Auction Reports

Dominic Winter Book Auctions

Auction Info

Sale Name
Printed Books, Maps, Photography & Ephemera
Auction Date
11/08/2006 - 11/08/2006
Year of Sale
2006
Sale Number
#S200
Total Lots
707
Sold Lots
528
Lots Sold
74.7%
Unsold Lots
179
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
254,738.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
136,250.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
195,870.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
173,600.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
249,430.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
102.13%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
474,344.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
34 Lawrence (T.E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

1926

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 25,850.00
26 Jefferys (Thomas). The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies

1780

 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 16,332.50
320 Sclater (Philip Lutley, and Thomas, Michael Oldfield). The Book of Antelopes

1894-1900

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 6,580.00
725 Newton (Isaac). Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica

1726,

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 5,757.50
469 World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum

[1606]

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 4,230.00
35 Le Brun (Cornelius). A Voyage to the Levant: or, Travels in the Principal Parts of Asia Minor

1702,

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 3,995.00
335 Americas. Ortelius (Abraham), Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio,

[1606]

 GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 3,525.00
56 Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Maps

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,820.00
745 Campbell (Colin, et al). Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect

[1715-17]-25

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,820.00
149 Ponting (Herbert George, 1871-1935). 'Vida' / 'Osman'

GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,820.00
155 Sache (John Edward & Westfield, photographers). Panorama of Calcutta, taken from the Ochterlony Monument on the Maidan

c. 1865,

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 2,702.50
695 Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection,

1860,

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 2,702.50
13 Cary (John). Cary's New Universal Atlas

1808,

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,702.50
336 Americas. Hondius (Henricus), America noviter delineata 1631

[pub. 1636],

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,467.50
38 Long (J.). Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader

1791

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,232.50
501 Weekly Journals and Publications.

GBP 100.00 - 150.00 2,232.50
332 Africa. Speed (John), Africae, described, the manners of their Habits

[1626-76],

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 2,173.75
94 Coburn (Alvin Langdon). Men of Mark,

1913,

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 2,173.75
299 Lewin (William). The Birds of Great Britain, 1795-1801

dated c. 1793-98

 GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 2,173.75
525 Illustrated London News,

GBP 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 1,997.50
277 Cassin (John). Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America

[1853-]1856

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,938.75
312 New Naturalist series, a run, nos. 1-48

1945-66

 GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 1,880.00
45 Paterson (Lieutenant William). A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots,

1789

 GBP 500.00 - 800.00 1,821.25
36 Lewis (Captain Meriwether & Clark, Captain William). Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American

1814

 GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 1,762.50
630 Josephus (Flavius). [Phlabiou Iosepou Ioudaikes archaiologias logoi 20. ...]

GBP 300.00 - 500.00 1,703.75
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
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    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.