1642
Sold Lots 803 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 494,710.00
% of Lots Sold 48.90% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 737,110.00
Unsold Lots 839 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 66.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4

THEOLOGISCHER SAMMELBAND Lateinische Handschrift auf Papier.

Ende 14.- Anfang 15. Jdht. EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 26,200.00
5

Vocabularius - Lateinisch-deutsche Handschrift auf Papier.

wohl um 1480/90 EUR 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 EUR 9,825.00
45

Qasida Al-Burda. Arabische Handschrift auf geglattetem Papier.

1278 d.i.1861/62 EUR 550.00 - 800.00 EUR 9,170.00
16 Charles Messier

Messier- "Livre de depense" - "Livre de recette". Franzosische Handschrift auf Butten. Autografes Rechnungsbuch des Astronomen Charles Messier 1730-1817)

1751-67 EUR 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 EUR 7,860.00
884 Doppelmayr, J. G.,

Himmelsatlas- Doppelmayr, J. G., Atlas novus coelestis.

1742 EUR 4,400.00 - 6,600.00 EUR 7,860.00
267 Lonicer, A.,

Lonicer, A., Kreuterbuch. Jetzo auffs fleissigst zum letzten mal von neuwem ersehen, und durchaus an vielen Orthen gebessert, auch weit uber vorige Edition gemehret.

1609 EUR 2,200.00 - 3,400.00 EUR 7,205.00
162 Berberius, J.,

Berberius, J., Viatorium utriusque iuris.

o.J. 1493 EUR 4,600.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,288.00
168

Postinkunabeln - Trutfetter- Sammelband mit 3 Erfurter Drucken mit Werken von Jodocus Trutfetter (davon 1 Fragment).

1501-18 EUR 4,600.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 6,026.00
166 Mechthild von Hackeborn,

Mechthild von Hackeborn, Das Buch geistlicher Gnaden. Offenbarunge wunderliches unde beschawlichen lebens der heiligenn Iungfrawen Mechtildis und Gertrudis ...

1503 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,716.00
466 (Hrsg. von F. Nicolai).

ALLGEMEINE DEUTSCHE BIBLIOTHEK. (Hrsg. von F. Nicolai). 121 Bde. der Reihe.

1783-93 EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 4,585.00
163

Zwei Inkunabeln von Amerbach in zeitgenossischem Einband - (Bertholdus), Horologium devotionis

nicht nach 1490 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,192.00
8

Tattenbach - Steiermark - Wisell (Bizeljsko) - "Herrn Herrn Georg Sigmundten Graffen von Tattenpach seel. Inventarium"

1646-49 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 EUR 3,930.00
9

Antiphonar. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament. Dat..

1652 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 3,930.00
346 Schinz, H. R.,

Schinz, H. R., Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Saugethiere. 29 Hefte.

1824 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 EUR 3,930.00
110 Lehar

Ein Brief und zwei Portr.-Karten des realen chinesischen Prinzen, der als Vorlage des Protagonisten der Operette "Das Land des Lachelns" von F. Lehar diente. Alle e. und mit U.

1914-15 EUR 2,800.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,668.00
890 (Muller, W. J.),

Afrika - Ghana- (Muller, W. J.), Africanische Reise-Beschreibung, worinnen viele merckwurdige Seltzamkeiten von Menschen, Tieren, Baumen, Gewachsen, Bergwercken, und andere Sachen.

1675 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 3,668.00
1097 W. von Gloeden und W. Pluschow,

19 Fotografien (Albuminabzuge), wohl von W. von Gloeden und W. Pluschow,

um 1900 EUR 1,600.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,882.00
463

Konvolut - 33 (tls. inkomplette) Werke in 35 Bdn.

17.-18. Jhdt. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,620.00
279 Wilhelm, G. T.,

Wilhelm, G. T., Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte ... Des Pflanzenreichs. 10 Bde.

1810-21 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,489.00
3073 Guerard, Eugene-Charles-Francois

"La Vie au Serail". 5 getonte, altkolor. und eiweissgehohte Lithografien von C. Regnier. Im Stein betitelt, num. und sign.,

1853/59 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,489.00
107 Kobell, F. von,

Kobell, F. von, Dichter und Mineraloge 1803-1882). 14 e. Briefe mit e. U.

1850-1858 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,600.00 EUR 2,358.00
390

Exlibris- Sammlung - Ca. 475 Bucheignerzeichen. Unterschiedliche Techniken und Masse.

16.bis 20. Jhdt. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 2,358.00
2004

Topographische Karte Halb-Insel Krim (kyrillisch). Gestoch. Karte im Massstab 1:210.000 mit kalligrafiertem Titel, wohl von Sorokun,

1842 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 2,358.00
145 Sutter-Kottlar

Der unvergesslichen Beatrice Sutter-Kottlar gewidmet von ihren Verehrern (Deckeltitel). Mappe mit zus. 68 hs. und 5 ms. Briefen und Albumblattern zum Buhnenabschied

1932 EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 2,227.00
335 Entomologie- Freyer, C. F.,

Entomologie- Freyer, C. F., Beitrage zur Geschichte europaischer Schmetterlinge mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. 3 Bde.

1827-30 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 2,227.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Discover Upcoming Auctions
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Coronelli, Vincenzo Maria. "Epitome Cosmografica." With the 6 circular celestial and terrestrial charts. 7,000 – 10,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 9: Hurley, Frank. Collection of 69 photographs taken during Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. 80,000 – 120,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: Sendak, Maurice. Original artwork for the inaugural "New York is Book Country" poster, 1979. 300,000 – 600,00 USD
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 10: [Brontë, Emily, and Ann Brontë] — Ellis Bell and Acton Bell. An outstanding survival of the sisters' debut novels Estimate. 90,000 - 130,000 USD
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