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Auction Name Rare Books Total Sales (EUR) 628,386.00
Auction Date December 04, 2018 - December 04, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 276,590.00
Sale Number #307 High Estimate of Lots Sold (EUR) 396,125.00
Total Lots 916
Sold Lots 635 Low Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 398,775.00
% of Lots Sold 69.32% High Estimate of All Lots (EUR) 569,640.00
Unsold Lots 281 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 110.31%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
666 Yeats (W.B.)

The Wanderings of Oisin. Dramatic Sketches, Ballads & Lyrics. Fisher Unwin

 1892 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 57,600.00
327 [Newton (Isaac)]

Analysis Per Quantitatum Series, Fluxiones, ae Differentias: Cum Enumeratione Linearum Tertii Ordinis, 4to

 1711 EUR 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 EUR 31,200.00
546 [Joyce (James)]

An original pair of pince-nez Glasses, gilt fittings and chain, in a velvet lined morocco case from a Dublin optician, stamped on underside 'Yeates & Co. Opticians / Dublin.' By tradition Joyce's own glasses, used when writing Ulysses; familiar from many

 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 20,400.00
396

Was 17th Century Ireland bound by Statues Passed in England? An Important Contemporary Legal Manuscript Manuscript: Bolton (Sir Richard)

 mid-17th-century EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 16,800.00
543 Joyce (James)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Mr [Thomas] Pugh,' 3 pp (folded sheet), on paper of Grand Hotel Britannique, Spa, Belgique [where Joyce is on holiday], dated 6.8.1934, asking Pugh to visit him when next in Paris, and making several requests. 'My American

 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 16,800.00
665 Joyce (James)

The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies. A Fragment of Work in Progress [i.e. Finnegans Wake]. MCMXXXIV [1934], Servire Press, The Hague, tall

1934 EUR 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR 15,600.00
677 Heaney (Seamus)

Crediting Poetry Nobel Lecture 1995, a special printing in English and Swedish circulated at the Nobel ceremony in Stockholm 16pp, folio

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 12,000.00
600 Fleming (Ian)

Casino Royale,

1953 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 EUR 11,400.00
456

Smith's Kerry, with M/ss Notes, A.B. Rowan, 1846 The Ancient and Present State of the County of Kerry, by Charles Smith

1756). EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
612 Fleming (Ian)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service,

1963 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 9,600.00
560 Disney (Walt)

A fine pencil Sketch of his celebrated cartoon character Mickey Mouse. Signed by Disney 'for Anne [Farmer] with best wishes,' in a very good autograph book collected by Ms. Farmer, also including Signatures of Eamon de Valera, Kathleen O'Connell, Brinsle

 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 7,800.00
371 Le Brocquy (Louis)

Eight Irish Writers. A series of eight charcoal drawings

 1981 EUR 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 EUR 7,200.00
475

All-Ireland Hurling Championship

 1923 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 6,600.00
473

All-Ireland Football Championship 1900 The Premier County's Third Title Medals: G.A.A., Football 1900,

1900 EUR 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 EUR 6,000.00
835 Brindesi (Jean)

Elbicei Atika Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople, folio

 1865 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 6,000.00
716 Co. Kildare: Photographs: An oblong folio

Album of Photographs and other scraps relating to the Mansfield family of Morristown Lattin. Contains some early and rare photos of Gordon Bennett Race 1903, house, gardens and local area, together with associated families and houses, holidays abroad etc

 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 EUR 5,520.00
105 Stafford (Thos.)

Pacata Hibernia, Ireland Appeased and Reduced. Or, A History of the Late Warres of Ireland,...

 1633 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 5,040.00
409

Highly important Papers of an early 19th-century Carlow Magistrate File of Documents relating to cases appearing before Thomas Kavanagh of Borris House, Co. Carlow

 1819-1837 EUR 350.00 - 500.00 EUR 5,040.00
430

The Deane Butler Architectural Drawings for Morristown Lattin, Co. Kildare Butler (Wm. Deane)

 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,800.00
544 Joyce (James)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Mr [Thomas] Pugh,' 1pp, on paper of Carlton Elite Hotel, Zurich, dated 22.9.1934, thanking him for sending photographs of Dublin. '[They] are now in New York. Please let me know what I owe you for them. I am glad you liked

 EUR 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 EUR 4,800.00
521 Brian O'Nolan [Flann O'Brien] and family.

A unique collection of eleven folio albums of family photographs and other memorabilia, including photos and copy photos of Brian as a young man [Album 1], Brian's card as Private Secretary to An Tanaiste, his personal card as 'Lord Nolan of Santry' et

 EUR 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 EUR 4,560.00
834 Barry (James)

A Series of Etchings.. from His Original and Justly Celebrated Paintings in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Adelphi, Lg. atlas folio

 1808 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 EUR 4,560.00
429

An Irish Photographers Personal Archive Mansfield (George)

 1869-1889 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,320.00
664 Joyce (James)

Dubliners,

1914 EUR 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 EUR 4,320.00
353

In Very Fine Binding Number One of One Copy Only Printed on Vellum Argyle - The Argyle Papers, lg. 4to

 1834 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 EUR 4,200.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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