Chiswick Auctions: Printed Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Printed Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (GBP) | 41,186.25 |
| Auction Date | January 31, 2018 - January 31, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 29,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #13118 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) | 44,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 129 | ||
| Sold Lots | 109 | Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 39,750.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 84.50% | High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) | 60,050.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 20 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 68.59% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | [Battle of Britain] ...So Few. A Folio. Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain |
1990 | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 3,625.00 | |
| 106 | [Book of Hours] Hours of the Virgin |
15th century | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | GBP 2,500.00 | |
| 196 | Theatre.- Rayson (A.P.) | A collection of original theatrical costume designs from the 1940s and 1950s by A.P. Rayson |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | GBP 2,250.00 | |
| 122 | … |
1602 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 1,375.00 | |
| 228 | Darwin (Charles) | The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. |
1871 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 1,375.00 |
| 188 | Kirchner (Raphael) | A collection of illuminated mezzotints, featuring "At the Fairies’ Ball" |
[c.1898] | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | GBP 1,250.00 |
| 145 | Orwell (George) | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
1949 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 175 | Sassoon (Siegfried) | Memoirs of an Infantry Officer |
1931 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,062.50 |
| 170 | Nonesuch Press.- Homer The Iliad [and] The Odyssey |
1931 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 1,000.00 | |
| 109 | [Indo-Persian Manuscript] |
1822 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 937.50 | |
| 138 | Graves (Robert) | Goodbye to All That |
1929 | GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 144 | Nonesuch Press. - Dante | La Divina Commedia |
1928 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 812.50 |
| 116 | Bible, English. The New Testament of Jesus Christ faithfully Translated into English |
1600 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | GBP 750.00 | |
| 115 | Bibles, English [The Byble] |
1549 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 625.00 | |
| 129 | Ruskin (John) | The Works edited by E.T. Cook "A. Wedderburn, |
1903-1912 | GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 130 | Scott (Sir Walter) | The Waverly Novels, 110 vol |
1832 | GBP 200.00 - 400.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 137 | Corelli (Marie) | A Romance of Two Worlds |
1886 | GBP 200.00 - 300.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 209 | Mayer (Luigi) | Views of London A large and mixed group of prints with views and maps of London |
c.1875 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 625.00 |
| 148 | Sackville-West (Vita) | Seducers in Ecuador |
1924 | GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 600.00 |
| 226 | [Animal Kingdom] A collection of hand-coloured copper engravings by Simon Charles Miger (1736-1820) |
1800-01 | GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | GBP 550.00 | |
| 135 | Bainbridge (Beryl) | Harriet Said, 1972; The Dressmaker, 1973; The Bottle Factory Outing, 1974; Sweet William, 1975; … |
GBP 250.00 - 350.00 | GBP 500.00 | |
| 189 | Lysons (Daniel & Samuel) | Magna Britannia, being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain |
1806-22 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 202 | [Cook, Captain James] | A collection of six proof plates, (nos.1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) from the second volume of John Hawkesworth edition of Cook's first voyage |
c. 1793 | GBP 500.00 - 700.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 221 | Speede (John) | Suffolk described and divided into Hundreds, situation of the fayre towne Ipswich… |
[c.1627 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 500.00 |
| 205 | Hering (George, E) | The Mountains and the Lakes of Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy |
1847 | GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | GBP 475.00 |
