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Auction Name Fine Sale - Day 3: Books Total Sales (GBP) 20,856.00
Auction Date November 30, 2017 - November 30, 2017 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 14,090.00
Sale Number #113017 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 18,340.00
Total Lots 88
Sold Lots 59 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 23,660.00
% of Lots Sold 67.05% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 30,950.00
Unsold Lots 29 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 67.39%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1458 J K ROWLING

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS

1998 GBP 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 GBP 2,640.00
1387 *LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, RA (1887-1976, BRITISH)

“Britain at Play”

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,280.00
1388 *LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, RA (1887-1976, BRITISH)

“The Pond”

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,280.00
1460 HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN, illustrated George Cruikshank

1852 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,740.00
1337 *CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE “SNAFFLES” (1884-1967, BRITISH)

“The Staff College drag hunt”

GBP 700.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,104.00
1340 *CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE “SNAFFLES” (1884-1967, BRITISH)

“The Season 1939-40”

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 528.00
1403 *DAME ELISABETH FRINK (1930-1993, BRITISH)

“The Shipman’s Tale”

GBP 450.00 - 550.00 GBP 528.00
1393 *STANLEY ANDERSON, RA, RWS, RE (1884-1966, BRITISH)

“The Tree Fellers”

GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 504.00
1423 SIR WALTER RALEGH [RALEIGH]:

THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, IN FIVE BOOKS

1677 GBP 300.00 - 350.00 GBP 444.00
1428

LATE 19TH CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 444.00
1389 *LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY, RA (1887-1976, BRITISH)

“Deal”

GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 396.00
1427 W SHELDON RIDGE:

THE PROVINCES OF CHINA: A SURVEY OF THEIR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL RESOURCES, Shanghai, 1910, “With a preface by Col C D Bruce, author of “In the Footsteps of Marco Polo””, 187, [1]pp, printed black and white map loosely inserted, “The property of the aut

1933 GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 372.00
1434 CHRISTOPHER R W NEVINSON

MODERN WAR PAINTINGS

1917 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 372.00
1476 THOMAS HARDY

THE WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY IN PROSE AND VERSE

1912-1919 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 372.00
1435 JAMES SOWERBY

ENGLISH BOTANY; OR, COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS, edited John T Boswell Syme

1863-1886 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 324.00
1456 WILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANE

LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,

1906 GBP 180.00 - 220.00 GBP 300.00
1457 J K ROWLING

THE COMPLETE HARRY POTTER COLLECTION

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 276.00
1482 GEORGE ELIOT

THE MILL ON THE FLOSS

1907 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 276.00
1336 *CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE “SNAFFLES” (1884-1967, BRITISH)

“A Bona Fide Fox chaser”

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 264.00
1338 *CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE “SNAFFLES” (1884-1967, BRITISH)

“Andsome is”

GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 264.00
1478 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

THE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, edited and revised by the Rev Alexander Dyce

1895 GBP 250.00 - 300.00 GBP 264.00
1362 *VALERIE THORNTON (1931-1991, BRITISH)

“East Anglian shore”

1967 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 252.00
1424 CAPTAIN JAMES COOK:

THE JOURNAL OF HMS RESOLUTION 1772-1775,

1981 GBP 200.00 - 250.00 GBP 240.00
1448 SAMUEL JOHNSON

A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

1833 GBP 150.00 - 180.00 GBP 228.00
1438 RB MARSTON (EDITED)

THE FISHING GAZETTE

1926 GBP 180.00 - 220.00 GBP 192.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    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
    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
    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
    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.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
  • 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
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
    Catalogue 198 just published
    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
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