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Auction Info

Sale Name
Russian Books
Auction Date
11/29/2007 - 11/29/2007
Year of Sale
2007
Sale Number
#7472
Total Lots
278
Sold Lots
213
Lots Sold
76.6%
Unsold Lots
65
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (GBP)
1,375,180.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
530,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
787,400.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
826,400.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
1,213,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
113.29%
Currency
GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
2,367,990.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
55 ALEXANDER II -- Opisanie Sviashchenneishago Koronovaniia ikh Imperatorskikh Velichestv Gosudariia Imperatora ...

1856.

 GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 300,500.00
60 ALEXANDER III -- Opisanie Sviashchennago Koronovaniia Ikh Imperatorskikh Velichestv ...

1883.

 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 120,500.00
139 SARYCHEV, Gavriil Andreevich (1763-1831). Puteshestvie Flota Kapitana Sarycheva po severovostochnoi chasti Sibiri,

1802.

 GBP 40,000.00 - 50,000.00 48,500.00
14 ELIZABETH I, Empress of Russia (later) -- Obstoiatel'noe Opisanie Torzhestvennykh Poriadkov Blagopoluchago Vshestviia v tsarstvuiushchii grad Moskvu i ...

1744.

 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 42,500.00
127 PIRATSKII, Konstantin A. A collection of prints for Peremeny v Obmundirovanii i Vooruzhenii Voisk Rossiiskoi Imperatorskoi Armii.

[1857-1868]

 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 31,700.00
132 PUSHKIN, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1799-1837). Evgenii Onegin. Roman v stikhakh. [Eugene Onegin. A novel in verse].

1833.

 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 29,300.00
233 PANCHULIDZEV, Sergei Alekseevich (1855-1917). Istoriia Kavalergardov 1724-1799-1899.

1899-1912.

 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 26,900.00
84 ECKERT, Heinrich, and MONTEN, Dietrich. Das K.K. Russische Militair.

1840 [but c.1842].

 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 26,900.00
50 WALLHAUSEN, Johann Jacobi von. Uchenie i khitrost ratnogo stroeniia pekhotnykh liudei.

1647

 GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 20,900.00
198 GONCHAROVA, Natalia (illustrator) and KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei and KHLEBNIKOV, Velemir (authors). Mirskontsa. [Worldbackwards].

[1912]

 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 19,700.00
178 BENOIS, Alexandre, and PRAKHOV, A.V. (editors). Khudozhestvennyia Sokrovishcha Rossii. [Art Treasures of Russia].

1901-1907.

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 18,500.00
181 BOGUSLAVSKII, L. Istoriia Apsheronskago Polka. 1700-1892.

1892.

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 17,300.00
75 DEMIDOFF, Anatole de, Prince of San Donato (1813-1870). Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee.

1854.

 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 16,100.00
70 CATHERINE II, the Great. -- Risunki prinadlezhashchie k opisaniiu koronovaniia Imperatritsy Ekateriny IIi.

[no date but c.1850s].

 GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 16,100.00
177 BENOIS, Alexandre -- 31 books from Benois' working Library, most richly annotated and with numerous original sketches,

GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 14,900.00
45 TRED'IAKOVSKII, Vasilii Kirillovich (1703-1769). Istoriia o Rimskikh Imperatorakh s Avgusta po Konstantina.

1767-1769

 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 13,700.00
197 GONCHAROVA, Natalia -- PUSHKIN, Aleksandr. Conte de Tsar Saltan et de son fils le glorieux ...

1921.

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 12,500.00
6 CATHERINE II, the Great (1762-96). Gramota [Grant of Land] in favour of Stepan Baranovskii of the Kiev Regiment, in Russian.

30 January 1774.

 GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 11,875.00
154 TOLSTOI, Lev Nikolaevich, Count (1828-1910). Voina i Mir. [War and Peace].

1868-69

 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 11,875.00
17 GOETEERIS, Anthonis. Journael der legatie ghedaen inde jaren 1615 ende 1616.

1619.

 GBP 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 11,250.00
23 LE CLERC, Nicolas Gabriel (1726-1798). Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie ancienne [et moderne].

1783-1794.

 GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 11,250.00
179 BOBROVSKII, Pavel Osipovich (1832-1905), General. Istoriia Leib-Gvardii Preobrazhenskago Polka. 1683-1900.

1900-1904

 GBP 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 10,625.00
138 RIGEL'MAN, Aleksandr Ivanovich, Major General (1720-1789). Letopisnoe Povestvovanie o Maloi Rossii i eia narod i kozakakh voobshche.

1847.

 GBP 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 10,625.00
64 BANTYSH-KAMENSKII, Dmitrii Nikolaevich (1788-1850). Deianiia Znamenitykh Polkovodtsev i Ministrov, sluzhivshikh v tsarstvovanie ...

1821.

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 10,625.00
152 TIKHMENEV, Petr. Istoricheskoe Obozrenie Obrazovaniia Rossiisko-Amerikanskoi Kompanii.

1861-63.

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 10,000.00
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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.
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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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    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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