• 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. 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.
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Gros & Delettrez: Travel: Books and Atlas

Auction Reports

Auction Name Travel: Books and Atlas Total Sales (EUR) 130,296.32
Auction Date November 07, 2024 - November 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 84,910.00
Sale Number #158126 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 107,930.00
Total Lots 145
Sold Lots 100 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 166,300.00
% of Lots Sold 68.97% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 211,280.00
Unsold Lots 45 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.67%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
94 [Dessin].

Panorama d'Athenes. Aquarelle sur papier velin.
Ecole francaise du debut du XIXe siecle.

Splendide vue panoramique de la ville, dominee par l'Acropole au centre de la composition.

EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 EUR 15,360.00
62 JOUY (Etienne de) ; GARNERAY (Louis).

Vues des cotes de France dans l'Ocean et dans la Mediterranee, peintes et gravees par M. Louis Garneray, decrites par M. E. Jouy...

1823-1832. EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,936.00
8 APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE (Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d').

Le Neptune Oriental, dedie au Roi. [Suivi de] Supplement au Neptune oriental.

1775 [et 1781. EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,864.00
52 GAIMARD (Paul).

Voyage en Islande et au Groenland execute pendant les annees 1835 et 1836 sur la corvette La Recherche commandee par M. Trehouart Lieutenant de Vaisseau dans le but de decouvrir La Lilloise.

1838-1843. EUR 3,500.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,864.00
81 LICENT (Emile).

Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itineraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly 1914-1923.

1924 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,352.00
36 CORTES (Hernan) ; LORENZANA (Francisco Antonio).

Historia de Nueva-Espana, escrita por su esclarecido Conquistador Hernan Cortes, aumentada con otros documentos, y notas.

1770 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,096.00
101 PEETERS (Jacob).

Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise du cote oriental, comme aussi des villes et forteresses de la Moree et quelques places de la Grece et des isles principales de l'archipel et forteresses d'icelles et en suitte quelques

vers 1690. EUR 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 4,096.00
75 LE BAS (Hippolyte).

[Milan. Rome. Dessins d'architecture].

EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 3,968.00
38 DE BRUYN (Cornelis).

Reizen van Cornelis de Bruyn, door de vermaardste deelen van Klein Asia, de eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, Metelino, Stanchio, &c. Mitsgaders de voornaamste steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina.

1698 EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,328.00
49 FREYCINET (Louis-Claude de Saulces de).

Voyage autour du monde fait par ordre du Roi, sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les annees 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820.

1824-1825. EUR 1,800.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 3,328.00
118 SCITIVAUX (Roger de).

Voyage en Orient

1873 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,328.00
57 HERRERA (Antonio de).

Histoire generale des voyages et conquestes des Castillans, dans les Isles & Terre-Ferme des Indes Occidentales.

1660 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,200.00
92 OLEARIUS (Adam).

Voyages tres-curieux & tres renommez faits en Moscovie, Tartarie Et Perse, par le Sr Adam Olearius

1719 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 3,200.00
115 [SAINT-NON (Jean-Claude Richard de)].

[Voyage pittoresque ou description des royaumes de Naples et de Sicile.

1781-1786. EUR 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 EUR 2,560.00
76 [LE CLERC (Nicolas Gabriel)].

[Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie. Atlas].

1783-1794. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 2,176.00
45 DUFLOT DE MOFRAS (Eugene).

Exploration du territoire de l'Oregon, des Californies et de la mer Vermeille, execute pendant les annees 1840, 1841 et 1842.

1844 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 2,048.00
34 [COOK (James)].

Cartes et figures du troisieme voyage de Cook.

1785 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,932.80
12 BAR (Jacques Charles).

Recueil de tous les costumes religieux et militaires, avec un abrege historique & chronologique, enrichi de notes et de planches coloriees.

1778-1789. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
35 COPPIN (J.).

Relation des voyages faits dans la Turquie, la Thebaide, et la Barbarie. Contenant des avis politiques.

1720 EUR 1,200.00 - 150.00 EUR 1,920.00
44 DRAKE (Francis).

Le voyage curieux, faict autour du monde, par Francois Drach, admiral d'Angleterre, augmente de la seconde partie.

1641 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 1,920.00
78 LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE (Guillaume).

Voyage dans les Mers de l'Inde, fait par ordre du Roi, a l'occasion du passage de Venus, sur le disque du Soleil, le 6 juin 1761 & le 3 du meme mois 1769.

1779 EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,536.00
15 [BESANCENOT (Jean).

Costumes et types du Maroc.

1942 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 1,408.00
144 AL-BAGHAWI (M. 1122) :

MASABIH AL-SUNNA

843 H/1439-40, signe Ahmad b. Jamal al-Din al-Begpazari (?) EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,408.00
2 ACOSTA (Jose de).

Historia natural y moral de Las Indias, en que se tratan las cosa notables del cielo, y elementos, metales, plantas...

1608 EUR 600.00 - 700.00 EUR 1,344.00
28 [CASSINI DE THURY (Cesar-Francois).

Carte des dioceses de la Province de Languedoc.

1781 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 EUR 1,292.80
  • 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. 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.
  • 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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