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Auction Name Antiquarian and Collectors Books Total Sales (GBP) 146,191.64
Auction Date May 15, 2018 - May 15, 2018 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 37,350.00
Sale Number #51518 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 56,460.00
Total Lots 347
Sold Lots 311 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 42,290.00
% of Lots Sold 89.63% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 63,860.00
Unsold Lots 36 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 228.93%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3141 [FIELDING, Henry, and Elizabeth CANNING.

A collections of tracts, pamphlets and period cartoons relating to the trial of Elizabeth Canning.] Folio (365 x 228mm.) Includes: 'The Trial of Elizabeth Canning, Spinster, for Wilful and Corrupt Perjury',

1754 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 10,582.50
3133 BYRON.- [Caroline LAMB.]

Verses from Glenarvon: to which is Prefixed The Original Introduction.

1819 GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 8,715.00
3175 INCUNABULA.- Giovanni BOCCACCIO.

Explicit compendiu[m] Ioha[n]nis Boccacii de Certaldo. quod de preclaris mulieribus ac fama[m] p[er]petuam edidit feliciter [or De Mulieribus Claris].

circa 1474-1475 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 6,225.00
3177 BIBLIOMANIA.

Frontispieceana, or a Collection of Engraved Frontispieces, Title-pages, &c &c &c Extracted from Various Works Auntient and Modern.

1816 but contents 16th to early 19th century. GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 6,225.00
3326 PLANTIN, Christophle (publisher).- François, Duke of Anjou.

La Joyeuse & magnifique Entrée de Monseigneur Françoys, fils de France.

1582 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 5,478.00
3262 DICKENS, Charles.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

1839 GBP 120.00 - 180.00 GBP 3,610.50
3176 RANNEW, Thomas.

In this Book is the Figure of the Dividing of the Land of Israel among the Tribes of Israel, that is, among those that have the faith of Israel when their captivity is returned.

1688 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 3,486.00
3188 MOUNT, W. & J., and T. PAGE (publishers).

The English Pilot, for the Southern Navigation: describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headland, Bays, Roads, Harbours, Rivers and Ports… on the Coast of England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Flanders, Spain, Portugal… with the Coasts of Barbary, and off to the

 1752 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 2,988.00
3139 THE ROXBURGHE CLUB.- Rabbi Moses ARRAGEL (translator).

Bible… Translated from the Hebrew into Castilian.

1918 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 2,739.00
3098 DU CHAILLU, Paul B.

A Journey to Ashango-Land: and further Penetration into Equatorial Africa.

1867 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 2,490.00
3163 CARICATURE.- Pier Leon GHEZZI.

Raccolta XXIV Caricature… Disegnate Colla Penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Pier Leon Ghezi.

1750 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 2,116.50
3107 [SHERER, Joseph Moyle].

Sketches of India… written by an Officer for Fire-side travellers.

1825 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 1,992.00
3094 STRAW PAPER.- Mathias KOOPS.

Historical Account of the Substances which Have Been Used to Describe Events, and to Convey Ideas from the earliest Date to the Invention of Paper.

1800 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 1,867.50
3158 CHINA.- Robert Lockhart HOBSON.

A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David.

1934 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 1,743.00
3174 THE TATLER.- [Joseph ADDISON and Sir Richard STEELE].

The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq.

1710-1711. GBP 150.00 - 250.00 GBP 1,618.50
3172 MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo di Bernando.

The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence… written originally in Italian and from thence newly and faithfully Translated into English.

1680 GBP 400.00 - 600.00 GBP 1,369.50
3001 AUSTEN, Jane.

[The Works.]

1886-1892. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,245.00
3153 WELLESLEY, Arthur, Duke of WELLINGTON.

[Memorials of the Funeral of the Duke of Wellington

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 1,245.00
3086 BINDINGS.- PATMORE, Coventry.

The Unknown Eros and Other Odes… Odes I-XXXI.

1877 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 1,182.75
3022 BLACKWOOD, Algernon.

The Empty House… and Other Ghost Stories.

1906 GBP 250.00 - 350.00 GBP 1,120.50
3105 KEYNES, John Maynard.

Indian Currency and Finance.

1913 GBP 200.00 - 400.00 GBP 1,058.25
3054 THEATRE.

Mrs. Galindo's Letter to Mrs. Siddons: Being a Circumstantial Detail of Mrs. Siddons's Life.

1809 GBP 100.00 - 150.00 GBP 996.00
3058 ROYALTY.

The Book of The Queen's Dolls' House… edited by A.C. Benson.

1924 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 996.00
3101 MUIR, Sir William.

The Mameluke or Slave Dynasty of Egypt 1260-1517 A.D.

1896 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 996.00
3130 [CRUIKSHANK, George].

A Pop-Gun… fired off by George Cruikshank In Defence of The British Volunteers of 1803, Against the Uncivil Attack Upon that Body by General W. Napier.

N.d. but 1860. GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 996.00
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
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