• 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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Christies: Rare Books and Manuscripts - online 10/16

Auction Reports

Auction Name Rare Books and Manuscripts - online 10/16 Total Sales (EUR) 1,268,694.00
Auction Date October 29, 2024 - October 29, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 681,900.00
Sale Number #23003 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 951,500.00
Total Lots 127
Sold Lots 71 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 1,427,200.00
% of Lots Sold 55.91% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 2,047,800.00
Unsold Lots 56 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.95%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
61 EXPEDITION D'EGYPTE [LE PERE, Jacques-Marie (1763-1841) et Gratien LE PERE (1769-1826)]

Description de l'Egypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'Armee francaise.

1809-1813, 1817-[1830]. EUR 150,000.00 - 200,000.00 EUR 327,600.00
65 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828)

Los Desastres de la Guerra. Coleccion de ochenta laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte por Don Francisco Goy. Publicala la R! Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando.

1863 EUR 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 EUR 75,600.00
48 ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Du Contract social; ou, Principes du Droit politique. Par J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve

1762 EUR 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 56,700.00
27 MATIS, Hippolyte (16..-17..)

Recueil des vues et plans. Carte generale et particuliere du duche d'Epernon.

1718 EUR 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 EUR 44,100.00
28 MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (1647-1717)

Dissertation sur la generation et les transformations des insectes de Surinam...

1726 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 44,100.00
19 [HOLBEIN LE JEUNE, Hans (c. 1497-1543)]

Historiarum veteris Instrumenti icones ad vivum expressae.

1538 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 40,320.00
17 GAUTIER D'AGOTY, Jacques-Fabien (1716-1785)

Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle, composee de l'essai et de la suite de l'essai d'anatomie...

1746 [1748]. EUR 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
29 MONTAIGNE, Michel de (1533-1592), trad., et Raymond SEBON (1385-1436)

La Theologie naturelle de Raymond Sebon, docteur exellent entre les modernes...

1569 EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
120 TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de (1864-1901) et Georges CLEMENCEAU (1841-1929).

Au Pied du Sinai.

1898 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 37,800.00
81 BONNARD, Pierre (1867-1947) et Paul VERLAINE (1844-1896)

Parallelement.

1900 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 32,760.00
112 LAGERFELD, Karl (1933-2019)

Quelle Allure ce parfum! Dessin original signe accompagnant une lettre autographe signee, adressee a Jacques Helleu, a l'occasion de la sortie du parfum "Allure" de Chanel.

1996 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 32,760.00
118 ROUAULT, Georges (1871-1958)

Cirque de l'etoile filante.

1938 EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 30,240.00
57 BAUDELAIRE, Charles (1821-1867).

Honore Daumier. Poeme autographe signe.

1865 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 27,720.00
66 GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828).

Los Proverbios: Coleccion de diez y ocho laminas inventadas y grabadas al agua fuerte por Don Francisco Goya. Publicala la R! Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando.

1864 EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
76 ALAIN-FOURNIER, Henri-Alban Fournier, dit (1886-1914)

Le Grand Meaulnes.

1913 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
114 [MAGRITTE, Rene (1898-1967)]

Ensemble de lettres, cartes postales, billets, scripts, essais et poemes adresses a Rene Magritte et a son epouse Georgette (1901-1986),

v. 1936-1974. EUR 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 25,200.00
22 LARMESSIN, Nicolas Ier de (1632-1694), et d'autres

Costumes grotesques et metiers.

vers 1690. EUR 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR 23,940.00
6 [CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham (1684-1743)] - GUEUDEVILLE, Nicolas (1652-1721)

Atlas Historique ou Nouvelle introduction a l'Histoire, a la Chronologie & a la Geographie... representee dans de nouvelles cartes.

1708-1720. EUR 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
59 CHOPIN, Frederic (1810-1849) [et George SAND (1804-1876)]

Billet autographe signe au Docteur [Molin]. [Paris], "Dimanche matin" [Decembre 1845].

EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 21,420.00
15 [FENELON, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715)] - Jean-Guillaume MOITTE (1764 - 1810)

Seize gouaches originales pour illustrer Les Aventures de Telemaque.

1785 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 20,160.00
116 PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973) et Ilia Zdanevitch, dit ILIAZD (1894-1975).

Afat. Soixante-seize sonnets.

1940 EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 EUR 20,160.00
16 GAMELIN, Jacques (1738-1803)

Nouveau Recueil d'osteologie et de myologie, dessine d'apres nature...

1779 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 16,380.00
106 AJAR, Emile (Romain Gary, sous le pseud. de, 1914-1980)

La Vie devant soi.

1975 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 16,380.00
55 VOLTAIRE, Francois-Marie Arouet, dit (1694-1778)

Oeuvres completes. [Kehl :] de l'imprimerie de la societe litteraire typographique

1784 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 12,600.00
83 BRETON, Andre (1896-1966)

Second manifeste du surrealisme.

1930 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 10,710.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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