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Auction Name East Anglian Sale - Books Total Sales (GBP) 24,133.00
Auction Date October 28, 2016 - October 28, 2016 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 13,440.00
Sale Number #1517 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 16,920.00
Total Lots 178
Sold Lots 106 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 33,390.00
% of Lots Sold 59.55% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 43,220.00
Unsold Lots 72 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 55.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
438 ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON

scrap album with 100+ pages of tipped in original pen and ink sketches, autographed letters signed, autographed postcards signed and other correspondence

 1899 GBP 500.00 - 600.00 GBP 8,000.00
518 PETER HENRY EMERSON

ON ENGLISH LAGOONS BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE OF TWO AMATEUR WHERRYMEN ON THE NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK RIVERS AND BROADS

 1893 GBP 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 5,000.00
464 REV FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD AND CHARLES PARKIN

AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWNS, VILLAGES, AND HAMLETS WITH FOUNDATIONS OF MONASTERIES, CHURCHES, CHAPELS, CHANTRIES, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS ..., London, W Bulmer for William M

 1805-1810 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 600.00
201 *HARRY BECKER

Workers scything

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 460.00
463 THOMAS NASH

NASHES LENTEN STUFFE, CONTAINING THE DESCRIPTION AND FIRST PROCREATION OF THE TOWNE OF GREAT YARMOUTH IN NORFFOLKE, WITH A NEW PLAY NEVER PLAYED BEFORE, OF THE PRAISE OF THE RED HERRING ..., London for N L & CB, 1599, 1st edition, title page, pp1/2, 7/8 s

 1599 GBP 30.00 - 40.00 GBP 440.00
554 REV FRANCIS BLOMEFIELD & CHARLES PARKIN

AN ESSAY TOWARDS A TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK ...

1739-1775 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 400.00
529 JOHN HENRY GURNEY JNR

THE GANNET, A BIRD WITH A HISTORY

 1913 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 350.00
545 EDMUND BARTELL

CROMER, CONSIDERED AS A WATERING PLACE; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE PICTURESQUE SCENERY IN ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

 1806 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 280.00
447 ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON

SEA-SIDE SCRIBBLINGS FOR VISITORS; OR HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF A HOLIDAY JAUNT

 1887 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 260.00
200 *HARRY BECKER

Horse and Tumbril

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 250.00
413 WILLIAM RASTRICK

ICHNOGRAPHIA BURGI PERANTIQUI LENNAE REGIS IN AGRO NORFOLCIENSI ACCURATE DELINEATA

 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 240.00
498 EDWARD EMPSON MIDDLETON

THE CRUISE OF THE KATE, A NARRATIVE OF A VERY MERRY WHERRY EXPEDITION THROUGH THE RIVERS AND BROADS OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK

 1886 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 220.00
461 A SOUTH TOWN RESIDENT

YARMOUTH SANDS, A DESCRIPTIVE AND TRAGIC POEM; THE BANKS OF THE YARE, AND OTHER SUBJECTS IN VERSE, Yarmouth, printed and published for the author by B Gooch & Son 1852, 1st edition, 80,

1852 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 210.00
440 ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON

CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF GREAT YARMOUTH GIVING A FEW DESCRIPTIVE NOTES, AND DATES WHEN MOST OF THE RARER SPECIES WERE OBTAINED,

1901 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 210.00
202 *HARRY BECKER

Sheep in a field

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 200.00
428

MAP OF AN ESTATE DEVISED BY THE WILL OF W M HOWE WINDHAM ESQ DECEASED SITUATE IN THE PARISHES OF ALBY, ALDBURGH, AYLMERTON, AYLSHAM, BACONSTHORPE, BANNINGHAM …

 circa 1860 GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 200.00
439 ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON

CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF GREAT YARMOUTH GIVING A FEW DESCRIPTIVE NOTES, AND DATES WHEN MOST OF THE RARER SPECIES WERE OBTAINED

 1901 GBP 150.00 - 180.00 GBP 200.00
514 [CHARLES COLEMAN LAING]

A WEEK ON THE BURE, ANT AND THURNE, 1895

1895 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 200.00
556 EDWARD SEAGO

5 TITLES: HIGH ENDEAVOUR, 1944

 1944 GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 190.00
10 JOHN CROME

Front of the New Mills

circa 1834 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 180.00
515 HENRY RODOLPH DE SALIS

NORFOLK WATERWAYS, A GUIDE TO THE NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS OF THE NORFOLK BROAD DISTRICT, COMPILED AFTER A PERSONAL SURVEY OF THE WHOLE

 1900 GBP 50.00 - 60.00 GBP 170.00
420 JOAN BLAEU

NORTFOLCIA NORFOLKE

 circa 1648 GBP 150.00 - 180.00 GBP 160.00
427 JOHN SPEED

SUFFOLKE DESCRIBED AND DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS, THE SITUATION OF A FAYRE TOWNE OF IPSWICH SHEWED ..

 circa 17th century GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 160.00
412 THOMAS GARDNER

A PLAN EXHIBITING THE REMAINS OF THE ANTIENT CITY OF DUNWICH, AD 1587, ALSO ITS RIVER, PART WHEREOF IS SOUTHWOLD HAVEN, WITH PLACES OF NOTE BORDERING THEREON

 1753 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 150.00
456 ARTHUR HENRY PATTERSON, 9 titles

WILD-FOWLERS AND POACHERS FIFTY YEARS ON THE EAST COAST, London, Methuen & Co 1929, 1st edition, signed and inscribed To Frank Spencer Esq Yacht Morning Calm with A H Patterson, John Knowlittle s compliments May 1929 to half title, 8 black and white p

 1907 GBP 120.00 - 150.00 GBP 150.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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