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Dominic Winter Book Auctions: Military, Aviation and Naval History

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Auction Name Military, Aviation and Naval History Total Sales (GBP) 143,640.00
Auction Date May 18, 2018 - May 18, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 39,490.00
Sale Number #51818 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 58,010.00
Total Lots 201
Sold Lots 179 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 42,800.00
% of Lots Sold 89.05% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 62,830.00
Unsold Lots 22 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 228.62%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
713 Nevinson (Christopher Richard Wynne, 1889-1946).

Banking at 4000 Feet, printed 1917,

 1917 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 6,240.00
603

The James Venn Collection of Railway Photographs. A collection of approximately 1,750 black & white photograph negatives (120 size), mostly circa 1930s/1960s,

 circa 1930s/1960s GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 5,280.00
714 Nevinson (Christopher Richard Wynne, 1889-1946).

Swooping Down on a Taube, printed 1917,

 1917 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 4,560.00
811

Imperial Airways. Approximately 500 Imperial Airways and related aircraft photographs,

 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 3,840.00
817

Mixed Aviation. A collection of aviation ephemera,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 3,840.00
633

Boeing 757, Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook, Boeing Vertol 107 Series (H-46, CH-113A, etc), Boeing 747 (Air), (Ground), Boeing 727 (Ground), Boeing 737, Boeing 720 (Air), (Ground), Boeing 727 (Air), (Ground), Boeing 707 AWACS Test Bed. An archive of bl

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,720.00
702 Coulson (Gerald).

Overdue, 1990,

 1990 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 3,480.00
689

Aviation Brochures. A collection of aviation brochures, manuals, technical information, etc., circa 1930s and later,

 circa 1930s and later GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 3,360.00
672

Aviation Glass Plate and Film Negatives. A large archive of glass plate and film negatives of civil and military aviation interest, largely WWII period,

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 3,000.00
812

Imperial Airways. A collection of Imperial Airways ephemera relating to pilot H. Reeves-Hall,

 circa 1930s GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 2,880.00
641

Douglas DC-4, DC-5, DC-4E, DC-6, DC-7, C-54 & R5D Skymaster, C-74 Globemaster I, II, C-133 Cargomaster, DC-I & DC-2, DC-3. An archive of black and white photographs,

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 2,640.00
712 Nevinson (Christopher Richard Wynne, 1889-1946).

Assembling Parts, printed 1917,

 1917 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,640.00
666

Mixed Aviation. An archive of approximately 1000 black and white military & civil aircraft photographs,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,520.00
668

Mixed Aviation. An archive of approximately 1000 black and white aircraft photographs,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,520.00
669

Mixed Aviation. An archive of approximately 1000 black and white aircraft photographs,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,400.00
789

Colour Slides. A collection of approximately 25,000 original 35mm colour slides dating from the late 1970s,

 late 1970s GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,220.00
640

Douglas DC-3, XB-42 & XB-43, Edo, Douglas Skyrocket, Douglas Skystreak, Douglas Thor Missile, Douglas X-3, Douglas TBD Devastator, Douglas F3D Skyknight, Douglas F4D Skytray, Douglas F5D Skylancer, Douglas Havoc (RAF) & Boston I&II, Douglas DC-8, D

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 2,160.00
667

Mixed Aviation. An archive of approximately 1000 black and white military & civil aircraft photographs,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,160.00
703 Coulson (Gerald).

Normandy Sunrise, 1984,

 1984 GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 GBP 2,160.00
670

Mixed Aviation. An archive of approximately 1200 black and white aircraft photographs,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,040.00
688

Aviation colour slide archive. A good, private archive of over 12,000 colour photographs, mostly Kodachrome slides, circa 1968-2005,

 circa 1968-2005 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 GBP 2,040.00
638

DH Tiger Moth and variants (except Queen Bee), DH Trident 1, 2, 3, DH Vampire I, II & III, DH Vampire Trainer DH Tiger Moth and variants (except Queen Bee), DH Trident 1, 2, 3, DH Vampire I, II & III, DH Vampire Trainer. An archive of black and whi

 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,860.00
626

Aircraft. Approximately 1000 black and white aircraft photographs,

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,740.00
884

9th Jat Regiment Typescript journal of Lieutenant Colonel Walter Leslie Hailes MC, 3 volumes in 2, 1914-40,

 1914-40 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,740.00
753 Slater (Harry E.).

Lingering Contrails of the Big Square A, A History of the 94th Bomb Group (H) 1942-1945, 1st edition, 1980,

 1980 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 GBP 1,680.00
  • Sotheby’s
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    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
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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  • 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.
  • 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.
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