Auction Reports
Auction Info
- Sale Name
- Printed Books, Maps and Documents
- Auction Date
- 07/19/2023 - 07/19/2023
- Year of Sale
- 2023
- Sale Number
- #71923
- Total Lots
- 560
- Sold Lots
- 489
- Lots Sold
- 87.3%
- Unsold Lots
- 71
- Price Unknown
- 0
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 311,748.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 159,410.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 240,030.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 197,010.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 295,580.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 105.47%
- Currency
- GBP
- Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
- 401,078.00
Top twenty five by sale price
View All Auction Lots.| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 359 | Priestley (Joseph). | Experiments and Observations on different kinds of Air, 3 vols, 1774-77 | 1774-1777 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 8,640.00 |
| 91 | De Jode (Cornelis) | China Regnum, Antwerp [1593] | 1593 |
GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | 8,400.00 |
| 64 | Geological Society. | Transactions, series 1 & 2 in 14 vols, 1811-56 | 1811-56 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | 6,960.00 |
| 435 | Nash (Paul). | Urne Buriall and The Garden of Cyrus by Sir Thomas Browne, 1932 | 1932 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 5,520.00 |
| 343 | Heywood (Thomas). | The Generall History of Women, 1657 | 1657 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 5,280.00 |
| 57 | Darwin (Charles). | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 2nd ed., 2nd issue, 1860 | 1860 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 5,040.00 |
| 86 | Lafreri (Antonio, school of) | Britannia Insula quae duo Regna..., Rome, circa 1556 | circa 1556 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 4,560.00 |
| 311 | Mulready Cover. A Mulready one penny envelope with added manuscript caricatures and verse | GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 4,440.00 | ||
| 105 | Lafrieri (Antonio, school of) | Hybernia nunc Irlant, Rome, circa 1570 | circa 1570 |
GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | 4,200.00 |
| 16 | Jenkins (James). | The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, 1817 | 1817 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,960.00 |
| 173 | Moll (Herman) | A New & Correct Map of the Whole World..., 1719 | 1719 |
GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 3,840.00 |
| 28 | Staunton (George). | [An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, atlas volume, 1797] | 1797 |
GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | 3,600.00 |
| 309 | Manuscript copybook. Transcribing Sir Hugh Plat's The Garden of Eden, late 17th/early 18th c. | late 17th/early 18th century |
GBP 500.00 - 800.00 | 3,600.00 | |
| 9 | Evans (Arthur). | The Palace of Minos, 4 volumes in 6, plus Index volume, 1st edition, 1921-36 | 1921-36 |
GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | 3,360.00 |
| 342 | Heywood (Thomas). | The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius, 1641 | 1641 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,120.00 |
| 351 | Mason (William). | Arts Advancement or the most Exact ... Easy method of Short-hand-Writing, 1687 | 1687 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,120.00 |
| 339 | Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). | The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus, 1604 [1605] | 1604 1605 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 3,120.00 |
| 77 | Parkinson (John). | Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, 1640 | 1640 |
GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 3,000.00 |
| 356 | Hooke (Robert). | Micrographia Restaurata: Or ... Discoveries by the Microscope, 1745 | 1745 |
GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 3,000.00 |
| 278 | Gillray (James). | The New Dynasty - or - the little Corsican Gardiner..., H. Humphrey, June 25th 1807 | 1807 |
GBP 400.00 - 600.00 | 2,640.00 |
| 439 | Thatcher (Margaret). | The Collected Speeches.., edited by Robin Harris, London: Harper Collins, 1997 | 1997 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 2,040.00 |
| 275 | Gillray (James). | The Life of William Cobbett ..., numbers 1 - 8, H. Humphrey, 1809 | GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | 1,920.00 | |
| 252 | Gillray (James). | British Tars towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour..., H. Humphrey, Oct. 1st 1807 | 1807 |
GBP 300.00 - 500.00 | 1,920.00 |
| 43 | Moll (Herman). | A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales &c..., 1724 | 1724 |
GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00 | 1,800.00 |
| 428 | Hopkins (Gerard Manley). | Poems, 1st edition, London: Humphrey Milford, 1918 | 1918 |
GBP 600.00 - 800.00 | 1,800.00 |
