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Auction Info

Sale Name: Antiquarian and Later Books and Ephemera
Auction Date: 12/06/2023 - 12/06/2023
Year of Sale: 2023
Sale Number: #422
Total Lots: 193
Sold Lots: 127
Lots Sold: 65.8%
Unsold Lots: 66
Price Unknown: 0

Total Sales (GBP): 9,158.60
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 7,190.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 9,950.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 10,100.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 14,270.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: 64.18%
Currency: GBP
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars: 11,377.30

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
67	Douglas Adams	"The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy",	1979	GBP 450.00 - 550.00	448.50
133		Good collection in modern album including RP street scenes of Stourbridge (2), Westbury-on-Trym, Manchester (4), Bolton (2), Moseley (2),		GBP 230.00 - 260.00	287.50
31		Ancoats Recreation, Ancoats Brotherhood, 1907-1919	1907-1919	GBP 300.00 - 400.00	253.00
135		Embroidered Silks, WWI, in album including Royal Naval Air Service (R.N.A.S.), Welsh Regt., The Rifle Brigade, Scottish Borderers, Cheshire,		GBP 180.00 - 220.00	212.75
158		Blackpool collection in album including good comic (36) by Lance Thackeray (8), G.M.Payne (6) and others		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	201.25
204		Box of 20th Century Covers with much commercial mail, especially GB		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	178.25
86		Herbert Morris Ltd, Loughborough, Manufacturers of Electric Cranes, Hand-Cranes, Pulley-Blocks and Overhead Runways, 1912 Trade Catalogue,	1912	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	155.25
136		Album of mainly UK topography and themes including RP street procession near Hepworth (Norfolk)		GBP 100.00 - 120.00	155.25
160		Lincolnshire topography with many RPs & animated scenes, 1900s to 1960s	1900s to 1960s	GBP 90.00 - 110.00	155.25
19		Trade Catalogues (10) from 1913 with Faudels Ltd 1925 (240pp of illustrations, VG), and "Army & Navy Stores Price List 1937/38"		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	143.75
80		Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical and Agricultural Discoveries,	1806-1812	GBP 250.00 - 300.00	138.00
119		Gallaher "The Great War - Victoria Cross Heroes", First, Second, Third, and Fourth Series, 1915-1916	1915-1916	GBP 100.00 - 120.00	126.50
95	James Breasted	"Egypt Through the Stereoscope",	c.1900	GBP 120.00 - 170.00	126.50
73		[Alfred Bestall] "The Adventures of Rupert",	1939	GBP 50.00 - 70.00	120.75
29		Gastronomy selection including "The Young Woman's Companion: or, Frugal Housewife",	1811	GBP 100.00 - 130.00	120.75
239		United States Civil War Covers including three with Confederate stamps posted from Charleston, Danville and Macon, one franked on reverse;		GBP 120.00 - 150.00	115.00
35		Foyle's War: a collection of coloured 8 x10" photographs of cast members of the TV series, two with tape residue to the image, others fine. (37)		GBP 90.00 - 110.00	108.10
88		Catalogue of Sterling Silver Small Wares by The Gorham Company, 1912-1913		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	105.80
8		Carton of softback publications and ephemera, mostly 20th Century	mostly 20th Century	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	105.80
120		Gallaher "The Great War - Victoria Cross Heroes", Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Series, 1916-1918	1916-1918	GBP 80.00 - 100.00	105.80
92		Illustrated Trade Catalogues, 1913-1971	1913-1971	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	101.20
37		Album of signed photos, plus some signed flyers and pages, largely entertainers including John Nettles, Tommy Steele, Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	101.20
38		Album of signed photos & pages, largely entertainers including Richard Todd, David Essex, Barbara Dickson, Ian Carmichael, George Melly (signed page),		GBP 70.00 - 100.00	101.20
25		Collection of Entertainers' Autographs, mostly signed programmes, including Constance Cummings, Margaret Rutherford, Sheila Hancock, Kenneth Williams		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	101.20
152		Ireland topography & themes, including novelty pull-outs (19), few street scenes, several greetings including St.Patrick's Day, many rural views, etc.		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	98.90

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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.
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.
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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