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Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate PurchaseSotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USDSotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USDSotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USDSotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USDSotheby’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. -
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.
Auction Reports
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Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Rare Books - online 11/14
- Auction Date
- 11/21/2024 - 11/21/2024
- Sale Number
- #119
- Total Lots
- 442
- Sold Lots
- 137
- Lots Sold
- 31.00%
- Unsold Lots
- 305
- Total Sales (USD)
- 34,202.10
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 35,285.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 41,780.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 146,490.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 190,870.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 17.92%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dillenius (Johann Jakob) | HORTUS ELTHAMENSIS SEU PLANTARUM RARIORUM QUAS IN HORTO SUO ELTHAMI IN CANTIO COLIUT.... |
1732 | USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 | USD 4,993.30 |
| 6 | Breyne (Jacob) | EXOTICARUM ALIARUMQUE MINUS COGNITARUM PLANTARUM CENTURIA PRIMA, |
1678 | USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 2,875.00 |
| 1 | Burmann (Johannes) | RARIORUM AFRICANARUM PLANTARUM |
1738-1739 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,300.00 |
| 3 | Commelin (C.) | PRAELUDIA BOTANICA AD PUBLICAS PLANTARUM EXOTICARUM DEMONSTRATIONES, DICTA IN HORTO MEDICO |
1703 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,725.00 |
| 215 | Lichtenstein (Henry) | TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA |
1815 | USD 1,500.00 - 1,750.00 | USD 1,150.00 |
| 10 | Bosman (Herman Charles) | COLD STONE JUG - INSCRIBED COPY |
1949 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 755.55 |
| 143 | Lovett (John) | CONTACT: |
1977 | USD 750.00 - 750.00 | USD 747.50 |
| 32 | Alford (Charles J.) | MINING LAW OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1906) |
1906 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 | USD 747.50 |
| 15 | Harris (William Cornwallis) | The Wild Sports of Southern Africa |
1844 | USD 650.00 - 750.00 | USD 684.25 |
| 31 | Olivieri, Schoeman, Van Wyk, Sartori, Baistrocchi and others... | NAMIBIA |
USD 375.00 - 375.00 | USD 664.70 | |
| 274 | Lieut.-Gen. Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin | A DISSERTATION ON THE COURSE AND PROBABLE TERMINATION OF THE NIGER (1829) |
1829 | USD 700.00 - 700.00 | USD 575.00 |
| 211 | [Graham (Lieut. Lumley) & Robinson (Lieut. Hugh) | SCENES IN KAFIRLAND, AND INCIDENTS IN THE KAFIR WAR |
No date (1854) | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 460.00 |
| 8 | Kentridge (William) | 2ND HAND READING (Signed by the artist) |
2014 | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | USD 447.35 |
| 195 | Dower (Rev. W.) | THE EARLY ANNALS OF KOKSTAD AND GRIQUALAND EAST |
1902 | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 434.70 |
| 180 | Chapman (James) | TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA |
1868 | USD 200.00 - 250.00 | USD 434.70 |
| 410 | [Harms (Irene) Compiler] | TREASON TRIAL 1957-1961. NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS |
No date (1997) | USD 300.00 - 350.00 | USD 423.20 |
| 94 | Churchill (Clementine) | MY VISIT TO RUSSIA - INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR |
nd (1945) | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 402.50 |
| 179 | [Bula N'Zau (Henry Bailey)] | TRAVEL AND ADVENTURES IN THE CONGO FREE STATE AND ITS BIG GAME SHOOTING |
1894 | USD 500.00 - 600.00 | USD 402.50 |
| 184 | Peel (Charles Victor Alexander) | SOMALILAND BEING AN ACCOUNT OF TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE FAR INTERIOR |
1900 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 374.90 |
| 122 | Andersson (Charles John) | The Okavango River |
1861 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 345.00 |
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![<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b719f220-50aa-4855-9a72-293cad312283.jpg "<b>ALDE, Dec. 11:</b> CASSERIUS (JULIUS) [GIULIO CASSERIO]. <i>De vocis auditusq. organis historia anatomica singulari fide methodo ac industria concinnata tractatis duobus explicate,</i> Ferrara, 1600-1601. €4,000 to €5,000.")
