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
Freeman’s | Hindman
Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
November 14

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
Le Neptune Oriental

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
CASSAS
Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
CASSINI DE THURY
Carte générale et particulière de la France.

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
JOUY; GARNERAY
Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
LA PÉROUSE
Voyage autour du monde

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
LICENT
Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
Panorama d’Athènes

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
PEETERS
Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
PÉRON; FREYCINET
Voyage de découverte aux terres australes

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
STACKELBERG
La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.

Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
VALENTINER
Atlas des Sonnensystems.
Swann, Nov. 14: Stephen Sondheim, autograph musical quotation signed and inscribed, 4 bars from “Send in the Clowns,” 1986.

Swann, Nov. 14: George Washington, autograph letter signed to Robert Morris, preparing for attack on Philadelphia, 1777.

Swann, Nov. 14: Autograph album containing over 250 signatures by members of 29th U.S. Congress, 1845.

Swann, Nov. 14: Charles “The Bold,” letter signed to Duke of Milan written during Burgundian Wars, 1475.

Swann, Nov. 14: Deng Xiaoping, TIME magazine “Man of the Year” issue signed and dated, 1979.

Swann, Nov. 14: Theodor Herzl, autograph letter signed to prospective tutor of his children, 1902.

Swann, Nov. 14: Bourienne’s Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte extra illustrated including 1798 letter signed by Napoleon after Battle of the Nile, 1836.

Swann, Nov. 14: George Minot, autograph manuscript signed, diary kept during European trip to claim Nobel Prize, 1934.

Swann, Nov. 14: Thomas Jefferson, autograph letter signed, introducing George Washington’s personal secretary Tobias Lear, 1793.

Swann, Nov. 14: Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, signed in second volume, first edition, 1956-58.

Swann, Nov. 14: John Steinbeck, late typescript drafts of 5 chapters from his posthumously published tales of King Arthur, 1959.

Swann, Nov. 14: H.G. Wells, group of 14 of his books signed to his mistress Rebecca West or the son they had together, 1910s-40s.

Gorringes: Weekly Featuring Books, 102824, Lewes

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 28, 2024 - October 28, 2024

Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2002	Brown, William Robinson	The Horse of the Desert ...			GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,246.88
2003	Almack, Edward	The History of the Second Dragoons: "Royal Scots Greys".		1908	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 65.63
2004	Leigh, William R.	The Western Pony ...		1933	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 59.06
2006	Braybrooke, Lord Richard	The History of Audley End. To Which are appended Notices of the Town and Parish of Saffron Waldron ...		1836	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 196.88
2007		The Suffolk Stud-Book: a register of the county breed of cart horses. vol. XLIII.		1940	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 52.50
2008	Hesiod	Ascrei Opera, quae quidem extant ... acccessit nunc demum Herculis Scutum ... a Joanne Ramo ... (16)	Basle	(?1544)	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 170.63
2009	Trebellius Pollio & Flavius Vopiscus	(Historia Augusta) Johannis Baptiste Egnatius Veneti in eosdem annationes. Sex. Aurelius Victor. Pomponius. Joh. Baptista Engatius de Princibus Romanorum.	Paris	1544	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 170.63
2010	Froissart, John	De l'Histoire et Cronique de Messire....Revue & corrige sur divers exemplaires, and suivant les bons auteurs, par Denis Sauvage de Fontenailles en Brie.....vols. iii and iv (only, of 4)	Lyon	1560-1561.	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 288.75
2011	Fielding, Henry	The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq, with an Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq.,	London	1821	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	Not Sold
2012	[Wycliffe, John]	The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books, in the Earliest English Versions...	Oxford	1850	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,312.50
2014	Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord	The History of England		1870	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 72.19
2015	Sannazaro, Iacobi	Poemata, Ex antiquis Editionibus accuratessime descripta. Accessit ejusdem Vita, Jo. Antonio Vulpio Auctore, item Gabrielis Altilli, et Honorati Fascitelli Carmina nonnulla	Patavii	1719	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 72.19
2017		Wright's Book of Poultry. Revised and edited in accordance with the latest Poultry Club standards by S.H. Lewer ...		(ca.1920)	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 72.19
2018	Molloy, Charles	De Jure Maritimo et Navali: or, a Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of Commerce ...		1688	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 98.44
2019	Esquemeling, John	The Bucaniers of America: or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults committed of late years upon the Coasts of the West indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French ...		1684	GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 9,187.50
2020		Bible. -- The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Newly translated out of the Original Greek, and with the former Translations diligently Compared and Revised, ...	London	1757	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 262.50
2021	Stone, F. Gleadowe	Tactical Studies From The Franco-German War of 1870-71	London	1886	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 59.06
2022	Paterson, Daniel	A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales ....		1789	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 85.31
2023	Hill, Sir Rowland and Hill, George Birkbeck	The Life of Sir Rowland Hill ... and the History of Penny Postage ...		1880	GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 72.19
2024	[Jacob, Giles]	Great Britain's Vade Mecum. containing a concise geographical description of the world ...		1720	GBP 140.00 - 180.00	GBP 105.00
2025		The Traveller's Pocket Book: or, Ogilby and Morgan's Book of Roads improved and amended ...		1765?	GBP 120.00 - 180.00	GBP 78.75
2026	Raleigh, Sir Walter	Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations ... upon The First Invention of Shipping. The Misery of Invasive Warre. The Navy Royall and Sea-Service. With His Apologie for his voyage to Giuana.		1650	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 2,100.00
2027		The Book Of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ...	Oxford	1703	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 236.25
2028	Forsyth, Robert	The Principles and Practice of Agriculture, Systematically Explained ... (revised edition)	Edinburgh	1804	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 59.06
2029		A New System of Agriculture ... By a Country Gentleman.		1755	GBP 100.00 - 140.00	GBP 91.88

Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.

Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.

Forum Auctions
Online Sale:
The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
Ending 7th November, 2024

Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.

Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.

Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Chronograph Wristwatches. Precious memories of the 20th Century / Cronografi da Polso. Preziose Memorie del XX Secolo, 2013. €3,000 to €5,000. Starting Bid: €10.

Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Lanthemann, Joseph. Modigliani 1884-1920. A Catalogue Raisonné, Barcelona, 1970. €320 to €380. Starting Bid: €10.

Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (from A to B and back again), New York, 1975. Signed by the author. €500 to €600. Starting Bid: €10.

Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Vitali, Lamberto. Morandi: Catalogo Generale. I & II, Mediolan, 1983. €1,100 to €1,300. Starting Bid: €10.

Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Goldstein, Ann. Christopher Wool, Los Angeles, 1998. €320 to €380. Starting Bid: €10.

Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Celant, Germano. Piero Manzoni, 1989. €320 to €360. Starting Bid: €10.

Desa Unicum, Nov. 13: Ernst, Max. Oeuvre-Katalog. Das Graphische Werk, Cologne, 1975. €420 to €480. Starting Bid: €10.
Doyle
Stage & Screen
November 14 & 15

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A studio-sanctioned Darth Vader Touring Costume from The Empire Strikes Back. $50,000 to $100,000.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An original Al Hirschfeld's illustration of the cast of On Golden Pond. $4,000 to $6,000.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The largest trove of personal Grace Kelly letters to come to market. $60,000 to $80,000.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An Important Archive of Musical Manuscripts of Truman Capote and Harold Arlen's House of Flowers. $40,000 to $60,000.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The archive of an original Merrily We Roll Along Broadway cast member. $5,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Jerry Herman's Yamaha Model C7 Ebonized Grand Piano. $6,000 to $9,000.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A large group of Jerry Herman musical posters. $300 to $500.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Group of awards presented to Jerry Herman. $300 to $400.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Six pages of original art for "The MAD Game of Basebrawl," a complete story published in MAD #167, pages 31-36, June 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A MAD book made for Al Jaffee, containing original art and writings from many MAD contributors. 2011. $1,200 to $1,800.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A Jaffee-themed MAD Fold-In - "What honor should the creator of the MAD Fold-Ins be given?" $800 to $1,200.

