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<center>Doyle Rare Books, Autographs & Maps October 13, 2022

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 109. Miguel de Cervantes. The History of Don-Quichote. The first parte. London: William Stansby for Edward Blount, 1620. $60,000 to $90,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 43. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Washington: The White House, Christmastide, 1942. $15,000 to $25,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 113. Charles Darwin. A collection of 26 titles including On the Origin of Species. $10,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 210. Philip Guston. Important correspondence between Philip Guston and Ralph and Martha Hyams. New York, 1967-76. $20,000 to $30,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 26. John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. Signed guest book and original photos from the May 19, 1962 reception. $40,000 to $60,000.

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Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 194. J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1954-1954-1955. $12,000 to $18,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 164. Max Beerbohm. Autograph Manuscript for The Happy Hypocrite, circa 1896. $8,000 to $12,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 158. Mark Twain. The Writings. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1899-1907. The Autograph Edition. $7,000 to $10,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 150. Lady Dilke. French Painters of the XVIIIth Century. London: George Bell, 1899. First edition. $3,000 to $5,000.

Doyle, Rare Books, Autographs & Maps: Lot 200. Ludwig Bemelmans. Original sketch of Madeline, ink and gouache. $4,000 to $6,000.
<center>Potter & Potter Auctions Fine Books & Manuscripts October 20, 2022</center>

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: JOYCE, James. Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937. PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION PRINTED IN ENGLAND. $50,000 to $60,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [SHACKLETON, Ernest]. –– BROWNING, Robert. Poetical Works of… London: Smith and Elder, 1906. PRESENTED TO SHACKLETON AND THE OFFICERS OF THE NIMROD BY A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. $40,000 to $60,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: AUDUBON, John James. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. New York: George R. Lockwood, [1870]. $30,000 to $40,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: ARISTOTLE. Opera, in Greek, parts one and two only: Organon and Natural Philosophy I. Edited by Aldus and others. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1 November 1495–February 1498. $20,000 to $30,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: COOK, James, Capt. [Collected Voyages]. First and Second Voyages: London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773, 1777; Third Voyage: London: H. Hughes for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. $14,000 to $18,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”). The Writings of… Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1899–1900. $12,000 to $16,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Poems of… Edited by Frederick S. Ellis. Hammersmith: William Morris for the Kelmscott Press, 1893. $12,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wild. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY LONDON. $10,000 to $15,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: CROWLEY, Aleister (1875–1947). The Winged Beetle. London: privately printed, 1910. $10,000 to $15,000.

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Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: WILDE, Oscar (“C.3.3.”). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, January 1898. $6,000 to $8,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: DRYDEN, John. Fables Ancient and Modern; translated into verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with original poems. London: John Tonson, 1700. $4,000 to $6,000.

Potter & Potter, Oct. 20: [MAP]. LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van. Delineatio Orarum Maritimarum… London: John Wolfe, 1598. $3,000 to $4,000.

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Auction Name: Online Sale: Books from the Library of the late Brian Findlay
Auction Date: 01/21/2021 - 01/21/2021
Sale Number: #2186
Total Lots: 216
Sold Lots: 216
Lots Sold: 100.00%
Unsold Lots: 0

Total Sales (GBP): 168,731.25
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 42,250.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 59,450.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 42,250.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 59,450.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 283.82%

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<center>Swann Auction Galleries Early Printed Books October 13, 2022

Swann October 13: Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don-Quichote (Quixote), The First & Second Part, London, 1620. $30,000 to $40,000

Swann October 13: Jacques Lagniet, Recueil des Plus Illustres Proverbes, Divisés en Trois Livre, first edition, Paris, 1657-63. $25,000 to $35,000.

Swann October 13: William Shakespeare, Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, fourth folio, London, 1685. $60,000 to $80,000.

Swann October 13: Ramon Llull, Liber de Ascensu et Decensu Intellectus, first edition, Valencia, 1512. $5,000 to $7,000.

Swann October 13: Geoffrey Chaucer, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, London, 1542. $30,000 to $50,000.
<center>Gonnelli Auction House Books, Autographs & Manuscripts 11th-12th of October 2022

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Alfieri Vittorio, Vita [...] scritta da esso, 1968. Starting Price: €900,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Collection of 25 albumin photographs depicting Italian, French and Swiss places. Late 19th century.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Brandolini D’Adda Brandolino, Duale. Poesia [...] e incisioni di Sandro Martini, 1976.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Alighieri Dante, La divina commedia di Dante edizione illustrata da 30 fotografie tolte da disegni di Scaramuzza, 1879. Starting Price: €500,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 12th: Cervantes Saavedra Miguel (de), El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Nueva edicion corregida por la Real Academia Española, 1780. Starting price: €12.000,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Collodi Carlo, Le avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un burattino, 1883. Starting price: €6.000,00.

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: Wilde Oscar, The Picture of Dorian Gray [...] with original images & notes on the text by Jim Dine, 1968. Starting price: €1.500,00

Gonnelli Oct. 11th: The smallest tarot cards in the world. 21st century.
<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Hottot (Robert). French explorer and collector. An original illustrated manuscript diary by Hottot of his expedition along the Congo River to Lake Chad, 1908-1909, £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Japan. Ino Tadataka (after), Kokugun Zenzu (Complete Atlas of Japan), 2 volumes, circa 1838, £500-800

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Kha?ib al-Tibrizi (Mu?ammad b. ?Abd Allah). Mishcat-ul-masabih or a collection of the most authentic traditions, regarding the actions and sayings of Muhammed; 2 volumes, Calcutta, 1809-1810, £1,500-2,000

<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 1st quarto edition, 6 volumes in 3, London: Day & Son, 1855-56, £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Tocqueville (Alexis de). De la Démocratie en Amérique, volumes 1 & 2 (of 4), 1st edition, Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1835, £2,000-3,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Torquemada (Juan de). Primera[-tercera] parte de los veinte i un libros rituales i monarchia Indiana, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, Madrid: Nicolas Rodriguez Franco, 1723, £2,000-3,000

<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Insects, 16 volumes bound in 8, London: F and C Rivington, 1793-1813, £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Fuchs (Leonhart). New Kreüterbuch, 1st edition in German, Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1543, £7,000-10,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Spain & Portugal. Ptolemy (Claudius), Secunda Europe Tabula, Rome [1478 - 1509], £1,000-2,000

<center>Dominic Winter October 12th Printed Books, Stamps & Documents, Maps, Travel & Exploration

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: World. Gill (Macdonald), La Carta del Atlantico, George Philip & Son Ltd in collaboration with the Time and Tide Publishing Company Ltd, circa 1943, £1,500-2,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Vinegar Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, Oxford: John Baskett, 1717/1716, £700-1,000

Dominic Winter, Oct. 12: Mill (John Stuart). The Subjection of Women, 1st edition, presentation copy, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, £700-1,000

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