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Auction Name	Very Beautiful Mountain Books	Total Sales (EUR)	617,013.00
Auction Date	December 09, 2024 - December 09, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	277,250.00
Sale Number	#120924	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	362,000.00
Total Lots	166
Sold Lots	153	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	324,050.00
% of Lots Sold	92.17%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	421,600.00
Unsold Lots	13	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	146.35%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
62	FELLOWS (Charles).	A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont-Blanc.	1827	EUR 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	EUR 131,250.00
24	BLAEU (Joan) et BORGOGNIO (Gio Tomaso).	Theatre des Estats de son Altesse Royale le duc de Savoye, prince de Piemont, roi de Cypre.	1700	EUR 25,000.00 - 30,000.00	EUR 31,250.00
41	CHARTON (Gabriel).	Souvenirs pittoresques des glaciers de Chamouny.	1821	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 27,500.00
22	BIRMANN (Samuel).	Souvenirs de la vallee de Chamonix.	s.d. [1826]	EUR 10,000.00 - 12,000.00	EUR 26,250.00
6	ALBANIS-BEAUMONT (Jean-Francois).	Voyage pittoresque aux Alpes pennines	1787	EUR 12,000.00 - 15,000.00	EUR 22,500.00
163	WYTTENBACH (Jacob Samuel).	Vues remarquables des montagnes de la Suisse, avec leur description.	1785	EUR 15,000.00 - 20,000.00	EUR 20,000.00
48	COLEMAN (Edmund Thomas).	Scenes from the snowfields : being illustrations of the upper ice-world of Mont Blanc, from sketches made on the spot in the years 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858	1855, 1856, 1857, 1858	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 16,250.00
139	Smith (Albert).	The new game of the ascent of Mont Blanc.	1861	EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	EUR 15,000.00
122	Pitschner (Wilhelm)	Der Mont Blanc Darstellung des Besteigung desselben am 31 Juli, 1 und 2 August 1859 - Atlas zum Mont Blanc.	1860-1864.	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 11,000.00
59	EBEL (Johann Gottfried) et MEYER (Johann Jakob)	Voyage pittoresque dans le Canton des Grisons en Suisse vers le lac Majeur et le lac de Come sur les grandes routes nouvellement construites a travers les cols de Splugen et de Bernhardin en 32 planches.	1827	EUR 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	EUR 10,000.00
104	MARTEL (Pierre) et WINDHAM (William).	An account of the glacieres or ice Alps in Savoy, in two letters, one from an English gentleman to his friend at Geneva ; the other from Pierre Martel, engineer, to the said English gntleman [sic].	1744	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 10,000.00
35	BROWNE (James D. Howe).	Ten Scenes in the last Ascent of Mont Blanc including five Views from the Summit.	fevrier 1853.	EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	EUR 9,500.00
138	Smith (Albert).	Mr Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc in miniature.	vers 1854.	EUR 5,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 9,375.00
4	ALBANIS-BEAUMONT (Jean-Francois).	Travels from France to Italy, through the Lepontine Alps, or, An itinerary from Lyons to Turin, by the way of Pays-de-Vaud, the Vallais...	1800	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 9,250.00
66	FRESHFIELD (Douglas William).	Across Country from Thonon to Trent. Rambles and Scrambles in Switzerland and the Tyrol.	1865	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 7,500.00
117	PAYOT (Venance).	Collection de roches du massif du Mont-Blanc.	vers 1860.	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 7,500.00
97	LORY (Gabriel-Ludwig et Mathias-Gabriel).	Voyage pittoresque aux glaciers de Chamouni.	1815	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 6,188.00
76	HACQUET (Belsazar).	Physikalisch= Politische Reise aus den Dinarischen durch die Julischen, Carnischen, Rhatischen in die Norischen Alpen, im Jahre 1781 und 1783 unternommen von Hacquet.	1785	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,000.00
156	WALTON (Elijah) et BONNEY (Thomas George)	The Peaks and valleys of the Alps.	1867	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 6,000.00
159	WHYMPER (Edward).	Scrambles amongst the Alps in the years 1860-69.	1871	EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	EUR 5,750.00
111	MEYER (Johann Jakob).	Malerische Reise auf der neuen Kunststrasse aus dem Etschthal in Tyrol uber die Stilfser-Joch durch die Veltlin langs dem Comersee nach Mayland .	1831	EUR 4,000.00 - 5,000.00	EUR 5,500.00
102	LUSI (Frederic Guillaume de).	Voyage sur le Mont-Blanc entrepris le 15 septembre 1816.	1816	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	EUR 5,375.00
3	AGASSIZ (Louis).	Etude sur les glaciers.	1840	EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	EUR 5,250.00
20	BERNUCCA (Francesco), LOSE (Friedrich) et LOSE (Carolina).	Viaggio pittorico e strorico ai te laghi Maggiore, di Lugano e Como	1818	EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	EUR 5,000.00
32	BRAY (Comte Francois Gabriel de).	Voyage pittoresque dans le Tyrol ; aux salines de Salzbourg et de Reichenhall et dans une partie de la Baviere.	1825	EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00	EUR 5,000.00

High Bids Win
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December 24 to January 9

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.

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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .

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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.

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High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.

High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD

Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD

Sotheby’s: William Golding.
Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD

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Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD

Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD

Sotheby’s: John Milton.
Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD