Gonnelli:
Auction 55
Antique prints, paintings and maps
November 26st 2024

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, 23 animal plances,1641. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Stefano Della Bella, Boar Hunt, 1654. Starting price 180€

Gonnelli: Crispijn Van de Passe, The seven Arts, 1637. Starting price 600€

Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, La Maschera è cagion di molti mali, 1688. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Biribissor’s game, 1804-15. Starting price 2800€

Gonnelli: Nicolas II de Larmessin, Habitats,1700. Starting price 320€

Gonnelli: Miniature “O”, 1400. Starting price 1800€

Gonnelli: Jan Van der Straet, Hunt scenes, 1596. Starting Price 140€

Gonnelli: Massimino Baseggio, Costantinople, 1787. Starting price 480€

Gonnelli: Kawanabe Kyosai, Erotic scene lighten up by a candle, 1860. Starting price 380€

Gonnelli: Duck shaped dropper, 1670. Starting price 800€
Doyle, Dec. 6: An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler’s unpublished drafts of fantasy stories.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.
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
H. Schedel, Liber chronicarum, 1493. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
P. O. Runge, Farben-Kugel, 1810. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Kandinsky, Klänge, 1913. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
W. Burley, De vita et moribus philosophorum, 1473. Est: € 4,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. B. Valentini, Viridarium reformatum seu regnum vegetabile, 1719. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
PAN, 10 volumes, 1895-1900. Est: € 15,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. de Gaddesden, Rosa anglica practica medicinae, 1492. Est: € 12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
M. Merian, Todten-Tanz, 1649. Est: € 5,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
D. Hammett, Red harvest, 1929. Est: € 11,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction November 25th

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
Book of hours, Horae B. M. V., 1503. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
J. Miller, Illustratio systematis sexualis Linneai, 1792. Est: € 8,000

Ketterer Rare Books, Nov. 25:
F. Hundertwasser, Regentag – Look at it on a rainy day, 1972. Est: € 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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Auction Reports