Doyle, Nov. 14-15: MAD Fold-In - "What developing news story has many Americans totally transfixed?" $800 to $1,200.
Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. Red-Shouldered Hawk. London: R. Havell, Jr., 1829. $2,000 - $3,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: STEWART, WILLIAM DRUMMOND, SIR. Altowan; or, Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountain... New York, 1846. PRESENTATION COPY. $800 - $1,200

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: WILLUGHBY & RAY, JOHN. The Ornithology of Francis Willughby in three books... London, Martyn, 1678. $800 - $1,200

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: SUSAN B. ANTHONY. Autograph Quotation Signed, on equal rights "for men and women," Rochester, 1898. $1,000 - $1,500

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Autograph Letter Signed integrally to Le Comte de Milly arranging a meeting with M. Broignard, Passy, 1778. $10,000 - $15,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: FRANKLIN, JEFFERSON, & ADAMS. Mansucript Signed by all three architects of the American ideal, requesting a Treaty of Amity and Commerce. $750,000 - $1,000,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Endorsement Signed, a pardon for a Confederate soldier, February 6, 1865. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: NAPOLEON FORMALLY RATIFIES THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. Document Signed ("James Monroe," "Robt. R. Livingston" and "Barbé-Marbois"). $100,000 - $200,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: JAMES MONROE ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF JAY'S TREATY. Autograph Letter Signed to Thomas Pinckney, Paris, January 17, 1795. $15,000 - $25,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: GIDEON WELLES FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF FORT PICKENS AND FORT SUMTER ON THE EVE OF CIVIL WAR. Autograph Manuscript, 44 pp, c.1870. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: SIGNED BY BORGES. Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings. 1962. First book publication in English. $4,000 - $6,000

Bonhams, Nov. 2-12: LORENZO DOW TURNER'S COPY. LOCKE, ALAIN. The New Negro: an Interpretation. 1925. $1,000 - $1,500
Forum Auctions
A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
The Library of a Gentleman
14th November

Forum, Nov. 14: Preziosi (Amedeo). Stamboul: Recollections of Eastern Life, first edition, Paris, Lemercier, 1858. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Mayr (Heinrich von). Malerische Ansichten aus dem Orient. Vues Pittoresques de l'Orient, first edition in the original 10 parts, Munich, Paris & Leipzig, [1839-40]. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Lewis (John Frederick). Illustrations of Constantinople, made during a Residence in that City &c. in the Years 1835-6, first edition, [1838]. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Dodwell (Edward). Views in Greece, first edition, ordinary format, Rodwell and Martin, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Cassas (Louis François). [Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palæstube et de la Basse-Égypte], 3 vol., first edition, [Paris], [1799]. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum Auctions
A Visual and Historical Voyage into the Ottoman World:
The Library of a Gentleman
14th November

Forum, Nov. 14: La Chappelle (Georges). Recueil de Divers Portraits des Principales Dames de la Porte du Grand Turc, first edition, Paris, 1648. £8,000 to £12,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Fossati (Gaspard). Aya Sophia Constantinople as recently restored by order of H.M. the Sultan Abdul Medjid, first edition, ordinary format, 1852. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Pertusier (Charles). Promenades Pittoresques dans Constantinople et sur les Rives du Bosphore, 4 vol., inc Atlas, first edition, Paris, H. Nicolle, 1815-17. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Brindesi (Jean). Souvenirs de Constantinople, first edition, [Paris], [1855-60]. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Nov. 14: Le Bruyn (Cornelius). Voyage au Levant, first French edition, Delft, Henri de Kroonevelt, 1700. £3,000 to £4,000.