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Auction Name	The Cornish Library of John Stengelhofer: Rare Books and Works on Paper	Total Sales (GBP)	105,318.40
Auction Date	March 07, 2024 - March 08, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	39,524.00
Sale Number	#30724	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	64,460.00
Total Lots	513
Sold Lots	435	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	44,519.00
% of Lots Sold	84.80%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	72,635.00
Unsold Lots	78	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	145.00%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
269	Reginald Koettlitz (1860-1916)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 11,495.00
270	George Francis Arthur MulockDSO, RN, FRGS (1882-1963)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 7,744.00
271	Captain William Colbeck (1871-1930)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 6,050.00
267	From Michael Barne DSO (1877-1961)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 5,203.00
147		(Caroline Fox and Davies Gilbert) Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. A granderised collection of the first reports thought to be Caroline Fox's own.		GBP 1,800.00 - 2,200.00	GBP 4,961.00
273	Reginald Koettlitz(1860-1916)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,961.00
268	Reginald Koettlitz (1860-1916)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,719.00
266	From Thomas Vere Hodgson (1864-1926)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 4,598.00
300	DOYLE, Arthur Conan.	'The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes	1902	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 3,751.00
201	RASHLEIGH, Philip.	'Specimens of British Minerals, Selected from The Cabinet of......With General Descriptions of Each Article,'	1797	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 3,509.00
272	Sir Clements Markham KCB FRS FRSGS (President of the Royal Geographical Society) (1830-1916)	The Antarctic Letters,written from the British Antarctic expedition of 1901-1904		GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,146.00
146		The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Annual reports. A continuous run from 1834 to 1926.	1834 to 1926	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,210.00
131		Newquay, North Cornwall Plan Of The Building Sites on the Porth Veor Estate, 1881		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 1,185.80
148		(Important Cornish manuscript) 'Plans of the whole Parish of Sithney, in Cornwall. 1824' MS survey of parishes in Cornwall, showing field boundaries, with detailed tables of land use.	1824	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 992.20
302	LE CARRE, John	'The Honourable Schoolboy'	1977	GBP 250.00 - 350.00	GBP 992.20
316	Master Therion (Aleister Crowley)	'Magick: In Theory and Practice (being part III of Book 4) Section 2; Section 3; Section 4'	1929	GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 871.20
460	BURGESS, Anthony.	'A Clock Work Orange,'	1962	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 871.20
340	James MCBEY (1883-1959)	Tangier, 1913	1913	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 822.80
278	WILD, Frank.	'Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest,'	1923,	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 726.00
246	Tony WEARE (1912-1994)	Four portfolios of botanical watercolour studies		GBP 400.00 - 600.00	GBP 701.80
151		The book of the Mannor of Ventongimps, 1683' Court Book with manuscript entries in latin, dating from 1683.	1683-1691	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 629.20
336	M & N Hanhart (lithographers)	'Truro and the River Fal from opposite Tregothnan House,'	[1855].	GBP 50.00 - 100.00	GBP 629.20
161		Mines on The Great Flat Lode, Camborne, Cornwall' A 19th century plan	19th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 605.00
234	Nikolaus Pevsner.	'The Buildings of England'.	[circa 2000]	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	GBP 580.80
353	HARRIS, Robert (1581-1658)	Sammelband volume of Sermons		GBP 150.00 - 200.00	GBP 580.80

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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

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
Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Gates, Bill, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, N Y: Knopf, 2021; first edition, with a handwritten note from Bill Gates

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Something Happened, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, first edition, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Austen, Jane, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, London: John Murray, 1818, in four volumes
Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.

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