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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. -
![<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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De Baecque and Associes: Ancient and Modern Books
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Ancient and Modern Books | Total Sales (EUR) | 53,750.00 |
| Auction Date | October 04, 2024 - October 04, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 28,880.00 |
| Sale Number | #156791 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) | 44,680.00 |
| Total Lots | 327 | ||
| Sold Lots | 215 | Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 42,670.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 65.75% | High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) | 64,660.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 112 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 83.13% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | PUYSEGUR (A.M.J.) | MEMOIRES pour servir a l'histoire et a l'etablissement du magnetisme animal. |
1784 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 1,750.00 |
| 82 | FENELON | MAXIMES MORALES ET POLITIQUES, drawn from Telemaque, sur la science des Rois et le bonheur des peuples |
1814 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,125.00 |
| 149 | MESMER | MEMOIRE SUR LA DECOUVERTE DU MAGNETISME ANIMAL. |
1779 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 1,125.00 |
| 211 | SOCIETE DES AQUA-FORTISTES. MODERN ETCHINGS |
1863-64 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 1,125.00 | |
| 176 | DESMARAIS. | IDYLLE SUR LA NAISSANCE DE MONSEIGNEUR LE DAUPHIN... lyrics by M.Fleury. |
1730 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 875.00 |
| 208 | STIL ET REGLEMENTS SUR LE FAICT DE LA JUSTICE ET INSTRUCTION DES PROCES, dresse par le souverain Senat de Savoye.. |
1643 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 750.00 | |
| 13 | Almanach de la cour, de la ville et des departements, pour l'annee 1812 |
1812 | EUR 80.00 - 100.00 | EUR 687.50 | |
| 112 | LA HARPE (Jean-Francois de) | ABREGE DE L'HISTOIRE GENERALE DES VOYAGES |
1780-1798 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 687.50 |
| 47 | CALMET (Dom Augustin) | HISTOIRE GENEALOGIQUE DE LA MAISON DU CHATELET... |
1741 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 148 | MESMER | MEMOIRE DE F. A. MESMER, docteur en medecine, sur ses decouvertes |
an VII 1799 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 205 | SAINT-JOHN DE CREVECOEUR (H.) | LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER |
1787 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 271 | DINET (E.) - BEN IBRAHIM (S.) | THE LIFE OF MOHAMMED PROPHET OF ALLAH |
1918 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 625.00 |
| 12 | Almanach de la noblesse de l'Empire francais pour 1809 |
1809-10 | EUR 100.00 - 150.00 | EUR 600.00 | |
| 34 | BIBLE PROTESTANTE: LA BIBLE qui est toute la saincte Escriture du vieil et nouveau Testamen... |
1616 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 562.50 | |
| 62 | (Dentistry). SET OF 15 VOLUMES, incl. TOMES. Traite de chirurgie dentaire. |
1873 | EUR 100.00 - 200.00 | EUR 562.50 | |
| 123 | Statutes and regulations for master bakers in the city and suburbs of Lyon |
1769 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 562.50 | |
| 212 | SPON (J.) | RECHERCHES CURIEUSES D'ANTIQUITE... |
1663 | EUR 200.00 - 250.00 | EUR 562.50 |
| 8 | Annuaire ou calendrier du departement de Lot et Garonne |
1809-1833 | EUR 300.00 - 500.00 | EUR 500.00 | |
| 153 | PAULET (J-J.) | ANTIMAGNETISME OR ORIGIN... |
1784 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 174 | MORIER (J.) | VOYAGE EN PERSE, EN ARMENIE, EN ASIE-MINEURE ET A CONSTANTINOPLE |
1813 | EUR 150.00 - 200.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 215 | TALLEMANT (Paul) | LE VOYAGE DE L'ILE D'AMOUR OU LA CLEF DES COEURS. |
early 18th century | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 302 | MUSSET (A. de) | LES NUITS |
1911 | EUR 400.00 - 600.00 | EUR 500.00 |
| 30 | BEKKER (Balthasar) | LE MONDE ENCHANTE ... |
1694 | EUR 300.00 - 400.00 | EUR 487.50 |
| 261 | COLETTE and WILLY. | CLAUDINE A L'ECOLE - CLAUDINE A PARIS - CLAUDINE EN MENAGE - CLAUDINE D'EN VA |
1946 | EUR 200.00 - 300.00 | EUR 475.00 |
| 316 | STENDHAL | LA CHARTREUSE DE PARME |
1946 | EUR 200.00 - 400.00 | EUR 475.00 |
