Trends In Book and Works on Paper Auction Prices

Trends In Book Auction Prices

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12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date	Price
2021-10-01 0:00AM	313.45750000000004
2021-11-01 0:00AM	314.6983333333333
2021-12-01 0:00AM	311.67833333333334
2022-01-01 0:00AM	308.2916666666667
2022-02-01 0:00AM	306.5416666666667
2022-03-01 0:00AM	303.6975
2022-04-01 0:00AM	300.8475
2022-05-01 0:00AM	303.3383333333333
2022-06-01 0:00AM	302.2525
2022-07-01 0:00AM	300.295
2022-08-01 0:00AM	304.21166666666664
2022-09-01 0:00AM	306.0083333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM	313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM	311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM	313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM	313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM	306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM	307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM	301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM	298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM	295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM	292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM	293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM	294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM	291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM	288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM	289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM	290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM	287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM	290.9966666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date	Average
2022-10-01 0:00AM	-4.449166666666656
2022-11-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2022-12-01 0:00AM	1.9208333333333485
2023-01-01 0:00AM	3.640833333333319
2023-02-01 0:00AM	7.140833333333319
2023-03-01 0:00AM	10.0266666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	7.793333333333294
2023-05-01 0:00AM	3.215000000000032
2023-06-01 0:00AM	5.71999999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	5.93416666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	-0.8166666666666629
2023-09-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2023-10-01 0:00AM	-10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM	-14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM	-20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM	-18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM	-22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM	-22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM	-14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM	-15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM	-19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM	-16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM	-13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM	-13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM	-7.785000000000082

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date	Rate
2021-10-01 0:00AM	0.8269416666666668
2021-11-01 0:00AM	0.8258666666666667
2021-12-01 0:00AM	0.824625
2022-01-01 0:00AM	0.8213249999999999
2022-02-01 0:00AM	0.8196833333333332
2022-03-01 0:00AM	0.8180249999999999
2022-04-01 0:00AM	0.8199083333333336
2022-05-01 0:00AM	0.8135499999999999
2022-06-01 0:00AM	0.8125916666666667
2022-07-01 0:00AM	0.8181500000000002
2022-08-01 0:00AM	0.8170333333333334
2022-09-01 0:00AM	0.8159833333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM	0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM	0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM	0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM	0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM	0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM	0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM	0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM	0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM	0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM	0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM	0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM	0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM	0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM	0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM	0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM	0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM	0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM	0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM	0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM	0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM	0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM	0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM	0.8044666666666668

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date	Price
2021-10-01 0:00AM	313.45750000000004
2021-11-01 0:00AM	314.6983333333333
2021-12-01 0:00AM	311.67833333333334
2022-01-01 0:00AM	308.2916666666667
2022-02-01 0:00AM	306.5416666666667
2022-03-01 0:00AM	303.6975
2022-04-01 0:00AM	300.8475
2022-05-01 0:00AM	303.3383333333333
2022-06-01 0:00AM	302.2525
2022-07-01 0:00AM	300.295
2022-08-01 0:00AM	304.21166666666664
2022-09-01 0:00AM	306.0083333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM	313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM	311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM	313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM	313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM	306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM	307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM	301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM	298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM	295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM	292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM	293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM	294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM	291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM	288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM	289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM	290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM	287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM	290.9966666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date	Average
2022-10-01 0:00AM	-4.449166666666656
2022-11-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2022-12-01 0:00AM	1.9208333333333485
2023-01-01 0:00AM	3.640833333333319
2023-02-01 0:00AM	7.140833333333319
2023-03-01 0:00AM	10.0266666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	7.793333333333294
2023-05-01 0:00AM	3.215000000000032
2023-06-01 0:00AM	5.71999999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	5.93416666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	-0.8166666666666629
2023-09-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2023-10-01 0:00AM	-10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM	-14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM	-20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM	-18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM	-22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM	-22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM	-14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM	-15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM	-19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM	-16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM	-13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM	-13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM	-7.785000000000082

