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.
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
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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Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books and Maps: an Eclectic Mix

Auction Reports


Auction Name	Books and Maps: an Eclectic Mix	Total Sales (AUD)	62,039.50
Auction Date	November 10, 2024 - November 10, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	55,130.00
Sale Number	#A132	High Estimate of Lots Sold (AUD)	85,190.00
Total Lots	508
Sold Lots	309	Low Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	105,915.00
% of Lots Sold	60.83%	High Estimate of All Lots (AUD)	158,605.00
Unsold Lots	199	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	39.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
29	COLLINS, Lieutenant-Colonel David.	An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: With remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that Country. To which are added, some particulars of New	1804	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00	AUD 4,572.00
58	D.H. Lawrence	Mornings in Mexico	1927	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	AUD 3,429.00
99	J.W. Lewin.	Map of Part of New South Wales Embellished with Views in the Harbour of Port Jackson, Drawn by J.W. Lewin.		AUD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	AUD 2,794.00
22	WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig.	Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. With an introduction by Bertrand Russell, F.R.S.	1922	AUD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	AUD 2,667.00
461		Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1888-1961, 65 books in total.		AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00	AUD 2,032.00
60	P Neville Barnett	Japanese Colour-Prints	1936	AUD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00	AUD 1,778.00
422	[Daniel Defoe]	Robinson Crusoe: The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York mariner.	1815	AUD 500.00 - 750.00	AUD 1,079.50
5	Dodsey, R.	Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists in Three Books. A new edition	no date but circa 1770	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 1,016.00
21	[HARDY, Robert Spence].	[HARDY, Robert Spence]. Autograph Album of Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries and Elders.		AUD 750.00 - 1,200.00	AUD 889.00
1		Further Papers Relative to the Recent Discovery of Gold in Australia. (In continuation of papers presented to parliament, 14 June, 1852). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Her Majesty, February 28, 1853.	1853	AUD 700.00 - 800.00	AUD 698.50
18		Bound volume of 54 copper engraved natural history plates,	1803 and 1810.	AUD 750.00 - 1,500.00	AUD 635.00
189		Victoria and Its Metropolis Past and Present Past and Present	1888	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 571.50
216		The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales, Illustrated, EMB Acting Sketches and Portraits of Her Noted People;		AUD 250.00 - 350.00	AUD 571.50
70	Le Corbusier {pseudonym of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris]	Une petite maison 1923	1954	AUD 300.00 - 400.00	AUD 539.75
148	Tom Roberts	A Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by the late Tom Roberts Opened by The Honourable F W Eggleston.	1932	AUD 80.00 - 120.00	AUD 539.75
465	Philip G King, M.L.C.	Comments on Cook's Log (H.M.S. Endeavour. 1770) with Extracts Charts and Sketches by The Honourable Philip G King, M.L.C. April 1891	1892	AUD 400.00 - 500.00	AUD 539.75
471	Alan Frost.	Sir Joseph Banks and the Transfer of Plants To and From the South Pacific 1786-1798	1993	AUD 100.00 - 200.00	AUD 539.75
223		6 books of Australian History. Fair condition. Including 1) Johns' Notable Australians. Who They Are and What They Do by Fred. Johns 1906.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
443	J Blackshaw.	RAAF Observers Air Gunners and W/T operators flying log book		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 476.25
9		A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels... in seven volumes.	1767	AUD 300.00 - 500.00	AUD 444.50
266		A Summary of The Geology of Western Australia by A. Gibb Maitland.	1919	AUD 120.00 - 180.00	AUD 444.50
107		A bundle of Vintage Russia Pye Rubles Banknotes. Condition various.		AUD 200.00 - 300.00	AUD 412.75
509		8 Photographs of the British Royal Family that were presented to Frank Wood, by the then Prince of Wales, to commemorate the cruise of the "Renown" on which Frank Wood served on the personal Staff of H.R.W.		AUD 200.00 - 400.00	AUD 412.75
8	Du HALDE, P.	The General History of China. Containing a geographical, historical, chronological, political and physical description of the Empire of China, Chinese Tartary, Corea and Thibet...	1736	AUD 150.00 - 200.00	AUD 381.00
88	Rev. John Milner and Oswald W. Brierly.	The Cruise Of HMS Galatea. Captain HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh, KG. In 1867-1868	1869	AUD 150.00 - 250.00	AUD 381.00

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
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.

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