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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Printed Books, Maps and Documents

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Auction Name Printed Books, Maps and Documents Total Sales (GBP) 281,231.30
Auction Date January 31, 2018 - January 31, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 130,660.00
Sale Number #13118 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 195,550.00
Total Lots 565
Sold Lots 492 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 153,130.00
% of Lots Sold 87.08% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 228,050.00
Unsold Lots 73 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 123.32%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
246 * Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934)

Offertorium, "O Hearken Thou", Ps. V, 2, for Chorus & Orchestra, Op. 64,

 1911 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 7,887.00
121 England & Wales. Greenough (George Bellas)

A Geological Map of England & Wales by G. B. Greenough Esq. F.R.S., President of the Geological Society

 1839, GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 6,931.00
293 * De Winton (Francis)

Set of family albums

 1853-90 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 6,692.00
284 * Boswell (James, 1740-1795)

Autograph letter signed, 'James Boswell', Edinburgh, 1 February 1768,

 1768 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 4,063.00
77 Rafinesque (Constantine Samuel)

New Flora of North America,

 1836 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 3,824.00
545 Harris (John)

Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: Or A Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels..., volume 2 only

 1705 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,585.00
50

Geological Society of London. Transactions,

1811-56 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 GBP 3,465.50
334

Bible English. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New:

 1634 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 3,465.50
22 Mayer (Luigi)

Views in Egypt...,

1803, 1804 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 3,226.50
356 Dickens (Charles)

Dombey and Son, illustrated by H.K. Browne

 1846-48 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 3,107.00
30 Thomas (Antoine Jean-Baptiste)

Un an à Rome et dans ses environs. Recueil de dessins lithographiés

 1830 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,868.00
320 * Sibelius (Jean, 1865-1957)

Typed letter signed, 'Jean Sibelius', Jarvenpaa, 22 August 1952,

 1952 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,868.00
46 Buckland (William)

Vindiciae Geologicae; or the Connexion of Geology with Religion Explained, in an Inaugural Lecture Delivered before the University of Oxford,

 1819 GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00 GBP 2,629.00
496 Buxtorf (Joannes)

Lexicon Chaldaicum et Syriacum,

 1622 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,509.50
104 British Isles. Blaeu (Willem J.)

Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula,

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,091.25
289 * Cody (William Frederick "Buffalo Bill", 1846-1917)

Signed studio portrait of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody,

 circa 1904 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 2,091.25
316 * Paganini (Nicolo, 1782-1840)

Autograph letter signed, 'Nicolo Paganini', 12 July 1832,

 1832 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,031.50
324

* Victorian autographs. A collection of several hundred letters and cut signatures, and related,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,912.00
440 Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus)

I Dieci Libri della'Architettura di M. Vitruvio tradutti et commentati da Monsignor Barbaro,

 1556 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,852.25
83 Wallace (Alfred Russel)

The Geographical Distribution of Animals, with a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface

 1876 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,792.50
547 Sternfeld (Joel)

American Prospects

 2012 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,792.50
3 Brion de la Tour (Louis)

Atlas Général, Civil, Ecclesiastique et Militaire, Méthodique et elementaire pour l'etude de la geographie et de l'histoire..., 3rd edition,

1772 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 1,732.75
294 * Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870)

Autograph letter signed, 'Charles Dickens', Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, Saturday, 7 January 1865,

 1865 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 GBP 1,613.25
55 Mantell (Gideon Algernon)

The Fossils of the South Downs; or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex

 1822 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,553.50
278

* Airay Family Archive. Archive relating to the Airay family,

 1722 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,553.50
  • 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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