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Bubb Kuyper: Literature and Fine printing

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Auction Name	Literature and Fine printing	Total Sales (EUR)	112,554.76
Auction Date	November 19, 2024 - November 19, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	55,110.00
Sale Number	#81c	High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR)	80,240.00
Total Lots	610
Sold Lots	406	Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	82,350.00
% of Lots Sold	66.56%	High Estimate of All Lots (EUR)	119,400.00
Unsold Lots	204	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	94.27%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1801	Gorter, H.	Gorter, H. (Works).	1916	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 4,238.00
1771	Shakespeare, W.	[Doves Press]. Shakespeare, W. The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke.	1909	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,912.00
1832	[Kelmscott Press]. Rossetti, D.G.	[Kelmscott Press]. Rossetti, D.G. Sonnets and Lyrical Poems.	1893	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,912.00
1834	[Kelmscott Press]. Tennyson, A.	[Kelmscott Press]. Tennyson, A. Maud, a Monodrama.	1893	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 3,912.00
1583	Looy, J. van .	Looy, J. van . Jaapje.	1917	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,738.40
1770	Shakespeare, W.	[Doves Press]. Shakespeare, W. Sonnets. Tercentenary Edition.	1909	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,738.40
1767	Keats, J.	[Doves Press]. Keats, J. (Poems). Selected, arranged and printed by T.J. Coben-Sanderson.	1914	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	EUR 2,608.00
1502	Couperus, L.	Couperus, L. De komedianten.	1917	EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	EUR 1,956.00
1762		[Doves Press]. Catalogue raisonne of Books printed & published at the Doves Press 1900-1916.	1916	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,434.40
1769	Shakespeare, W.	[Doves Press]. Shakespeare, W. (The Rape of) Lucrece.	1910	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,304.00
1497	Couperus, L.	Couperus, L. Eline Vere. Een Haagsche Roman.	1889	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,108.40
1833	[Kelmscott Press]. Rossetti, D.G.	[Kelmscott Press]. Rossetti, D.G. Sonnets and Lyrical Poems.	1893	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 1,108.40
1765	Cobden-Sanderson, T.J.	[Doves Press]. Cobden-Sanderson, T.J. The Ideal Book or Book Beautiful. A Tract on Calligraphy, Printing and Illustration & on the Book Beautiful as a	1900	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 1,043.20
1849	[Mangold, R.]. Holderlin, F.	[Mangold, R.]. Holderlin, F. Sieben Maximen. Seven Maxims. Engl. transl. P. Schmidt	1996	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 1,043.20
1684	[Bauer, M.A.J.].	[Bauer, M.A.J.]. La Jeunesse inalterable et la vie eternelle. Conte populaire traduit litteralement du Roumain. Pref. A. Alexandre. French transl. by	1897	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 978.00
1527	Couperus, L.	Couperus, L. Werken.	n.d. (1905)	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 912.80
1608	Reve, G.K.	Reve, G.K. van het (= G. Reve). Gezicht op Kerstmis, en Andere Geestelijke Liederen.	1965)	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	EUR 912.80
1621		Tegendeel. Periodiek voor de leden van het Genootschap voor Tegennatuurlijke Letteren.	1983-2013	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 912.80
1772	Tacitus, C.	[Doves Press]. Tacitus, C. De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae liber.	1900	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	EUR 847.60
1907	[Renildis Handpers].	[Renildis Handpers]. Een voer beredinge ende een devoet ghebet. Wt Suster Bertckens boeck dat sy selver gemaect ende bescreven heeft.	1974	EUR 150.00 - 250.00	EUR 847.60
1508	Couperus, L.	Couperus, L. De Ode.	1918	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 782.40
1757	[Dongen, K. van].	[Dongen, K. van]. Montherlant, H. de. Les Lepreuses.	1947	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 782.40
1826	[Immendoff, J.]. Xu Pei.	[Immendoff, J.]. Xu Pei. Affenkonig.	2002	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	EUR 782.40
1719	Campert, R.	Campert, R. Acht waterschetsen.	2007	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	EUR 717.20
1730		[Caricature]. De Notenkraker. Politiek- satiriek- weekblad. Year 1-30, no.28 [all published].	1907-1936	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	EUR 717.20

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
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”.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

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 .

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

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.

High Bids Win
Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
and Machine Manuals
December 24 to January 9

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.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

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