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date	Rate
2021-10-01 0:00AM	0.8269416666666668
2021-11-01 0:00AM	0.8258666666666667
2021-12-01 0:00AM	0.824625
2022-01-01 0:00AM	0.8213249999999999
2022-02-01 0:00AM	0.8196833333333332
2022-03-01 0:00AM	0.8180249999999999
2022-04-01 0:00AM	0.8199083333333336
2022-05-01 0:00AM	0.8135499999999999
2022-06-01 0:00AM	0.8125916666666667
2022-07-01 0:00AM	0.8181500000000002
2022-08-01 0:00AM	0.8170333333333334
2022-09-01 0:00AM	0.8159833333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM	0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM	0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM	0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM	0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM	0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM	0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM	0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM	0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM	0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM	0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM	0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM	0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM	0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM	0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM	0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM	0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM	0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM	0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM	0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM	0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM	0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM	0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM	0.8044666666666668

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date	Price
2021-10-01 0:00AM	313.45750000000004
2021-11-01 0:00AM	314.6983333333333
2021-12-01 0:00AM	311.67833333333334
2022-01-01 0:00AM	308.2916666666667
2022-02-01 0:00AM	306.5416666666667
2022-03-01 0:00AM	303.6975
2022-04-01 0:00AM	300.8475
2022-05-01 0:00AM	303.3383333333333
2022-06-01 0:00AM	302.2525
2022-07-01 0:00AM	300.295
2022-08-01 0:00AM	304.21166666666664
2022-09-01 0:00AM	306.0083333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM	313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM	311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM	313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM	313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM	306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM	307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM	301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM	298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM	295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM	292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM	293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM	294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM	291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM	288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM	289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM	290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM	287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM	290.9966666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date	Average
2022-10-01 0:00AM	-4.449166666666656
2022-11-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2022-12-01 0:00AM	1.9208333333333485
2023-01-01 0:00AM	3.640833333333319
2023-02-01 0:00AM	7.140833333333319
2023-03-01 0:00AM	10.0266666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	7.793333333333294
2023-05-01 0:00AM	3.215000000000032
2023-06-01 0:00AM	5.71999999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	5.93416666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	-0.8166666666666629
2023-09-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2023-10-01 0:00AM	-10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM	-14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM	-20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM	-18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM	-22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM	-22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM	-14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM	-15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM	-19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM	-16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM	-13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM	-13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM	-7.785000000000082

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date	Rate
2021-10-01 0:00AM	0.8269416666666668
2021-11-01 0:00AM	0.8258666666666667
2021-12-01 0:00AM	0.824625
2022-01-01 0:00AM	0.8213249999999999
2022-02-01 0:00AM	0.8196833333333332
2022-03-01 0:00AM	0.8180249999999999
2022-04-01 0:00AM	0.8199083333333336
2022-05-01 0:00AM	0.8135499999999999
2022-06-01 0:00AM	0.8125916666666667
2022-07-01 0:00AM	0.8181500000000002
2022-08-01 0:00AM	0.8170333333333334
2022-09-01 0:00AM	0.8159833333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM	0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM	0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM	0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM	0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM	0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM	0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM	0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM	0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM	0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM	0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM	0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM	0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM	0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM	0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM	0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM	0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM	0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM	0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM	0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM	0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM	0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM	0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM	0.8044666666666668

12 Month Moving Average of Median Auction Prices
Date	Price
2021-10-01 0:00AM	313.45750000000004
2021-11-01 0:00AM	314.6983333333333
2021-12-01 0:00AM	311.67833333333334
2022-01-01 0:00AM	308.2916666666667
2022-02-01 0:00AM	306.5416666666667
2022-03-01 0:00AM	303.6975
2022-04-01 0:00AM	300.8475
2022-05-01 0:00AM	303.3383333333333
2022-06-01 0:00AM	302.2525
2022-07-01 0:00AM	300.295
2022-08-01 0:00AM	304.21166666666664
2022-09-01 0:00AM	306.0083333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	309.0083333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	310.47166666666664
2022-12-01 0:00AM	313.5991666666667
2023-01-01 0:00AM	311.9325
2023-02-01 0:00AM	313.6825
2023-03-01 0:00AM	313.7241666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	308.6408333333333
2023-05-01 0:00AM	306.55333333333334
2023-06-01 0:00AM	307.97249999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	306.2291666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	303.395
2023-09-01 0:00AM	301.7816666666667
2023-10-01 0:00AM	298.7816666666667
2023-11-01 0:00AM	295.5275
2023-12-01 0:00AM	292.6075
2024-01-01 0:00AM	293.77416666666664
2024-02-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-03-01 0:00AM	291.27416666666664
2024-04-01 0:00AM	294.1983333333333
2024-05-01 0:00AM	291.3241666666667
2024-06-01 0:00AM	288.3241666666667
2024-07-01 0:00AM	289.35833333333335
2024-08-01 0:00AM	290.1091666666667
2024-09-01 0:00AM	287.90166666666664
2024-10-01 0:00AM	290.9966666666666

Year to Year Change in 12 Month Moving Average
Date	Average
2022-10-01 0:00AM	-4.449166666666656
2022-11-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2022-12-01 0:00AM	1.9208333333333485
2023-01-01 0:00AM	3.640833333333319
2023-02-01 0:00AM	7.140833333333319
2023-03-01 0:00AM	10.0266666666667
2023-04-01 0:00AM	7.793333333333294
2023-05-01 0:00AM	3.215000000000032
2023-06-01 0:00AM	5.71999999999997
2023-07-01 0:00AM	5.93416666666667
2023-08-01 0:00AM	-0.8166666666666629
2023-09-01 0:00AM	-4.226666666666688
2023-10-01 0:00AM	-10.226666666666688
2023-11-01 0:00AM	-14.94416666666666
2023-12-01 0:00AM	-20.991666666666674
2024-01-01 0:00AM	-18.15833333333336
2024-02-01 0:00AM	-22.40833333333336
2024-03-01 0:00AM	-22.450000000000045
2024-04-01 0:00AM	-14.442499999999995
2024-05-01 0:00AM	-15.229166666666629
2024-06-01 0:00AM	-19.648333333333255
2024-07-01 0:00AM	-16.870833333333337
2024-08-01 0:00AM	-13.2858333333333
2024-09-01 0:00AM	-13.880000000000052
2024-10-01 0:00AM	-7.785000000000082

12 Month Moving Average of Sell Through Rate
Date	Rate
2021-10-01 0:00AM	0.8269416666666668
2021-11-01 0:00AM	0.8258666666666667
2021-12-01 0:00AM	0.824625
2022-01-01 0:00AM	0.8213249999999999
2022-02-01 0:00AM	0.8196833333333332
2022-03-01 0:00AM	0.8180249999999999
2022-04-01 0:00AM	0.8199083333333336
2022-05-01 0:00AM	0.8135499999999999
2022-06-01 0:00AM	0.8125916666666667
2022-07-01 0:00AM	0.8181500000000002
2022-08-01 0:00AM	0.8170333333333334
2022-09-01 0:00AM	0.8159833333333334
2022-10-01 0:00AM	0.8152583333333334
2022-11-01 0:00AM	0.8143916666666667
2022-12-01 0:00AM	0.8128083333333334
2023-01-01 0:00AM	0.8128583333333332
2023-02-01 0:00AM	0.8117166666666665
2023-03-01 0:00AM	0.8119333333333333
2023-04-01 0:00AM	0.8119166666666667
2023-05-01 0:00AM	0.8140416666666668
2023-06-01 0:00AM	0.8104333333333334
2023-07-01 0:00AM	0.8107000000000001
2023-08-01 0:00AM	0.8086333333333334
2023-09-01 0:00AM	0.8095166666666668
2023-10-01 0:00AM	0.8068666666666666
2023-11-01 0:00AM	0.8059916666666668
2023-12-01 0:00AM	0.8040249999999999
2024-01-01 0:00AM	0.8036833333333333
2024-02-01 0:00AM	0.80075
2024-03-01 0:00AM	0.8012916666666666
2024-04-01 0:00AM	0.8000249999999999
2024-05-01 0:00AM	0.8018083333333333
2024-06-01 0:00AM	0.8037249999999999
2024-07-01 0:00AM	0.80025
2024-08-01 0:00AM	0.8007750000000001
2024-09-01 0:00AM	0.7983250000000001
2024-10-01 0:00AM	0.8044666666666668

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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
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.
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.
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.
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.

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