Auction Name	Antiquarian and Collectable Books	Total Sales (GBP)	10,491.90
Auction Date	November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	6,740.00
Sale Number	#112124	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	10,550.00
Total Lots	272
Sold Lots	116	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	19,440.00
% of Lots Sold	42.65%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	29,330.00
Unsold Lots	156	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	35.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
100	GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH.	Two signed presentation photographs. George VI by Hugh Cecil printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, "George R.I.", 1942, 48cms x 36cms; Queen Elizabeth by Dorothy Wilding, "Elizabeth R, 1942",		GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 984.00
12	FILMER SIR ROBERT.	The Free-holders Grand Inquest Touching Our Sovereign Lord the King and his Parliament to which are added Observations upon Forms of Government, concludes with An Advertisement to the Jury-Men of England Touching Witches.	1684	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 467.40
15	HUXLEY THOMAS HENRY.	Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.	1863	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 430.50
9	(JOHNSON SAMUEL).	Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands.	1771	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 319.80
11	WESLEY JOHN (Trans).	Advices with Respect to Health Extracted from a Late Author (S-A Tissot).		GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 270.60
27	WALSH C. W. & HOLTON G. F. (Photographers).	A Selection of Camera Studies of Native Types & Views Around Southern Persia, including the Abadan Refinery of the Anglo-Persian Oil Co.	c.1920's.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 270.60
101	BYRON LORD.	A folio vol.	early 19th cent.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 246.00
98	WALLIS JOHN.	The Natural History & Antiquities of Northumberland & So Much of the County of Durham as Lies Between the Rivers Tyne & Tweed.	1769	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 221.40
74	JAILLOT ALEXIS HUBERT.	Les Isles Britanniques.	c.1681.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 209.10
99	BONWICKE R., & others (Pubs).	A Complete History of England With the Lives of All the Kings & Queens Thereof.	1719	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 209.10
45	HEWISON JAMES KING.	The Isle of Bute in the Olden Time.	1893	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 196.80
88	DORRET JAMES.	A General Map of Scotland & Islands Thereto Belonging.	C.1750.	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 172.20
5	ATKINSON MATTHEW HUTTON.	Four manuscript diaries kept by engineer & amateur watercolourist Matthew Hutton Atkinson (1843-1917), for the years 1875-1888	1875-1888	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 147.60
13	GIBBON JOHN.	Introductio Ad Latinam Blasoniam, An Essay to a More Correct Blason in Latine Than Formerly Hath Been Used.	1682	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 147.60
79	BLAEU JOHANNES.	Lancastria Palatinatus Anglis Lancaster.	, c.1646.	GBP 60.00 - 100.00	GBP 147.60
89	CRAWFORD WILLIAM.	Plan of the Estate of Colinton ... County of Edinburgh, the Property of Sir James Foulis.	An 1898 tracing of the 1798 original. Rolled. 98cm x 98cm.	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 147.60
48		Dumfriesshire.	1871	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 135.30
81	BLAEU JOHANNES & PONT TIMOTHY.	Annandiae Praefectura, Vulgo vie Stewartrie of Annandale.	, c.1654.	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 135.30
92	FRYER JOHN.	Plan of Lands in the Manor of Ravensworth & Lamesley in the Parish of Chester-le-Street Surveyed for Sir Henry George Liddell Bart.		GBP 30.00 - 40.00	GBP 135.30
10	HOWARD CHARLES.	Historical Anecdotes of Some of the Howard Family.	1877	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 123.00
50	BUCHAN TELFER CAPT. J.	The Strange Career of the Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont.	1885	GBP 30.00 - 50.00	GBP 123.00
71	BOWEN EMANUEL & KITCHIN THOMAS.	An Accurate Map of Cambridgeshire Divided into Its Hundreds.	1760's.	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 123.00
56	LUBBOCK BASIL.	14 illus.		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 116.85
70	BOWEN EMANUEL & KITCHIN THOMAS.	An Accurate Map of Buckinghamshire Divided into Its Hundreds.	1760s.	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 110.70
109	BRAITHWAITE J. W.	Guide to Kirkby Stephen, Appleby, Brough, Warcop, Ravenstonedale, Mallerstang &c.	1884	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 110.70

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. 11: ALBINUS (BERNHARD SIEGFIED). Tabulæ Sceleti et Musculorum corporis humanum, Londres, 1749. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BIDLOO (GOVARD). Anatomia humani corporis. Centum et quinque tabulis per artificiosiss. G. de Lairesse..., Amsterdam, 1685.

ALDE, Dec. 11: BOURGERY (JEAN-MARC) – JACOB (NICOLAS-HENRI). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’Homme comprenant la médecine opératoire, Paris, 1832. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CALDANI (LEOPOLDO MARCANTONIO ET FLORIANO). Icones anatomicae, Venice, 1801-14. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CARSWELL (ROBERT). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the elementary forms of disease, London, 1838. €5,000 to €6,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate, Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ESTIENNE (CHARLES). De dissectione partium corporis humani libri tres, Paris, 1545. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: GAMELIN (JACQUES). Nouveau Recueil d'Ostéologie et de Myologie dessiné d'après nature... pour l’utilité des sciences et des arts, divisé en deux parties, Toulouse, 1779. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: ROESSLIN (EUCHER). Des divers travaux et enfantemens des femmes et par quel moyen l'on doit survenir aux accidens…, Paris, 1536. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: RUYSCH (FREDERICK). Thesaurus anatomicus - Anatomisch Cabinet, Amsterdam, 1701-1714. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VALVERDE (JUAN DE). Anatome corporis humani. Nunc primum a Michaele Michaele Columbo latine reddita, et additis novis aliquot tabulis exornata, Venetiis, 1589. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Dec. 11: VESALIUS (ANDREAS). De humani Corporis Fabrica libri septem, Venetiis, 1568. €3,000 to €4,000.
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

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